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To me that logo was just okay, a little on the generic side. The first rendition of the court with that identity, though, had everything right in every way, and I don't get why they felt the need to mess around with it so many times after, resulting in not so good and considerably weaker looks.

Yeah, sure, but the Thunder and the Nets logos don't really have much design "flaws" as they're just poor logos, and that Clippers' on a level of its own, of course (even though the LAC monogram is decent to me). Then there are those modifications in the form of unnecessary add-ons to what used to be very solid logos - the Cavs, Wizards, Rockets - that make the new entity weak or visually dysfunctional. Those new Spurs' logos, though, have design flaws that shouldn't have made it past the senior designers in charge.

I'm surprised how incredibly amateur these logos are. The spur on the X is extremely forced, all while they could've made it come off the left leg of the X, it is right there. Also creating such an awkward huge negative space between the TX, which also could've been resolved. The state shaped logo is fine, but why include the depth effect on the stem of the spur and not have it anywhere else on the graphic, making it stick out like a sore thumb? Then they shrink the SATX logo with all its outlines as is and slap it onto a ball, creating unnecessary clutter and inconsistency in the outlines of the resulting logo.

I like that they're experimenting with the caps – it's a one-off that really doesn't hold that much significance and allows to do that – but it's not really home runs they're hitting, especially with a white base color. Every cap should represent the identity of the respective team strongly and that way be clearly distinguishable from one another.

We've come to a point where I'm longing for Miami in the red uniforms again, so little I've seen them wear it lately. We've actually reached the mark where wearing an alternate feels special and is looked forward to, the way it used to be.

If talking about facts, Kyrie was also just a few years in into his young career when LeBron joined Cleveland already as an experienced veteran with two titles. LeBron had never won a ring without other stars either (his team-jumping and gathering other superstars to unite with is a considerable let-down in his career of its own, for that matter). Then Kyrie did miss the playoffs his first year with Boston. Not gonna win ever can't be said yet. Not comparing the two players here, but Kyrie was as crucial to Cleveland's chip, and my point was that calling him 'LeBron's Pippen' is not doing that '16 title effort justice at all.

Not really, his personality and antics/decisions aside, Kyrie was as much a reason as LeBron for the Cavs' '16 title, who willed Cleveland to the championship that year. He had a phenomenal performance in that Finals, scoring 41 points apiece with LeBron in one of the games among others, and the shot was as significant, if not even more of a staple that decided the victory, than the epic block by LeBron that preceded it. What comes to the verbal beefing with fans and the stuff Beverley did after the play-in win too – I love it, it adds drama, passion and emotions to the games. Otherwise the product has gotten too soft and watered-down with all the regulations, restrictions and buddy-buddy atmosphere. The fans are the ones who 'ask for it' once they decide to shout such things, anyway.

Many things would be better than their current lifeless primaries. The green fir trees (trim) had become such an iconic and unique thing of theirs that they ought to include them as an integral part of their uniforms and identity and stick to it. The mashup uniforms are very decent indeed, but there are lots of ways to improve on the primary set using the fir trees and green more prominently. What's interesting, is that the green tree trim also worked best with a black jersey base, while I'm usually an opponent of the current craze of making black uniforms for the sake of it, (or for better profit, whatever). While not feeling it very much at the time either, I'll use this also as yet another opportunity to voice that the latest brand renewal was a lateral move at best from the previous graphic package, and really not very necessary, in terms of logos, at least.

Everything indicates that they might've redesigned the O'Brien trophy indeed, since the seams on the ball and the net are silver in the new Finals logo, unlike it used to be.

That's what I figured before the start of the season, but I don't really get what's happening with Edwards – one night he gives you 30, the other he stays under 10.

The Cavs' City ended up on the better side after feeling like one of the most uninspired on release.

Eh, the powder blue was such a better look for Denver than the current bleak overuse of navy. I wish they based their current look on the royal blue and maroon colors more.

I assumed it was two different teams, but that's very common practice, and it doesn't prevent all the teams from following the same defined brand. Moreover, it's what usually would be done.

I wonder, if anyone with insight knows, if there is an explanation to why the unis are designed with such a mismatch to the all-star court and branding like this time around? Last year's Pacers-inspired uniforms in Atlanta don't count for known reasons. Last time I remember the uniform design following the brand was in Toronto.

I find it refreshing and interesting to set aside the animosity and rivalry for one night of the year and have fun and join forces with other star players from teams representing the same conference in a game against the other conference. So, there definitely is a place for that kind of a set up and inter-conference clash and pride. Let alone the fact that the competition in the league comes down to the one best team from each conference, respectively, and both conferences are compared constantly in terms of strength among fans. On the other hand, I couldn't care less about the outcome of a pickup game between the buddies the two captains pick to their teams.

Having All-Star uniforms feels like nothing more than a money-grab. It was more interesting indeed when everyone played in their teams' uniform. I can see some justification, if they're based on the host team's identity. Otherwise no.

Don't think it's Cleveland behind the All-Star uni design... Anyway, I would've hoped this was the Celebrity game jersey or something, but now that Conrad has confirmed it too.. Another big ol' head scratcher.

I've always liked when team color accessories were worn with white unis, looks so much more interesting. The Heat haven't usually done that, though, so I'm kinda used to the single color clean look as their thing.

Those stripes at the top of the jersey look good to me only at the extent they're used on the current jerseys, not more.

Not the next LeBron James, whose one of the main skills was playmaking, but comparable hype. With his play, he has posted such numbers on a regular basis with ease that even exceeded those of a usual number one pick during first years of their career. The fact that he has been plagued by injuries and possible questionable decisions, is a different story.

I see and respect your rationale, @Dynasty Other than that, the definition of the term "bust", which I also share, has been set straight so many times on so many platforms that I'm not even gonna go into that any further. It's about not meeting the expectations and hype set by others with your play. The question asked was, if Zion can already be called a bust, to which my answer is that Zion isn't anywhere in the "bust" conversation. In case of the Pelicans, sure, one could ponder now that maybe it wasn't the best decision, but there was no serious reason to think so at the time, and it was a dead-obvious consensus to make that pick. So, even by that reasoning it can't be called a misjudgement. Moreover, Morant had more question marks.

Injuries have nothing to do with being a bust. Greg Oden never was a bust in any form, at least not because of injuries. It's an unfortunate case of a career cut short.

He has put up exceptional numbers when he has played, so hasn't been a bust by any means. He's been hindered by injuries that hopefully won't define his career.

I remember him more often with the bad luck of getting injured in key moments of playoffs.

Chris Paul couldn't have found himself in a better position at this stage of his career. Not being carried or had joined some superfriends on a squad, but instead leading a league-best team. Really smart decisions were made.