What does this logo on the NBA jersey mean?

The crossed ribbons have two meanings, the red ribbon stands for fighting AIDS and the American flag stands for fighting terrorism. This is after Magic Johnson incident and 9 1 1 incident. NBA league activities usually wear this logo for several months.

The so-called "exchange" means that in addition to the home light color and away dark color, the team uniform of the third color is introduced for standby.

For example, the Lakers are dominated by yellow at home and purple away. In the past two years, according to the call of the league, the team uniform with white as the main color and yellow as the supplement was introduced, which was the one Kobe wore when he scored 8 1 ~