suns1977 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Right now it's a big bowl of MEH for me regarding the Hornets. It just doesn't pop, and I was expecting that with their color combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 From their release video, it looks like the Hornets have special team-colored Jordan Brand NBA socks as well: Now I'm really curious to see the other Nike NBA sock options. Hopefully other teams will have something similar to these Hornets socks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keynote Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 The white jumpman doesn't bother me. It's consistent with the "Association" version, where the wordmark is teal and the jumpman logo is teal. That said, I never liked these Charlotte unis. I don't like the blocky # font. And, I *really* don't like that the right side of the uniform has no armhole trim, no side panel, no waistband, no short panel, and no leg trim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 More images: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBolt3 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Here's a website that goes over most of the specifics. Overall, I knew that there wasn't going to be a drastic change, but also some the specifics wouldn't make the transition, like the collar and arm trim. Since they didn't completely wreck the car, and are most likely going to be wearing the teal uniforms for the majority of games, I give it a pass, knowing that the throwbacks are on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delux247 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Hornets removed same-color ("tonal") wordmarks on bottom right side of Association shorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadojoker Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Why hype new uniforms but to do nothing really new? Why waste all that time and marketing? Smh. Overall I was expecting stripes on both sides so it doesn't look like an Adidas uniform. Whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushy Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 39 minutes ago, arcane said: I would of liked to have seen an outline around the numbers to make them not as bold 1 colour/flat Yeah I've always hated the 1 color number on these jerseys. A solids white outline would look a lot better IMO. Other than that, I like these. The teal is better than the purple set. And the Jumpan logo fits nicely. White jerseys should've have the purple logo though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 10 minutes ago, Delux247 said: Hornets removed same-color wordmarks on bottom right side of shorts. Those are still there, according to their website: You can kind of see it on the white shorts if you look to the left of the cut in the shorts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delux247 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 3 minutes ago, upperV03 said: Those are still there, according to their website: You can kind of see it on the white shorts if you look to the left of the cut: Odd that the wordmark is mentioned in the Icon description but not the Association. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 25 minutes ago, Shadojoker said: Why hype new uniforms but to do nothing really new? Why waste all that time and marketing? Smh. Overall I was expecting stripes on both sides so it doesn't look like an Adidas uniform. Whatever. The previous set (the "adidas" version) were designed by the Jordan brand team. So it makes sense they kept it. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoOakland Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 An underrated but genius move was making sure there were no armhole stripes. I'm sorry, but I still can't get over how Nike's template cuts off every team's stripes--it just makes those jerseys with stripes look amateur and incomplete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJosh Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Not the best update. Surprised they kept the (negative area) adidas stripes on the side. Collar is downgraded and numbers are still lacking imo. I don't like the blocky look, would be much cleaner with an different color outline. So much potential, sub par execution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Why is it only the two main uniforms for each team are being unveiled? Is it to just get things rolling and they don't have the other two uniforms ready yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_Raptors_king Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 would throwback jerseys have ads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MkDon Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Just now, the_Raptors_king said: would throwback jerseys have ads? Tell me we're getting this throwback jersey please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsUp1214 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I have to say, this recent wave of changes has brought out a lot of odd moves across the league. The Pacers' circular wordmark, the Blazers keeping silver and mismatching text/number outlines, the Pistons switching colors on the dual stripe, and now the Hornets with the collar and replacing "Charlotte" with "Hornets" on the teal set....its all just random and I don't see much reason or rhyme behind a lot of choices being made by these teams. And then you hear of extremes like the Jazz potentially getting a gradient alt and it just about tips the weird boat over altogether. I don't know what to categorize the full Nike switch as so far. It's neither great nor bad, and there isn't really even anything save shoulder trim cutoffs that templates are drastically effecting on these uniforms, so there's no disaster to chalk up to simply a bad template yet. It's not like Reebok Edge, NHL-to-Adidas, or NFL-to-Nike in that vein. It's just weird, odd, random quirks that teams for some reason are pursuing, and it's amounted to the great Confused-Mark-Wahlberg-face-.gif of league-wide change offseasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suns1977 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 2 minutes ago, MkDon said: Tell me we're getting this throwback jersey please! Good lord, this would be awesome. Love this jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC in Da House w/o a Doubt Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 1 hour ago, suns1977 said: Right now it's a big bowl of MEH for me regarding the Hornets. It just doesn't pop, and I was expecting that with their color combo. The Hornets uniforms are very boring. I've never liked their new identity, hard to put my finger on what I don't like -- might be the numbers. I hate to become a full-time "the past is always better!" guy but I strongly prefer the look from the Baron Davis era. I know this isn't exactly a new thought or idea, but an update of those uniforms would be the way I would go. Or hell, just make em exactly the same. Long live the era from when I was a kid!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC in Da House w/o a Doubt Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 5 minutes ago, the_Raptors_king said: would throwback jerseys have ads? Advertisements be damned, I would love to see this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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