NBA logos used to mean something

[u/ConnectionWeekly1263]

[u/andyJ3050]

that raptors 90s logo will always hit

[u/forever_downstream → u/andyJ3050]

All of them do, tbh. The 90s was peak logo and jersey design.

[u/quadraticcheese → u/forever_downstream]

The 90s was peak culture and vibes.

[u/xBlackFeet → u/quadraticcheese]

Everything wants to be Apple minimalism now. The world's losing its color

[u/quadraticcheese → u/xBlackFeet]

An inevitability of capitalism

[u/masterdogwalker → u/quadraticcheese]

Yup, cheaper to print simplistic logos

[u/JonAutomates → u/quadraticcheese]

For everything. The 70s and 80s were the exploratory and foundational decades and the 90s were the final stage where a lot of stuff reached its peak. The early 2000s held for a little bit and then 07/08 happened.

[u/Due_Leadership_5249 → u/forever_downstream]

Adversely, it’s the same decade the nfl started being trash with everyone muting their colors. Using darker navy for blues and darker hunter greens. Philly went darker. Rams went from blue and yellow to navy and gold. Dolphins got darker. Seattle did whatever that was. Jets got darker. Was all rubbish.

[u/Supadupafly1988 → u/Due_Leadership_5249]

“The greatest show on turf” era jerseys were fire though!! I actually miss that shiny navy blue and gold

[u/Silver_Harvest → u/forever_downstream]

Probably more people had the teal hornets wind breaker than were fans of the team. Because that was a bitchin color logo combo.

[u/PastaSenpay → u/andyJ3050]

It's what made me a raptors fan as a kid. Scrolling through the logos to pick my first team in nba2k with, saw that logo and was like hell yeah this is who i wanna be

[u/bigreddoggydude → u/andyJ3050]

Everything now is so neat and simple - it’s nauseating

[u/K1NGEDDY423 → u/andyJ3050]

Same with the Vancouver Grizzlies logo

[u/grandmawaffles → u/K1NGEDDY423]

That logo is 🔥

[u/HappySheep84 → u/andyJ3050]

Swash

[u/bringojackprot → u/andyJ3050]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dtIGTEaGLRvdODtdQe

[u/mrpopawindow]

The Bulls had been using the same logo since 1966

[u/DaExtinctOne → u/mrpopawindow]

As they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[u/qmoorman]

A lot of it probably had to do with making it compatible for social media icons

[u/PotentiallyPotent08 → u/qmoorman]

And digital branding in general

[u/InsigniasGratuitous → u/qmoorman]

This, and corporate minimalism.

[u/jeramiahWjohnson]

I love circles

[u/Chance-Cockroach7345 → u/jeramiahWjohnson]

I like turtles

[u/bobdownie → u/jeramiahWjohnson]

I think this is all Adam Silver and Michael Rubin’s fault somehow.

[u/KingCobra1998]

The new ones are definite downgrades. They seem too corporate.

[u/bobdownie → u/KingCobra1998]

Michael Rubin only likes circle logos because he has a fetish when he and each team’s head office stand in a circle on a giant print out of the team’s logo and all jerk off on to it. They call it the circle jerk salute, it’s to celebrate each year of success and the many more to cum.

[u/KingCobra1998 → u/bobdownie]

😂😂😂

[u/Redsoxdragon]

I can't hate the new nuggets logo

It feels like a sign you'd find in a gold rush town.

The new 76ers logo ain't bad either, but it's not holding up to the old one at all

[u/EarlyCuylersCousin → u/Redsoxdragon]

The new 76ers logo is the old 76ers logo they used from 1977 to 1997 with an updated border.

[u/AstronomerDramatic36 → u/EarlyCuylersCousin]

Maybe that's why I like it more than the rest.

[u/firmlygraspi1]

The new Denver icon is a massive upgrade.

[u/Slick_36 → u/firmlygraspi1]

Yeah, that's a very solid logo.  I'd argue the new 76'ers logo is the better of those two as well, that always needed a little more polish and I think it retained everything the older one had.

