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17 minutes ago, rams80 said:

 

Holy crap they still aren't dead?

huh, did some Googling -- and went some places I'm rather ashamed of -- on the internet and it seems like they ARE still alive? Well, according to the current ABA 2000 standings. Outside of that, their website is dead and they still haven't hit autocorrect on their name, unlike the local college which is known as the Grizzlies.

File this under a "The More You Know" moment you'll soon enough hope to forget. 

2 hours ago, Frylock said:

Here's one for consideration...

 

Bill Walton: Only played 4 years for the Blazers. Brought the team it's only NBA title, so is that his "right" team? For the sake of argument, let's say yes.

 

His rookie season, 1974/75 was the last season for this style with the tail under "blazers". The next season, 1975/76, they switched to the vertical style which became famous the following season when they won the championship. The season after that, 1977/78, saw the introduction to the now iconic "sash" style uniforms, which Walton only wore that year before injuries and a trade sent him packing.

 

Interesting twist: when the Blazers retired his number prior to I believe their 1989/90 season opener, they presented him a framed version of the "sash" style jersey. Was it simply because that's what they had available to customize? That's what I suspect...

 

So, which one is his "wrong" jersey?

His rookie jersey, mainly because the vertical is his right uniform as a Blazer (because of the championship) and the sash -- albeit worn one season by him -- is the franchise's most recognizable jersey.

And, I guess you could make the argument the sash is the jersey he won a MVP in.

9 hours ago, Ben in LA said:

Don't they still show this commercial?

I swear I've seen it during the midnight hours.

21 hours ago, Radiohead said:

Toby is that you?

On 4/7/2017 at 0:16 PM, MadmanLA said:

 

Micheal Ray taking to it Kareem during the Knicks' "blue and maroon" era...

 

 

Earl the Pearl (AKA Black Jesus) in the twilight years...Getty says this picture took place in 1980, but the Knicks' blue and maroon uniforms were in place starting in '79-80.  This certainly had to be in 1978-1979...the Pistons starting wearing their short-lived "lightning bolt" uniforms beginning that season (it was also the first [and only full] season of Dick Vitale as head coach).

 

 

 

Notably, the Pearl wore #10 when he was with the Baltimore Bullets, but he wore #33, and I guess, #14 in his rookie year ('67-68).

 

He also wore #33 for the first half season he was with the Knicks. I've been looking for a picture of him in it -- nothing yet.

1 hour ago, MCM0313 said:

What's with the 67 on the ball? Was that the year the SuperSonics were founded?

Si.

On 3/31/2017 at 10:14 PM, TrueYankee26 said:

How many people will remember his Bulls days 10+ years after he retires? Though he is from the Windy City, he will always be the #1 symbol of the Heat's golden days.

 

Especially considering the fact that odds are he's leaving after one season.

5 hours ago, Old School Fool said:

Another weird Preseason location, this time with the Sonics returning to the Tacoma Dome in 2000.

 

 

 

That looks like an old Sacramento Kings court. I'll have to do a little research, but does anyone have a full picture of the court?

1 hour ago, FinsUp1214 said:

 

I actually didn't know this till today, but the Liberty hosted a game at Arthur Ashe a few years back. Looks awesome.

 

 

I'm really digging more and more the idea of outdoor games. I know there's a lot of intricacies and things that need to go perfectly for that kind of thing to work, but it's something that'd be really cool annually in the right places (Tennis arenas would obviously be ideal). I wonder also if some football stadiums could be used with seating configurations similar to how modern Final Fours have done. Could be tricky, but maybe it'd work?

I think it could work. But, it's all about timing and location. It'd have to be either preseason or around November and in places like Phoenix, Miami or low-precipitation locations. 

3 hours ago, SilverBullet1929 said:

Hasn't this been done recently or am I imagining this?

I looked, but maybe not well enough?

We have the Players in the "Wrong" Uniforms thread and within that thread I've seen a few "Right Team, Wrong Uniform" entries. I thought I'd separate the two, because it is an interesting topic of its' own.

Here are a few to start the thread off with ...

