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And here are two more concepts while I am up.

 

#6 Houston Rockets

 

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While I am a major fan of the Rockets re-incorporating yellow back into their identity, I feel Atlanta now "own" those colours so to speak, and my only idea for Houston in yellow is either the 94-95 Championship jerseys or a home-and-road version of their 2009 alternate. So I thought I would try and make red and silver really work for them because I do love those colours. I wanted to bring back the Steve Francis era pinstripes too because I loved those.

 

#7 Brooklyn Nets

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Much like the Rockets, this is a merge of the Nets previous identities. I love their sleeved alternates and their Statement jersey; I love the old ABA Nets look done in black & white so that's what I went with, only replacing the stars with the old net pattern. It's not a unique design, I've seen it before, but I am big fan, I think it's the obvious move the team should make.

 

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Those Brooklyn jerseys are actually perfect. I'm not sure that the arched wordmark on Houston's jerseys work. Also not sure if the fade on the pinstripes works much either. I think a straight across wordmark and solid pinstripes would work much better

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6 hours ago, Jack Holmes said:

#6 Brooklyn Nets

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Much like the Rockets, this is a merge of the Nets previous identities. I love their sleeved alternates and their Statement jersey; I love the old ABA Nets look done in black & white so that's what I went with, only replacing the stars with the old net pattern. It's not a unique design, I've seen it before, but I am big fan, I think it's the obvious move the team should make.

 

That's exactly what Adidas and the Nets should have done as their association/home and icon/road jerseys from the time the Nets moved to Brooklyn.

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2 hours ago, edjb93 said:

 

That's exactly what Adidas and the Nets should have done as their association/home and icon/road jerseys from the time the Nets moved to Brooklyn.

 

But don't have the white vertical stripe on the side as close to the N.

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On 7/6/2018 at 2:26 PM, tigers said:

But don't have the white vertical stripe on the side as close to the N.

 

Noted. Edited with a smaller wordmark, created a little more space between it and the side panel.

 

 

Here is #8, Toronto Raptors 

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And #9, Portland Trail Blazers

 

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I wanted to do Toronto in purple, however, the home whites looked really off, at least without some tweaking, so I "settled" for their All-Canadian red/black look which they rock pretty well. Added silver to differentiate them from the Bulls and Blazers, while hopefully the black keeps looking apart from Houston as well. I brought back the pinstripes (maybe also too Houston-y?) and the arching nameplate because I like those Barney Dinosaur elements, they keep their identity unique. And I altered their wordmark to a bolder font because what they're wearing now seems a little placeholder-y to me.

 

Portland, I just based their look off of their amazing statement jersey. Remove the silver and lowed the name to appear under the number (just 'cause I think the back of the jersey looks little plain).

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I don’t know why but I love that subtle addition of pinstripes on the Raptors! 

 

I am kinda torn on the Blazers’ sash. I think it looks great in your concept but I can’t help but loving their actual one more. Regardless it’s an awesome concept - keeping it the same would’ve been boring. 

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Thanks for the kinds of words! :)

 

Here are #10 and #11

 

#10 LA Clippers

 

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#11 Dallas Mavericks

 

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I think you can see what I am doing with both of these teams. I wanted to do something different for both of them but I found myself recreating their current jerseys anyway (or, in the case of the Clippers, their previous sets). Obviously a few changes. I think the Clippers really need to embrace powder blue; and with Dallas, I just updated the font to something that says 'Dallas' a little more (sort of like with Toronto, that means something a little bolder/thicker),

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The clippers’ whole brand is a boring bland yawn but I love seeing how even something as simple as a splash of powder blue can make it pop. Well done! 

 

I’ve always felt the same about the Mavs and your concept breathes a little life into their uniforms with that gradient! Excited to see the rest of this series!

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Bumping this for a moment. I sort of lost track nearly a year ago when I got the flu and I was stuck on the Phoenix Suns and killed all inspiration for me. Anyway, I have a few more concepts and I thought I'd share them.

 

These are extremely inspired by 2019 Earned/City uniforms.

 

 

#12 Milwaukee Bucks

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#13 Cleveland Cavaliers

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Have you thought of jersey sponsors? What about statement and city and earned jerseys 

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16 hours ago, Jack Holmes said:

Bumping this for a moment. I sort of lost track nearly a year ago when I got the flu and I was stuck on the Phoenix Suns and killed all inspiration for me. Anyway, I have a few more concepts and I thought I'd share them.

 

These are extremely inspired by 2019 Earned/City uniforms.

 

 

#12 Milwaukee Bucks

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#13 Cleveland Cavaliers

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The Cavs are close.  I think you should flip the white and red on the home.

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On 7/5/2018 at 11:51 AM, Jack Holmes said:

 

#6 Houston Rockets

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The pinstripes looks good. I love how its a callback to 90s uni. The set looks cleaner compared to their current set. the sides reminds me of the chevrons pattern that the raptors currently uses. 

 

 

 

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On 7/11/2018 at 2:30 PM, Jack Holmes said:

 

Noted. Edited with a smaller wordmark, created a little more space between it and the side panel.

 

 

Here is #8, Toronto Raptors 

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And #9, Portland Trail Blazers

 

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I wanted to do Toronto in purple, however, the home whites looked really off, at least without some tweaking, so I "settled" for their All-Canadian red/black look which they rock pretty well. Added silver to differentiate them from the Bulls and Blazers, while hopefully the black keeps looking apart from Houston as well. I brought back the pinstripes (maybe also too Houston-y?) and the arching nameplate because I like those Barney Dinosaur elements, they keep their identity unique. And I altered their wordmark to a bolder font because what they're wearing now seems a little placeholder-y to me.

 

Portland, I just based their look off of their amazing statement jersey. Remove the silver and lowed the name to appear under the number (just 'cause I think the back of the jersey looks little plain).

Wow, that portland set is too 💪💪💪

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#14 Indiana Pacers

 

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7 hours ago, CLEstones said:

The Cavs are close.  I think you should flip the white and red on the home.

 

Something like this? 

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19 hours ago, Blindsay said:

Have you thought of jersey sponsors? What about statement and city and earned jerseys 

 

No sponsors. Like to pretend they don't exist where I can. ;) 

 

I might do alternates but in the old fashioned sense, styled like the home and road. 

 

Like this.

 

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16 minutes ago, Jack Holmes said:

 

Something like this? 

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Yes, or keep it consistent with the other versions of the uniform where the top half is white, the bottom half red, then the shorts swash in white.

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