projectjohn Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 I'm not a fan of city nicknames and other stuff like that creeping into the Statement edition jerseys, which I thought was originally intended for the City edition set, and not the "core" jerseys of Icon, Association, and Statement. The Pelicans one is overall relatively harmless though - the Pistons Statement from last year is a far more egregious offender with the non-team color and unofficial font. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival79 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Old School Fool said: Nobody told me the Knicks are changing the shade of orange and grey. It sucks. New York Knicks Alter Colours for 2023-24 Season 3 Quote "If things have gone wrong, I'm talking to myself, and you've got a wet towel wrapped around your head." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j'villejags Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 45 minutes ago, Survival79 said: New York Knicks Alter Colours for 2023-24 Season It wasn't perfect but I actually liked how the black in their old logo added some contrast with the shadow effect. It would be even better if they flipped the black and blue. 11 3 Quote My NFL concept series (in progress) --ATL, CLE, NE, WAS done. AZ updated 04/21/23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacat_12 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 I'm really not a fan of city nicknames going on uniforms, especially ones that are just "___________ City". It also feels like the Pelicans are really pushing the Crescent City thing. When it started getting incorporated into the branding I assumed they just made it up. Googling crescent city doesn't even bring up New Orleans as a result. Is "The Big Easy" just something tourists say that annoys the locals or something? It's always seemed like a pretty iconic city nickname, and if you were gonna throw something on a gimmicky jersey I would figure they'd go for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsUp1214 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 59 minutes ago, j'villejags said: It wasn't perfect but I actually liked how the black in their old logo added some contrast with the shadow effect. On a related note, the reason I vastly prefer the black shadow version is that it actually looks correct in terms of shading - the grey shadow makes no sense because it’s lighter than the blue or the orange, and the shadow as we all know should be darker than whatever area is highlighted. In short, this version you’ve posted looks correct to me whereas the current primary and its color tweaked predecessors not only look incorrect, but look completely opposite to how light and shadow should function upon it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
projectjohn Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Speaking of the Knicks, I find myself wishing they'd bring back the orange keys instead of the all-blue court design. Maybe it's just because my formative years were the late 90s and early 2000s, but it looked way better that way, IMO. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chawls Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 11 hours ago, spartacat_12 said: I'm really not a fan of city nicknames going on uniforms, especially ones that are just "___________ City". It also feels like the Pelicans are really pushing the Crescent City thing. When it started getting incorporated into the branding I assumed they just made it up. Googling crescent city doesn't even bring up New Orleans as a result. Is "The Big Easy" just something tourists say that annoys the locals or something? It's always seemed like a pretty iconic city nickname, and if you were gonna throw something on a gimmicky jersey I would figure they'd go for that. I’ve lived in the New Orleans metro area my entire life. Crescent City is absolutely a nickname we’ve been saying long before this re-branding. Do we say it often? No, but we do use it. I feel that the “Big Easy” moniker is more well-known amongst tourists though. But for the love of all things holy, please never say N’Awlins. Locals don’t say that, and it’s a dead giveaway that you’re just a try-hard, out-of-towner. 8 Quote Quote If you hadn't noticed, Chawls loves his wrestling, whether it be real life or sim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truepg Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 20 hours ago, Digby said: Basically how I'm thinking about it. I'm never a fan of nickname jerseys but "Crescent City" and the Pelicans font does at least work nicely with the over-and-under wordmark treatment. Feel like more gold somewhere in there would've done well to feel distinctly Pelicans. The collar and arm trim needs a gold (outer) stripe too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoGreenGoWhite Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 I do like the side stripe on that Pelicans uniform. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henburg Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 20 hours ago, DJT said: these are fine. Don’t care for “crescent city” The Pelicans just play it way too safe with their brand in general. I literally thought this was a new uniform for their G-League affiliate at first glance when scrolling past it. The side stripe is kinda interesting, but everything else is just boring. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave-Bird 08 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 I miss when NBA teams had all sorts of interesting collar designs. The way Nike keeps going with plain sleeve cuffs and collars just makes everything look so cheap and bland. Pelicans uniform here is no exception. