NBA Changes 2017-18

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21 hours ago, Wally1912 said:

How come the Lakers and Nike can't see there is a huge problem with the space at the top of numeral 9? The 6 does not have the same issue.

 

 

 

 

 

The 6 is a different design than the 9.  The 9's hole is more circular

[eRay 259]

Sometimes the 6 has the more circular holes. My guess is that they just flipped a 9 around sometimes. It's not just Nike. 

[JELKK 262]

On 10/4/2017 at 2:13 AM, Tracy Jordan said:

The Suns' new uniforms looked really good tonight. 

 

The jerseys are great, don't get me wrong but they are just a huge step down from the creativity seen in the Sunburst jerseys.

[sayahh 610]

2 hours ago, eRay said:

Sometimes the 6 has the more circular holes. My guess is that they just flipped a 9 around sometimes. It's not just Nike. 

I look things up better on a PC so I won't look for it right now, but a few years back Paul Lukas posted on one of his NBA previews the fonts for all the teams and the official Lakers font has the 6 look "normal" and the 9 look "holey."

[cajunaggie08 418]

23 hours ago, Brave-Bird 08 said:

2) I JUST NOW noticed the Rockets' jerseys have traditional piping and the original design is minimalized on the side panel. It looks awful. They might as well completely change the look. 

 

I agree. The side panel piping is supposed to be a continuous loop around the armhole so to add sleeve trim and a truncated panel piping just leaves the complete uniform looking messy. This template is way due for an update. I dont know why it wasnt updated with the Nike rollout rather than just bastardized

[Duck_Duck 400]

On 10/4/2017 at 5:22 AM, Conrad. said:

 

As a Blazer fan, it's amazing how much I LOVE your mock-up and HATE what they actually went with.  The devil is in the details and the number outline and silver stripe legitimately ruin one of the best uniforms in the league.

[upperV03 5,451]

[mafiaman 993]

On 10/4/2017 at 10:17 AM, Wally1912 said:

How come the Lakers and Nike can't see there is a huge problem with the space at the top of numeral 9? The 6 does not have the same issue.

 

 

 

 

 

On 10/4/2017 at 12:46 PM, sayahh said:

First thing that came to mind was Wonder Woman.

 

This has been an issue since the Adidas days, maybe even the later Reebok days iirc.

 

14 hours ago, jerseyjunk said:

You mean the hole in the number is bigger on the 9 than the 6?

 

14 hours ago, eRay said:

Sometimes the 6 has the more circular holes. My guess is that they just flipped a 9 around sometimes. It's not just Nike. 

 

I think the A hole is bigger too.

[Shadojoker 1,247]

We got a full new page and it is ABSOLUTELY nothing new but ramble jargon on the size of a hole and the weak ass Blazers "update".. Man you guys sure know how to get me worked up for nothing.

 

 

Ps. The ref unis are nice and Wizards warmups is are cold blooded!!

[sayahh 610]

1 hour ago, mafiaman said:

I think the A hole is bigger too.

Okay, so the Lakers moved to the big-holed 9 either in 2011-12 or perhaps as early as the 2009-10 season. There were no players wearing 9, 19, 29, etc. in 2009-10, but Sun Yue wore number 9 in the 2008-09 season and the number 9 looked normal back then. Matt Barnes press conference jersey in 2010 looked normal but not sure if he began wearing the big holed 9 in 2010-11 or 2011-12.

 

Here's the font guide from Paul Lukas ESPN preview article in December 2011:

 

 

[ElwoodCuse 185]

The shoulders of the new jerseys look absolutely terrible. Who thought this was OK?

 

 

[jerseyjunk 176]

4 hours ago, mafiaman said:

 

 

 

 

I think the A hole is bigger too.

Please, Kobe is retired now, no need to drag him into this

[upperV03 5,451]

Has anybody noticed that all the teams have been wearing white socks and accessories during the preseason so far? I wonder if that’s a Nike mandated thing, as they wanna “debut” the more team-specific sock and accessory colors during the regular season. If that’s the case, it seems like they’d at least let teams wear black socks and accessories for now as well, but I’ve only seen teams wearing white so far.

[Bolt957 313]

4 hours ago, upperV03 said:

Has anybody noticed that all the teams have been wearing white socks and accessories during the preseason so far? I wonder if that’s a Nike mandated thing, as they wanna “debut” the more team-specific sock and accessory colors during the regular season. If that’s the case, it seems like they’d at least let teams wear black socks and accessories for now as well, but I’ve only seen teams wearing white so far.

 

I think you may be right on the team color accessories, as I've been wondering the same thing.

[MBurmy 992]

Sorry if this was addressed earlier...but I notice the Pistons' new court has no "Little Caesars Arena" logos or markings on it...I thought the NBA had a rule which said that all courts had to have the arena's name on it at some point (the Sixers creatively got around this rule, while the Pistons seem to be ignoring it entirely).

 

Could someone please clarify whether or not it even is a rule?

[TaylorMade 548]

58 minutes ago, MBurmy said:

Sorry if this was addressed earlier...but I notice the Pistons' new court has no "Little Caesars Arena" logos or markings on it...I thought the NBA had a rule which said that all courts had to have the arena's name on it at some point (the Sixers creatively got around this rule, while the Pistons seem to be ignoring it entirely).

 

Could someone please clarify whether or not it even is a rule?

 

I don't know for sure but I highly doubt it's a rule. If anything, the sponsors probably pay extra to have their name on the court.

 

The Pistons court does have corporate branding courtesy of Tom Gores' Platinum Equity.

 

 

How did the Sixers "creatively get around" the rule? Their court clearly says Wells Fargo Center.

 

[MBurmy 992]

7 minutes ago, TaylorMade said:

 

I don't know for sure but I highly doubt it's a rule. If anything, the sponsors probably pay extra to have their name on the court.

 

The Pistons court does have corporate branding courtesy of Tom Gores' Platinum Equity.

 

 

How did the Sixers "creatively get around" the rule? Their court clearly says Wells Fargo Center.

 

I remember when "Wells Fargo Center' was in tiny, all-white...

Why can't the Pistons have "Platinum Equity" on one side and "Little Caesars Arena" on the other, I wonder?

[Around the Horn 812]

28 minutes ago, TaylorMade said:

 

How did the Sixers "creatively get around" the rule? Their court clearly says Wells Fargo Center.

 

A couple of years ago they had shrunk the logo and put it in white so that it was basically unreadable...

[pepis21 1,142]

If I remember Sixers was forced by Comcast to have Wells Fargo Center logo on their court, here is full story: http://news.sportslogos.net/2015/10/14/sixers-take-passive-aggressive-shot-at-wells-fargo-with-logo-placement-on-court/

 

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This has to be the best concept logo I've ever seen: