The NBA’s latest uniform experiment took place last night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn at the Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets both had their players wear their nicknames in place of last names on the back of their jerseys. Miami reportedly came up with the idea before the season and
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Heat, Nets to Wear Nicknamed Jerseys on January 10th
Throughout the entire season so far, the rumor of nicknames being put onto the back of NBA jerseys seemed to be buried under the avalanche of sleeved jerseys that invaded the league in 2013. However, they’ve recently come to the forefront since actual jerseys have been released and a date
Raptors Considering Black and Gold Colour Scheme
The Toronto Raptors are reportedly considering switching to a black and gold colour scheme when they unveil their complete rebrand for the 2015-16 NBA season. In a blog piece on the Toronto Star website, basketball reporter Doug Smith saying “he knows people who knows people” who say that “black and
The 2013 SportsLogos.Net Best and Worst New Logos Awards
Another year over, a new one about to begin; 2013 was the most successful year to date in the history of SportsLogos.Net, our 16th year bringing you the latest in news and rumours from the world of sports logos and uniforms. Over the past twelve months we’ve seen hundreds of
Pics: NBA Goes Sleeved, Chrome, With Custom Shoes this Christmas
In case you too busy celebrating the holiday with your family on Wednesday to notice, we had ten different NBA teams take to the court wearing special sleeved jerseys with giant chrome logos. The “BIG Logo” jersey series was this years NBA Christmas Day adidas uniform theme, following 2012’s “BIG
Revived Charlotte Hornets Unveil Logos & Wordmark
Buzz City is back! Although the Charlotte Bobcats are still the Bobcats for now (and are still actually playing a game against the Jazz as this is posted), this will change very soon as the soon-to-be Charlotte Hornets unveiled their logos and wordmarks for the 2014-15 season and beyond. Charlotte
Zombie Teams: Identities Brought Back from the Dead
It’s not a lame soap opera twist, it’s not a zombie uprising, but this coming weekend we’ll be re-introduced to something very familiar to all of us which has been dead and buried for over ten years… and no, it’s not “Afroman’s” career. It’s the Charlotte Hornets, ladies and gentlemen!
NCAA Unveils 2015 Final Four Logo
The logo for the 2015 NCAA Men’s Final Four basketball tournament was unveiled earlier today, the “final four” phase of the bracket will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana for the first time since 2010. A side-by-side showing the logos of the various times Indianapolis has hosted: And now a recent
New Charlotte Hornets Logos Coming Next Weekend
The Charlotte Hornets return to the NBA will feel that much more closer to reality next weekend when the Charlotte Bobcats are expected to unveil the new logos they’ll use when they completely rebrand their team for next season. The new logo and jersey wordmark (not uniform) will be unveiled
Clippers Player Loses Logo from Jersey
Los Angeles Clippers centre DeAndre Jordan suffered a slight uniform mishap in last nights road game against the Philadelphia 76ers. Just 90 seconds into the game, 76ers guard Tony Wroten and Jordan were tussling with each other at the side of the basket when Wroten grabbed hold of Jordan’s alternate
Knicks 0-6 in Orange, Can Stop Wearing New Unis Anytime
Following their 114-73 blowout loss to the Boston Celtics yesterday, the New York Knicks are now a disastrous 0-6 when wearing their brand new all-orange alternate uniforms. The Knicks are a not-so-hot-but-nowhere-near-as-bad 5-8 when wearing anything else in 2013-14. According to Marc Berman’s article in today’s New York Post, an
New Logos for Appalachian State Mountaineers
The Appalachian State Mountaineers announced they were officially adopting a new set of logos starting yesterday via a press release on their athletics website. Gone is the radically-modern-by-comparison “Yosef Head” logo employed by the team since the 1999 season, in its place an older version of Yosef – used last