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The Rockets actually did wear those shorts, albeit in the 1967 preseason only. They were never worn in  the regular season. 

So the Wolves have had Prince and now Dylan inspired unis?

I can't wait for the inevitable Hüsker Dü themed uniforms. 

45 minutes ago, gosioux76 said:

 

This is a really cool find. 

 

Back in the '90s, I had a pretty decent collection of the NBA replicas from that era made by Champion. I still have two of them: Dikembe Mutombo in the Nuggets' navy and gold era, and a white Charles Barkley Suns jersey -- both from around 1993 or so.

 

As a Timberwolves fan, I also had a Christian Laettner jersey from that era, but I can't figure out what happened to it. So I began searching for these Champion replicas on eBay and was stunned to see how expensive they are.  Not just Laettner, either. Pretty much any Champion replica from the '90s runs for anywhere form $50 to hundreds of dollars. It's pretty odd for a product that, often, was a pretty cheap-looking replica. 

I have quite a few Champion replicas, mostly Euro ones as they're much better quality than the US versions. I mainly collect Sand Knit but the replicas are getting very pricey now, and the authentics even more so. I often find it cheaper to just buy a blank and then customize it myself, got an '86 Bucks home and '90 Timberwolves home (which is silver, not white!) that I need to get around to putting numbers and NoBs on.

17 minutes ago, gosioux76 said:

I can relate to sentiment that, if they were going to do this step, they should have done it while he was alive. But we also don't know the circumstances. I could imagine that being around to see your number retired for an entire league could just be one more fresh reminder that you're nearing the grave.  

Considering Bill was against the Celtics retiring his number, and then insisting on it being done behind closed doors after they were intent on it, I'd hazard a guess and say he wouldn't be a fan of this move.

Not a thrift find as such, but I paid a visit to my favourite vintage shop in Birmingham last week. They normally have a decent selection of US sports jerseys from the big 4 but it's mostly from the last 10-15 years. They had a few Celtics jerseys in stock so I had a browse, not really expecting much.

I found this:

1987-88 Sand Knit replica (obviously customized since it has a NoB, which Sand Knit replicas lacked). It was covered in stains and marks, but they came right out after a wash. I've been collecting jerseys for over 25 years and this is maybe the 3rd Sand Knit jersey I've found in the wild over here - after the '87 Whalers jersey I found about 15 years ago it's easily my best find.

On 6/16/2022 at 9:52 PM, OnWis97 said:

That Blazers example is the best example thus far...the slanted stripes have been around since just a few years after that.

The very next season, in fact. The Blazers have played 52 seasons and have worn the sash, or a variation thereof, for 45 of them.

I'd argue there isn't a more iconic uniform element in the NBA than Portland's sash.

22 hours ago, QCS said:

That purple Statement has to be Charlotte... right?

All I care about is that we get rid of the purple "CHA" 3rds. They look horrible and we have an abysmal record wearing them.

23 hours ago, Discrim said:

That had to be a pretty convenient walk for a lot of Man City supporters.  Knowing nothing about how Maine Road evolved at all, the stands all look like they were built at wildly different points in time, or at least were designed by wildly different architects.  

That's exactly right, the stadium was extended and rebuilt at several different times, resulting in a rather disjointed aesthetic, although I think that was part of the charm.

My grandparents lived about a mile and a half away in Longsight, it was a nice easy walk to the ground. As nice as Etihad is, it'll never feel like Maine Road to me. 

I don't know if this counts as it was demolished a long time ago, but here's Maine Road, the beloved former home of Manchester City:

On 5/19/2019 at 8:35 PM, Davidellias said:

This might be controversial but....

 

I always associate Sidney Moncreif with the late 80s Bucks uniforms rather than these despite him playing in this uniform for a longer point in his career.

 

 

One of my favourite players in my favourite NBA uniform of all time. Beautiful, thanks for posting that.

Nah, those are the right Hawks unis for Mookie. The wrong ones are the '95 set with the gradient and giant hawk.

They would be the wrong unis for Kevin Willis - like 'Nique, I always picture him in the Pac-man set.

