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On 4/30/2020 at 5:33 PM, habsfan1 said:

 

 

The one at top left is nice. It could have worked as a fun 90s alternate in that era. Woulda made for fun matchups.

These are definitely a bit too 90’s, but I really dig that they considered an igloo alternate logo. Even though they don’t play at The Igloo anymore, I think an igloo alternate logo would be kind of cool as both a tie-in to the name and a nod to team history. 

There’s a lot of things I miss about the NBA. It used to be my favorite league and sport to watch as a kid, but a lot of stuff seemed to gradually change and it just doesn’t hold the same excitement to me now as it did then. I still follow it, but not nearly as enthusiastically.  
 

1. I REALLY miss the NBA on NBC; the theme, the announcers, the pregame, the graphics, everything. I don’t know what it was, but everything about NBA on NBC seemed like a huge deal and was super exciting as a kid. ESPN/ABC has just never held a candle to all of that for me.

2. I also miss the days before the modern super-teams. Yes there were technically similarly stacked teams back then, but it seemed in the 90’s and early 2000’s that despite the Bulls, Spurs, and Lakers, there was still some kind of parity and talent spread out across the league. Those dynasty teams of the 90’s-early 2000’s always had different challengers and competitors (Bulls faced five different teams in six Finals, Lakers threepeat faced three, the early Spurs faced multiple teams as well). Warriors vs. Cavs three years in a row was so fatiguing to me that by part III, I didn’t even care. At least seeing new blood in one of the conferences every year for a long time was refreshing enough to stay interesting for me, even if that team was likely to lose.

3. Purely 90’s kid nostalgia speaking, but I miss a lot of the 90’s uniforms too. There’s a lot of them that wouldn’t work at all full-time today, but I’ve still got a soft spot for many of them, garish and cartoonish as some were. The mid-2000’s went a bit too dull and conservative across the league and killed off a lot of personality in NBA team branding, and I think that lent to me losing some interest as well. Brand-wise, it didn’t look as colorful and fun as it once did. It was fine and inevitable to tone down the whimsy a bit, but I think some changes went too far.

Of the two primaries, I definitely prefer the slug on its own in the trees. The “UC” is a bit forced.

The options I voted for along the way weren’t picked, but I still think they’ll get an upgrade either way and I really do like how they went about this whole process from the start. It’s been fun to follow.

I haven’t watched it yet, but I imagine one of my worst days as a sports fan will be watching The Last Dance and re-living the Jazz ‘98 Finals loss. 
 

I have upmost respect for those Bulls teams and totally get the cultural phenomenon behind them, but I have to be honest: being a die-hard fan of the team they legendarily beat twice for MJ’s second swan-song (and seeing that understandably sensationalized over the course of two decades) really sucks sometimes. Oh well, at least they got to be part of a great ride I guess.

I was pleasantly surprised by the UC Santa Cruz options, there were some really good ones throughout! I also favor the 1.4 and 1.7 slugs, as well as 1.6 as a third option. My favorite font was font 1.7. 

2 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

Anyway, I will mention again something which I have said before, but which is even more obvious with the Guardians' use of the grey jerseys today:

 

The Guardians' helmet logo should be the one that is on their shoulder. And the helmet should be grey.

 

 

That oversized logo does not work. It really doesn't look like anything.

To each their own of course, but the helmet logo reads just fine to me and I have no problems with it. I can see the lion’s face clearly, and I think the treatment of the logo is really cool and dynamic. To be honest, it’s my favorite helmet in the league. 

Speaking of helmets, IMO Seattle and St. Louis are oh so close to perfection (speaking strictly helmets, not uniforms). If Seattle removed the tapered stripe and St. Louis removed the sword stripe, it would clean both helmets up nicely and perfect them in my book. So, so close.

Although I love the use of the helmet for the 49ers, I think the Chiefs have the best endzone any team’s had since the current endzone system was adopted simply because of how well their logo and wordmark fills the space. It looks a whole lot less empty than others have. Plus, yellow to contrast against what will likely be red for the 49ers is the right move. 
 

All that said, the conference logos do need to return. The endzones always look their best, in my opinion, when the wordmark is centered and bookended with logos of some kind.

4 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

The New York helmet logo is great.  But the logo doesn't really stand out on the black helmet.  The helmet, when you look at it, appears simply to have three stripes.

 

 

You have to stare pretty intensely in order to make out the lion's face.

To be honest, I didn’t have a problem making it out at first and still don’t. I can see the face just fine. That’s just me, though. *shrug*

I had posted that I thought things were looking good after New York, but I’d posted too soon. With the exception of St. Louis, most of what came after was a bit of a disappointment. Just seemed like circa 2008 click and fill templates for the most part. Oh well.
 

I think it’s pretty clear to me who the winners in the reveal are. New York, St. Louis, and DC are all big standouts to me, with New York I think being the top. I still can’t get over how great their helmet is.

So far, so good. I effing LOVE New York’s helmet. It’s still early, but so far this is all looking like a good, pleasant surprise (my expectations were really low).

