The Charlotte Hornets are getting set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first season of NBA basketball in their city. Plans for the milestone season next year include a new “classic edition” uniform, the selection of the 30th anniversary team via fan voting, 1980s and 1990s music played throughout
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Head-Scratching Possible 2018 NBA All-Star Jersey Leaks
Let’s just hope this one is a prank or a simple misunderstanding. We’ll get it out of the way right away, we cannot confirm the authenticity of this jersey – at all… but it’s plausible enough that it’s worth a post to present what we know and let you decide
NBA City Edition Uniforms Officially Unveiled by Nike
Nike and the National Basketball Association today unveiled the final set of new NBA uniforms for the 2017-18 season. Known as the “City Edition” it’s one of the four new uniform sets for each team which replaced the standard home, away, alternate uniform designations – in their place are Icon,
The 2017 Creamer Awards Winners: Best New Sports Logos of the Year
The year has come to a close and with that comes our announcement of the winners of the 2017 Creamer Awards, our sixth annual recognition of the best in new sports logos over the course of the past twelve months. Before we reveal the results I’d like to take a
New Era City Series Hats Reveal More City Edition Uniform Details
Last week, we caught some glimpses of the New Era 9FIFTY series related to the to-be-released NBA City Edition uniforms. Today, the entire New Era “City Series” hat collection has been released on Lids.com. I’ve scoured most of the hats to find some unknown details that we have not seen
Video Game Leaks Nearly Full Set of NBA City Edition Alternate Jerseys
UPDATE: I’ve received a 1080p video of the menu screen of a 2K user on PC, so we’ve got much cleaner, color-accurate versions of all 28 uniforms now. Thanks to Twitter user @JMoneyMikita for the video! The saga of the Nike NBA City Edition uniforms has hit fever pitch this afternoon,
New Era Hats Reveal More NBA City Edition Uniform Details
In the last month or so, I’ve revealed some information and created some rough mockups of many of the yet-to-be-unveiled Nike NBA City Edition uniforms. Today, some of that information has been solidified and/or slightly altered via the release of New Era’s newest line of snapback caps. A couple of
Minnesota Timberwolves will not wear fourth jersey until February 1st
Although a huge chunk of NBA teams have already worn three or even all 4-5 of their jerseys that Nike now allocates each team, there are some teams who are still stuck on wearing just two jerseys. One of those teams is the Minnesota Timberwolves. After overhauling their identity, they
Los Angeles Lakers wear purple for home game
This really is a whole new world when it comes to uniforms in the NBA and nobody is experiencing the changes like the Los Angeles Lakers are. Of all teams in the league, you’d expect the Lakers to be one of the more conservative teams when it comes to their
Nike NBA City Edition Uniform Details & Mockups, Part 2
As noted in my Part 1 article, some time in the next few weeks, all 30 NBA teams will have a “City” uniform, that will complete the 4-5 uniform rotation that every team in the league will have at its disposal for this current season. Via details I have learned, and descriptions
Charlotte Hornets partner with LendingTree for jersey sponsorship
Despite the fact that we’re nearly a month into the NBA season, there are still plenty of teams who are playing regular season games without a sponsor on their jersey. One of those teams was the Charlotte Hornets, which was especially strange since the team was already different from all
New Nike NBA City Edition Uniform Details, Mockups
As we’ve all witnessed in the past couple of months, Nike has progressively released each NBA team’s “Association”, “Icon” and “Statement” uniforms (what we’d have previously referred to as the home, road, and alternate jerseys). Eight teams have even unveiled their Classic Edition uniforms. But still to come some time