NBA Changes 2017-18

[Derek94 144]

A uniform version of the CFL Roughriders.  We badly need this.

[Supercoollimp 38]

I wonder with the NBA Global Africa game happening tomorrow if we'll see any of the new uniforms worn. They've worn their individual team uniforms in the past games so I'd be surprised if they didn't this year. 

[Still MIGHTY 3,835]

1 hour ago, GeauxColonels said:

Meanwhile, Pelicans fans are like...

 

 

That is a duck, sir.

[Shadojoker 1,723]

This 1 team a day sucks. Wouldn't be as bad if we had a schedule for the next 30 days of 1 team per day and x day for the alternate.

 

Friday: Cleveland and Lakers?

[suns1977 261]

19 minutes ago, mjd77 said:

It's looking like Denver may be the biggest uniform losers this summer, although I'm still a little scared as to what Phoenix has in store.

 

Jared Dudley on Twitter raved about them.  A beat writer who saw them also said he couldn't wait for the fans to see them.

 

I still have my doubts, LOL.

[Jack Holmes 412]

2 hours ago, keynote said:

This is unfortunate.

 

 

 

Unpopular opinion: hate the stars-n-strips jerseys.

[-Akronite- 1,757]

1 hour ago, Jack Holmes said:

 

Unpopular opinion: hate the stars-n-strips jerseys.

 

I think they are great as an alternate, but I didn't like how they wore them through the whole playoffs. But I think that might be the more popular opinion.

[tajmccall 401]

1 hour ago, Jack Holmes said:

 

Unpopular opinion: hate the stars-n-strips jerseys.

They had many problems.  

[Zilla2K 32]

Memphis Grizzlies 

[Supercoollimp 38]

Not going to lie I'm feeling the no collar or armhole stripping 

[BrianLion 1,461]

I sometimes forget the Grizzlies still exist...

[bowld 2,152]

They had same look before. Just got rid of yellow collar triangle. 

 

Wait, did they change the stripe colors too? 

[Conrad. 2,954]

Here's a comparison, @bowld:

 

 

[keynote 475]

11 minutes ago, -Akronite- said:

 

I think they are great as an alternate, but I didn't like how they wore them through the whole playoffs. But I think that might be the more popular opinion.

I agree.  I'm a fan of teams wearing their primaries during the playoffs, so as to better reinforce their primary brand identity. 

 

To that end, it was ill-advised for the Wizards to take a one-season alt that they had already decided to mothball in 2017-18 (as per the WaPo article), and wear them during the entire playoffs.  Why build equity in a design that they had already decided to abandon?  They didn't even have enough inventory of those jerseys meet demand -- so by wearing them, they were advertising a product they couldn't sell.  They had to rush to print up some cheap stars-n-stripes t-shirts instead.  The entire thing was a mismanagement of their branding assets -- which should come as no surprise, given their willingness to frequently mismanage their basketball assets.

[WSU151 10,260]

24 minutes ago, Zilla2K said:

Memphis Grizzlies 

 

It' hasn't changed much, but it's very Miami Heat.  Two main colors, white, and yellow accents (and yellow doesn't show up in the wordmark or numbers).

[Lights Out 5,035]

Very disappointing to see that the inline numbers haven't returned. At this point, Memphis needs a total redesign.

[Colorsism 47]

16 minutes ago, Conrad. said:

Here's a comparison, @bowld:

 

 

I like the new lighter colors for their side stripes but I prefer the old design much more. This one is simplified too much. 

[TaylorMade 767]

14 minutes ago, WSU151 said:

 

It' hasn't changed much, but it's very Miami Heat.  Two main colors, white, and yellow accents (and yellow doesn't show up in the wordmark or numbers).

 

There are 3 shades of blue, plus yellow. The only white I see is the swoosh.

[JESSEDIEBOLT 147]

34 minutes ago, Conrad. said:

Here's a comparison, @bowld:

 

 

 

I like the sides better, but I'd be interested to see how they look with a collar.

[SuperNerdToTheRescue 56]

Looks like something's going down regarding the Hawks, Hornets, Lakers, Heat, Warriors, Pacers, Bucks, and Suns. Possibly the eight teams getting Classic uniforms?