35 minutes ago, ramsjetsthunder said:

While the current color set and uniforms are a great modernization and embodiment of the Seattle Seahawks, there was something truly special about the 2000s blue-grey shade known as "Seahawk Blue." Who agrees?

Not gonna lie, I actually really liked that color scheme. I will admit that it looked better in sunlight though, which makes me think it would’ve been better had Seahawk Blue been a little lighter. Something closer to the ballpark of the KG Timberwolves blue. Also would’ve helped if they didn’t wear mono-blue, I felt the white pants was a better balance.

Otherwise though, I loved the idea of the color scheme. It looked very PNW to me, and I felt the lime green was an excellent accent color to it and navy. 

26 minutes ago, simtek34 said:

That’s how it’s supposed to be. It’s a throwback to their 1970s-80s Batting Helmet. 

Ah that’s right, I remember now. I just wish it would’ve been a navy “T” anyways (throwback accuracy be damned  ). In any case, it’s not a good look.

This one might be borderline on whether or not it counts given the item in subject, but I’m gonna post it anyway:

It used to bug me to no end that Joe Mauer’s catching helmet decal had a white “T” against a white background. It was hardly visible and absolutely should’ve been navy against the white for contrast.

Sure you could argue that with the mask on you could hardly see it anyway, but that didn’t stop me from unseeing it anytime he took the mask off.

Would’ve been interesting if hypothetically Vancouver did go with Ravens or Dragons, if either name would’ve carried over to Memphis or not (or if it would’ve stayed up to today had it carried over at all). We’ll never know, but fun to think about. 

On 5/6/2019 at 10:24 AM, agentrygraphics said:

This was, has been, and always will be the Chargers' best look. 

This one still has the edge for me too, mostly because of the bolt being on the same background consistently across the entire set. Given that the current set makes a total mess of that, it really makes this set stand out even more to me than it did before.

I like the original powder blues too for the most part, don’t get me wrong. But this one just had a lot of things I appreciated about it and felt it was an exceptionally designed uniform, more than it’s given credit for.

I think the Chiefs have the best individual endzone option; the logo and wordmark fill it in more and the red and gold pop a whole lot more.

Classy look for Portsmouth! Really nice! I think some trim on the sleeves of the primary kit that matched the collar would just about perfect it. But other than that, I think you’ve really done a fantastic job as always!

To be honest, I don’t mind the sword stripe on the Titans’ helmet that much. It’s the shadowed sword yoke and sword...whatever on the pants that wreck it. Looks really corny and already looked dated by week 5, and that pulls down the set really hard.

3 hours ago, B-Rich said:

 

 

 

This sounds painfully familiar to the events in New Orleans  vis-à-vis the Baby Cakes-- no fan EVER suggested the name-- which isn't even a thing; it's DERIVED, mind you. 

Yeah I was extremely suspicious of that one when it came out, given that it’s not even what the cake itself or the baby found inside is even called. No WAY a local suggested it. I learned pretty quick when I lived in Louisiana that people look at you really funny if you don’t know what a King Cake is!  So knowing that, I can’t imagine in a million years a local would get that wrong. That was Brandiose BS from the start.

Triple-hate “NASH” on the front of the jersey. Let’s seriously cut it out with stupid unnecessary* city abbreviations already. Other than that, not awful. The strings going down the shoulders and arms is a decent idea and those script wordmarks are really nice from what I can see, though they should be on the main home and road and not on the alts only. 

* “PHILA” is necessary and always acceptable.  “NASH”, “PHX”, “ATL”, etc. certainly aren’t.

3 minutes ago, MCM0313 said:

I don't think Clemson uses enough purple. Don't @ me. 

When’s the last time Clemson wore a purple alternate? I like thier uniforms as-is right now, but I’d still be perfectly fine with a purple alternate every now and then so long as it was worn with the same traditional helmet and pants. Nothing crazy, just a little change of color to mix things up.

7 minutes ago, Crabcake47 said:

The Bucs’ uniforms are not that bad. 

I guess my Bucs’ unpopular opinion that I actually like their helmets. The enlarged flag has never really bothered me at all, not nearly as much as it does others. I just really hate that number font and the mismatched sleeve logos. I am also very indifferent overall about the shoulder yoke and have never really decided if I like it or not. It strangely kinda works okay when they’re wearing white pants, but not so much when they wear pewter pants; I think its a color balance thing and the yoke plus pewter pants is just a bit too much pewter.

12 hours ago, MCM0313 said:

I liked them best with the state of Louisiana shape on them rather than the fleur-de-lis, though.

Ah yes, I love that logo. In fact, I own a cap with the modern version of it on the front. I could go either way between it and the fleur-de-lis when it come to the sleeves, but they could change it back to the Louisiana logo tomorrow and I’d be totally fine with that.

3 minutes ago, OnWis97 said:

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the popular opinion.  Particularly given the popularity of not liking double-outlines.

Hmm, maybe. I just recall reading a few posts from people in the past saying the fleur-de-lis looked too thin and not as substantial without the outlines. I don’t remember the posters themselves, I just remember that being an opinion that multiple people seemed to hold. I very well may have misinterpreted it, though, or confused it for being a more popular opinion that it really was.