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| The Pistons during the horse logo days |
Atlanta Hawks,
1995-1999
The home and road versions vary in quality. The home whites
look pretty good, although the lettering isn’t all that clear. The roads suffer
from the unflattering colour fade effect.
Detroit Pistons,
1995-2001
The horse fits with the lettering and on the jersey
nicely, but would probably look better without the flames. The set as a whole
is unattractive, particularly those numbers.
Milwaukee Bucks
alternate, 1995-1999
The shadowy effect, interference with the jersey lettering
and the colours are the biggest issues here. The fact the buck is different to
the one in their logo at the time is a negative, too.
Philadelphia 76ers,
1991-1994
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| The 76ers with multi-coloured stars |
This could’ve looked good had they made all the colours
solid instead of faded. The result is a kind of metallic, computer-generated
look.
Phoenix Suns,
1992-2000
An example of graphic success. The angle and colouring work,
as do the sun streaks and spikes. The basketball is the weakest element, but
it’s acceptable.
Toronto Raptors,
1995-1999
The raptor looks good and is taken from their logo, but that
graphic makes an already busy uniform – with pinstripes, shorts logos and nameplate spikes – even busier.
Utah Jazz, 1996-2004
This set suffers from fade and colour problems, particularly
the road unis. The set would’ve looked pretty good had they used just a mountain
outline on the roads and cleaned up the lettering.
Employing graphics could be worthwhile today if teams
avoided the fade effect and colouring issues that damaged some of the uniforms
mentioned and used relevant and clean graphics. Atlanta, for example, could go
with the hawk from their logo underneath clean lettering with the number in the
top corner of the jersey.
It’s far riskier than a traditional approach, but it’s a way for teams to have an attractive and different look.
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