Uniforms—Logos—Court Designs—Socks—Sneakers—Headbands—Mouthguards

Just a general thread to talk about any of those things.

Sources: NBA owners expected to pass rule allowing ads on jerseys
http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RO7XvUr099IiC4oft.rEEQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztxPTg1O3c9NjMw/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2015-12-03/58ebb560-99de-11e5-818d-037755d74b4b_adidas-NBA-All-Star-West-Jersey-Front-H.jpg

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15191055/nba-owners-expected-pass-rule-allowing-ads-jerseys-2017-18-season

this is now a thing
https://content.nike.com/content/dam/one-nike/en_us/season-2016-sp/Shop/Launch/04-2016/nike-basketball-elite-series-collection/KD8-ELITE-ON-COURT-PAIR.jpg.transform/default/image.jpg

or it will be as of sometime this week

apparently the sock-esque protuberance is a "calf-length compression sleeve" that i guess is built into these shoes

yeah durant wore them for warmups but hasn't warn them in a game yet iirc
http://images.solecollector.com/complex/image/upload/t_in_content_image/nike-kd-8-high-creamsicle-4_o4khoj.jpg

Wouldn't that cause more knee injuries / wear+tear?

not sure why it would? just socks more or less.

I remember reading somewhere that the more you immobilize the ankles, the more stress goes into the knees. So if they're just compression socks, maybe not?

this is going to end with players in full body compression iron man/ greenscreen suits up to their necks and in 2023 some young hotshot will start covering his head and then THAT'S gonna be a thing

durant looks like a double amputee there

logo patch approved. supposedly gonna bring an extra 100 milli + in per year.

BREAKING: Adam Silver said it's likely Hornets will have Brand Jordan logo on jerseys in 2017-18, not the Nike logo like rest of league.

love my brands

94 rookie game jersey is tite

http://i.imgur.com/fYJ9uJE.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgGqXC7WsAAtpWs.jpg

dubs shd go to a white vers of these for their home unis then have yellow road ones sans illustrations that say "the bay" imo

http://i.imgur.com/SJCV7hq.jpg

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15269948/an-depth-look-nba-jerseys-full-advertising

hehe

http://a2.espncdn.com/i/infographics/20160419_nbasponsors/nba_0419_sponsorwest_nuggets.png

http://a2.espncdn.com/i/infographics/20160419_nbasponsors/nba_0419_sponsorwest_clippers.png

cryin

http://news.sportslogos.net/2016/04/23/new-sacramento-kings-logo-leaked/

wow p nice imo

Font is ugly but otherwise looks pretty good IMO.

im kinda feeling the font tho wldve been better if they went all the way blocky for that 8-bit look

http://i.imgur.com/vXym9Z2.gif

The crown is hella bizarre to me

its supposed to depict depth but just ends up looking weird and abstract

file under inspired by stussy

http://i.imgur.com/aQqF3l9.png

unbelievable, they wearing them at home too!

that crown reminds me of

http://i.imgur.com/qmzMUij.jpg

appropriate to the kings basketball organisation

with the full name, i like it but with just "SAC" it looks a bit like a distended testicle and once seen that cannot be unseen

buzz city

pls stop

Really like the color scheme of the buzz city unis. Actually like everything about those minus the sleeves and the fact that they say buzz city.

guy who doesn't live in Charlotte: hey I'm thinking of visiting Charlotte, what's the most notable thing about your town
Charlotte guy: we have so many bees that we call it buzz city. We love our fantastic bees.

Bees are v important haven't u heard they are all dying

its official

http://www.nba.com/kings/NewLogo

nice, i like it a lot more with the white outline

interested to see what they come up w for unis

yeah it makes way more sense with the white outline. i thought the crown looked random as fuck otherwise.

http://i.imgur.com/cYsXmUL.png

Very nice! I mean the logo, not the tattoos.

lol http://newsok.com/article/5495252

russ is so weird

the weirdest

cn we talk abt those uniforms for a sec theyre like the least basketball uniform uniforms ever they look like a white tee, i think they shd go all the way w it tho all white except team/name/number

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CheG_TyUoAAXmEU.jpg

lmao love it, they should all wear damn daniels with it as well

those white ones are prob the best okc unis but the stripes on the pants are nonsensical. it's like someone designed good uniforms and was like "wait these are for okc they have to be hideous in some way"

those road blues are horrible too

i saw it so now you have to see it

this lad is drenched pic.twitter.com/PJ8RfbvMPL

— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) February 2, 2024

The NBA has unveiled their new LED court for the 2024 All-Star events:

• Player tracking
• Live replays
• Design and color changes
• Real-time stats
• Interactive games for fans

This looks crazy 🤯 (h/t @FOS) pic.twitter.com/qfIO0j3avs

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) February 5, 2024

oh no lol

wait so this actually enables features like spots appearing randomly on the court where shots are worth more points…

lol, mario kart ass court

ahem NBA JAM TOURNAMENT EDITION ASS COURT

lebron james feat drake sprite commercial ass court

this COULD be cool but will be used for evil of course. im sure there'll be so much going on visually

hopefully its just not slippery

lean into the Mario of it all, have an ice level

banana peel spots

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39586633/nba-story-clippers-new-uniforms-logos

lowe on the new clippers branding

NEW: The Los Angeles Clippers are unveiling a massive rebrand.

