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2 hours ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

Honestly I'm 30 and I'm scared of the inevitable Y2K nostalgia wave

It's gonna happen.

43 minutes ago, LA Fakers+ LA Snippers said:

Most teams that have relocated, from what I've seen, try to stay away from these sorts of things to avoid the fanbase starting an uproar about "You spent x years in this city and you're just gonna ignore us?!" (ie. Nets move to Brooklyn, circa 2012) 

• OKC ignored their 10th anny. in 2018/19.
• Memphis celebrated 10 years in Memphis in 2010/11, then celebrated the franchise's 25th in 2019/20.
• Sacramento has only aknowledged thier time in California, with their 20th in '04/'05, 25th in '09/'10, 30th in '14/'15, and thier 35th in '19/'20.

The Clippers did have a10th anniversary logo ...

If anything there should be some small tie in with Minneapolis.

2 hours ago, Foxxtrot44 said:

 

It's a small relief that the team is apparently going to be dog for the next few years, so no one will actually be forced to see these jerseys.

Well, except for us Jazz fans.

But, at least they'll be associated with losing once Mitchell is shipped off to NY. Then hopefully they'll float off across the great eternal rainbow bridge never to be seen nor remembered ever again ...

There's a Utah Jazz joke somewhere here.

On 7/13/2022 at 11:21 AM, CaliforniaGlowin said:

I didn't see a "catch all" thread for this, so here it is.

 

Weird numbering on a Zambia handball goalie.

Hoping to see that at TJ Maxx soon.

16 minutes ago, guest23 said:

 

I appreciate the spirit of the jersey and know it's a throwback but the nob font on front for city name gives off a early 80's t-shirt shop heat pressing letters on a blank tank top vibe.

And, I'm sure that's why everyone loves it.

13 hours ago, TaylorMade said:

Could have built a pretty decent brand around SLC's flag

 

Nah. I could see MAYBE a City Edition, but even then nobody knows (or cares) what the SLC flag looks like here in Utah. If you're going to build a sports brand or alternate jersey around a city or state flag it should be somewhat iconic or recognizable outside the state. That's why it works for Colorado, Chicago and Arizona (to name a few).

1 hour ago, pelicanfan said:

with the jazz pretty much having no choice but to accept their purple alternate jerseys as part of their main brand, this is gonna be their color palette for the next three seasons. 

 

TV's broken.

2 hours ago, synged said:

How about the Utah Buzz?  Although, Charlotte did just have those Buzz City jerseys...

Georgia Tech owns the trademark on Buzz. Something us Utahns learned back in the '90s when GT sued the MiLB Salt Lake Buzz which eventually led to the return of the Bees nickname by way of the Stingers.

30 minutes ago, plobrien said:

The Jazz should of just changed their name too if they wanted to make this drastic of a change. Buy the Salt Lake City Bee's nickname off the Triple-A team. 

Ryan Smith does own the team (or maybe just half of it with LHM?), but honestly as a Jazz fan I don't know how against I am of a name change anymore?  There are plenty of local names and ideas you could draw from (without proposing the stupid Grizzlies/Pelicans/Jazz name swap trade).

• Bees
• Saints
• Stars
• Pioneers
• Gulls
• Golden Eagles
• Wildcats
• Sting/Stingers

It's just the Jazz have always been the Jazz, they have a deep history in this state. But, Utah Jazz history is full of eras -- AD/Griffith, Stockton/Malone, D-Will/Boozer, Mitchell/Gobert, etc. Would a new era with a new name be a BAD thing?

9 hours ago, DJT said:

I’ve been to the Jazz team store twice since it was announced on Friday and I think people are buying merch just fine. 
 

Yeah everyone hates the jerseys but half the merch is black/white or white/black which everyone wears. I bought 3 shirts. A black with yellow, a yellow with black and my daughter wanted a black/white one. 

I’m fine with the color scheme (I mean look at my profile avatar), but I think things would have been better with fans if the jerseys highlighted the J-note more or full Jazz logo on it. I would buy a J-Note jersey in highlighter yellow and black.