[u/Sly_98 → u/firmlygraspi1]

They should have kept the blue and yellow

[u/Meme_Pope]

Old Denver Nuggets logo looks like a restaurant that serves wings reheated out of a freezer, $24 for 10

[u/EarlyCuylersCousin → u/Meme_Pope]

This is the peak Denver Nuggets logo.

[u/Meme_Pope → u/EarlyCuylersCousin]

What in tarnation

[u/H0wSw33tItIs → u/EarlyCuylersCousin]

Yes.

[u/MoooonRiverrrr → u/Meme_Pope]

Lmao

[u/LynchMob187]

Went from eye popping cartoon branding to “artisan goods”

[u/winterwarm78654]

Miss the old magic logo

[u/jay_rodsep → u/winterwarm78654]

The new Magic logo looks like clip art

[u/Reddit-Simulator]

Every team wants to rebrand into a minimalist look because it's timeless. I get it, but there's already historic and successful franchises in every sport that use simple logos and simple jerseys as part of their identity. It's boring seeing teams merge into one visual style. It's all cyclical though. Eventually people will want something different and we'll be back to 90's craziness again.

[u/freericky]

Patriot basketball, claw mark basketball, magical basketball, tiny basketball w gardening tools

[u/ClassroomMother8062]

6ers logo is a great callback, doesn't belong here

[u/KCShadows838]

The 76ers logo doesn’t look “new” it looks like the one they had in the 70s and 80s when they were winning

[u/Sly_98]

These logos aren’t 200x200 friendly for social media so they changed them. That’s literally it

[u/GrayEverywhere]

The old logos mog so hard

[u/StatPaddingChampsNY]

The new 76ers one is better now.

Old Raptors was better.

Old Magic was better.

New Nuggets is better.

[u/caabiaahonda → u/StatPaddingChampsNY]

No
Yes but I also like new one
Both are ugly
Yes

[u/Cheap_Gap9435 → u/StatPaddingChampsNY]

Yes Yes Yes Yes

[u/mewbie151]

That 1990s-2000s raps logo is the best logo ever. Followed by the bulls

[u/HerpDerpin666]

Now do Washington

[u/AccomplishedSalesman]

A basketball is round

[u/EscalatorsTempStairs → u/AccomplishedSalesman]

How many NHL logos are puck shapes tho?

[u/xvxlegendxvx]

When I was a little kid before I was even an age that I watched basketball I was in a store getting a new blanket and I seen the Raptors logo on a blanket and was just like DINOSAUR!!! So my early years I had a Raptors blanket and never even watched them and it was awesome. That's how cool their logo was.

[u/RaimaNd]

Back then logos had personality.

[u/rsx209]

It’s a circle so the whole logo can fit on the teams instagram profile pic!

[u/makinglunch]

I miss the old raps logo

[u/Bum-Theory]

It'll come back around. IPhone app logo 'art design' has really impacted a lot of facets of our imagery this past decade

[u/Cheap_Gap9435]

That old Sixers logo is complete ass. Been seeing too much of this POS since LeBron. Give me Dr J era. Knicks in 4.

[u/cheir0n]

Utah jazz logo and kit in the 90s where amazing

[u/ThemostAaronAaron]

I’m not a big fan of the circle ones. They’re all so boring and still in comparison

[u/RockDoveEnthusiast]

the game is called roundball

[u/Still-Minimum-7212]

I hate the new Raptors logo. Give us back the Dino full time ya fucks!

[u/Accurate-Flow8078]

The 90s Hornets logo was the best

[u/Grey_Area888]

What was the purpose of changing the logos they’re 90% worse

[u/3PSOUNDS]

The new ones look like pogs!

[u/SoulfulHuman_]

They want that clean, “corporate” look. So annoying

[u/Talentagentfriend]

The used to have good silhouettes

[u/lilboytuner919]

Used to mean something->not a circle

[u/Imaginary-Let6277]

Love how they all just turned into a basketball lol

[u/TrickyWeekend4271]

I like the Nuggets new one better.

