chakfu Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Interesting nugget in today's Uni Watch:According to this story, the Sixers will be switching to their 1982-83 uni design next season. But I?ve seen next season?s Sixers jersey, and I can tell you that it?s not quite as simple as an ?82-?83 throwback. Sorry, can?t tell you more, but I just wanted to say that the story as stated on that page isn?t quite accurate.Even better, isn't that what all of us are saying, "back to red white and blue is great, but it should be updated?"Sounds like that's the case...Of course, given the way the Sixers have screwed things up...it's probably a black version of the '83 roads!Seriously though it sounds more like a Pistons or Chargers style update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I just hope it's an updated version of their old logo without unpleasant surprises. Their old one is really outdated.The current one they do use is more outdated. That reeks of mid-90s garishness. The zeitgeist has come full circle, and the '83 logo looks fresh, clean and simple now. No curved font, no goofy ball motion swoop, and no BLACK! Thank the maker. The Iverson era is dead. Long live the future.Actually, it's just another example of a team slapping a wordmark (with a curvy font, BTW) inside a basketball and calling it a day. The NBA, as a league, has some of the laziest design for its team identites out there - how much of that is courtesy of the 6-figure fine levied by the league for altering your logo too much, I don't know. But there's no other pro sport in America - with the possible exception of lacrosse - whose teams' logos are so dependent on the equipment of their sport.The only redeeming aspect I find in the Sixers' old logo is the ring of thirteen stars. Outside of that, dated garbage. Not to say that the current look is going gangbusters, either, but this just strikes me as a lateral move more than an improvement. 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...
Dolphindan Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Y'know, if they just got rid of the blue and maybe the gold, I'd say they'd be perfectly fine. Oh well.Nothing wrong with the current design over the last 10 years?....obviously, not a Sixers fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMU Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 About time! The current Sixers logo with the black and gold is brutal on the eyes.I'm probably in the minority here, but I was a fan of the uniforms worn by the 76ers in the mid-90s during the Jerry Stackhouse-era.These ones --> Add me to the list.And in addition, I think the home unis looked even better...(Yep, that's really A.I.)Wait, A.I. on the Sixers? Aren't you referring to Andre Iguodala? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Sounds like the 76ers are going with a Pistons-like update. Good call. 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...
chakfu Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Actually, it's just another example of a team slapping a wordmark (with a curvy font, BTW) inside a basketball and calling it a day. The NBA, as a league, has some of the laziest design for its team identites out there - how much of that is courtesy of the 6-figure fine levied by the league for altering your logo too much, I don't know.But the current logo is slapping a wordmark down without even using a basketball; seems even worse.Although the worst offender of "wordmark in a basketball" has to be the Pistons - on their current version they just removed the geometry that made the classic logo fairly interesting (an en face piston in a cylinder) and made it a generic wordmark on a ball...Is there any real reason for the logo change price? It surely does stifle design, the recolors are so boring. What is the last new logo we saw? Grizzlies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry21 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I agree with LMU those uniforms were good ! I cant recall the logo though. Oh it could be worse they could use the early '90's uniforms that charles barkley discribed as id hid daughter had made them with crayons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblues Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Always preferred this logo anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrousoxide66 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 If it was good enough for the best Sixer squad and best Sixer ever, then it's good enough for the lazy sobs that currently play for the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealPepman Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 They must have their unis like this template: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Mode Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 They must have their unis like this template:Yes! They have to keep that logo in there somewhere! It's like Frankenbird.Help Fort Atlantic grow! Help Fort Atlantic's industry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMac12 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I for one, find this to be great news. I love those uniforms and the old logo. Hopefully this will be the end of Hip-Hop (Also, you know old school jerseys are big in Hip Hop right?)Hip Hop = the Sixers deranged rabbit mascot....why is he wearing batting gloves?The Phillies play nearby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audiodrama Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I for one, find this to be great news. I love those uniforms and the old logo. Hopefully this will be the end of Hip-Hop (Also, you know old school jerseys are