2012-13 NBA Logo & Uniform changes

[WSU151]

@Suns tweeted two hours ago that "We will not have new uniforms this year". So...the new wordmark on the court paired with the old wordmark on the old/current jerseys will look awkward. The only time this court is going to look halfway decent is if the Suns wear the 90s black jerseys at home.

Overall, it's a pretty terrible court design. It needs purple somewhere. The baselines should read "Phoenix Suns". In short, ditto what the admiral said.

[Chawls]

@Suns tweeted two hours ago that "We will not have new uniforms this year".

So next year then?

[WSU151]

@Suns tweeted two hours ago that "We will not have new uniforms this year".

So next year then?

That'd be my guess, but still, nothing for sure. I just hope they incorporate more purple than the court does.

[nykfan21]

i hope they're getting new unis this year because their homes have so much purple it'll just look awful on that court

Apparently, rumors are they missed the deadline. So they may debut them in 2013-14.

[shaydre1019]

Looks like it'll be black and orange for Suns...

Sooo....which sides the top, and which sides the bottom?

[henburg]

I actually like the new court design for the Suns, but it is going to look terrible with the current uniforms.

[McCall]

If they wanted to play up the orange, that's fine. But why can't all the black simply be purple? That just feels like to drastic of a change with how long purple was the primary.

[andrewharrington]

If they wanted to play up the orange, that's fine. But why can't all the black simply be purple? That just feels like to drastic of a change with how long purple was the primary.

Maybe they just don't love purple, like the Eagles and kelly green.

[The_Admiral]

is this the first dual-orange identity?

arguably?

[Lee Noire]

I actually like the new court design for the Suns, but it is going to look terrible with the current uniforms.

Yes. That's my beef with this. It looks nice on its own but with the current unis it clashes so badly. I'm going to miss the purple but I don't mind orange becoming the primary as its still unique in the r/w/b NBA. As far as the wordmark goes, yes its similar to OSU in that its orange and bevelled, but I think it has its own charm and is different enough. I agree with an earlier poster that this appears to be the start of a post Steve Nash era. I didn't think he was the type of player that would lead to a team changing so much by coming or going(like the cavs change into the LeBron era) because of his age but I guess he is that great regardless of it.

[Old School Fool]

Wow, the current uniforms are going to clash with that court hard. I'm disappointed.

[AAO]

Something is just not sitting right with the NBA these days IMHO.

Andrew is right about picturing a team's most iconic player in their current identity as a way to tell if it looks good.

The Suns' wordmark is okay, meh, their original slanted 'suns' is also an ambigram, but this just has more edginess and a bevel.

Why eliminate the most integral part of your identity in purple, a nice compliment to the orange? Black and orange just doesn't communicate Phoenix Suns to me. The updated PHX-Bird logo is a downgrade too, something about the previous was more admirable. Why unveil a new court, but keep the same unis to mismatch and confuse people?

The Spurs alt is a bold move but I don't approve. The Spur alone just isn't convincing enough to do something like that. Leave that look to baseball.

The Blazers alt might be nice.

New York was a sappy update.

[jussten]

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[jussten]

I actually like the new Suns court, as a Suns fan of 20+ seasons the lack of emphasis on purple disturbs me a little but I'll reserve judgement until they release the new uni's next season.

I do however hate the update to their logo. It's a huge downgrade IMO and looks cheesy.

NEW OLD

[StillS]

Something is just not sitting right with the NBA these days IMHO.

Too many confusing identities with teams using secondary logos as primary because of the logo changing fee. Jazz, Hornets, Raptors, Wizards, Bobcats, Suns and to an extent Sixers all use their secondary logos as primary. The fact that most of those secondary logos are quiet different from primary ones makes the matters worse.

On Suns i quiet like the new court even though they seem to be going away from purple. But they still havent changed PHX to Phoenix Suns

[Lee Noire]

Another weird thing is the fact that the team did update that secondary, which is mostly purple, but that court suggests that black is kicking purple out. For the time being this identity is a mess. Which is it, orange & black or purple & orange?

[CS85]

So this leaves the Vikings, Lakers, Ravens, Rockies, and Sacremento Kings as the last teams to use purple, am I right?

[Lights Out]

Wow, the current uniforms are going to clash with that court hard. I'm disappointed.

Agreed. Pretty embarrassing for the Suns - if they couldn't get their together in time with the uniforms, they should have held off on the new logos and court too.

[phutmasterflex]

Here's the new Suns' wordmark

I kinda like what the Suns did there, as it reads Suns from both sides of the stands. And the court is positively refreshing and communicates a desert atmosphere, I like it.

They've had that with their previous logos too.

Kinda like this

[Physeter]

I like the Suns new court. But their suffering identity crisis is a matter of concern. They should follow the lead the Tampa Bay Lightning set, by unveiling their new uniforms mid-season so they can take in criticisms early and make the according adjustments.

Purple shouldn't be allocated, for one.