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On those alternate Spurs jerseys, it always pissed me off that the number was left aligned rather than centered.
Spurs silver:
On those alternate Spurs jerseys, it always pissed me off that the number was left aligned rather than centered.
I'm not digging it. The home one looks crisp and clean, the road one looks way too busy and cluttered for my tastes.
A couple of other cool ones (these are from patches I made for NBA Live 2006 PC)
1971-72 Philadelphia 76ers (yes, the 9-73 team)
96-00 Knicks
80-81 Pistons
Early to mid 80s Nuggets
70-71 Cavs
73-74 Sonics
Forgot about these two for the worst ever (I still made them for the game though
I have seen the Lakers play on the road, and yeah, purple is quite obvious. Sometimes a hand-held cam shot at a time out will show the real purple color. Or just check out Laker gear at the local mall. Must be something in the color spectrum that makes them look blue when it translates to the boob tube. I don't have hi-def TV, maybe it's fixed on that.
I knew I wasn't alone on this! However, as I say, the color scheme on the home Sunday whites is pretty nice.
yeah, agreed on the LA stuff.
I love our gold jerseys, it reminds me of shaq when he was a youngster.
Thats the way they were in the olden days my man
I personally like the Clipper's new roadies that are blue and have LOS ANGELES on the front in cursive.
I think we have a winner.
It's Hoopsworld, but I thought I'd post it because of this thread.
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=9815
Best Jerseys in the NBA
By: Preetom Bhattacharya
With several NBA teams set to unveil new uniforms for next season, HOOPSWORLD decided to make the foray into fashion by judging which teams have the best designs for their jerseys.
Although the extent of this particular writer's fashion a en is the occasional viewing of Project Runway, it isn't hard to see how NBA jerseys have evolved in recent years with more prominent block lettering and basic trim. The days of the jersey variety provided by quirky eccentricities have ended, as we say goodbye to each team's unique take on what to emblazon upon their uniforms.
A quick trip down nostalgia lane, for better or worse, before moving on to the best of today's league. Remember those...
- Purple Phoenix Suns jerseys with the blazing basketball streaking across the chest?
- Pinstriped Chicago Bulls jerseys?
- Multi-colored Denver Nuggets jerseys with the skyline and Rocky Mountains?
- Detroit Pistons jerseys with the horsepower represented with exhaust pipes (and a horse)?
- Cartoon animals prominently displayed on the chest of the the mid-90s Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, and Toronto Raptors uniforms?
In any case, it's time to move on from the past and take a look at what teams are doing now. The best maintain sense of their own iden y in their duds, never lost among the fray.
Keeping it Simple
There's something to be said about a classic look that never really changes. Four teams in particular have seemed to embrace that concept, the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs.
Quite literally the gold standard, the Lakers are the only team that doesn't wear white at home (except on Sundays), combining gold with the "forum blue" (aka purple) to create a truly iconic look. The team hasn't changed the overall look of the uniforms for good reason, except for changing the shape of the shoulder straps.
As the team with the most championships in the league, the Boston Celtics have kept as simple as they can when it comes to their jerseys. Some may say it's plain to have an austere "CELTICS" spread across the chest, but there certainly is something charming to the crisp and clean white and green, isn't there? The team has occasionally threw in a shamrock or introduced black here and there, but the old-school staple is still the winning formula.
Could one of the NBA's most fundamental players, Tim Duncan, play in a more fundamentally sound uniform? The Spurs have stuck to the unfussy black and silver combination for years and are one of the few teams still using the tank-top style rather than the broad-shouldered version most teams use now. The logo is simple but unique to the team and it's Texas roots and the team avoids making things busy.
The Portland Trail Blazers have basically maintained the same logo and jersey since their inception in the 1970s, and with good reason. The team's logo is one of the most unique in the league and has a great trivia behind it: the logo is a representation of two basketball teams lined up against each other, five-on-five in opposite colors (there's always red for the Blazers and the other five are either black, silver, or white for the other team). The team has kept the logo and maintained the "blaze" two-toned diagonal on the jersey since winning the championship in 1977.
A Refreshed Look
One of the nicer newer jerseys is the one the Cleveland Cavaliers introduced after drafting LeBron James in 2003. The updated look served as a bit of an homage to Cavs teams in the past, hearkening back to the squad's original wine and gold colors of the 70s while also maintaining a hint of blue to honor some of the success the team achieved in the 90s, when orange and blue were the primary colors.
Plus, anything is better than the "tiger stripe" black and light blue uniforms of the mid-90s.
Truly Retro
The NBA's "Hardwood Classic" nights are fan favorites for the opportunity to see jerseys from the teams' fashion history. By far the best retro jerseys, though, are those of the Atlanta Hawks and Golden State Warriors.
Before moving to a primary red color in the mid-70s, the Hawks briefly featured a weird green and blue combo in the early 70s. The blue road jerseys in particular, though, were a great look (the green? Not so much). You may recall the players' named being beneath their numbers .. and Pete Maravich simply having "PISTOL" written for his.
Widely considered the best NBA jersey ever, though, is the Golden State Warriors' "The City" uniforms. The team donned these in mid-to-late-60s and the look is still great for today's Bay Area franchise, with a cable car (housing the numbers) on the back and a bridge prominently displayed on the front. With "The City" on the front, the Warriors jersey itself screamed confidence, perfectly capturing the unique Bay Area flavor on the jersey. A bonus? Like many college teams, the original jersey did not include player names, making the uniform literally more about "the crest on the chest than the name on the back."
Disagree?... did we neglect your favorite jersey?.. drop a line in the comments section below and set us straight.
People complaining that the Celts are the only true original jerseys are dumbasses - they have done more tweaking and have more alt unis than just about anyone else right now. They have the yellow numbers and the black numbers and they have some fronts that say Boston and some that say Celtics, some that have the clover above the name on back and some that don't. Don't kid yourself the Celts add or change something all the time.
The Spurs are the simplest traditional ones out there. The only throwback was the silver jerseys and that was extremely limited. Even back in the day of the ugly ass fiesta colors logo the jerseys were still the same. Additionally, there is nothing more menacing than black - why else would so many teams make alternate unis with black on them? Purple, orange and green??? C'mon, seriously.
I like the PHX logo alot, but they change their unis so much its crazy.
Knicks?? You have GOT to be kidding me. If you think black and silver is boring but you love block orangey-red on blue??
The sixers keep changing uni styles as well.
If you want the all-time best unis 'gaudy style', here you go:
Its a flippin' gay pride parade at the Pepsi center! What's even worse, is they go from this to powder blue.
got it....
From about 71 to 79, the Sixers changed their jersey every single season.
Even later in the 90's they where still doing it. Remember those ugly ass "colgate toothpaste" ones? puke
I like the Spurs uni's. But I like the Blazers better.
1. Spurs
2. Celtics
3. Lakers
4. Pistons
5. Rockets
At least Blazers' unis actually have a decent background; and they have stayed the same many years as well.
The Mavs green alternates are great.
I like the Warriors orange uniforms as well.
you mean like Ohio State's and SyracuseI agree completely. Not just the Lakers, but a lot of other teams are going away from the A-shirt look and making their jerseys look more like a sleeveless T-shirt. I don't like it at all. The absolute worst right now is the University of Texas uniforms.
The muscle shirt and extremely baggy pants
Like the Lakers White Uni's as well as the Spurs throw back silver uni's.
I hate the lakers gay colors
Best jersey ever, by far, IMO:
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