From the roots of the NBA before they even called it that, they called it the BAA. Gorgeous all original old wool came directly from Ralph Kaplowitz. From 1946-47, the Philadelphia Warriors first and championship season. Old yellow felt letters and numbers just draw you in with the highest quality, courtesy of Horace Partridge, the old guard New England sporting goods firm that made just the best stuff. Their size 40 tag is on the inside tail. Equally gorgeous uniform number is on both sides reading a Beatlesesque "number 9, number 9..." Comes with letter from the player himself stating this is the jersey he wore in the 1947 NBA championship season. It is likely he wore it home after the 1947 championship game versus Max Zaslofsky’s Chicago Stags. Graded a MEARS 9, the only thing that keeps this from being a ten is some minor holes on left side. That's ok, we'll take it just as it is. Ralph Kaplowitz is something of a poster boy for the early NBA. A Jew when Jews dominated the sport and from the Bronx to boot. However, Kaplowitz and many of his New York Knicks teammates were Jews and as the season progressed anti-Semitic taunts at Madison Square Garden increased. Mid-season he was traded to the Warriors and got the ultimate revenge by beating his old team in the playoffs leading up to these finals. And by the next season all the Jews on the Knicks were gone. Years later Ralph Kaplowitz would be honored at Madison Square Garden for being the oldest New York Knick. Is that what we call Jewish guilt?