Ranking the ATL Hawks unis

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Gold Medal Tier

1st - #6, associated with the Nique era, which remains the high watermark on the ATL Hawks timeline

2nd - #11, associated with the Budenholzer Boys era, almost certainly the best 1-5 starting line-up in ATL Hawks history

Silver Medal Tier

3rd - #2, associated with the Pistol Pete era (my own first years as a fan), and which remains the most unique uni of the set

4th - #8, associated with the Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo era

Bronze Medal Tier

5th - #7, associated with the Mookie era

Forgettables Tier

6th - tie b/t #4, associated with the John Drew era, and/but only esteems itself above #6 based on some attempt at a proprietary font, and also #9, associated with the era of the Isaiah Rider decision and #10, associated with the era of the CP3 decision

7th - tie b/t #3, #5, and #12 as they all are essentially the same thing, and are associated with teams that were not threats to win anything

8th - #1... only lesser than the "classic and timeless" (aka, dull and mundane) unis above due to blue and red color choice

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Marking my calendar for 2025, the next time we get another shot at a uniform that uniquely and stylishly says "Atlanta Hawks" as the pac-mans did.

[Spud2nique]

#6 for me always and forever. It’s what brought me in.

[jayu70]

#6 and #12 in gold.

[DirtybirdGA]

6 and 12 in the gold tier,

9, they aren't bad, kinda decent just a dark time Deke, then Reef made the all star team, but no marketable stars despite losing.

I'd throw 1 near the top cuz the roads we had 2 seasons ago were dope as throwbacks from 68.

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#12 is new. But there is nothing that is impressive about them any more than there is anything impressive about #3. And #5. Except. They're new. And people like new. And people like to align with media and players who they like who are, only naturally, going "oh wow." Maybe for some it's a sincere "oh wow." Maybe all. Maybe none. The healthy skeptic recognizes, though, that none of those have any incentive to upset the proverbial emperor. Players and media are predictably going to join in lock-step and say what they're expected to say.

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As seen on Twitter:

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Sitting here watching the Seahawks whose "action green" so resembles "volt green," and whose uniform incorporates that feather pattern into the numerals that is unique to Seattle.

And mourning what we've just given up... a uni that is unique to Atlanta... for one that is just boring and generic... nothing unique, nothing that, if you washed out the name and the colors that instantly make them recognizable as Atlanta. They went for safe and blah, under the guise of "classic," as-if a uniform is "classic" without the team having won a title while wearing them. To call anything "classic" for us would require the uni to be framed on the pac-mans somehow, since that period of ATL Hawks history remains the high water mark.

Kudos to Seattle's decision-makers for not caving through the years, and maintaining their unique look.

[shakes0]

Sitting here watching the Seahawks whose "action green" so resembles "volt green," and whose uniform incorporates that feather pattern into the numerals that is unique to Seattle.

And mourning what we've just given up... a uni that is unique to Atlanta... for one that is just boring and generic... nothing unique, nothing that, if you washed out the name and the colors that instantly make them recognizable as Atlanta. They went for safe and blah, under the guise of "classic," as-if a uniform is "classic" without the team having won a title while wearing them. To call anything "classic" for us would require the uni to be framed on the pac-mans somehow, since that period of ATL Hawks history remains the high water mark.

Kudos to Seattle's decision-makers for not caving through the years, and maintaining their unique look.

I agree that the new uniforms are safe and boring, but I disagree that the ones they had over the past few years were interesting in any way. They were attrocious.

Hawks should've gone with the Nique/Spud era uniforms rather than bring back these boring retreads.