AndrewG70 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 1. What's unusual about the uniform in this photo?2. Can anyone offer an explanation? The (unofficial) NHL Uniform DatabaseThe WHA Uniform Database Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BShaw20 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 The fact that some dude wore 22 before it got retired?Edit: I also noticed that it has the city name insted of Rockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkell007 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 yea i think they did that mid 80's but towards then end of the decade they changed to rockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhans203 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Wow. I never caught that. Cool.When was it? I'm looking for other examples on Getty Images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BShaw20 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I saw a 1988 Akeem card and it has Rockets on the home jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouj Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I think that's Mitchell Wiggens and Rodney McCray. That means it's sometime from 85-88. All the pics I've seen of the 86 Finals have ROCKETS on the home whites. This is a good mystery! Go Astros!Go Texans!Go Rockets!Go Javelinas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadojoker Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Wow ive never noticed that before! Nice find! I wonder how the alternate red yellow unis as home with Houston on it would look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discogod Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I think that's Mitchell Wiggens and Rodney McCray. That means it's sometime from 85-88. All the pics I've seen of the 86 Finals have ROCKETS on the home whites. This is a good mystery!Nope, it's from '86-87 - the NBA logo on the unis was first worn in that season. The number font also slightly changed that season.My guess? That season, Sand-Knit took over as exclusive uniform supplier (Previously, I believe the Rockets had worn Wilson). It's possible that SK just put the wrong lettering on the unis, using a reversed version of the road unis. The Rockets had never worn the city name on the home jerseys whilst using these unis (I've just been through 300+ photos of Rockets games from '85-88 and the only photo I found with the city name on the jerseys is the photo above).Whatever the case, by the time they played the Blazers on 18th November, they were using the correct jerseys. Just need to find photos from the previous home games that season to figure out exactly when these were worn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilt Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I've got a semi-related questions. Are there any good NBA photo databases other than gettyimages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discogod Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I've got a semi-related questions. Are there any good NBA photo databases other than gettyimages?Not really. Most of the really interesting images I've found over the years have either been at random or through exhaustative googling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Cool find, I never knew about that. Reminds me of one of these MLB fan jerseys I used to see in Eastbay catalogs in the mid 90s, that had the white jersey's coloration but the road scripts. A strong mind gets high off success, a weak mind gets high off bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch B Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I am not a fan of some letters in uppercase and others in lower case with no rhyme or reason. "Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." Dennis Miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmejia Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I am not a fan of some letters in uppercase and others in lower case with no rhyme or reason.Point understood, but at least the "t" was also lower cased on the "Rockets" jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I am not a fan of some letters in uppercase and others in lower case with no rhyme or reason.I think there is reason. The spacing between letters would have looked weird with a capital T there, considering how all the other letters fill up a similarly-wide slot. Additionally, the other letters (other than H) are all rounded, and a T would not be. I'm not saying I like mixing upper with lower, just that there is at least some thinking behind it in this case. "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...
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