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The name I’m looking at to make that mysterious jump is Venom, personally. The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that deliberately bad names like Squall, Powder, Blast, etc. were put in there to expedite the voting process. We’ll see what names move on, though I wonder how many get whittled with each round. Will be 10, then 4, then 2, or what?

And I plan on dating ... some hot young actress

Much like the 1980s-2000s San Diego Chargers navy and the Coyotes Kachina jerseys, these jerseys also didn’t get enough credit and weren’t fully appreciated until they were no longer worn. That said, the Thunder were definitely onto something with those Native art-themed jerseys.

Another batch of throwbacks:

The first half of the dark age was truly bleak, all Vince Carter and Allen Iverson taking bad shots and missing them [EDIT: ugh, the New Jersey Nets, UGH], but the back end of the dark age had the '04 Pistons smacking down the proto-superteam Lakers, the fun Suns teams, and the '07 Warriors beating the Mavericks to close it out. Fond memories of staying up all night watching Inside the NBA with a big bag of Taco Bell and a tank of Baja Blast.

A whole lot of people in this very thread have said exactly that about Tampa Bay's CCs...

Just reiterating... They plan to return. To what though

It was better than a lot of the oldheads give it credit for, beyond a doubt. I still prefer the “post-Jordan dark night of the soul” era that was dominated by the Lakers and Spurs.

The era of Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, and LeBron James was overall a good one, though.

We just have to hope Drake’s public image turns so bad that even the Raptors don’t want to associate with him. I think we’re still a ways away from that, but we’re closer than we’ve ever been.

I like this one from 2020 a bit better:

The Field of Expansion is wide open should the NBA want to expand beyond 32. There doesn't seem to be any teams right now that would relocate. The Thunder are getting a new publicly funded arena and the Grizzlies are getting major renovations to their current arena. Maybe the Pelicans? But even then, the arena isn't in too bad of a shape to where they are in desperate need of a new arena. The Spurs are looking for a new arena, but I don't know if that's going to be publicly funded.

Yeah, it seems like the genesis of this was "hey, remember how the Celtics took their four or five Hartford games away when the new Garden opened? That sucked." And I'm sure it did, but Hartford essentially got a top-flight NCAA program--men's and women's--to more than fill the gap. If there's no hope for the Whalers, then there's less than zero for the Fightin' Fents of Springfield Mass.

Say it in an Italian accent and it sounds like food

Not blown away by the execution, but hope this trend continues. I'd love to see contemporary interpretations of classic, albeit sorta generic logos.

I think you're being generous. I feel like this whole thing has been a pretty big failure. A years long version of that week of late season NCAA basketball when Nike outfits a handful of teams in unis that generally suck and certainly unnecessary. Some new wrinkles on teams identities (even with the nicknames/alt identities) would've been exciting, but recognizable. Sure a team here and there would probably do something pretty out there, but would get roasted and that'd be that. I think a good measure of success would be seeing a few of these getting the "they should make those the primary!" debate going. I can't think of one coming close.

If they do, these cities would have a better chance than Hartford IMO: Kansas City Louisville Mexico City Nashville Pittsburgh St. Louis San Diego Vancouver

People lament the stifling, non-marketing-friendly nature of hockey culture and how you're not really allowed to show people up on the ice and own them online and so on. It just doesn't seem to make sense. But it turns out there are good reasons for a lot of things we do that don't make sense, and in this case, it's that hockey is the cruelest and most fickle of mistresses, and the speed and severity at which your good luck can go bad can make you look, in a way that I truly believe is unique among pro sports, like the biggest bleeding gaping ass of all time. And that's where the meme team is at these days.

"Utahyeti" sounds like some Jersey English corruption of an Italian word. Gabagool! Marrone!

I think these teams should be trying to establish their own identity and to not look like a copycat of another team in their city. The Aces decision was disappointing because it shows that their owner values them less than the other team he owns, and even if the Raiders are a clearly bigger brand, that's still not a good look in context to the WNBA and Aces IMO. I understand that others teams like the Mercury, Sparks, and Mystics are based off of their parent NBA teams, but newer teams shouldn't have to be going that direction. I know the WNBA isn't on that high-tier level of other professional sports leagues yet, but it would help from a branding standpoint for their teams to go their own route. Unfortunately though, if an owner has control over two different teams, he/she gets to decide so there really isn't much that can be done there.

Sigh....James Dolan is going to be a Stanley Cup winning owner isn't he?

I think that works a lot better for the home and road, but now I miss the rounded wordmark on the alternate lol

That split Saints set is probably my favorite from this whole series. I'm also a big fan of the Bucs set.

These, with the current helmet, would’ve sufficed.