Nike just dropped Wemby logo

[Wolfgang630]

This is where I'm annoyed with fatso. He could've gotten an amazing logo, marketing, legacy... But he chose an irrelevant Chinese brand because of 2 or 3 million dollars a year more.

Lmao. He could’ve had the Joker Nike brand

[zimpy27]

Now that's a shoe deal

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What does an eclipse have to do with aliens?

Logo has a smart idea because the lines on a ball do make an alien head shape. I think it could've been done a little better though

[scrabbarista]

English in general is completely wack when it comes to pronunciation, there really is nothing like it at all. Not hard language to learn, but their pronunciation system is something else. Thats why these guys see name BJELICA or AVDIJA, and have no clue how those words make the sound that it does lol. And I know, if you are Spanish, letters C and J also sound different thank most other Euro languages, but I think you can still make sense why BJELICA sounds the way it does, to all of us, Bjelica is pronounced exactly the way it is spelled, but some North Americans thought it was Bee-Jell-lick-ka

Yeah, English spelling is insane.

The mispronunciations of a name like Bjelica is only due to one of two things:

1. Not knowing the rules for how to pronounce that country's letters

2. Stupidity

3. (I'll add one) Not caring/passive-agressive xenophobia

I don't think it really has anything to do with English spelling being so haphazard, though it certainly is.

I do not think it is xenophobia or stupidity, if you only speak English, I understand why you would struggle with Bjelica. I do not speak French, and I truly have no clue why Beaubois is spelled the way it is and pronounced the way it is...

That said, American Media is seriously very slow with these Slavic names, I think they are the only ones that after like 20 years, still can not figure out 3 foreign letters. If you listen to Austin Rivers, he still cant pronounce Doncic's name, and that name is not only super easy, the player is easily one of the most dominant NBA players. You would think they would not completely mispronounce a SUperstars name, but nope. After so many decades of good Balkan players, you still can't figure out how to pronounce Doncic's, or Divac's names? It is not in any shape of form hard. If the name is Dimitrijević, I mean it is easy to me, but I can see why Americans could find it hard, but Doncic and Divac literally have two syllables.

Our Lithuanian names probably get butchered far more badly, but I can see why our names are impossible, your names are indeed terrible. We had footballer Tomas Danilevičius, and I remember EA FIFA game announcers had his name recorded in game, but it was so bad, nowhere even close, like if you played that record to any Lithuanian, no one would ever guess they try to pronounced what they are pronouncing.
When Egidijus Mockevičius was in college, I remember one youtuber did those stupid videos where he goes to public and ask them questions, so public would look stupid I guess. And one time he wrote down Egidijus Mockevičius' name, and asked people to try to pronounce it. It was funny, but also sad and unwachable.
In our language, name James or Bryant or O'Neal is spelled completely differently than how it would be pronounced, but Egidijus Mockevičius is spelled exactly how we would pronounce, it is funny, but that is how it goes.

I always found one thing surprising, out of all the Lithuanian guys who ever played in the NBA, Jonas Valančiūnas is the guy whose name is pronounced the best by American Media, like easily. It is not perfect, but it is pretty damn close, if you know, you can pin point how American syllable it differently (wrongly), but it is damn close. Which is strange, because I would not have guessed Valančiūnas would be easy to pronounce. I would imagine Sabonis would be far more easy to pronounce, but they don't pronounce it well. I would not say they pronounce his name wrong, but the accent is huge, everyone says Sa-Bone-nis, or Sa-bow-nis, but it should be hard sa-BAW-nis. O is not pronounced like OH, it is rather a hard AWE.

1 is the most common.

2 maybe I should say "intelligence level." I didn't mean people who can't pronounce some names are literally stupid. But people with reasonably high intelligence in the area of linguistics will have no problem learning to approximate Eastern Euro pronunciations, even if English is their native language.

3 i guarantee this is the case. there are people who intentionally butcher names for this reason, but it is (usually) an extremely mild form of xenophobia. notice i also said "not caring," though, which i guess could be a fourth reason; it can also sometimes be related to a mild, subtle xenophobia.