On 08/10/2017 at 5:01 AM, Tigers6884 said:

Dominique Wilkins spent almost his whole career as a Hawk in the Pac Man unis, except for his last season in Atlanta in '93-94. He would be traded midseason to the Clippers for Danny Manning. 

 

The Hawks changed to that uniform set for the 1992-93 season, so 'Nique had a season and a half in them. Not that that makes them "right', just saying.

Nah, we'd need a wise-cracking, shades wearing, hi-top sporting dinosaur thrown in the mix for peak 90's.

That's the 96-97 preseason, I posted some more pics from that game earlier in the thread. The Jazz had a similar number issue around the same time.

Why are you posting this in the NBA images thread?

Elmore Smith vs. Wilt, with an interesting NOB on Smith's Braves uni:

And isn't that Danny Ainge in the black jersey? Odd to see him in a non-Blue Jays baseball uni.

1 hour ago, verno said:

My opinion, all three of these players are in the right uniform. 

Barkley wore that uniform for all of half a dozen preseason games and you think it's the "right" uniform? Seriously?

10 hours ago, MCM0313 said:

The cursive script doesn't really look "wrong" on Jordan to me. No, it isn't the jersey design in which he won six NBA Finals, but he first became an NBA star in this style. He was wearing cursive script when he dropped a playoff-record 63 points on the Celtics (in a loss, and in a series in which the Bulls were swept, but a record nonetheless). He's wearing cursive script on his sought-after rookie card. MJ has no wrong uniform in Chicago...well, except #12.

No he wasn't. The Bulls dropped that design after Jordan's rookie season; by his second year they were wearing essentially the same unis they have now.

10 hours ago, 2001mark said:

On what planet are the Raptors the right team for Oak? He'll always be a Knick as far as I'm concerned.

Sticking with the Bulls, here's a couple of team photos.

1981-82:

And 1974-75, showing a couple of styles of lettering - vertically arched and radially arched:

17 hours ago, kimball said:

Is there a reasoning of the mid-season change? Are there any other examples of such a change?

 

I want to say there was back some 10-15 years ago? Was it the Wizards? I'll have to dig.

From what I recall, it was a mistake on Champion's part - the wordmark was smaller than it should have been, and there were legibility issues with the wordmark & numbers on the home uni. I'd always thought it was fixed after a couple of games and was quite surprised to discover they lasted until mid-season. I think there were various issues when Champion took over, ranging from material issues to tailoring & size problems. It was a good few years before they got all the kinks out. Indeed, some teams continued to use Sand-Knit unis for the 1990-91 season (and even into the following season). I've seen several Bucks game jerseys from the '91 season that were carried over from the previous season, some with the Sand Knit tags removed and Champion tags sewn on.

The Jazz & Bullets were a couple of other teams that suffered from incorrect number colours in the 90s, but AFAIK only in preseason games - I'm fairly sure their errors were sorted by the time of the regular season began.

I know it was mentioned earlier in the thread, but here's some pics of the 1991-92 Blazers' home unis with the black letters & numbers, before they switched to red midseason. I don't have the exact date they made the switch, but they were wearing the black numbers as late as 31 January 1992.

(Great shot of the Mavericks' one-year road unis there, too!)

Some other random stuff...

The Clippers' seldom-seen "Los Angeles" script unis from 1987-88:

In 1981-82, the Pacers introduced a new home uni (the road uni carried over from the previous year). This would only last a year before it was replaced.

For the 1983-84 season, this was replaced with a gold version:

When the Pacers overhauled their look in 1985, they introduced another uni set that would only last a year before being tweaked:

11 hours ago, SabresRule7361 said:

This was a one season matchup

 

2 seasons, actually - those Pacers unis were worn in 1983-84 and 1984-85.Still, those particular unis only faced off twice so I'd still consider it a rare matchup.

49 minutes ago, cubsfan2015 said:

Those Hawks unis was used until 96/97,I believe.

Nope, last used in the 1994-95 season.That's from a preseason game at the AirCanada Center on 19 October 1995.