Shadojoker Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Suns black on top and shorts don't even match? !!! Wtf!!? Hideous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerslionspistonshabs Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I hope these sleeved, weird-fabric abominations suffer a quick and painless torturous death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ror1997 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 The Suns wordmark seems bigger than usual. Ugly. Yankees, Nets and Saintshttp://gif.mocksession.com/2011/03/netsfan/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustDevil61 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I'm not the only one noticing the patches (ads?) on the jerseys for the NBA All-Star Challenge, am I?Considering the alternative, I think I've come around to small ad patches as they are the lesser of 2 evils.Also dug this up: USA Today on Sleeved Jerseys. Allow me to break a couple quotes down:"Sales of the short-sleeved jersey have exceeded expectations," Chris Grancio, Adidas' head of global marketing, told USA TODAY Sports. "That to me is the ultimate vote of confidence."Can we put this in the "Reasons why the World is Going to Crap" thread? "We don't build something like this in a vacuum," Grancio said.Judging by how half-assed those Christmas jerseys looked, it sure looked like you did. You'd probably find a better knockoff for 1/2 the price.They're also not concocting a sinister plan to make every basketball team in the world switch from the traditional tank-top jerseys to the short-sleeved variety.Tell that to the teams playing on Christmas, the players playing in the All-Star game, and coming next season, the "city pride" jerseys. Sounds more like it's coming one step at a time..."There is no grand vision from NBA or Adidas that this will be the new uniform for every team forever," Grancio said. "But we do want to find found partners who embrace. We want to use league-wide platforms like Christmas Day and (the) All-Star (Game) to introduce push it on the league and celebrate it our 'innovation'."Fixed it for you.There is a buffer between the sleeve and the jersey, which would resemble a regular tank jersey if the sleeves where detached. That buffer "takes all of the movement of the arm so the jersey doesn't tug or pull or ride," Grancio said. "When it's fit properly, it minimizes all the potential issues of playing in a T-shirt and allows for 100% free range of motion."Maybe making the jerseys a little looser would be a better idea. Or better yet, just don't use sleeves at all. Occam's razor, everyone.The players also will wear shorts that are lighter than those worn in regular-season games.To make the players 0.00027% faster and jump 0.0015% higher, right?The jerseys are fit for the players, but when fans go into the store they don't have to worry about having to be in-shape enough for that tight fit. A more relaxed design is sold to fans."We thought it was an opportunity to give fans to embrace their team," Grancio said. "The standard (tank-top) jersey is hard for a lot of people to wear."Ahem. There's this option for those who want an opportunity for fans to embrace their team through non-tank top means. Fans can look better and save $50-60 while doing so. AKA @LanRovr0 on Twitter LED Sig Credits to packerfan21396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old School Fool Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Jersey shirts barely look anything like an actual jersey, though. Throw that argument out the window. I have two Milwaukee Brewers jersey shirts and while it's cool, it's still not what the players wear. People want what is being worn during a game. Overall, I just wear a white or black shirt underneath my Kobe jersey so the whole sleeves argument is useless to me.Also, during All-Star Weekend there are NOT ad patches. This comes up every year as a knee jerk reaction, but it's always been a patch of the event the player is taking part in. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 "Sales of the short-sleeved jersey have exceeded expectations," Chris Grancio, Adidas' head of global marketing, told USA TODAY Sports. "That to me is the ultimate vote of confidence."So they sold one instead of zero? POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustDevil61 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Jersey shirts barely look anything like an actual jersey, though. Throw that argument out the window. I have two Milwaukee Brewers jersey shirts and while it's cool, it's still not what the players wear. People want what is being worn during a game. Overall, I just wear a white or black shirt underneath my Kobe jersey so the whole sleeves argument is useless to me.Also, during All-Star Weekend there are NOT ad patches. This comes up every year as a knee jerk reaction, but it's always been a patch of the event the player is taking part in.That's my solution to the whole "tank-top" issue, too, though the colors differ and the player represented isn't Kobe. I always saw jersey shirts as the lower-cost alternative to actual jerseys. Those really aren't a bad idea, IMO--I just wonder if they'll be phased out by the league and Adidas because, you know, money.As for non-ad patches on jerseys, you could say that what we saw this weekend might as well be, as there's a thread going on about plans for jersey ads. That said, they