The designers: anyone with a computer and some time to kill. The judges: a writer, a player, and a guy who designs suits. How could this have possibly gone so awry? This past Tuesday The Toronto Star announced the winner and runners-up of their unofficial Toronto Raptors re-branding design contest,
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What We Know About the New Suns Uniforms; Coming Aug 15
The Phoenix Suns announced their new uniforms will be unveiled at a fashion show (because, really, that’s what a new uniform unveiling is despite what most men would like to think) in Phoenix on August 15th. Various social media accounts operated by the Phoenix Suns have been posting teaser graphics
New Orleans Pelicans Unveil New Uniforms
The brand transition of the New Orleans Hornets to the New Orleans Pelicans is complete as the franchise unveiled the uniforms for their inaugural season as the Pelicans during a fan event earlier this afternoon. Both the home and road uniforms feature “NEW ORLEANS” arched across the front of the
The Buzz Is Back! Bobcats to Become Hornets in 2014
Yesterday, the (soon-to-be Charlotte Hornets) Charlotte Bobcats made it official: The Buzz is back! The Hornets nickname will be absent from the NBA for one season only, as the Bobcats will become the Hornets beginning in the 2014-15 season. Now, we could go on & on about how they’re going
Phoenix Suns Tease New Uniform… Purple Reigns!
The Phoenix Suns are in the process of a brand tweak this Summer, they’ve already unveiled their new logo and yesterday, the process continued as they posted a teaser graphic to their homepage showing a glimpse of their new road uniform. What’s surprising about what we see in the teaser
Phoenix Suns One of Five NBA Teams To Go With Sleeved Jerseys
After news came out that up to five other NBA teams would have sleeved alternate jerseys in the upcoming 2013-14 season, you could say that there was a mixed reaction to the news. Some were excited to see the trend spread from Oakland into other parts of the NBA, and
Phantom: San Antonio Spurs 2013 NBA Champs Merchandise
I hate to say it, but it’s now a dynasty in the making with these Miami Heat – their second consecutive title, and third straight appearance in the finals. This years runner-up was the San Antonio Spurs who end their perfect record in the NBA Finals, losing their first out
Possible New Phoenix Suns Logo Leaked: RIP Purple?
If you watched a Suns home game this season, you probably noticed that they had a new court design for the 2012-13 season. This court had a whole lot of black and orange, but a little bit of purple. That was weird because the Suns’ visual identity contained a lot
NBA Proclaims Sleeves Experiment Success: Five More Teams To Add Sleeved Jerseys
Remember back in the Spring when the Golden State Warriors (soon to become America’s sweetheart in the NBA playoffs due to their inspired performances in front of a raucous home crowd) unveiled those wildly unique and very yellow sleeved jerseys? Remember when adidas spread the sleeved movement into the collegiate
2013 NBA Phantom Conference Champs Merchandise
It took me a few days to get around posting this, things have been crazy lately with the new baby and to be honest, I completely forgot about the end of the NBA Conference Finals. But as I was locating all the phantom gear for this year something struck me
NBA on the Path to Renaming Bobcats the Hornets
To the glee of many an NBA fan, it looks as if the Charlotte Bobcats have begun the process of changing back into the Charlotte Hornets. After Michael Jordan confirmed they had commissioned a study asking fans what they thought about changing the name back, CBS Sports seems to be the first
Cuban: Mavs to Let Fans Design New Unis
Dallas Mavericks multi-billionaire owner Mark Cuban today announced that his NBA basketball team would be getting new uniforms for the 2015-16 season… well, only if they get a decent pro-bono design of course. Cuban posted the news on his “Blog Maverick” website, offering up the chance that many fans dream