Burning River Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 UG-LYYY!!!! I don't like them. Just another way to sell a jersey... I guess.CLEVELAND, Jan. 4 - CavFanatics are a spirited bunch and in honor of their passionate interest and support of the team, and to celebrate the success of the Cavaliers official social network CavFanatic.com, the Wednesday, January 7th game vs. the Charlotte Bobcats will be dedicated to the Fanatics. The Cavaliers players will wear a special colorized adaption of this season's Hardwood Classics retro uniform for the game, and throughout the night CavFanatics in attendance will get their 15 seconds of fame. It is also Daniel "Boobie" Gibson Bobblehead Night presented by Alltel Wireless. Every fan attending the game will receive Boobie's bobblehead, which will be dressed appropriately for the evening ? in the CavFanatic jersey. The same design as the gold Hardwood Classics jersey that was introduced earlier this season, the "CavFanatic Blue" HWC jersey with a special CavFanatic jock tag, embraces the spirit of the social community's mantra "Stand Up. Stand Out." And that, CavFanatics do. Since its inception in May of 2008, the new online community makes being a Cavs fan a real social event. CavFanatic.com presented by Alltel Wireless is averaging 20,000 page views and 3,000 unique visitors each day, and fans have posted over 38,000 forum messages, over 1,000 blogs, 6,000 photos, 4,000 comments and created over 80 groups on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothieX Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 An alternate throwback?!? This is really going too far.What a bunch of poo flingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rich Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 This is just wrong. It is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 When it comes to uniforms, the NBA is rapidly approaching minor league baseball levels. St. Patrick's jerseys! Valentine's jerseys! Hispanic jerseys! Arbitrarily honoring your fledgling, contrived, online fan community jerseys!Apparently, the quality of play on the court hasn't been diluting the NBA brand enough to Stern's liking. Sell this stuff on the racks, but keep it off the courts. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epper Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 The Cavs had one of the best identities in the NBA, with their regular white homes and wine road jerseys, yet they continue to water down their image with alternates, throwbacks, and alternate-throwbacks. It's quite sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 When it comes to uniforms, the NBA is rapidly approaching minor league baseball levels. St. Patrick's jerseys! Valentine's jerseys! Hispanic jerseys! Arbitrarily honoring your fledgling, contrived, online fan community jerseys!Apparently, the quality of play on the court hasn't been diluting the NBA brand enough to Stern's liking. Sell this stuff on the racks, but keep it off the courts.My sentiments exactly. At most a team should have three jerseys; home, road, and an alternate. If a team wants to pick one throwback as their alt, go for it. But that's it. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrousoxide66 Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 The Cavs had one of the best identities in the NBA, with their regular white homes and wine road jerseys, yet they continue to water down their image with alternates, throwbacks, and alternate-throwbacks. It's quite sad.Exactly. That's why i've never been a proponent of alternates, thirds, or anything that will take away from the impact of your HOME and ROAD. Keep it simple, lose the extraneous fluff. Works for the Yankees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBM Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 From a purely aesthetical standpoint these jerseys don't look too bad. But it's a bit much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ Sands Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 These look like a faux-Thunder throwback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 These look like a faux-Thunder throwback.The Thunder look like faux-Thunder throwbacks. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 the new online community makes being a Cavs fan a real social event.A state of existence is an event? ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napalmandsillyputty Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 this is probably the worst basketball jersey i've ever seen. it's disgusting. this makes the thunder's jerseys look almost ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 So wait. This is a fictitious throwback to celebrate a glorified Facebook group? LeBron James plays for this rinky-dink operation? ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Not that I'm a fan of throwbacks or alternates to begin with, but this takes my distaste for all "non-primaries" to a whole new level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 So we've reached the point where teams are wearing "throwbacks" that never actually existed? Nice. Raises for the entire marketing department...but only if this thing sells. Otherwise, clean out your desks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowcap30 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittsburghSucks Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I don't get this? The home gold throwback from 1970 looks awesome. Why didn't they just wear the road wine throwback from the same era? At least that wouldn't be some made up blue jersey they never wore. Epic fail!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 In a related story, the Raptors are designing a six-tone blue alternate to honor the CCSLC. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealPepman Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Come on down, people! Nice design but please put darker ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy B Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I think these uniforms are not only a bad idea, they look horrible. They took a throwback that only featured red and gold with a logo that also only featured red and gold and they decided to make the jersey blue. That doesn't make any sense at all. I just hope that other teams don't try this, the NBA is already getting carried away with alternates and throwbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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