don't look as bad if they remain small. Perhaps they can match the team's color scheme should they get any bigger over time (eventually likely) or to minimize appearance (not likely) if fans make a big enough deal about it."Sales of the short-sleeved jersey have exceeded expectations," Chris Grancio, Adidas' head of global marketing, told USA TODAY Sports. "That to me is the ultimate vote of confidence."So they sold one instead of zero?Zing! AKA @LanRovr0 on Twitter LED Sig Credits to packerfan21396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStoicPaisano Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 There may be better places to ask this, but does anyone know where I could find old Pro Bowl/NBA All-Star Game numerical rosters, back when you had younger stars switching numbers in deference to the old guard? I liked Pippen wearing 30 or Warren Moon in 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rays Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Great new commish. :censored: him ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilt Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 There wasn't a single player wearing an alternate jersey this weekend. I wonder when was the last time it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 There wasn't a single player wearing an alternate jersey this weekend. I wonder when was the last time it happened.with so many of the alternates being sleeved and the players hating them I can see why no one is wearing them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutmasterflex Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 There wasn't a single player wearing an alternate jersey this weekend. I wonder when was the last time it happened.with so many of the alternates being sleeved and the players hating them I can see why no one is wearing themThat's what I thought too. We're already getting an entire game of sleeves today, don't want to overload Go A's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhlyBoy Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 The uniforms tonight look like they are wearing their practice shorts with the shooting shirts while playing. A joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighCheese Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 The only thing i despise about adidas is using 3 stripes for the jerseysAwfulI dont mind the adi logo on the jersey or even the sleevesBut the 3 stripes on an actual non-practice jersey just kills me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy B Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I actually don't mind the sleeves in general too much. What makes it bad for me is that there are just sleeves tacked onto the uniform. If Adidas actually used that space for design (sleeve stripes, logo, etc.) it would look a lot better. Of course, I think sleeveless looks better and makes more sense for the players' comfort, but the sleeves could look decent if done right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustDevil61 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I actually don't mind the sleeves in general too much. What makes it bad for me is that there are just sleeves tacked onto the uniform. If Adidas actually used that space for design (sleeve stripes, logo, etc.) it would look a lot better. Of course, I think sleeveless looks better and makes more sense for the players' comfort, but the sleeves could look decent if done right.Strangely enough, I agree with you. While I despise sleeves in general, if Adidas actually did something with them, they would save face in my book. The problem is that sleeved jerseys look more like soccer jerseys at best or some kind of knock-off shirts made for bikers.A couple ideas would be to use sleeved faux/throwbacks (think something like Jerry Sloan in college) or Oklahoma basketball working. But then again, any of these ideas would look better without sleeves (except, perhaps, the way-back throwbacks). AKA @LanRovr0 on Twitter LED Sig Credits to packerfan21396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbgoo1975 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Those All-Star unis they have now are crap! Don't like em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xist2inspire Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I went to the All-Star Game Jam Session with my dad and sisters on Saturday...all I can say is that this entire ASG package was a complete and utter fail. The sleeved stuff looks awful, it legit looks like glorified fan gear (which makes the actual fan gear look pointless). The colors used just didn't work well (which might be why I saw several ASG hats in the old NO Hornets colors), and the entire package came off as dull and generic.If Adidas and the NBA want to continue this nonsense, then I truly hope that they step their design game up, because this entire season has been one long parade of missteps. Tradition is the foundation of innovation, and not the enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I gotta say, I loved the green East shooting shirt. Jaguars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicfurth Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I gotta say, I loved the green East shooting shirt.Translation: those not in straitjackets hated em? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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