A pair of recognizable and sorely missed logos will apparently make their way back to the court for the 2026 NBA Finals, when the NBA will resume painting the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy and the NBA Finals script on the home team's court, according to ESPN's Shams Charania . The trophy logo hasn't appeared on the court since the 2009 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic, and the Finals script logo has been off court since the 2014 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs.

During the 2025 NBA Finals, NBA commissioner Adam Silver explained that a safety issue was a main reason the league wouldn't place logos on the court for its championship series.

"One of the reasons we moved away from the logos on the courts is – whether it was perception o

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