Sport Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I thought this was a cool article and right up our alley. Zach Lowe of Grantland ranked all 30 NBA courts for this seasonhttp://grantland.com/features/nba-court-design-power-rankings/I would've ranked Minnesota last and I would've placed the Bucks in my top 5. Interesting to see that Atlanta is going full-on with this pacman thing. Shame Toronto decided to abandon the 3D illusion. I liked that if only because it was so odd and sort of unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy B Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 The bad thing about Toronto's 3D design was that they did it on a part of the court that people are always standing on which makes it obvious that it's just paint. But this is a pretty good list overall. All the teams with little color and just stained wood are towards the bottom as they should be. I think they gave too much credit to successful teams like the Lakers and Bulls. Neither of those courts are anything special and the Bulls court is too busy with so many logos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phils Phan Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Pretty good but honestly with the forced basketball in the center court, generic font and overuse of the bull logo, I'd rank Chicago's MUCH lower. Phillies, Bears, and new NYFC fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Pretty good but honestly with the forced basketball in the center court, generic font and overuse of the bull logo, I'd rank Chicago's MUCH lower.That's what I'd come here to say. Actually, it's just the ball that bugs me. That alone keeps it out of the top 10.I'd go Boston #1.I'd rank the Hornets a bit lower for "Buzz City" Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafiaman Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 So despite being essentially the same court but with different colors, the Clippers are #22 and the Lakers #1? HOMER PICK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVIXX Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Rockets still have the worst court Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Jazz back to the dark blue–green-gold trifecta that has always been at the heart of its color scheme. Heat Where Utah’s court is “blah” and inoffensive, the wrong viewer could find Miami’s miasma of orange, yellow, and slanted white font almost disorienting. Suns When you have that pretty shade of purplish blue in your color scheme Bucks it’s good the Bucks have emphasized it after the hybrid blue-green mix of the Ray Allen–Glenn Robinson–“Big Balls” Cassell era. Sixers The maroon and blue mix well Lakers The blue is beautiful, soft and deep Is Zach Lowe color-blind? ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJourney Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 He's not a yellow guy but elects to rank the Lakers #1. Odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlesonicsofsacramento Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Jazzback to the dark blue–green-gold trifecta that has always been at the heart of its color scheme.HeatWhere Utah’s court is “blah” and inoffensive, the wrong viewer could find Miami’s miasma of orange, yellow, and slanted white font almost disorienting.SunsWhen you have that pretty shade of purplish blue in your color schemeBucksit’s good the Bucks have emphasized it after the hybrid blue-green mix of the Ray Allen–Glenn Robinson–“Big Balls” Cassell era.SixersThe maroon and blue mix wellLakersThe blue is beautiful, soft and deepIs Zach Lowe color-blind?When it came to the Lakers I asked myself this same question, especially when he kept calling it blue over and over again "The pictures looked good on the computer," Will Brown explained Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD_V3CT0R Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Jazzback to the dark blue–green-gold trifecta that has always been at the heart of its color scheme.HeatWhere Utah’s court is “blah” and inoffensive, the wrong viewer could find Miami’s miasma of orange, yellow, and slanted white font almost disorienting.SunsWhen you have that pretty shade of purplish blue in your color schemeBucksit’s good the Bucks have emphasized it after the hybrid blue-green mix of the Ray Allen–Glenn Robinson–“Big Balls” Cassell era.SixersThe maroon and blue mix wellLakersThe blue is beautiful, soft and deepIs Zach Lowe color-blind?When it came to the Lakers I asked myself this same question, especially when he kept calling it blue over and over againForum Blue! Seriously though, way off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Jazzback to the dark blue–green-gold trifecta that has always been at the heart of its color scheme.HeatWhere Utah’s court is “blah” and inoffensive, the wrong viewer could find Miami’s miasma of orange, yellow, and slanted white font almost disorienting.SunsWhen you have that pretty shade of purplish blue in your color schemeBucksit’s good the Bucks have emphasized it after the hybrid blue-green mix of the Ray Allen–Glenn Robinson–“Big Balls” Cassell era.SixersThe maroon and blue mix wellLakersThe blue is beautiful, soft and deepIs Zach Lowe color-blind?When it came to the Lakers I asked myself this same question, especially when he kept calling it blue over and over againForum Blue! Seriously though, way off.Indeed way off! (And I think Forum Blue officially became Purple years ago). A lot of his other "facts" are wrong (Miami's court has been somewhat the same since 2006-07, as prior to that they had the circles fully painted in yellow) or contradicting (white wordmark looks good for OKC, but not Miami). Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Man, other than the Bucks and Hornets, NBA courts are only getting more and more boring by the year. I especially hate the new fad of single-colored paints without college lines.The Lakers and Bulls courts are ranked way too high, especially Chicago's. POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I would've ranked Minnesota lastAbsolutely. Minnesota's court is :censored:ing horrendous. It's the combination of two awful stain colors (one too dark, one too light), and poor lighting. For some reason, the optics of the court visually destroy other teams' looks, to the extent I haven't seen since watching the Bulls on WGN on a 19 inch Sanyo with an antenna in 1995. I don't know how, but their court just make everything look horrible and messes up how all the color show up on TV. I mean, the Lakers look dark royal blue and old gold on that court. I can't explain it.Otherwise, some bad rankings. The Bulls court is okay. It gets points for the 3-point logos (even if they're overkill). I always thought the stain was too light, hated the basketball at midcourt, and disliked the black OOB. Basically, I preferred everything about the Chicago Stadium court. Still, they've been playing on this design for 20 years and three titles, so I'm fine with it now.The two-tone stains are awful as ever, and now they're dated, too. I dislike the elimination of the college lines (even if they were useless). Also, teams need to stop stealing the exact color layout of other teams' courts (Blazers and Raports copied the Bulls with black OOB and red lanes). There are plenty of unique combinations they can use. In the case of the Blazers, they should go with the incredible and unique court they had during their '90s success - black OOB, WHITE lane and red circles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh.0 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Does anyone know what kind of design the Pelicans are hoping to go with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 There are plenty of unique combinations they can use. In the case of the Blazers, they should go with the incredible and unique court they had during their '90s success - black OOB, WHITE lane and red circles. Here's a Blazers concept I came up with. I feel white should be used sparingly, but I also like using platinum/silver/whatevz in place of white to set the Blazers off from the Bulls a little more. I went with white here but use your imagination. I also added conceptual parquet! ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadojoker Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 There are plenty of unique combinations they can use. In the case of the Blazers, they should go with the incredible and unique court they had during their '90s success - black OOB, WHITE lane and red circles.Here's a Blazers concept I came up with. I feel white should be used sparingly, but I also like using platinum/silver/whatevz in place of white to set the Blazers off from the Bulls a little more. I went with white here but use your imagination. I also added conceptual parquet!This version looks so much better then their string of souless courts(new version and the recent one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48erhater Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 How is Utah's ranked so low? It's one of the few simple nice looking courts. They don't go overboard on anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 My Wolves have the worst while the Celtics will always have the best. I also like the Hawks, Hornets, Magic and Bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 How is Utah's ranked so low? It's one of the few simple nice looking courts. They don't go overboard on anything.Their colors are just ugly is why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 How is Utah's ranked so low? It's one of the few simple nice looking courts. They don't go overboard on anything.Their colors are just ugly is whyThe old school three stripe sideline court was much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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