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Reason #1 why the Utah Fury is a TERRIBLE decision 

40 minutes ago, mjarvie said:

If you're not going to go with Eagles or Grizzlies, then I say go with Gulls. I know a lot of people would question that but it is the state bird. Or go with the state animal, Elk. Any of those four are simple and solid. 

I am in this same boat. I am not a fan of the Utah Elk, but the Utah Gulls works on both levels of being the state bird and being the name of a past MiLB team. Just don't know how easy it would be to wrestle from San Diego?

11 minutes ago, Mingjai said:

Back when I used to drive between Utah (school) and Idaho (home), I’m pretty sure each time I was driving by a polygamist farm somewhere between Plymouth and the Idaho border. I recognized some of the farm structures from a news story on polygamists. 

Yeah, that's a different sect of polygamists unrelated to the FLDS. The Kingston Clan is definitely as messed up as the Jeffs/FLDS group. 

34 minutes ago, habsfan1 said:

Rocky Mountain Xtreme

 

 

Part of the mountain range is in Utah, so the name could work.

I won't lie ... I had the same thought.

Plus, Salt Lake City MORE so in the mountains than Denver is. Denver is basically Kansas.

Fascinating. Might as well put some long sleeves on these jerseys and call it a day for next season ...

18 hours ago, VancouverFan69 said:

Besides coming up with a big league professional name instead of a singular Tier II name, I do hope the team uses "Salt Lake City" instead of the state identity. The team can be referenced to as SLC in short. Leave Utah for the Jazz and a future NFL team

The nickname is going to be "Utah" after the state legislature approved a funding bill for a new arena. One of the stipulations (same as a funding bill for a baseball stadium) is that tenants use "Utah" in their nickname.

Source

I do prefer Salt Lake over Utah. 

1 hour ago, The_Admiral said:

 

I have no excitement for this. I have major reservations about a market of 2.5 million with heavily directional sprawl where the only other team in the market runs concurrently and is almost as established as the Church of England, where hockey does not have a long history of success, where the arena has the same NBA-first sightlines that doomed Phoenix in the first place. The only advantage Salt Lake City has over Quebec City is staying on Mountain Time.

 

But the Coyotes have been on life support for 15 years, the league has cockteased four or five different cities now only to keep doubling down on stupid, and every owner since the days of league control has run out of money, not paid taxes, or both. Enough already. I'm old and tired. Just let this end.

I agree with the concerns, however, I think it helps having both the Jazz and NHL team owned by the same person. 

10 hours ago, Gary said:

 

SLIDES INTO ALEX'S DMs ...

On 4/2/2024 at 2:25 PM, DJT said:

i'd imagine it will be pretty minimal.

Can they get any more minimal?

I love the bright yellow. I just hate the design elements of ... well ... nothingness. 

If the design is based off this year's City Jersey ... meh.

17 hours ago, The_Admiral said:

 

I feel the same way about the Iowa Wolves having a superior rendering of the Timberwolves logo. It's truer to the original logo that people love for some reason.

 

Mixed feelings on several levels with the D-league San Diego Clippers, though. The first is that it would have looked better in the original light blue and orange if you're going to go back to that name. The other is, should they have gone back to that name? There's something that doesn't sit right with me about suggesting a departed major-league team's old IP for a minor-league replacement. I felt the same way about the Connecticut Whale as farm team for the Rags. It's kind of a dunk on them that they'll never be invited back to the big table, but they can live on as a feeder for a city you used to not like.

Yeah, I am a little conflicted with the name as well. I think it works out okay for a few reasons ...

• It's been 40 years since the team left San Diego.
• Donald Sterling doesn't own the Clippers anymore.
• There's not much of a demand for a NBA team in San Diego.
• Nostalgia points will sell some tickets.

Granted, I don't feel like this would work in Kansas City, Seattle and Vancouver. But, maybe Cincinnati? Baltimore? 

2 hours ago, projectjohn said:

The Pistons are using horizonal NOB today for the 20th anniversary celebration of their 2004 championship, proving it is possible on the Nike template. I wish they'd go back to it full-time.

 

 

20 years? Oy. I feel old. That feels like yesterday.

On 3/13/2024 at 5:51 PM, BottomlessPitt said:

Looks like we have two competing groups for NHL expansion to Atlanta (Both in Alpharetta) . Vernon Krause with his South Forsyth (The Gathering) plan and former NHLer Anson Carter and his North Point Mall property site plan. They're about 5 miles from each other. 

