NBA Changes 2020/21

[EvilChameleon 191]

So far I have...

The "A" is from the Nirvana logo.
The second "L" is from The Beatles logo.
The "D" might be from the Pink Floyd logo.
The first "E" is from The Who logo.

[dannykraft 589]

Not a fan of the cavs having 2 black uniforms in the rotation.

[-Akronite- 1,726]

1 hour ago, CitizenTino said:

.....Welp.

 

 

 

I get the concept, but ultimately it just looks like sloppy text on an uninspired jersey. There have been some great looks to come out of this wild new era of NBA jersey design, but man do you have to sift through garbage for them.

[pepis21 2,196]

It look like a ransom note:

Anyway they've got this unused 1997 ASG jersey with guitar:

 

Why they didn't use it as an inspiration?

[pelicanfan 1,390]

Feel better looking at it now that I see some people explaining the inspiration. But it's still an absolute no for me. It's like in a cross between an artistic font and a normal font. And then the number font just throws everything off

[Old School Fool 4,399]

3 hours ago, CitizenTino said:

.....Welp.

 

 

 

 

[Shadojoker 1,723]

Cleveland city uniform is sooooo lifeless its sad.

 

Creative meeting was like..

 

 

 

I'll let you guys fill in the blanks but the most logical decision probably got thrown out in favor of this Dumpster fire jersey.

[sayahh 876]

2 hours ago, pepis21 said:

It look like a ransom note:

Anyway they've got this unused 1997 ASG jersey with guitar:

 

Why they didn't use it as an inspiration?

 

The only ASG jersey with the gold Logoman. 

[Digby 6,872]

Ah yes, those famous Cavs supporters in Nirvana and the Beatles.

[SFGiants58 14,557]

It looks like one of those “band logo” banners.

 

 

...but it’s not a teenager doing it, therefore it’s more cringe-inducing.

[Igor Coelho 235]

 

 

Although the number has the same layout as the standard jersey, they customized with a scribbled texture. Definitely cool.

 

I hope you guys are enjoying the leak session. I know some of you follow me on Twitter or Instagram. I'm looking for more information.

 

The jocktag with the phrase "long live rock" like the Hall of Fame pleased me a lot.

 

[Krz 2,037]

The Cavs are like the kid who shows up to present their project and try’s to go last after seeing everyone else’s be better.

[andregunts 402]

14 hours ago, pepis21 said:

It look like a ransom note:

Anyway they've got this unused 1997 ASG jersey with guitar:

 

Why they didn't use it as an inspiration?

 

Jesus that jersey is beautiful

[shaydre1019 1,062]

The Cavs jersey just feels like a high level executive really strong armed the whole design and designers basically did what they could to please them and get it over with. 

[panthers_2012 1,413]

37 minutes ago, shaydre1019 said:

The Cavs jersey just feels like a high level executive really strong armed the whole design and designers basically did what they could to please them and get it over with. 

That sounds about right. I remember when we introduced "The Land" jerseys, most people didn't like the jersey color, but enjoyed the concept of it.

 

That being said, the concept of the jersey is cool, but the execution of it is terrible. I agree with most people, they should've used the unused jersey from the All-Star game. That would look better than what the jersey is.

[DustDevil61 1,020]

38 minutes ago, shaydre1019 said:

The Cavs jersey just feels like a high level executive really strong armed the whole design and designers basically did what they could to please them and get it over with. 

[DG_ThenNowForever 16,715]

3 hours ago, andregunts said:

 

Jesus that jersey is beautiful

 

I'm not surprised that 90s aesthetics are cool again, but I'm surprised that 90s aesthetics are cool again. Having lived through the era, I don't recall them being especially cool to begin with; they were just everywhere.

[UnclearInitial 1,645]

19 hours ago, pepis21 said:

 

Anyway they've got this unused 1997 ASG jersey with guitar:

 

Why they didn't use it as an inspiration?

A darker shade of blue and a V collar instead of crew cut and it’s damn near identical to the Knicks black trimmed uniforms. Would probably be too close 

[FinsUp1214 5,728]

Surely there was a better way for the Cavs to pay homage to the Rock and Roll HOF than this. I totally get the concept, but that doesn’t make it good by any means. 
 

The sketching (?) effect on the number and “C” is actually pretty cool - they could’ve done that to the whole primary “Cleveland” wordmark or even the city one they’ve previously used, and that would’ve worked very well. What they did, however, does look like a ransom note (I got some Batman Forever Riddler vibes from it) and is just a bit much.

[WSU151 10,092]

Kudos to @Conrad for getting well-deserved good press on his "Fauxback Flip" series:

 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/graphic-designer-created-nba-alternate-165334533.html