DukeofChutney

Nearly forgot to add todays team.

The Plymouth City Patriots were formed after the Raiders dropped out of the league in '21. This jersey set carries on the style of their current jerseys - I honestly felt it didn't need much change.

Thanks - I was quite pleased how the Flyers trim worked out (it may crop up again later).

As for the Kings trim, it could be a case that I over emphasised it.  I do like the suggestion of using as a repeater - perhaps in sublimation. I'll revisit that set.

EDIT:

Here's a quick alternate take. I've added the previous crown trim in sublmination, and I'm quite liking it. The step and repeat seems a bit cluttered IMO, but I guess that could be fixed with a far subtler colour (which might not display as well here).

Next from the South West, the Gloucester City Kings.

This is a tema that has indicated its intentions to move into the BBL in the near future, bolsted by their sister team Gloucester City Queens joining the WBBL last season.

I've adapted the Queens jersey style here, as to keep a bit of uniforminity to the club.
The side pattern comes from the logo, which represents the Strawberry Leaf Crown found on the tomb of Edward II in Gloucester Cathederal.

Continuing with the Southern Conference, here's the Bristol Flyers.

I've adapted thier current uniform, into their third jersey. Admittedly the wordmark does not match that of thier logo - it was initially from a concept I had for a different logo but it just seems to work here. (at least to me). Coincidentally the Flyers use a painted script font  on their current jerseys so they're not against using different wordmarks.

First up, the fictional relocation of the Raiders franchise, previously playing in Plymouth. (Replaced by the Patriots in '21). The foxes made the trip up the M5 and decamped in the Second City.

The original green of Plymouth has been swtiched out for Brummie blue, and as with their court, I've taken the zig-zag from the city flag and incorporated it into the third jersey.

I've finally got around to  posting my BBL jerseys. Those who followed the BBL courts thread will know some of the changes I made, but I'll detail the differences along the way.

Firstly. this is not soley limited to the British Basketball League. I have promoted some teams from the NBL (and lower) as well as reviving some defunct teams, There's also a fictional relocation and a re-use of a defunct hockey team identity.

For the purpose of this thread, I've also created two conferences; split into four divisions. I've highlighted the counties on the map below.

The league logo is the current one the leage uses, that I've given a little refresh (border, shadow etc).

I've not really done jersey concepts before, so these may not be the best set out there - but I guess you don't know unless you try eh?

Dear oh dear.. what on Earth were they thinking with this?

Even if its just a temporary logo, its still pretty bad.

Compare this to the other merged compnay logo from June 1st - Virgin Media and O2 - simply adding the O2 blue to the VM red bow tie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Media_O2#/media/File:Virgin_Media_O2.svg

It may not be perfect, but its a thousand times better than this new WBDiscovery logo.

36 minutes ago, Red Comet said:

 

I remember that the Royals were approached to move to the NL Central before the Brewers but they refused and then you had the situation with the Astros this past decade. So, the team would have to consent to relocating to another division or league. 

Ah ok, thanks.

I guess there are compensations from the league for the team that moves too.  You can't blame a team for staying though  (keeping this generic) if you're in a decent divison that you have a 75% chance of winning, why move to a division that could reduce that to, say 50%.

Of couse if that move means that you'd sell more regular season tickets then that works but is that worth it at the expense of playoff prospects.

Anyway... I guess neither Detroit or Cleveland need to worry too much about it now. Not with this lease on the Trop still having a few years left in it.

1 hour ago, Red Comet said:

I was about to say, anyone thinking you could plop a place like Lambeau, Gillette or Arrowhead in the middle of a downtown has a couple of screws loose. Baseball or hockey/basketball? Sure, as long as the city in question has the infrastructure to handle transportation of people to and from the game and there’s a decent nightlife to be had after the game. Some places, however, would be disastrous to have a downtown stadium right now. Like Kansas City as the only mass transit we currently have aside from the bus system is a 2 mile long streetcar from the River Market to the WWI Museum. Trying to get 30-40,000 (maybe more like 20-30,000 but still) people to a baseball stadium for 80 or so nights a year would be a disaster right now so naturally the idea is under consideration. 
 

Of course, as for the Rays right now? Looks like Nashville is back on the menu, boys. If this move does happen, my guess is that the Tigers or whatever the team in Cleveland is called by then and the relocated Rays would switch divisions. First they need a stadium, however. 

Putting the Trop lease to one side for a moment - do they have any facility in the Nashville area for the Rays to move to in the mean time?

(Naturally, they do have time to build the stadium by the time the Rays can leave the Trop).

Geographically, Cleveland makes more sense as the team displaced for Nashville going to the Central. But, apart from logistics and division identity, I wouldn't be surprised if the Rays stayed in the East for the short term. Same would apply if they went to Montreal - the city works in either division. (Whether that makes it right, is a whole other matter! )

Pardon my limited knowledge on this, but could Detroit or Cleveland just refuse to move? Or does the league reserve the right to move a teams division?

Do the Rays have as clear a path to relocation as the A's ? (OK, so its not certain, but its likely they'd move to Vegas.)

I'm thinking that Nashville was already mentioned for the Athletics, and theres been talk of Montreal but do either of them have things in place for such a move?

Ah that works now. Thanks all.

21 minutes ago, LMU said:

Post the direct link.

Thanks. Given it a try, but it still just shows as the url and not the image.

Thanks for looking into it.

Forgive me if I'm asking an obvious question, but has the ability/process to post images changed?

Previously I was using the BBCode(forums) url on imgur and it automatically pasted the image. Now its just the link. Is there a new way we're supposed to add images now?

Thanks.

2 hours ago, NormMacdonald said:

Idk what in sports history would be weirder than the Medicine Hat A's

haha yeah true. That probably would be the definitive 'weirdest move in history' - which is why I'd love to see it.. (I know it won't happen).

There are plenty of moves that have happened in the past that probably would have seen as unlikely at the time. (Dodgers leaving Brooklyn, let alone the Giants joining them out West). Plus I'm sure there are dozens of relocations that nearly happened but didn't (ie. Giants to Tampa or Predators to Hamilton).

Of course, I appriciate that there's a lot of practical reasons that stop these wild moves these days. (money being the main one).

11 hours ago, monkeypower said:

 

Well the Regina Red Sox summer collegiate team have recently submitted plans to the City of Regina for a new stadium and the City of Medicine Hat started three million dollars worth of renovations to the baseball stadium there a couple days ago. The Medicine Hat A's were Oakland's Rookie League team for the 1977 season (before they switched affiliation to the Jays the year after) so there is a history there...

 

I think either of those would be pretty surprising and unexpected.

Well I think that is probably the most unexpect option should it come to pass. And, yeah its unlikely, but weirder things have happened in sports.

I should add, that my earlier comment about the Rays going to Oakland was tongue-in-cheek due to the rhyming of A's and Rays. Should've put an emoji in that post..

Probably been said already but....

Athletics move to where ever and Rays then move to Oakland.

So they'd loose the A's and gain the Rays.

1 hour ago, GDAWG said:

 

Albuquerque or Reno.

I quite like the sound of the Albuquerque Athletics.

1 hour ago, Walk-Off said:

 

Among potential surprises that are big and yet plausible, I would go with Dave Kaval and company paying off the ownerships of both the Yankees and the Mets (and maybe paying off the Phillies' ownership also) and then moving the A's to the northeast quadrant of New Jersey.  Some studies have suggested that, from a financial standpoint, the New York City and Los Angeles television markets would each be able to support three MLB teams more easily than any currently MLB-free TV market in the United States would be able to support one MLB franchise.

I would not have thought of either of those. Guess its a crowded market, but full of possibilities.

Just a curveball question - what location would be the biggest surprise for the move?

Doesn't have to be one of the locations already mentioned. I'm thinking Seattle Pilots level of unexpected here.

Some fantastic work there. That template is great too - I'm starting to like the mannaquin style templates; there was a hockey one not so long ago too. Seems to add a bit of life to concepts.

Extending the stripes from the Blazers logo is inspired! And greyscale is something you wouldn't think would work for a court, but both actually work really well.

Thanks for sharing that.

5 hours ago, pelicanfan said:

thank you! and sorry for the late reply, i'm assuming you're asking where i got the floor texture? 

Ah yes, sorry I see now I did word that a bit werird. Sorry 'bout that!

These courts are outstanding. You've inspirted me to try to have a go at making my own.

Hope you don't mind me asking, where's best to get the floor texture?

Thanks JohnnyRfl.

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Any recommendations on 3D basketball templates as well?