It’s part of a new era for the team that will include new uniforms, colors, and their new $2 billion arena. pic.twitter.com/197W2S3KmP

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) February 26, 2024

I like this!

way better, good even, i like that they have a picture of a ship no brainer really, wonder if thats the final design of the uniforms seem like they could use some honing

factoid

Here is the global logo -- which by league rule contains the full name of the team:

good shades of blue and red. good font.

the wordmarks have some character, particularly the LA, not totally sanded down like most contemporary stuff

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0223%2Fr1295053_1537x643cc.png&w=1140&cquality=40&format=jpg

the logo couldve just been a cool picture of a ship in profile tho making it a basketball ship with a bunch of shit all over it is kind of dumb

yeah too busy

for me this was it, v similar but these colors are so much nicer

https://vafloc02.s3.amazonaws.com/isyn/images/f438/img-3538438-f.jpg

overall very good and a MASSIVE improvement

they should def put the LA on the shorts in place of the Ship graphic

love Los Angeles version
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0223%2Fr1295077_675x1022cc.png&w=570&format=jpg

why is he wearing kobes instead of his own shoe

ah ok rip pgs

Everyone wanted to know what’s going on with the Nike PG Signature Line. I spoke with Paul George tonight and he told me he signed a 6 sneaker deal with Nike which ended with the Nike PG 6. He told me not to worry because Nike is going to retro the Nike PG 1 & Nike PG 2.5 pic.twitter.com/XiPuEmVSPc

— SneakerReporter (@SneakerReporter) January 15, 2024

Surprised they didn’t come to a new agreement those were pretty successful shoes iirc

wonder if nike is getting to a point where only a certain class of A list superstar really moves the needle in the shoe game and even someone at the level of PG is mostly fungible

the PG6s were/are very popular

yeah i guess my point is how much of it is the shoe vs how much of it is the name? has sneakerhead culture has led to a class of more discerning buyers who are less apt to just buy a shoe simply bcuz of the endorser attached? i feel like the whole thing w/ the sabrina ionescu shoe was that people were like, this is a really high quality basketball shoe. i'm just speculating here as i'm not someone who shopsf for basketball shoes

my extremely non-science view on the PG6s is based solely on what i see kids wearing at the games my son plays in, they're pretty popular. He says they're comfortable and they look cool. Definitely a shoe people seek out.

yeah PGs are also one of the cheaper sig models. kids really love PG.

i think its pretty interesting how many nba players play in kobes.

All the sig shoes I’ve tried are too heavy. I get tired of lifting my feet up.

def seems like signature shoes dont have the cache they once did, which might be part of the larger trend of new basketball shoes just not being nearly as popular as they once were, people dont really wear them for casual purposes like they used to

so if your audience has tilted towards ballers and away from randoms not only is smaller and therefor not worth the investment of signing a guy and do tons of ads but those ballers are maybe less swayed by the marketing because they have the added concern the shoe being personally good for them to play in

both teams wearing dark unis someone needs to get fired this cant be allowed

I'm sorry what pic.twitter.com/Ryqt6rUHPW

— Kofie.bsky.social (@Kofie) February 28, 2024

the ada compliance people need to step in and sue the league ffs

go back to the old system stop making so many uniforms how much money do they even make off this dumb shit it cant be that much in the big scheme of things

its basically all just to take advantage of the tiny sliver of the market who are compulsive jersey buyers right

last night during the heat broadcast the promo of the game was an additional 50% off any sale item at the team store online & for the promo they showed a browser scrolling down the sale page on miamiheat.com and the entire page was basically just like 24 different variations of kyle lowry jerseys lol

get em while they last

Welp, this happened pic.twitter.com/hMy8k37iqp

— NBA University (@NBA_University) March 18, 2024

he knew what he was doing going to the other side😭 pic.twitter.com/vb4yY8elVH

— CelticsMuse (@CelticsMuse) March 18, 2024

shoulda got Suggs in there

lol

Nike just unveiled an “A.I.R” concept shoe in Paris for Victor Wembanyama — designed by A.I. and fueled by its Sport Research Lab insights.

What would you want to see in a future @Wemby signature shoe? 👀 pic.twitter.com/rGhpXE6wR1

— Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) April 11, 2024

I recommend Wemby never wear those shoes.

be happy when ai goes away

i mean im sure that shoe wasnt actually designed by ai but im tired of hearing about it anyway havent we been through enough

it is kind of funny watching companies pump money into tech boondoggles ntfs metaverse etc tbf

maybe they meant it was designed by Iverson

it was designed by An Intern

lol