2021-22 NBA Changes

[dont care]

56 minutes ago, WSU151 said:

I might be way late on this…but did Nike fix the Lakers’ gold this year?? Was it last year?  Looks far less highlighterish and more traditional.

I think it just depends on the lighting. There are plenty of times it still looks banana yellow, especially when they play other team that have gold in their color scheme.

[SuperNerdToTheRescue]

5 hours ago, dont care said:

I think it just depends on the lighting. There are plenty of times it still looks banana yellow, especially when they play other team that have gold in their color scheme.

 

Yeah, as far as I can tell, the Nike jerseys have only ever appeared gold in arenas that use theater lighting, like Staples Center and MSG. I remember an LA Times article from a couple years ago in which some Lakers official claimed that the jerseys had gotten too orange during the Adidas years and that the Lakers were simply bringing back the shade of gold that was used during the Showtime era. Pretty sure they also said that the team would look into darkening the shade due to fan uproar but that obviously hasn't happened yet, so they might've just been a liar.

[truepg]

1 hour ago, SuperNerdToTheRescue said:

I remember an LA Times article from a couple years ago in which some Lakers official claimed that the jerseys had gotten too orange during the Adidas years and that the Lakers were simply bringing back the shade of gold that was used during the Showtime era. Pretty sure they also said that the team would look into darkening the shade due to fan uproar but that obviously hasn't happened yet, so they might've just been a liar.

 

Hadn't heard that info before. Interesting. It would definitely explain, why the Lakers have this lighter yellow shade issue, all while Nike has had the proper darker shade available for the Jazz.

[Digby]

12 hours ago, SuperNerdToTheRescue said:

 

Yeah, as far as I can tell, the Nike jerseys have only ever appeared gold in arenas that use theater lighting, like Staples Center and MSG. I remember an LA Times article from a couple years ago in which some Lakers official claimed that the jerseys had gotten too orange during the Adidas years and that the Lakers were simply bringing back the shade of gold that was used during the Showtime era. Pretty sure they also said that the team would look into darkening the shade due to fan uproar but that obviously hasn't happened yet, so they might've just been a liar.

 

Even assuming that's true, it becomes a test of how much arena lighting (theater or otherwise) has changed in the modern era of LEDs, and also how much are memories are affected by now only seeing those jerseys on film. Really seems like something that you just gotta go with what feels right... and I still don't think the Lakers gold quite feels right? (I also do not know even the first thing about sourcing and coloring fabric.)

[PurpleRain]

On 11/23/2021 at 3:07 PM, Digby said:

The tough thing about the Spurs/fiesta is that the wordmark and logo have always stayed black and silver, and they aren't really recolorable. This has always been the obstacle to a fiesta jersey, and that's why last year's, as well as the vintage warmups we all know and love, found success in always using scripts that were well outside the standard Spurs brand identity.

Should just use the city name and do something like what Conrad mocked up. I love how this looks

 

[pepis21]

Funny thing, it look like Jazz and Suns didn't receive updated City uniforms over Diamonds logos:

[Guest]

3 hours ago, pepis21 said:

Funny thing, it look like Jazz and Suns didn't receive updated City uniforms over Diamonds logos:

 

No new design = no new diamond Swoosh?

[pepis21]

8 hours ago, sayahh said:

No new design = no new diamond Swoosh?

It look like they went that way which is quite weird since regular uniforms received update.

[jb1322]

Don’t like the white v grey matchup at all

 

[CaliforniaGlowin]

Yeah, not great, but I'm just glad they wore gray.

[dont care]

1 minute ago, CaliforniaGlowin said:

Yeah, not great, but I'm just glad they wore gray.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

[Digby]

What I don't understand on the Nets grays are the outlines... like the white numbers/names would look better on that base with a black outline. But I get that they're the minimal fashion crowd and that its single-layer or bust these days. However, then why does the graffiti marker wordmark have a black outline? Based on the inspo isn't that the least likely element that should have an outline? 

 

Anyway, the old BKLYN ones were much better. As were the New Jersey ones.

[CaliforniaGlowin]

Nets gray vs rockets red tonight!

[CaliforniaGlowin]

Hornets purple vs the Kings?

[Berlin Wall]

While zapping through some NBA highlights I stopped at Denver vs. Washington and I literally just took a breath and thought to myself: "Damn, the Wizards look good in those. They might've never looked better."

 

[BBTV]

The numbers look dumb.

[gosioux76]

7 hours ago, BBTV said:

The numbers look dumb.

 

This, plus I also don't like the ring collar.  Their regular uniforms have more of a subtle v-shaped collar which is much nicer. 

 

But on the whole, I agree with @Berlin Wall that it's an eye-catching set. 

[The_Admiral]

I never want to see '90s numbers again, but I do like the red and royal stripes together.

[truepg]

Those stripes at the top of the jersey look good to me only at the extent they're used on the current jerseys, not more.

[Digby]

Generally agreed on the striping pattern and color scheme, it works better than expected, but they need to go back to the drawing board on all the type. The 00s whimsy number font is bad, the current font really only looks good to me when it's used for the "dc" or "district" wordmarks, which aren't even in the team name. Nothing better to pull from in their history either.