Build both arenas. Once Atlanta 3.0 moves to Quebec just award Atlanta 4.0 to the other group ... soooo Saskatoon can get in on the NHL fun.

On 3/8/2024 at 3:00 PM, Digby said:

 

Vermont is number one on this list, which is a searingly obvious tell that the methodology is too flawed to take seriously.

 

Real numbers say SLC's public transit usage is pretty anemic. Not really out of the ordinary for American cities but I'm not seeing this as a special selling point necessarily.

Being a resident I'd say it is pretty anemic compared to bigger cities. It's getting better ... if that means anything.

5 hours ago, GhostOfNormMacdonald said:

They should just let Caesar's have the team and make the stadium a replica of the Roman Coliseum

I don't know why I love this idea so much? It'd be the most Las Vegas thing ever.

As much as this is for expansion, I still think this is a play for the A's right now, especially if they can't finalize things in Vegas.

1 hour ago, ruttep said:

 

Navy blue is also way overdone though. One of the most enduring consequences of 90s/00s sports design has been teams replacing their classic royal blue color schemes with duller navy blue.

Agreed. We'll now probably see a swing back to royal blue hues in the next 3-5 years. Something I'd welcome because Navy blue just seems too formal, serious and stale.

3 hours ago, AstroCree said:

I just noticed, is the bottom of the ship suppose to be a basketball? The NBA still has that (honestly silly) rule about having a basketball somewhere on the logo, right? 

3 hours ago, TaylorMade said:

Yes and yes

Ehhhh ... I don't know?

I believe in the past the main logo had to have one. But, now ... I think a basketball has to be in one of the logos within the whole logo package? Newer logos like Cleveland, Golden State, San Antonio, etc. don't have a basketball within their main logos., but do within alternates, etc.

With that said, the ship ball logo is a bit too much in my opinion. It just feels forced.

12 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said:

Jazz are already phasing out the yellow, so that should continue.

I'm with Markkanen, I like the bright yellow. Just not a fan of the application.

Growing up in Utah as a Jazz homer, I was the only Clippers fan I knew for decades — until they got good and they got good. I became a fan in the days of Danny Manning, Charles Smith and Gary Grant for a plethora of reasons. Mainly, So Cal was a home away from home for me. I had tons of family in Orange County and they all mostly hated the Lakers.

It was natural to root for the Clippers so I did too (along with the Jazz).

That said … I love this rebrand. Not crazy about the C-ship logo. But, this is the Clips. Makes excited for the move and I can’t wait to catch a game in the Intuit Dome. Should be great.

On 2/20/2024 at 10:01 PM, TheRealPepman said:

When the Orlando Magic unveiled their 2003-08 uniforms, the jerseys originally looked slightly different:

Huh. That's fascinating. I've never seen these before. It was a good quick switcheroo. 

On 2/18/2024 at 3:06 PM, truepg said:

Of all the things the NBA has introduced, the LED court was actually refreshingly fitting and an appropriate addition for the All-Star competitions.

Off the bat, I am a fan of the LED court for events like this. I am interested to get the opinions of fans there in the dome and players in the events. I loved the ability the court had to track scores during three point shootout and the flare added to the dunk contest and skills challenge was kind of fun.

But, with as green as the court was during the shootout I wondered if that was an issue for the players?

1 hour ago, pelicanfan said:

personally i think it would have been better if they brought back a jersey kobe actually wore. kinda like what the warriors did in their last regular season game at oracle. the gold wishbone jersey would have been a no brainer here.  but i get this decision as well. 

 

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also since no one posted it yet. grizzlies decided to come out with a new alternate court midseason.  

 

 

personally i dont like seeing grey courts anywhere outside brooklyn. aside from the tournament courts this is like the 2nd-4th time a team has come out with a grey court since the nets made it a thing? (mavs, cavs, okc, grizzlies)

If memory serves me ... the Grizzlies wanted to do a court like this a few years ago(?) because of the "Grit and Grind" mentality of the team, but the NBA denied the request. 

Of course this was all before the NBA Cup and alternate courts were a thing.

7 minutes ago, GDAWG said:

So it's like the 49ers in Santa Clara County, the Jets and Giants in New Jersey, Patriots in Foxborough and the Cowboys in Arlington.  

Eh, less so ... it's still "Vegas" but the tax check goes somewhere else.