johne9109 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 I had a fun time redesign the NHL so I decided to do the same with the NBA. I am as not of a NBA fan of the NBA as I am the NHL so I'm not as tied to some particular team elements and some of these are a departure for the team; especially with the numbers and wordmarks. I also wanted to do my best to not have black uniforms. I feel like the NBA has a huge problems with having black uniforms (mainly alternates) for no reason. Comments and critiques are welcome Atlanta Hawks Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets Charlotte Hornets Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers Dallas Mavericks Denver Nuggets V 2.0 Detroit Pistons Golden State Warriors Houston Rockets Indiana Pacers Los Angeles Clippers Los Angeles Lakers Memphis Grizzlies Miami Heat Milwaukee Bucks Minnesota Timberwolves New Orleans Pelicans New York Knicks Oklahoma City Thunder Orlando Magic Philadelphia 76ers Phoenix Suns Portland Trail Blazers Sacramento Kings San Antonio Spurs Toronto Raptors Utah Jazz Washington Wizards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 Atlanta Hawks The Hawks have great uniforms currently and I realistically would not change them, but that's not what this thread is for. So I wanted to create striping that started on the shorts and went up the sides of the jersey to evoke a birds wings spread up. I changed their font to a font the has sharp curved ends; it gives the feeling of a hawks beak and talons. For the alternate I took the script from their 2022 city edition and put it on a yellow base uniform and the spread Hawk logo from their mid 90's uniforms. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 Boston Celtics As much as I love the Celtics they are kind of the Yankees of basketball. Their uniforms are so rooted in tradition I couldn't really see them ever changing. Again, that doesn't really work for this thread. So, if I were to redesign the Celtics I would love to see them incorporate yellow into their uniforms full time. It's been a tertiary color for years in promotional work and merchandise, but never in uniforms (aside from the city edition and earned edition from a few years ago.) So I kept green as the main color, but worked in yellow as their secondary color. I also introduced a new font for the names and numbers. This new font ties into the Celtic name a bit more. For the alternate I kept the classic alive with a green throwback which is their current uniform, but has been their look for decades now, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 Brooklyn Nets The Nets have one of the most boring brands in the NBA currently. The black and white are not exciting and there's no design elements to help accentuate it. So I took their logo and put that front and center of their jersey and used the area where the basketball is and used that to house the numbers. Along the side of the jersey I added a net design. For the Statement uniform I used a dark gray base and then used the BKLYN wordmark that was on a handful of their city edition jerseys and then put a white stripe along the left side 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 25 Author Share Posted August 25 Charlotte Hornets The Hornets keep their pinstriping in the jersey and added it to the shorts. I also added a new font. There was something about that gave me Charlotte vibes. The alternate is a take on a couple of their different uniforms. The base is purple with teal as the secondary color. I used the Buzz City nickname on the front and added a hive pattern along the sides of the jersey and shorts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 Chicago Bulls I always liked the script Chicago red jersey so I decided to go back to that and also have the home jersey feature Bulls in a script font as well. The rest of the uniform stays essentially the same. The alternate is essentially their black pinstripe alternate from the 90's but with the Bulls script on the front 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted September 2 Author Share Posted September 2 Cleveland Cavaliers I do like the Cavs current color scheme of wine red and gold. However, the rest for their current look is awful. So I decided to try and spice it up a bit and introduced a new wordmark as well as two stripes diagonally across the front of the jersey. The stripes are done to evoke the sabre of the Cavs logo. The shorts also feature the C logo with the sabre. The alt is an amalgamation of older uniforms from the Cavs past 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted September 3 Author Share Posted September 3 Dallas Mavericks The Mavs are a team I feel just need a little retooling and not a complete overhaul. I used a new wordmark that feels more Dallas than their current and went back to the full Mavericks name over MAVS. I kept the 2 tone blue, but reintroduced green back into the mix. The jersey and shorts feature side panels with the Horse and ball logo on the sides of the shorts. The alternate is a more traditional style uniform, but adopts the MAVS nickname in the new font 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben5 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 what do the sides of the uniform look like? or the back? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 6 hours ago, Ben5 said: what do the sides of the uniform look like? or the back? You can essentially see the sides and the backs would pretty much mimic the fronts. I may go back and mock those up as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted September 7 Author Share Posted September 7 Denver Nuggets Maybe it's because it's what I always remember them wearing, but I have always preferred the Nuggets in baby blue and yellow. So I brought back that color scheme, but kept most of their modern branding. Navy blue is kept, but made more prominent than when they wore the baby blues. The home and away go without a wordmark and instead feature the crossed pickaxe roundel logo. The alternate is a take on some of their previous statement uniforms and their 80's/90's uniforms. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCM0313 Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 1 hour ago, johne9109 said: Denver Nuggets Maybe it's because it's what I always remember them wearing, but I have always preferred the Nuggets in baby blue and yellow. So I brought back that color scheme, but kept most of their modern branding. Navy blue is kept, but made more prominent than when they wore the baby blues. The home and away go without a wordmark and instead feature the crossed pickaxe roundel logo. The alternate is a take on some of their previous statement uniforms and their 80's/90's uniforms. Love the color scheme, very good alternate, but not a fan of the lack of a wordmark on the home and road sets. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted September 7 Author Share Posted September 7 3 hours ago, MCM0313 said: Love the color scheme, very good alternate, but not a fan of the lack of a wordmark on the home and road sets. I get that. I always felt Denver's logo was strong enough to feature on the front of the jersey similar to Golden State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCM0313 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 On 9/7/2024 at 6:24 PM, johne9109 said: I get that. I always felt Denver's logo was strong enough to feature on the front of the jersey similar to Golden State It may very well be - but remember that the Dubs also have “Golden State” above the roundel and “Warriors” below it. Combine that logo with a wordmark and it would probably look a good bit better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 15 hours ago, MCM0313 said: It may very well be - but remember that the Dubs also have “Golden State” above the rounder and “Warriors” below it. Combine that logo with a wordmark and it would probably look a good bit better. Absolutely valid, thanks for pointing that out. Putting the wordmark in makes this 100% better thank you 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted Thursday at 01:34 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 01:34 AM Detroit Pistons I always liked the wordmark from the 90's/00's sans the horse. For whatever reason the horse being in the logo never did it for me, but I love the mufflers in the letters. So I brought that back, but changed the teams colors to gray, orange, and black. I did this for two reasons. 1. It helps them stand out from other blue and red teams. 2. using the orange from the logo ties it into the uniform and the gray ties into Detroit's motor city motif. The alt is essentially their City Edition from 2018; again tying into the motor city motif. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted Saturday at 05:33 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 05:33 PM Golden State Warriors The Warriors also get a little bit of a retro look with their 90's/00's wordmark returning to the front of their jersey. The colors stay the same and the shorts feature a similar, yet slightly different, bridge design on the shorts. The alternate is a combination of their current uniforms and their previous statement and city edition uniforms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johne9109 Posted yesterday at 02:05 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 02:05 PM Houston Rockets For the Rockets I kept red as the main color but introduced a light blue, almost silver as the secondary color. The team gets a new wordmark with a rocket behind it. The shorts feature a curved stripe that starts at the bottom and goes up the side of the shorts onto the sides of the jersey. The alternate features a logo on the front paying homage to NASA while the rocket logo moves to the sides of the jersey and shorts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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