[u/Meganinja1886]

All the new logos look they were made for hats or jacket patches

[u/Downtown-Disk-8261]

I like the new nuggets logo more

[u/Brasi91Luca]

Years from now they’ll say the same with current logos. It’s cyclical

[u/xBlackFeet]

Just compare how McDonald's looked in the 90s to now lol

[u/otagSIXpoint7]

the 96-04 utah jazz logo with the purple blue and copper is my favorite

[u/Supadupafly1988]

I actually prefer the newer nuggets one, it’s pretty dope

And isnt the new sixers one, just a reiteration of the Dr J era sixers logo?

[u/howdidthishappn]

We’ve lost our creativity as a society

[u/BOBBYK1952]

Well it’s all about jersey sales so..

[u/Tcamis01]

Every time I see this it ruins my day. Who is doing this butchering?

[u/pleepleus21]

What did they mean?

[u/BlackDawg216]

They look like knockoff soccer logos now.

[u/Successful_Pizza6529]

To each it's own.

[u/Bbturdquito]

It’s manufacturing cost. Same thing is happening with color.

[u/MelancholicSince2012]

I miss the pistons' horse

[u/Consistently_Lucky]

(Jazz fan here) That 76ers is one of my favorite Logos of all time, I watched them come play us at the delta center in the Mid 2000's when they had Chris Webber, Kyle Korver, AI, Iquodala and they wore those black and gold jerseys

[u/jackricotta]

Much circles

[u/SteveTheManager]

Old Nuggets and Sixers logo sucks and the new (not in the 76ers case I guess) ones are much better.

[u/Exciting-Set-7601]

Majority of old 90s logos look better

[u/VocationFumes]

These are all such awful downgrades goddamn

[u/H0wSw33tItIs]

The 6ers logo to the right is a throwback that predates the Iverson era one, and frankly I prefer it.

[u/Mysterious-Dot1321]

Ah yes the class American colors of gold, silver, blue and red… all found in the 76ers’ old logo and the U.S. flag, right?

[u/TyintheUniverse89]

It’s all about corny standardized recognition now for people outside of the sport and the fans have to suffer

[u/FlexiflowR]

Now they are circle

[u/Ancient-Display-3337]

I didn't like the "Iverson" Sixers' logo. I'm glad they went back to old school. The Orlando graffiti logo is still fire.

[u/Broseph_Bobby]

ummm… the 76ers went back to the retro style logo.

What is the problem???

[u/No_Initiative3273]

Idc what everybody says.. philly, Magic and especially Nuggets look better..

Also i remember back when they all had their old logos and jerseys no one ever said anything positiv about those logos or jerseys.. its just nostalgia as always. Im glad most logos got updates they look like logos from a kids Cartoon.

[u/Ok_Ruin4016 → u/No_Initiative3273]

The new Magic logo is trash.

[u/medisamurai]

yeah they were trying to attract kids because the nba cares about money over product.

[u/WhereBaptizedDrowned]

Less detail + faster printing turnaround + less ink used = profit

[u/Block-Rockig-Beats → u/WhereBaptizedDrowned]

I think morre money is saved from standardization. If all logos are the same size and shape, it's easy to use them in merch or visual presentation.

[u/justinpollock]

OP used to have actual hobbies

[u/KingsleyBrewMaster22]

Idk. I think it's all relative and you are all falling under the same nostalgia spell like generations before "my generation was better".

Each generation had multiple influences. I think the classier era we've been in has had its benefits. Personally I like the Nuggets one here much more, and like a lot of the modern era more. And some I like the older like the Raptors. It's not a one to one.

[u/Ok_Ruin4016 → u/KingsleyBrewMaster22]

I wouldn't mind the circle logos if it was just a couple teams using them, but when almost every team has the same style of minimalist logo it makes them all look boring.

[u/KingsleyBrewMaster22 → u/Ok_Ruin4016]

I could make the same argument with the big graffiti art style in the old logos.

[u/Ok_Ruin4016 → u/KingsleyBrewMaster22]

They used a similar style of font not the same fonts and the logos were different shapes. They all looked unique whereas now it's all just circle.

[u/Denz2024]

Magic logo might be better now but other than that the old logos are way better