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolob Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 3 hours ago, henburg said: The Pelicans just play it way too safe with their brand in general. I agree. For a city as eccentric as New Orleans their brand plays it REALLY safe. As a lifelong Utah Jazz fan I must admit it'd be interesting to see how the evolution of the team's brand would have gone if they stayed in New Orleans. 2 Quote "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." Lily Tomlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, kimball said: I agree. For a city as eccentric as New Orleans their brand plays it REALLY safe. As a lifelong Utah Jazz fan I must admit it'd be interesting to see how the evolution of the team's brand would have gone if they stayed in New Orleans. The Pelicans are kind of weird this way. Because generally, I think their brand is really nice. I like the typefaces they use and I think the symmetrical pelican carrying the basketball is a fantastic logo. Yet despite that, they somehow feel really boring and forgettable. You could blame it on the colors, but I don't even know if that's really the issue. Reminds me a lot of the Houston Texans in that sense. They have a nicely executed modern brand that's just really easy to ignore. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelicanfan Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 (edited) yea i agree. the logos are great honestly. i mean you cant really ask for more from a team named the new orleans pelicans. all the concepts logos i've seen are always too gaudy, too silly, or just not fit for the nba. the pelicans logos are sleek, sharp, symmetrical, have good color balance, etc. that's when the whole scheme of modern and sleek works. but outside of that is when they fall off a cliff. even with the amount of freedom that nike gives they've failed to capitalize off what the city has to offer. you can just check https://basketballjerseyarchive.com/new-orleans-pelicans-jerseys/#2010s and see that all uniforms post-hornets have been mostly just copying and pasting off each other. imagine if the pelicans had a creative team that was on the level of teams like the hornets who always come out with crazy new jerseys or the heat who've made some of the craziest marketing videos i've seen (still blown away by those vice videos they made) it sucks when youre a design geek plus pelicans fan living in new orleans and you see all this art and culture around you daily just to see your team do absolutely nothing with it. i dont think anyone wants them to step up their game more than i do. Edited July 27, 2023 by pelicanfan 5 Quote New NBA court designs by me here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eRay Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 8 hours ago, gosioux76 said: The Pelicans are kind of weird this way. Because generally, I think their brand is really nice. I like the typefaces they use and I think the symmetrical pelican carrying the basketball is a fantastic logo. Yet despite that, they somehow feel really boring and forgettable. You could blame it on the colors, but I don't even know if that's really the issue. Reminds me a lot of the Houston Texans in that sense. They have a nicely executed modern brand that's just really easy to ignore. I feel like blaming it on the colors is completely valid. Sure, they have gold but they never use it more than for trim. Pels, Texans, Wizards, Patriots, Capitals, FL Panthers, and a bunch in MLB all come across as less interesting to me because of their navy/red scheme. It's a nice pair of colors for sure, but we see it so much that it's hard to envision that as part of an "identity". It's a bunch of flag colors, league logo colors, corporation colors, if you see navy/red next to a football or a baseball or basketball a team doesn't jump to mind. If you see purple/gold next to a basketball you know. I don't have a better option for these teams this second, I just think it's the nature of the navy/red beast. It looks a little less fun and doesn't let you stand out, no matter how good your logo or type is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepis21 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 On 7/25/2023 at 6:11 PM, DJT said: these are fine. Don’t care for “crescent city” Pelicans is one of those teams that don't need to change their alternate but this uniform is actually really nice, of course I'd prefer "Pelicans" or even "NOLA" as a wordmark but overall design works very well for them. I like that logos on shorts looks like they weren't centred when they are centred. 7 hours ago, pelicanfan said: yea i agree. the logos are great honestly. Except Primary/Global which now is terrible. Still can't understand why the hell they changed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3N Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 New Suns uni: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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8BW14 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Don’t really care for the white basketball sun. Orange should have been a no-brainer. 19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Don't really like the white basketball, that it's cut off too much to really look like a basketball, or the fact that the sunburst is actually purple instead of orange. Other than that, not bad. 1 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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