Old School Fool

Way to be obnoxious about it. I don't think Houston's urban culture is a fad, it's been around for about 20+ years much like Memphis and Atlanta. If you don't like it then great but to act like it doesn't matter is stupid. What do you think team branding is suppose to be? If you can't pull inspiration from the people you play in front of then what is the point? If the team wants to embrace something other than the outplayed space theme then I welcome it. You just reminded me that the Fresno Grizzlies have a Lowriders alternate uniform.

Where have you been? They wore it and it sucks.

The 2003 uniforms had a shiny fabric and it's what made the silver work. Nike can still do it too as evidenced by the Celtics and Lakers 1940's throwbacks from the last few years but they won't do it with regular uniforms for some stupid reason. The shiny fabric was great for teams like the Rockets and Nuggets.

My favorite thing about this image is remembering that the Meadowlands Arena still exists.

Pat Patriot is pretty much an alternate logo for them at this point though.

You want to talk about ill advised rebrands after success, you cannot forget the Houston Rockets in 1995. For some reason they went all in after two straight championships. I have a soft spot for the look but the idea to rebrand was stupid regardless. The issue with rebranding though is that it's planned in advance so the Rockets ended up winning right after the look was greenlit. Whoops. "So the request to rebrand Houston happened in 1993, even before the won their first trophy. After the Rockets won their second NBA Championship, Rockets team owner Les Alexander requested the NBA postpone launching the new identity in the fall of 1995. Unfortunately, this was not possible as over $400k of official Rockets merchandise, legal fees and venue transformation costs had been spent and the League was not willing to absorb the team’s expenses." I know this is the NFL thread but this is relevant to the discussion.

I actually think it's clever that the stripes switch between pants and jerseys in these combos.

Fair point right there. Reddit speculation has never been any good.

Team looks like Team is starting to become such an incredibly old and unoriginal take. I feel like this board should start taking measures against it or something. Yeah congratulations, they wear red and have stripes, unbelievable what a concept guys. Nobody in sports owns anything. This is not copyrighted, trademarked, whatever. It is colors and stripes that date back decades. You're going to see common themes no matter what. Please stop.

This is exactly why I like it. They didn't screw around too much, kept it classic while also looking modern. That's about all you can ask for with this team.

Please...

I brought up the USC facemask. I must be right.

Alright, that is awesome.

Best bet is a chrome facemask, alternate helmet decal on the main helmet. I was thinking though, what if they had a gray/tan facemask like USC does? It sort of has a desert feel to it...

I wish the Twins primary logo was this.

It does look nice with the script below the NFL logo though...

Someone mentioned it but I have a strong feeling the Kings are going to get new uniforms and put black in more prominently. It's been an alternate only which has stood out like a sore thumb. Also for some dumb reason their main court has been black for the last few seasons, I don't know why they do that when their main logo has no black in it, it makes it look weird and not right. This isn't the only time the Kings have had a dumb decision regarding their court, remember in 2013 they had a 3D logo at center court. I've never seen a team do that before and once you see it you understand why.

The Royals are going to wear Kansas City Monarchs throwbacks on September 16 too so one off throwbacks are definitely exempt.

The helmet at least has to inevitably leak soon right?

I don't think I saw this anywhere but this was the logo the Spurs used for their games in Mexico and Austin.

So the old Batting Practice look?

Finally someone points it out. It's extremely lazy and stupid. Also, Nike changed the front script gradient and it's pretty obvious. What's weirder is I remember in like 2009 they wore black hats with the Ray on it which was inaccurate. The batting helmet and jersey script was accurate though.

One of the best hats.