The National Basketball Association and Nike today unveiled the sixteen new alternate “Earned” uniforms that’ll be worn between Christmas and the end of the season by teams that qualified for the playoffs last season. The idea is that the teams “earned” the honour of getting an additional (fifth!) uniform option
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Raptors, Clippers Unveil New City Edition Uniforms
Tonight, the Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors both unveiled their new City Edition uniforms; this just mere minutes after the Chicago Blackhawks unveiled their Winter Classic uniform. It’s been a busy few days here, I’d kinda like to rest. Starting with the Clippers because, well, it’s just so much more
A Look at Some Original Proposed Toronto Raptors Logos
It’s always fascinating to get a peek into the designer’s studio and see what could’ve been. This week we were treated to a series of proposed designs, ultimately passed on by the Toronto Raptors in the years leading up to their 1995-96 expansion season courtesy an article in SLAM!. Here’s
Multiple Leaks of New 2018-19 NBA Uniforms Hit Twitter
A slew of NBA uniform leaks hit Twitter over the past few days showing us new uniforms for the Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, Golden State Warriors, as well as a brief preview of what’s to come, including yet another new uniform style added to the usual rotation. We’ll start with
Raptors New City Uniform Leaks on Media Day
The Toronto Raptors held their annual media day this morning and, as you’d expect, all eyeballs were on their prized off-season acquisition Kawhi Leonard. Fortunately for us, at least one of those eyeballs belong to Instagram user InsideGreenRoom who caught Leonard posing for a headshot while wearing the Raptors new
NBA 2K18 Screencaps Give Peek at In-Game Ads, Swoosh
Upcoming video game NBA 2k18 released its first set of screenshots today promoting the game and with it, gave us an idea of how these jersey ads both the Nike swoosh and the individual team deals will look on the court. Three screenshots were released, one of Boston’s Isaiah Thomas,
Nike NBA Uniforms Leak on Chinese Social Media Site
The NBA offseason is upon us and, as usual, doesn’t lack for drama with player movement and rookie (over)hype. This offseason, with the NBA moving to Nike as it’s official apparel supplier, we’re seeing some hype and drama seep into the aesthetic aspect of the league. In the past couple
Raptors Announce Jersey Ad, Plus Possible Uni Changes Leak
Busy morning for the Toronto Raptors today, the team announced they would be adding an advertisement to the front of their uniform, minutes later in an unrelated incident a possible leak of a small uniform change for the team surfaced. We’ll start with the jersey patch as we know that’s
Pic: Raptors Set to Unveil A Throwback Court?
It’s the 70th anniversary of the first season of what is now known as the National Basketball Association, the first game of that that first season was played in Toronto between the New York Knicks and the long defunct Toronto Huskies. The Raptors, Toronto’s modern-day NBA franchise, has acknowledged the Huskies several
Raptors Introduce Two New Uniforms for 2016-17
The Toronto Raptors unveiled two new uniforms for the upcoming 2016-17 season via a video posted by their social media accounts earlier today. First is a throwback to 70 years ago, an all-blue tribute to the Toronto Huskies, the original pro basketball franchise in both Toronto and Canada. The Huskies played just one season
Raptors Tease Huskies Throwbacks
Earlier this year thanks to a leaked image, we learned the Toronto Raptors would be wearing a Toronto Huskies throwback uniform at some point in 2016-17. Now thanks to a Tweet from the Raptors, it appears tomorrow’s the day that’ll finally be officially announced. If the leaked image above is
What We Know So Far About New 2016-17 NBA Alternate Uniforms
Every season, the NBA (and Adidas) selects certain teams to add alternate uniforms to add to the respective teams’ brand, and next season is of course no different. I have obtained confirmation, via an official Adidas catalog, of the 7 teams next season that will receive the new designs*. (We have already