The Cornucopia of Possible NBA Logo Changes

[andrewharrington]

I always wondered what it would look like if a team went to a really exotic, dark colored court, like cherry- or ebony- or even walnut-colored. Is there a rule that the hardwood has to be a 'light' color?

[jimbojohnny56]

ooohhh....ebony and ivory......

[The_Admiral]

I always wondered what it would look like if a team went to a really exotic, dark colored court, like cherry- or ebony- or even walnut-colored. Is there a rule that the hardwood has to be a 'light' color?

I whipped up a Bucks court concept with a fairly dark floor once.

I think it would suit them well as kind of a Northwoodsy motif (not that Milwaukee is located there, but perhaps their wood originated there?), but I'm not sure how well it would televise. Probably better than the ones that are bleached to the point of whiteness. Too much glare. I don't know of a rule that the hardwood has to be light, because how do you enforce such a thing? Wood doesn't really have pantone values.

[vmd9]

Charlotte Bobcats anyone?

What about charlotte? are they supposed to get a new court or uniforms? I really have no idea what you want

[loogodude90]

I always wondered what it would look like if a team went to a really exotic, dark colored court, like cherry- or ebony- or even walnut-colored. Is there a rule that the hardwood has to be a 'light' color?

The timberwolves wood is REALLY dark, definitely the darkest ive ever seen on an NBA court.

Its so dark that it makes colored jerseys look lighter.

I remember there was a thread on this site (last season?) about how someone saw the Lakers @ Minnesota and was confused. They thought the Lakers wore lighter purple just for that one game. But it was the dark court that created so much contrast.

[loogodude90]

I always wondered what it would look like if a team went to a really exotic, dark colored court, like cherry- or ebony- or even walnut-colored. Is there a rule that the hardwood has to be a 'light' color?

I whipped up a Bucks court concept with a fairly dark floor once.

I think it would suit them well as kind of a Northwoodsy motif (not that Milwaukee is located there, but perhaps their wood originated there?), but I'm not sure how well it would televise. Probably better than the ones that are bleached to the point of whiteness. Too much glare. I don't know of a rule that the hardwood has to be light, because how do you enforce such a thing? Wood doesn't really have pantone values.

That looks pretty cool, except for the 2-tone.

[loogodude90]

Charlotte Bobcats anyone?

What about charlotte? are they supposed to get a new court or uniforms? I really have no idea what you want

I assume hes talking about the fact that they are supposedly making their secondary logo, their primary (based on rumors). I cant think of anything else they would really be changing considering they just came out with new unis last year. They cant even have an alternate jersey this season.

[The_Admiral]

That looks pretty cool, except for the 2-tone.

The Bucks get special dispensation since the two-tone is a callback to the old Mecca court.

[jimbojohnny56]

Someone on SLC Dunk claims to have seen the Jazz new court and described it as having the ball and note logo at center court, green in the paint, Navy around out of bounds with yellow lettering along the baselines.

[knnhrvy16]

I always wondered what it would look like if a team went to a really exotic, dark colored court, like cherry- or ebony- or even walnut-colored. Is there a rule that the hardwood has to be a 'light' color?

I whipped up a Bucks court concept with a fairly dark floor once.

I think it would suit them well as kind of a Northwoodsy motif (not that Milwaukee is located there, but perhaps their wood originated there?), but I'm not sure how well it would televise. Probably better than the ones that are bleached to the point of whiteness. Too much glare. I don't know of a rule that the hardwood has to be light, because how do you enforce such a thing? Wood doesn't really have pantone values.

I love that court concept, very unique. I'd love to see the Bucks try it out, with the Green and Red, I think they're the team that could pull it off.

[Gothamite]

I always wondered what it would look like if a team went to a really exotic, dark colored court, like cherry- or ebony- or even walnut-colored. Is there a rule that the hardwood has to be a 'light' color?

I whipped up a Bucks court concept with a fairly dark floor once.

I think it would suit them well as kind of a Northwoodsy motif (not that Milwaukee is located there, but perhaps their wood originated there?), but I'm not sure how well it would televise. Probably better than the ones that are bleached to the point of whiteness. Too much glare. I don't know of a rule that the hardwood has to be light, because how do you enforce such a thing? Wood doesn't really have pantone values.

That looks pretty cool, except for the 2-tone.

Ah, the two-tone is the best part. A little MECCA throwback. Nice - I'd love to see them adopt it.

[IceCap]

Charlotte Bobcats anyone?

What about charlotte? are they supposed to get a new court or uniforms? I really have no idea what you want

I assume hes talking about the fact that they are supposedly making their secondary logo, their primary (based on rumors). I cant think of anything else they would really be changing considering they just came out with new unis last year. They cant even have an alternate jersey this season.

I don't think they'll actually make the secondary the primary, as the NBA has that $500,000 fine to change logos. So they'll probably do what almost every other NBA team does and just use the secondary almost exclusively, making it the de facto primary.

[jimbojohnny56]

Ahh..The MECCA being a Celtics fan I used to hate when everytime the Bucks made a free throw there was that little ringing sound effect. Sikma,Moncrief,Cummings,Pressey,Pierce, Hodges and Lucas.Tough team.

[Wasatch]

Someone on SLC Dunk claims to have seen the Jazz new court and described it as having the ball and note logo at center court, green in the paint, Navy around out of bounds with yellow lettering along the baselines.

Nope, the full wordmark logo is at center court. There?s been photos of this online for over a month now!

[CitizenTino]

Haha did the old black and blue court seriously have the baseline scripts upside-down? Oh Cavaliers.

No, they didn't have the scripts upside down. The graphic here is wrong.

[jimbojohnny56]

Wasatch I believe that is what the guy was talking about when he said the ball and note.

[Wasatch]

Wasatch I believe that is what the guy was talking about when he said the ball and note.

Okay, my mistake. Here?s the photo that?s been around the block a few times.

[Wasatch]

I?m assuming the court will look pretty much like this if the paint is green and the out of bounds are navy. The logo at center court is exactly how big it?ll be, just by eyeballing the lines on the photo I posed above.

[TheRealPepman]

Re: Cavs

They should have recolored the two-toned LBJ-era court instead of that fugly new design. I really hate the free throw line, I'm not friggin feelin' it.

[knnhrvy16]

I?m assuming the court will look pretty much like this if the paint is green and the out of bounds are navy. The logo at center court is exactly how big it?ll be, just by eyeballing the lines on the photo I posed above.

Something about it just looks off, idk what it is. It could just be because there are no other logos (arena, alt) on the court.

Personally, I'd have much rather had just the ball at center court, with the full word mark on the top left and bottom right sides of center court (Or above the key on the left and under the key on the right). I'm not really feeling this design at all.