Charles Barkley, Preseason 1992, Phoenix Suns

Matt Hasselbeck, 2001, Seattle Seahawks

Jeff Bagwell, 1992, Houston Astros.

3 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

 

Very nice.  The Nets should play some games at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium.

Arthur Ashe Stadium would be a fun place too since it has a retractable roof. 

5 hours ago, chrispw12 said:

I haven't been able to find any pictures but on YouTube I've seen clips of the Sonics playing a few games at the Kingdome in 1992-93 against the Bulls and Celtics 

I do wonder why they played in the Kingdome? But, it looks like they played against the Bulls in late November in both 1991 and 1992 in the Kingdome. I'm assuming this might be to accommodate the bigger crowd with the Bulls' popularity?

4 hours ago, chrispw12 said:

I haven't been able to find any pictures but on YouTube I've seen clips of the Sonics playing a few games at the Kingdome in 1992-93 against the Bulls and Celtics 

Yeah, I've looked for those games as well. Including a few they played in the Tacoma Dome around that season.

And, here are some of the road jerseys ...

I've found it interesting how many different -- slightly, but different -- jerseys the Bulls had before settling in the modern set that's remained the same (more or less) since 1985.

As you can tell there are many inconsistencies with spacing, number placement and material wise as well. I'm not even sure if I can create a solid timeline because some differences were midseason. 

14 hours ago, Old School Fool said:

Yeah, I'm not sure why they played in the Metrodome in '96? Seems rather odd to roll out a whole court and stands for a pre-season game.

On a side note ... I think the NBA should and could do a special game in the same spirit of the NHL Stadium Series in markets with domed stadiums. You could do it on Christmas or after football season in February or March? 

13 hours ago, SCalderwood said:

 

 

Prior to the start of the 2007-08 season, the Wizards officially switched from bronze to gold.  In order to more emphasize the gold, they changed the NOB letters on their away jersey from white to gold.  However, they also made the NOB smaller.  A small, gold NOB proved to be hard to read on a blue jersey, so a few weeks into into the season they changed back to the bigger NOB and outlined the NOB in white to help make it easier to read.

 

Here's a pic from WSH @ IND, opening night, 10/31/07:

 

 

 

Their next game, 11/2/07 @ BOS:

 

 

 

Their next game, 11/3/07 vs. ORL:

 

 

But these NOB's lasted for less than a month.

 

 

 

Here's a pic of them 11/21/07 @ CHA

 

 

And they continued to wear these bigger NOBs with outlines for the rest of the season, until 2010-11 when they made the NOBs smaller again but just changed them to white on the blue jerseys.

 

Thanks for that run down and research. The gold with white outline don't look much better. 

On 3/18/2017 at 0:31 PM, Discogod said:

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.

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.

Here's a rarity since Reeves never played for the MEMPHIS Grizzlies in the regular season. He played two preseason games in Memphis before being put on the IR and eventually retiring.

I know the San Francisco Warriors played in a number of Bay Area and other neutral courts before moving into the Oakland Coliseum full-time. But, this is somewhat of a rare sight seeing the original 'THE CITY' jerseys in the Oakland Coliseum.

Interesting find ...

Noticed the blue in the middle of the O's and D in Orlando (bottom photo), it seems like this was only done in the 1990-91 season. I am assuming this might be because of the switch to Champion that the NBA made that year (when you put into account the slight differences to Boston and Utah's jerseys for the first couple of months). 

The photo on the right is from the Sacramento Kings game on April 11th (according to the caption) so that'd kind of debunk it happening earlier in the season.

But, everything else that I've seen the norm for these Magic jerseys is the first picture -- without the blue. 

16 hours ago, sayahh said:

Probably a preseason game, but I think they prefer the name "Indiana University."

OOOOOOH ... they're one of THOSE schools.

7 hours ago, Discogod said:

 

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

Actually it's Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon.  

1 hour ago, SCalderwood said:

Here are two NBA uniform matchups that only occurred for one season (1995-96):

 

It's really odd to see the Bad Boy-era jerseys next to the Grizzlies. So odd.