Boy do I ever love social media, it sure makes my job of finding clues to new jerseys a little easier. Today the Atlanta Hawks were the latest to post a photo on one of their social media networks that gave a hint of what they will be wearing during the upcoming NBA season.
In the photo posted originally on their Facebook page and also shown below (with arrow added for your convenience) you can see the typical array of team jerseys hanging up in the closet – the regular “blah” set of navy blue and red the Hawks introduced a few seasons ago ending multiple decades of red and yellow as their primary colour scheme.
But look on the table there… that’s a black-to-red gradient pattern on those shorts! Which matches up exactly with that rumour we posted back in August about the return of several jerseys from the ’90s for 2013.
Likely this will just be a “Hardwood Classic” jersey, not an official alternate, but it’ll still sure be fun to see these back on the court.
The Hawks wore this uniform originally starting with the 1995-96 season, introduced along with a new logo replacing their “Pac-Man” look which had been used for the past 25 seasons. The Hawks kept the logo but ditched it from the front of the jerseys as well as the gradient after the lockout-shortened 1998/99 season.
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Big Stunna
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 14:31That RunOptionRight always be keepin it fresh #REALTALK
TFoA
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 14:32You can see a little bit of the jersey on the far right as well. Oh yeah, these are coming back!
Bobby Mason
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 14:33i'd buy one of these just to pretend it's the 1990s and the NBA is still awesome
Caleb Fraser
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 14:36when was the NBA ever awesome?
Marcus Jackson
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 14:39I thought the uniforms they wore after the gradients were an upgrade. I would've rather seen those return.
Owen Hall
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 14:46To be honest, I'm not a fan of those jerseys.
David Pham
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 14:53I like it. Something to differentiate the teams other than color scheme. Plus, we'll miss these uniforms when they replace the mascot logos with corporate logos..
Nick Kotarski
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 15:02The theme for this years Hardwood Classics uniforms is the '90s.
Brian Castner
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 15:58Horrible. But they still look better than the new Spurs alt.
Bill Shannon
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 18:25No, no, a thousand times no.
Herbie Murrow
Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 00:59The best Hawks jerseys will always be from the Dominique Wilkins and Spud Webb era...
ingmar66
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 15:54Do not like gradients and beveled fonts and big logos on jerseys. Bring back the classic 80's'set with the Pac Hawk logo.
Chris
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 22:24If that look comes back in the NBA, I'll just stop watching the NBA. If it spreads throughout all of basketball, I'll just give up watching the sport. That's not a design. That's the result of an infant spilling paint on a uniform. I'd love to see the Hawks bring back the red and yellow, either what they wore just before the current uniforms (without the black trim) or what they wore during the 'Nique years, but with the longer modern shorts. That would be awesome.
Aaron
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 22:28I doubt they'll bring this back as a permanent look. It was cutting edge back then, today is a little overkill.
Tim Tebow
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 09:13Do not like gradients and beveled fonts and big logos on jerseys.
Miss Cleaver
Friday, October 12, 2012 at 13:45PLEASE bring back the pac-hawk logo and uniforms! I have utter disdain for the comic book panels uniforms became in the 90's a la Suns, Hawks, Raptors, Rockets, Sonics, etc.
blair harvey
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 15:04I love these uniforms I was just a kid when they were wearing them I remember watching mookie steve and dikembe, please bring them back better than the new boring ones
Bobby
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 19:20I loved these jerseys, when I was a kid. I hope the Hawks make these available to buy.