I don't think it has anything to do with people being English speakers. Just my opinion. I mean, yes, obviously one's native tongue affects how one pronounces foreign languages, but there's nothing inherent to English spelling or pronunciation that should keep anyone from learning to (at least, roughly!) pronounce names like Doncic, Divac, Valanciunas, or Sabonis.

[Bloodbather]

I like the alien idea and I think the logo has potential but could be improved. Instead of looking like a basketball they could make it look more like tentacles to highlight his crazy arms. The alien face sort of has a V shape while the stripes of the basketball sort of have a W shape in the reverse angle, those lines could've been sharper to personalize it further with his initials. The double Nike logos seem pointless also.

[MarcusBrody]

This is where I'm annoyed with fatso. He could've gotten an amazing logo, marketing, legacy... But he chose an irrelevant Chinese brand because of 2 or 3 million dollars a year more.

Because if there is one thing that we know about Jokic, it's that he wants more attention off the court. I actually feel like signing with an obscure (in the US) brand that had already given a signature shoe to one of his teammates is about the most Jokic way of going about things ever.

That being said, I think that Jokic is hilarious and woudl have loved a bigger marketing campaign with him for my personal amusement.

[D.Brasco]

It's like Nike acknowledged Wemby was getting Avatar comparisons but realized they can't work out a deal with Cameron and just went with a generic alien.

[UcanUwill]

I like the alien idea and I think the logo has potential but could be improved. Instead of looking like a basketball they could make it look more like tentacles to highlight his crazy arms. The alien face sort of has a V shape while the stripes of the basketball sort of have a W shape in the reverse angle, those lines could've been sharper to personalize it further with his initials. The double Nike logos seem pointless also.

If they make tentacles themed logo, I would imagine it would be way too close to Hydra logo, its been done.

[G R E Y]

Now that's a shoe deal

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What does an eclipse have to do with aliens?

Logo has a smart idea because the lines on a ball do make an alien head shape. I think it could've been done a little better though

Could just be about uniqueness - event, player, naming association of logo to player.

[FarBeyondDriven]

that's fire. Well-done Nike marketing department. Very unique and compelling and will look great on apparel.

[Pachinko_]

Google says Nike is named after the ancient Greek goddess of victory, so if you want the Greek pronounciation it's "Nicki", same as Nicki Minaj

[youngthegiant]

I don't really get the fuss with the logo, looks generic to me.

[adubmac]

Nike's marketing department is still the best in the business.

[Edrees]

That's pretty awesome

[zimpy27]

Now that's a shoe deal

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What does an eclipse have to do with aliens?

Logo has a smart idea because the lines on a ball do make an alien head shape. I think it could've been done a little better though

Could just be about uniqueness - event, player, naming association of logo to player.

Eclipse is honestly a cool name and a nod to his blocking prowess and height. Maybe that's what they were going for.

[Threezus]

Off topic question. How do you pronounce NIKE?

Forever, everyone around me seemed to say NIke (like PIKE). But now all I hear is Nye-key. I never thought it was Ney-key.

As one guy said already, I think the vast majority of us Americans would say "Nigh-key." You do sometimes hear a Nike like "spike," but I'd consider that slightly odd. That's not to say Americans are "right," per se, though it is an American company.

The pronunciation from the creator of it is said like Nai-Key. It was created from the goddess of victory Nikke. Which is pronounced nee - kay or nai key depending where you are from. But both ways have that 2nd word sound instead of just saying it like spike.

[Sofia]

Probably could have done without the Nike swooshes, that cheapens it for me.

The mamba and Lebron logos don’t use Nike swooshes and are still recognisable, as well as clean looking on a tshirt.

I’d maybe wear a tshirt with that logo as a small heart located piece, but the full front size would be too much for me. The mamba and Lebron logos can pull that off though

[Sakay]

Seems more fitting for Sam Cassell.

the man retired years ago, goddamn u **** lmao

[lakerz12]

This alien looks pregnant. And it wants you to massage its Nike nipples.

[Lalouie]

Off topic question. How do you pronounce NIKE?

Forever, everyone around me seemed to say NIke (like PIKE). But now all I hear is Nye-key. I never thought it was Ney-key.

where are you from

[Pachinko_]

Nike should make a logo for the French NT in the Olympics too, maybe an alien eating a baguette