Sunday, October 26, 2008

New Season, New Optimism?

So the new NBA season is upon us in couple of days. I am really excited. I've been playing NBA 2K9 so hardcore that I went in to flu submission. I'm feeling pretty good now, so fire up the PS3! Also had a successful fantasy draft, so I got alot riding on this season. Couldn't help but notice number of teams with new uniforms for the upcoming season. These are my list of kudos and doo-doos:

Kudos:

New Orleans-Integrated past, present, & the future with Charlotte-like, pinstriped uni. Charlotte in my opinion had one of the coolest unis in the 90s. Hornets added the yellow they gained from residing in N.O. and made a very classy uni.

Sacramento- It was time for them to start a new era. Previous uni connects their glory days of C-Webb, Vlade, Peja, Bibby, etc. to disastrous era that ended in Ron-Ron Craziness. Props to them for having, "Sacramento," on their home whites instead of on typical road unis. Out of the box thinking.

Houston- It' not new, but it's about time they got an alternate jersey. Very nicely done. Was afraid that if they ever came out with an alternate jersey, they'll use silver. Silver jerseys are nasty; just ask mavs, nets, & spurs.

Toronto- Same as Houston. They went black and are never going back. Haha, this will be their alternate. Kind of like the road jerseys they used to have during Vinsanity days except no trace of purple of full of one on the back.

Doo-Doos:

Minnesota- What is this? Did NBA Live development team design this? It looks like it came out straight from the video game. Trying too hard to have people notice that their theme is, "wilderness."

Oklahoma City- Simply speechless. The logo looks like it came with clip art software. Very generic looking at best. What's up with their color scheme? Note to dem Okies: if you don't already have teal in your team color, it's not in to design one from scratch like it was in the 90s.
Home whites look like D-League uni designed by Adidas & Road ones look like rip-off from Knicks road & Bobcats alternate road jerseys.

Orlando- Dude, what's up with teams using this type of collar? Not all pinstripes are tight. There's a difference between thick, cheap, pinstriped suit and sleek, power, pinstriped suit.
This one falls in former category. Does poor job of bringing back Shaq & Penny days. Why don't they just go back to those jerseys? Damn, I want a throwback alternate Penny jersey now.




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