I don’t know how much the addition of the purple jerseys were because of the demand for them, or just we screwed up with the design? 

15 minutes ago, chakfu said:

 

There are a LOT of mockups I'd like to see.  They've entered CavFanatic territory.

 

New / forthcoming  palette seems like black + yellow + 90s purple.

 

I'd like to see how other color could be integrated:

+/- light blue

+/- green (light or dark)

+/- black

 

Probably not copper.  I'd like to see all combos applied to J note, mountains, and even red rock.

 

In a way, most of their palettes overlapped slightly, with varying degrees of divergence from original Mardi Gras:

 

Purple/black/navy

Gold/copper/yellow

Kelly Green/teal/Light blue/ forest green

 

Red rock is harder to tie in, but gradient of black to red to yellow could somewhat translate to black to purple to yellow.

 

A mess, but easier to incorporate than Cavs orange

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

Let's not encourage them to add any more colors.

But, with that said I could totally see the Jazz add a lighter almost neon-ish purple to the yellow, black and white mix.

This rebrand EXUDES excitement ...

So the Jazz unveiled the 97 throwback and a remix and the original NOLA purple throwback for next season. Huh. Interesting. The black, yellow and white is an after thought as expected.

The whole campaign is Purple is Back >>> https://www.nba.com/jazz/purpleisback

27 minutes ago, DJT said:

They will unveil it all from what I understand. The black/yellow/white and the purple. They may focus more on the purple because of the backlash to the black/yellow set.

Apparently the reveal will be online at 11am local time (MT).

21 minutes ago, TaylorMade said:

Pistons are making a slight alteration to their shorts. Hopefully this means the DP logo will be sunset for good.

 

 

I miss the flaming horse. That was a serious misstep when they went away from it.

The thread is simple -- what championship teams wore the WRONG jersey, sweater, uniform, etc. I don't want to limit this to just championship winning teams, so maybe the finalists of that league's championship round (ie-Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Final, etc.).

Here are a few examples to get the ball rolling ...

Washington Capitals, 1998 Stanley Cup Finalist

Cleveland Cavaliers, 2016 NBA Champions

Edmonton Oilers, 2006 Stanley Cup Finalist

It’s a shame Sterling tarnished that look. It’s not bad per se … it’s just very very straightforward. I wish they didn’t jump into their current look so fast.

1 hour ago, Satomiblood said:

 

Back before the Nuggets introduced their 2003-04 look, I actually had thoughts of them utilizing that color scheme. Now, I'm not so sure, unless the NBA expands to Pittsburgh...

 

Anyway, I'm hoping Utah does end up scrapping the black and yellow redesign. It was a terrible idea with no basis in Utah's history. They may not be as successful as the likes of the Bulls, Celtics, and Lakers (in terms of championships), but the Jazz (and the color purple) have become synonymous with Utah. There's too much tradition for it to go away in favor of something soulless. 

The thing is ... it does have a connection with the state being the Beehive State and all. However, the TEAM should lean into its' history with purple and J-note. Stop flirting with full-time Utah looks. We're the Jazz.

5 minutes ago, Faxion said:

New additions to the Washington helmet

 

 

Player name and number to front!

That looks like a very temporary, not suppose to be used on the field sticker for media day, a photo shoot or something …

16 hours ago, Foxxtrot44 said:

 

I mean, to be perfectly pedantic, we *do* have Echo Canyon near SLC

It’s a brownish red orange

16 hours ago, LA Fakers+ LA Snippers said:

If Utah wanted to tie in to the red rock, why not base the identity off of it.

All they’d have to do is make a white jersey. They have the black for the road and the original red rock for the alt. They have logos and a court. Would have been so simple.

Logically that makes sense, but the fact that SLC is 200-250 miles from anything remotely red rock is the problem. If they did the current logos, jerseys and courts in black, yellow and white with the current alts. I'd be fine with that. The leaked jerseys are just too plain.