Also I find it hilarious when they announce the logo, and the designer says all the things it represents:

JAY Z believes the design's boldness demonstrates confidence in the new direction.

The secondary logo, of the 'B' inside a basketball, surrounded by the words "Brooklyn New York" immediately popped an image into my head: "Planet Brooklyn."

No it doesn't- it's a letter B on a basketball, in black and white!

Talk about WACK graphic design... Heheheheh... That is the best that the billionaire Prokhy coould come up with, I guess. What a waty to re-brand and re-invent themselves.

That blase' logo will be a perfect fit for the D-Leaguers who they'll have to get to populate their roster after Deron, jheri curl Wallace and Farmar ALL opt-out this summer as they said they'll do. Muhahahahaa!!!

I too tend to like a "traditional look". some teams should never mess with it. Knicks, Yankkes, Celtics, Red Sawz, Reds, Lakers, Etc are examples of good branding because its build off success and history.

teams that don't have it or "times change" sometimes need to rebrand.

The Rockets and Astro's have a "space" theme. Back in the day, it was "futuristic" but now its "retro"! Sacremento "kings" is tired. "Kings" is tired. The old Cincinati "royals" which became the "Kings" needs a shot in the arm.

The Wizards last championship was wearing those current retro style. They are trying to reconnect with a succesfful time.

The Thunder went very conservative. There was no regional link to connect.

The Marlins redu was pretty easy. Capture "Miami" and its colors. Also, the Marlin fish itself is very cool.

"Nuggets" itself is pretty dumb. They were the "Denver Rockets" in the ABA once upon a time. We all know the Jazz should be in NOLA and the Hornets in Charlotte. The HOrnets was a nick name for a battalian in the Revolutionary war. If you ever got stung by a hornet, you'd also say its a badd ass bug!

What is very good graphic design for sports teams? The iconic Oakland Raiders Logo when by itself is the dumbest thing but lost on the uniform its still works.

The Nets iniform has yet to revealed and we won't see that until the End of september.

Its not really for knicks fans to like it or not, its to create at distinct look and create a brand identity all its own.

They might have done that.

If they lose Williams I expect them to go after Tyreke Evans. They need someone to put fans in the seats. A Brooks and Evans backcourt could be entertaining.

Knicks will be king of New York for the forseeable future though.

This is so much win for New Yorkers. Two teams 20 minutes apart by train.

nixluva wrote:

Rookie wrote:wow, talk about lack of imagination. they are obviously after the old brooklyn dodgers fans....eh except they are like a whole entire generation to late.

Yeah but that B is much more in the style of Lettering that NY teams have traditionally had and I think it would've been better to find a similarly styled B with a bit of a modern edge to it.

Isn't that what they did?

Its old school font but not for baseball, but looks like 50's baskeball type graphis. Old Dodgers looks turn of the century.

Glad it has its own look then take from the Dodgers. I do think it would be cool, but this has its own look entirely.

The "B" with the "Brooklyn new york" in the circle looks great. The Sheild not so.

I have to admit, it looks good to me. Works the nostalga thing for me. Before my time Black and white Images of Lou Alcinder in a "POwer Memorial" uniform......

Nate.....

Brooklyns own BIlly Cunningham....

This guy is Brooklyn too!

All before my time also, but baby boomers remember the links to the past as a kid. I read about these guys and saw these old BLACK AND WHITE photos. Boomers are nostolgic.

Brooklyn is a nostolgic type of place for people who don't live there. For those that do, they are linking to a glorified time when brooklyn was on its own one of the largest cities in the country, when they had thier own baseball team, and they were proud of being "Brooklyn".

I get it.

The Roster, thats another thing all together!

Knicksfan wrote:If the Nets can't keep Deron, they should try to add Lin to Brook.

Lin in a Black/White Jersey will look sweet. Great design, great color combo and Brooklyn Nets sounds mighty fine.

Clippers needs to go back to San Diego. There goes another team that would have looked sweet in a black/white jersey.