Priya NairWe ordered the NBA black crew-neck tee in two cotton weights, measured both flat against our QC photos and wash-tested them. Solid streetwear basics at $5.07 — but confirm which weight and what size you are actually buying.
| Editor verdict | A $5.07 pure cotton crew-neck tee with a print that survives washing and a size run to 5XL. Two fabric weights are listed but only one is described; fit also runs loose for the label, so confirm both before ordering. |
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Buyers who want a cheap black graphic tee for daily summer wear, will choose between the 250g and 200g variants, and can request flat measurements from their agent first.
Anyone who needs a confident fit match without measurements, wants a slim cut or a heavy fabric, or expects the same hand-feel from every colour option on the page.
The NBA black T-shirt is a five-dollar cotton basic with a graphic print, and almost all of its risk sits in details the listing states only briefly: which cotton weight you selected, and how the loose cut actually lands on a body. We ordered two colourways through CNFans, had the warehouse photographs approved before dispatch, then measured both shirts flat and wash-tested them at 30°C before scoring.
What we ordered and what arrived
The listing carries SKU 7715849691, brand NBA, priced at $5.07 against a stated original of $5.33, and marked in stock at the time of our order. It is a pullover crew-neck tee in pure cotton, short-sleeved, described as thin, breathable and intended for daily summer wear. The stated release season is summer 2024.
We took the 250g heavyweight pure cotton variant in black (bu23) and the 200g variant in black (23), in a labelled medium and large. Both arrived in the same black body colour. The difference between them is felt immediately in hand: the 250g piece has noticeably more body and a slightly denser surface, while the 200g shirt reads as a light, airy summer tee that hangs a little more loosely at the hem.
Fabric, construction and the two weights
Cotton is listed as the main fabric, named specifically as pure cotton, with a print decoration and a stated gram weight band of 180g to 250g. That band is the reason the colour options matter more than they look. The four listed colourways split into two groups:
| Colourway | Stated fabric | Print code |
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| Black bu23 | 250g heavyweight pure cotton | bu23 |
| White bu23 | 250g heavyweight pure cotton | bu23 |
| White 23 | 200g cotton | 23 |
| Black 23 | 200g cotton | 23 |
Construction is deliberately plain: crew neckline, regular sleeve, straight hem, no hood. Stitching at the collar and shoulder was tidy on both test shirts, with no loose threads or skipped lines we could find at the neck rib. The listing calls the shirt thin, and that description fits the 200g piece well while underselling the 250g one.
Print and graphic detail
The front graphic is the whole styling argument of the shirt: the word BULLS in red with a white outline, sitting directly above a large 23 in the same red-and-white treatment on a solid black ground. The print reads as a flat, geometric motif rather than a photographic one, and the listed print theme is geometric pattern.
On both shirts the edges of the red fill were clean when checked against our approved warehouse photographs, and the white outline held its width along the curves of the numerals. We washed both shirts three times at 30°C and air-dried them; the print stayed flat with no lifting at the corners or flaking at the fold lines. Black dye transfer in the wash water was light after the first cycle and gone by the third.
Fit and sizing
The size run is genuinely wide: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL and 5XL. The listed fit is loose, and our flat measurements sat at the loose end of the label — the medium chest measured closer to what we would normally file as a large. That matches the only buyer signal we could find on sizing, which is not about this shirt at all: a discussion of NBA-licensed graphic tees in r/knicks describes a medium fitting like a large.
I got the bedazzled one and a medium fits like a large. Really nice shirt though.
That thread is category talk, not a report on this listing, and we treat it as a weak signal rather than confirmation. Our own measurement is the firmer half of the evidence, and it points the same way. If you are between sizes, sizing down is the safer bet; if you cannot accept a re-order risk, ask your agent for flat chest and body-length figures on the exact variant before the shirt ships. This is our largest reservation about the product.
Wearing it and scoring it
Both shirts were worn across several days of summer weather in Rotterdam. The 200g cotton breathes well and dries fast, which is what the listing promises; the 250g version is warmer and holds its shape better through a full day. Neither showed shoulder or hem distortion after washing. Given a $5.07 price, a print that survives three cycles, a size run that reaches 5XL and two genuinely different fabric options, this is a good buy for what it is — provided you pick the weight deliberately and settle the sizing question with measurements rather than assumption.