OT Favorite NBA Logo's, excluding Portland?

[PDXFonz]

Cuz I don't like the slanted rectangle parrelellagran thingy

Agree 100

 

[PDXFonz]

Second to the Blazer's would be the Bull’s logo, a very simple visible strong logo.

Most NBA logos are too busy, and try to be too cute. My least favorite logo is the Hawks logo that makes me think of pac-man, not the Hawks.

Not counting the Thunder (Who I'm not sure you could considering the short time since their inception), the Bulls as you can see are the only team who have NEVER changed their logo... It's been that way since day one. There is something cool about that to me. Especially when you look and consider how many teams are quick to change the smallest details.

 

[PDXFonz]

View attachment 8702 Something... not quite right about this 1... Celtics probably ended up w/ the best they could do

HAHAHA, THAT IS HILARIOUS!

What were they thinking with this one too? Talk about colors clashing...

I like their original clover logo, and don't care for any of the rest of them.

 

[PDXFonz]

^^^Yeah, I'm convinced - Sonics logo is good.
The other one I was struggling with was similar - the Denver version. I actually think it works better today than it did back then - back when it was in use I remember hating it. Too busy, and the skyline is generic.

I feel like a recognizable cityscape is crucial to pulling it off. When I look at Denvers I think "Are there actually any buildings in Denver that those represent?"

Certainly not Denvers fault they don't have the Space Needle or the Golden Gate bridge though.

 

[BonesJones]

I feel like a recognizable cityscape is crucial to pulling it off. When I look at Denvers I think "Are there actually any buildings in Denver that those represent?"

Certainly not Denvers fault they don't have the Space Needle or the Golden Gate bridge though.

Is the OHSU tram recognizable enough? Obviously it's not anywhere near the Golden Gate Bridge or the Space Needle in terms of popularity..

 

[PDXFonz]

Is the OHSU tram recognizable enough? Obviously it's not anywhere near the Golden Gate Bridge or the Space Needle in terms of popularity..

HA! No!

But we've got a good city for a cityscape. Here's an example of what I think would fit well if we were to use a cityscape in our logo. If you do a google image search for "Portland Cityscape Vector" you should see a few different versions of them.

For me it's a combination of 3 main components - Mount hood, the bridges, and the Koin Tower. I feel like if you have those 3 things you have done an adequate job of representing the city. You could probably even break it down to just 2 - Mount Hood and the Bridges.

 

[BBert]

You're dumb!

And his post is dumb as a ... poster!

 

[ripcityboy]

Damn, had you not said mascots, I would have sworn you were talking about certain ladies of the night.

Well Strenuus, cheap thrills can be still be had in select stadiums.....

 

[crandc]

PLEASE!!!

There is no apostrophe in logos.

The apostrophe has two, and only two, uses:
To show possession (the woman’s car is in the garage, the boy's bicycle was stolen, the President's husband was once President himself) and to indicate the omission of letters or numbers (don’t forget to vote, it's raining).

Do not use an apostrophe in the possessive pronouns whose, ours, yours, his, hers, its, or theirs.

Do not use an apostrophe in nouns that are plural but not possessive, such as CDs, 1960s, or logos.

Yours truly,

The Apostrophe Posse

P.S. I like Spurs logo.

 

[PDXFonz]

Kings new logos

Looks like a nice throwback to their old logo.

 

[theprunetang]

Kings new logos

Looks like a nice throwback to their old logo.

That bottom one is nice!

 

[barfo]

View attachment 8702 Something... not quite right about this 1... Celtics probably ended up w/ the best they could do

Betty and Veronica are not going to be happy they had to see that.

barfo

 

[-Ace-]

No more purple?

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

I miss this one:

It's kinda weird, and I kinda liked those old Denver teams with Fat Lever, Alex English and Michael Adams.

 

[Strenuus]

Kings new logos

Looks like a nice throwback to their old logo.

All of those are ugly.

 

[blue9]

The first two "Royals" logos are fine, but the two lion-based logos are awful. The first looks like it should be a college logo, and has shades of 90s-era design (which is always awful). The second is just a bad riff on medieval lion iconography - and I wanna call "double dribble" on it. It's possible to make the medieval logo work, but it needs to be entirely redrawn from the ground up - even the basketball is awful.

 

[blue9]

I miss this one:

It's kinda weird, and I kinda liked those old Denver teams with Fat Lever, Alex English and Michael Adams.

This is the one that I think works better today, than it did when it was originally put in use. But, as discussed earlier, the skyline just looks like any generic skyline - nothing about it says "Denver". That could be because Denver doesn't have a unique skyline. It's also too busy - I think keeping the color blocks in the sky above the mountains, but filling in the buildings with a single color might strengthen it...but then it risks becoming boring.

It took a little searching, but I managed to find a shot of DT Denver with buildings that could make the skyline less "tetris" looking:

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

This is the one that I think works better today, than it did when it was originally put in use. But, as discussed earlier, the skyline just looks like any generic skyline - nothing about it says "Denver". That could be because Denver doesn't have a unique skyline. It's also too busy - I think keeping the color blocks in the sky above the mountains, but filling in the buildings with a single color might strengthen it...but then it risks becoming boring.

It took a little searching, but I managed to find a shot of DT Denver with buildings that could make the skyline less "tetris" looking:

You shouldn't think of it as an attempt to replicate the skyline, but as an ode to the city's nickname "The Mile High City"

 

[Hobbesarable]

Simpler is better. Just looking at current: Spurs, Heat, Brooklyn.

Rockets should lose the "Houston Rockets" part and just go with the R and the swirly thing. I kind of like the Pelicans, but a version without the "New Orleans" part would be good.

Yeah, I like a lot of the logos in the NFL for their simplicity.

 

[tlongII]

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

I hate this logo. Every other Timbers logo that ever existed is better that this one. The one they are using now is better:

 

[Boob-No-More]

Not counting the Thunder (Who I'm not sure you could considering the short time since their inception), the Bulls as you can see are the only team who have NEVER changed their logo... It's been that way since day one. There is something cool about that to me. Especially when you look and consider how many teams are quick to change the smallest details.

Yep, it's my favorite - classic and unchanging. I grew up a Bulls fan and love that they still have the same logo I remember from my childhood when I started following the NBA in the late 1960s. They got it right and have successfully resisted the overwhelming temptation to fuck it up. Good for them. I hate change for the sake of change. If something works, don't fuck with it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Hey you kids, get off my lawn...

BNM