PittsburghSucks Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 It has not been worn on the road in the playoffs. Don't get me wrong I like the Cavs alt jersey, but it should only be worn once in a while. I hope Dan Gilbert isn't changing team colours to navy with wine & gold trim. We Cavs fans love the wine & gold!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FiddySicks Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 It has not been worn on the road in the playoffs. Don't get me wrong I like the Cavs alt jersey, but it should only be worn once in a while. I hope Dan Gilbert isn't changing team colours to navy with wine & gold trim. We Cavs fans love the wine & gold!!! IMO the Cavs have an extremely solid uniform set overall. But, i also feel that the Navy jersey just dominates the wine colored jersey. It just looks right for Cleveland, and the stripes on the arms and neck work amazingly well (shocking to me considering how bad the throwbacks last year were) and its extremely unique. Best uni in the NBA IMO. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelx Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I have no doubt the wine jersey will stay, even if it eventually becomes the alternate. However, it may very well not. The one reason I can think of that the Cavs have been using the navy jersey so much in the playoffs is because they're trying to evoke the spirit of the "Miracle" Cavs of 1976. Sorry to say, there will be no miracle vs. Detroit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eye Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Don't worry. I seriously doubt that the Cavs are changing colors. NBA teams do this all the time. They wear their alternate for all road games in the playoffs. I don't know why, personally I think that they should go mostly primary, and then alternate for a few games. Look at New Jersey in '02, they wore their gray alts instead of navy for both road games in the NBA Finals against the Lakers. Look at Orlando in '95, they wore the blue alternates instead of black for all their road games in the playoffs. Teams do this all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian in Boston Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 The Cavaliers' Wine uniform is far-and-away better than the Navy alternate jersey. That's saying something, because the Navy uniform is well-designed. Still, I prefer the Wine uni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Don't worry. I seriously doubt that the Cavs are changing colors. NBA teams do this all the time. They wear their alternate for all road games in the playoffs. I don't know why, personally I think that they should go mostly primary, and then alternate for a few games. Look at New Jersey in '02, they wore their gray alts instead of navy for both road games in the NBA Finals against the Lakers. Look at Orlando in '95, they wore the blue alternates instead of black for all their road games in the playoffs. Teams do this all the time. Yes, but for the last several years the Magic wore those unis they wore blue much more often than black. They didn't just do it for the playoffs. I am not even sure if black was a uniform choice the whole time. If it was, they only wore it a handful of times a year. For all I know, they might have changed blue to the "official" road jersey by the 94 season. I was excited to see the blue at first, but I soon got tired of it because they always wore it. I loved the black jerseys, and I hated to see them go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjm Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Don't worry. I seriously doubt that the Cavs are changing colors. NBA teams do this all the time. They wear their alternate for all road games in the playoffs. I don't know why, personally I think that they should go mostly primary, and then alternate for a few games. Look at New Jersey in '02, they wore their gray alts instead of navy for both road games in the NBA Finals against the Lakers. Look at Orlando in '95, they wore the blue alternates instead of black for all their road games in the playoffs. Teams do this all the time. Yes, but for the last several years the Magic wore those unis they wore blue much more often than black. They didn't just do it for the playoffs. I am not even sure if black was a uniform choice the whole time. If it was, they only wore it a handful of times a year. For all I know, they might have changed blue to the "official" road jersey by the 94 season. I was excited to see the blue at first, but I soon got tired of it because they always wore it. I loved the black jerseys, and I hated to see them go. This is only by memory, but I also remember that the Orlando Magic team that lost in the Finals to Houston and wore only blue on the road playoff games -- their primary uniform was indeed black that year. I recall thinking it was odd that they changed for the playoffs, although I liked the blue ones much better. Then about a year or 2 later they changed uniform designs and the blue was the road primary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stand Up 8 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I think all teams can only wear two jerseys in the playoffs, one for home and one for away. The Cavs just decided to wear their ALT this year for the playoffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropShadow Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Would have really loved to see the alternate navy blue Cavs jersey with just CAVS (not full Cavaliers) on the front to make it stand out more from the wine road jersey? Wonder why they didn't give this a whirl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I think the NBA doesn't have a "pick one of each and stick with it" rule.We've already seen all 3 jerseys of the Lakers, Heat and Nuggets, to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Clippers should be wearing the superior blue Los Angeles jerseys for road games, and make that the full-time road uniform. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelx Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Would have really loved to see the alternate navy blue Cavs jersey with just CAVS (not full Cavaliers) on the front to make it stand out more from the wine road jersey? Wonder why they didn't give this a whirl? Note: The navy blues don't have "Cavaliers" on 'em. They have "Cleveland", just like the wines. Or were you simply suggesting that they say "Cavs" so that they'd be differentiated from even the home whites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigShoop Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 The Cavaliers' Wine uniform is far-and-away better than the Navy alternate jersey. That's saying something, because the Navy uniform is well-designed. Still, I prefer the Wine uni. what he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropShadow Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Sorry RebelX. Yes, that's what I was trying to describe. My bad. Does it have merit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelx Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Well, now that I think about it, it isn't a half bad idea; it would be sort of a homage to the discarded blue/orange/black schemes (I don't know if anybody really called them the Cavs before they introduced that logo along with the blue and orange) and that whole part of their history.One thing I have to say, though: I never was very taken with their various looks during that time, as I'm sure many people here weren't. Those two basket-centric logos always seemed rather uncreative to me. The '80's unis were okay, but nothing overly special. The "spilled paint" uniform sets were fairly unique, I suppose, but they also looked a bit garish. The ones they used from '99-'03 were about as bland as you could get, I thought.Mad props to the Cavs for taking two decades of dullness and completely wiping them away with a killer logo and uniform set, which is now clearly one of the best in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerws Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 I think they have been the Cavs for a while because it was shorter. that said I like the emphasis on the whole name. Cavs would look cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickSixers Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 I really like the navy ones, more than the wine unis.I dont consider it a coincidence that the Nike LeBron "Witness" commercial only show the Cavs in white and navy uniforms. Some nice coordination there by Nike I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning River Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Just to verify... As stated a few posts earlier. The Cavaliers wanted to separate themselves from "CAVS" and get back to the tradition of Cavaliers. They went back to a variation of the wine and gold. The new logo set is more in tune with the nick-name. I personally felt a gold alternate would have been pretty cool. To me... there is too much black and blue. Cavs was simply a nick name that grew.. just like Mavs. Or in other sports, Yanks, O's, Tribe, Bo-Sox etc. It should NEVER have been made in to a branding strategy for their logo. Man, Could you imagine if the Yankees re-branded themselves and the logo said "Yanks" ??Now as far as the uni's go, we'll see what happens if the Cavaliers are able to get to a game 5 in Detroit. While in blue, the Cavaliers got smoked. Maybe for a change of luck, they'll bring out the Wine for (Hopefully) a Game 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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