Terrible design patterns on NBA courts, jerseys etc

jozef · Post #1 » by **jozef** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:30 pm

Maybe I am too old, maybe not, I find many NBA courts annoying. Their design pattern and color is such a distraction from watching the game on TV. It is a very unpleasant experience for eyes and I guess some ego ignores or does not undestand natural needs and common sense.

Watching gray Brooklyn court for 2+ hours is a tough deal. Charlotte Hornets beehives, New Orleans pelicans in 3pt area... Put these symbols or strange colors to mid court area and stop downgrading the product.

Also pink Miami jerseys or Jazz red orange jerseys used to be brutal.

Fencer reregistered · Post #2 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:41 pm

I liked the Miami Vice-ish palette on a recent Miami uniform. This year's are awful, however.

I liked the Charlotte court as well.

TheLand13 · Post #3 » by **TheLand13** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:44 pm

Forget the courts.

The jersey's these days make it hard for me to focus on the game.

Myth · Post #4 » by **Myth** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:47 pm

The Nets one is the only one that bothers me. It is like an optical illusion messing with my eyes, like one of those magic eye posters. All the others I will have a preference of which ones I think look best or worst, but they don't actually bother my vision or effect my viewing experience.

AbeVigodaLive · Post #5 » by **AbeVigodaLive** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 3:52 pm

YEAH!

Why can't we go back to tasteful, non-distracting court designs!

PlatinumState · Post #6 » by **PlatinumState** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:48 pm

OP would have a stroke if he had to sit through a Oregon game

Amare_1_Knicks · Post #7 » by **Amare_1_Knicks** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:44 pm

As the title suggests, what do we all think about the current state of NBA Jersey’s and Court Designs?

Personally, I’ve been finding it to be way over the top (both the jerseys and arenas/floors) in an annoyingly distracting way. The colors don’t really follow the general color schemes of the team anymore. Back in the day, you knew what color each team would be sporting — home, away, and one alternate (typically). And if they deviated from that, then it would still be an expectant/predictable alternative.

Same thing with the courts — there are fantastical overlays, and different colored wood-shading, different colors on each baseline, or the team logo has an odd take on it, etc.

May be an odd nit-pick, but was interested in others thoughts.

chuck_wagon44 · Post #8 » by **chuck_wagon44** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:58 pm

yes it is too much.

I guess the better question is: is there any way to scale back the color/jersey/court combos. You used to be able to turn the TV on and know right away what teams are playing based on the colors and court etc.

Now that's not even possible. Makes the NBA more amateur looking on top of the fact the players wear mismatched socks and colors that don't even match the uniforms.

I saw a Boston Celtic player wearing Yellow/Purple shoes...it's gotten that ridiculous. NBA needs to do something from a branding standpoint.

Mauro Pedrosa · Post #9 » by **Mauro Pedrosa** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:22 pm

I think that 5 jerseys per team per year would be enough.

Main color, alternate, black, white, retro

payton2kemp · Post #10 » by **payton2kemp** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:36 pm

The courts are fine, whats terrible is the ever changing digital ads on the court during a game.

FeatheryTouch · Post #11 » by **FeatheryTouch** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:39 pm

I'm guessing all the color chaos is about jersey sales.

If some misguided souls out there keep buying overpriced teal Spurs jerseys, then NBA teams will keep trotting them out.

Post #12 » by **bisme37** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:41 pm

I'm cool with it usually but it bugs me when teams wear colors that are not remotely associated with them. And even more when teams are dressed in the colors of the team they are playing that night. There was a game earlier this season where the Bucks were wearing blue uniforms on the Sixers blue court lol. Confusing and distracting.

DoctaJ · Post #13 » by **DoctaJ** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:42 pm

There was literally this exact topic posted earlier this morning.. Couldn't have just used the same thread? :lol:

I don't care about the courts and colours of the jerseys etc aside from one thing. Home team should wear light, Road team should wear dark.

That was my one gripe with the NHL when they switched what jersey the teams wore. Used to be fun seeing your team in white and the road team in their colours - every game was a bit unique. Then they switched it and it's literally the same colours every game (home team with their colour jersey and road team in white).

But oh well, not like I watch very many games anymore.

Catchall · Post #14 » by **Catchall** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:48 pm

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CraftylikeaFox · Post #15 » by **CraftylikeaFox** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 8:59 pm

I live halfway between the bay area and Sacramento. Have yet to see a Warriors or Kings statement, city, etc jersey in the wild. I don't know who is actually buying these.

azcatz11 · Post #16 » by **azcatz11** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:18 pm

Myth wrote:The Nets one is the only one that bothers me. It is like an optical illusion messing with my eyes, like one of those magic eye posters. All the others I will have a preference of which ones I think look best or worst, but they don't actually bother my vision or effect my viewing experience.

The raptors court is distracting. They have that 3D Raptors sign behind the baseline

BigGargamel · Post #17 » by **BigGargamel** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:21 pm

Ahh, your daily “old man yells at cloud” post. Some jerseys are ugly but it’s always been that way.

I’ll take a jersey designed by a teenage girl who decorated her myspace page with a hundred glittery unicorns over whoever designed the new jazz uniforms. They should be ashamed of themselves

Lalouie · Post #18 » by **Lalouie** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:28 pm

jozef wrote:Maybe I am too old, maybe not, I find many NBA courts annoying. Their design pattern and color is such a distraction from watching the game on TV. It is a very unpleasant experience for eyes and I guess some ego ignores or does not undestand natural needs and common sense.

Watching gray Brooklyn court for 2+ hours is a tough deal. Charlotte Hornets beehives, New Orleans pelicans in 3pt area... Put these symbols or strange colors to mid court area and stop downgrading the product.

Also pink Miami jerseys or Jazz red orange jerseys used to be brutal.

i generally cannot agree with your assessment of the floors
but pro jerseys, football and basketball, all sukkkk.

it seems design is less the intended goal and more about name display. in an age when company names are getting more "catchy", pro sports team jerseys are too "IBM-ish", especially basketball where all it tries to do is show flash

but regrardless, if i'm the team owner i will try to make the floor as distracting as F**** for visiting teams

Lalouie · Post #19 » by **Lalouie** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:35 pm

bisme37 wrote:I'm cool with it usually but it bugs me when teams wear colors that are not remotely associated with them. And even more when teams are dressed in the colors of the team they are playing that night. There was a game earlier this season where the Bucks were wearing blue uniforms on the Sixers blue court lol. Confusing and distracting.

how long ago was it that teams (college and pro) all started wearing BLACK. that's when "teams colors" were trashed

Nate505 · Post #20 » by **Nate505** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:20 pm

The current Jazz redesign is **** terrible, and the fact that people probably got paid good money to make it is a crime against humanity.

I know this is an old man moment, but I hate all this garbage of uniforms and courts changing all the time and having tons of variations. It's impossible to establish an identity, and it's telling the successful franchises historically don't do it.