LOS ANGELES – The Warriors covered over monkey patches on their Chinese New Year uniforms, exercising caution with using the image of this year’s zodiac animal that appears on the Chinese calendar, according to the team.
The Warriors created the uniforms to honor their Chinese fan base and wore them in three games this season, twice covering over the monkey with Warriors logo patches despite not having received complaints that the image was offensive. The Warriors did not display the monkey in Friday’s loss at Portland and in a Feb. 9 win at home against the Houston Rockets.