big in Hip Hop right?)Hip Hop = the Sixers deranged rabbit mascot....why is he wearing batting gloves?The Phillies play nearby. ...how does that explain anything? The Celtics and Bruins share the TD Banknorth Garden but you don't see Lucky the Leprechaun in fricken ice skates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Mode Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I for one, find this to be great news. I love those uniforms and the old logo. Hopefully this will be the end of Hip-Hop (Also, you know old school jerseys are big in Hip Hop right?)Hip Hop = the Sixers deranged rabbit mascot....why is he wearing batting gloves?The Phillies play nearby. ...how does that explain anything? The Celtics and Bruins share the TD Banknorth Garden but you don't see Lucky the Leprechaun in fricken ice skates.I thought that's a mouse... It's like Frankenbird.Help Fort Atlantic grow! Help Fort Atlantic's industry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowBoutThemFins Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 a buddy of mine told me that it says the warriors & bobcats will also be getting new uniforms, according to the 09/10 adidas catalog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseHusker Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I don't understand the love for the Stackhouse-era duds. I think they're incredibly uninteresting and they represent an era where the Sixer franchise was essentially invisible.At least these 80s ones have some history, being identifiable with the Sixers' last great era and most of the better players associated with the franchise. I do think these retros look a little funny though; like they don't have the scale quite right or something. I hope they get that right. Maybe a slight modernization is in order.I don't agree with the notion that going to an older look represents a step backwards, purely because they changed the look at some point. I like to look at it as righting some wrongs (see: Barkley in #32, the all-blacks).Did people complain when the Jets went back to the Namath-era duds after 20 years with the green helmet? Seems like that was a popular decision. Now over a decade later and everyone's pretty much forgot about the Ken O'Brien/Al Toon threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totc Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I'm partial to these Phila unis:I'd like to see a red, a white, and a blue uniform -- the red being the 1971/2 PHILA jersey, the white being the 1983 SIXERS jersey, and the blue being the 1979 uniform (with the San Diego Padres numbers!!!) with the stars down the sides of the jersey and shorts with either SIXERS or the entire word PHILADELPHIA on the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmackman Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 About time! The current Sixers logo with the black and gold is brutal on the eyes.I'm probably in the minority here, but I was a fan of the uniforms worn by the 76ers in the mid-90s during the Jerry Stackhouse-era.These ones --> Add me to the list.And in addition, I think the home unis looked even better...(Yep, that's really A.I.)I agree, these were the best jerseys Philly had, with 2nd place going to the red ones with the stars streaming down off of the S. "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you'd better be running." - Unknown | Check out my articles on jerseys at Bacon Sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 About time! The current Sixers logo with the black and gold is brutal on the eyes.I'm probably in the minority here, but I was a fan of the uniforms worn by the 76ers in the mid-90s during the Jerry Stackhouse-era.These ones --> Add me to the list.And in addition, I think the home unis looked even better...(Yep, that's really A.I.)I agree, these were the best jerseys Philly had, with 2nd place going to the red ones with the stars streaming down off of the S.Wow. I'm not sure I could disagree more with you (on either one) if you said that 2 + 2 = 5.Frankly, I don't think the Sixers have ever really had any "great" uniforms. Their '80s ones were certainly clean and classy, but they're also very indisinctive (if that's a word) and... well old. I was a fan of the current whites (before the piping switch last year) but not the blacks. If they went with the blue or red as the road, then I'd vote for this set being their best.Since they have to change, I really hope that they do something like the Pistons with their '80s set, and not just be lazy and use the 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...
chakfu Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Frankly, I don't think the Sixers have ever really had any "great" uniforms. Their '80s ones were certainly clean and classy, but they're also very indisinctive (if that's a word) and... well old. I was a fan of the current whites (before the piping switch last year) but not the blacks. If they went with the blue or red as the road, then I'd vote for this set being their best.Since they have to change, I really hope that they do something like the Pistons with their '80s set, and not just be lazy and use the throwbacks.I think they really missed an opportunity when they updated the blacks - they could have simply replaced the black with blue and had a very solid set. That black from this set sure didn't last long.Sixers have alternated between red and blue roads for eternity - the alternate jersey craze was MADE for them, but they've only had a black primary and continued to waver between red and blue alts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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