Floors without contrast = BIG TRASH

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Floors without contrast = BIG TRASH 

Post#1 » by The Servant » Sat Nov 15, 2025 12:57 am

Currently watching 76ers Pistons. the floor is all blue and players are wearing black jerseys. I cant really see the ball that well and it makes the product really hard to focus on. There is no contrast!

Why make the product worse? It hurts the eyes to watch. If I tuned in to watch the National Colorful Court Association to watch a floor off I get it. I'm watching (squinting at) basketball.

I cant see $#@! out here.
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Post#2 » by gusman » Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:00 am

I agree. I hate the colored floors. Makes watching the game on tv impossible.
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Post#3 » by The Servant » Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:05 am

Like the passes are ripping around and I cant keep up. You make it bright so people look and then we see a trash product and tune out. Is that really their preference?
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Re: Floors without contrast = BIG TRASH 

Post#4 » by Maxthirty » Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:06 am

So gimmicky. Funny thing is people will probably look back in 50 years and think it’s cool.
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Post#5 » by Patches Perry » Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:14 am

Call me old fashioned but the hardwood aesthetic is indispensable. Make different courts for the cup if you gotta but keep the hardwood look and differentiate the presentation in other ways.

Lookin' like a gd Olympic table tennis event or something.

Imagine how annoying it would be to watch baseball if they dyed the grass/turf bright red.

<rant over>
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Post#6 » by TheGOATRises007 » Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:16 am

I don't even get the colored floors

Just put some small decals on the court so we know it's a cup game
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Post#7 » by scrabbarista » Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:18 am

It's like they want you not to watch.
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Post#8 » by Optms » Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:22 am

Maxthirty wrote:So gimmicky. Funny thing is people will probably look back in 50 years and think it’s cool.


Maybe we're the crazy ones for not digging it then. People 50 years from now will be half nano machines / half humans. We're kinda lame by contrast. Pun intended.
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Post#9 » by YogurtProducer » Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:29 am

Patches Perry wrote:Call me old fashioned but the hardwood aesthetic is indispensable. Make different courts for the cup if you gotta but keep the hardwood look and differentiate the presentation in other ways.

Lookin' like a gd Olympic table tennis event or something.

Imagine how annoying it would be to watch baseball if they dyed the grass/turf bright red.

<rant over>

To be fair, there is a blue football field in Boise.
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Re: Floors without contrast = BIG TRASH 

Post#10 » by Maxthirty » Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:30 am

Optms wrote:
Maxthirty wrote:So gimmicky. Funny thing is people will probably look back in 50 years and think it’s cool.


Maybe we're the crazy ones for not digging it then. People 50 years from now will be half nano machines / half humans. We're kinda lame by contrast. Pun intended.


*looks around*

I’m pretty sure we are the crazy ones.
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Post#11 » by Patches Perry » Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:34 am

YogurtProducer wrote:
Patches Perry wrote:Call me old fashioned but the hardwood aesthetic is indispensable. Make different courts for the cup if you gotta but keep the hardwood look and differentiate the presentation in other ways.

Lookin' like a gd Olympic table tennis event or something.

Imagine how annoying it would be to watch baseball if they dyed the grass/turf bright red.

<rant over>

To be fair, there is a blue football field in Boise.


And i hate it lol
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Post#12 » by og15 » Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:37 am

Patches Perry wrote:Call me old fashioned but the hardwood aesthetic is indispensable. Make different courts for the cup if you gotta but keep the hardwood look and differentiate the presentation in other ways.

Lookin' like a gd Olympic table tennis event or something.

Imagine how annoying it would be to watch baseball if they dyed the grass/turf bright red.

<rant over>

Yea, it can be too much with the colors, hurting the eyes
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Post#13 » by Mephariel » Sat Nov 15, 2025 1:44 am

Honestly I feel like NBA fans here are just yelling at clouds. The courts are ok. Not even close to hurting my eyes.
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Post#14 » by The Servant » Sat Nov 15, 2025 2:45 am

Mephariel wrote:Honestly I feel like NBA fans here are just yelling at clouds. The courts are ok. Not even close to hurting my eyes.


Go put on the game I mentioned and tell me you can follow the ball being passed twice around the perimeter homie. I cant.
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Post#15 » by OrlandoMagic198 » Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:04 am

YogurtProducer wrote:
Patches Perry wrote:Call me old fashioned but the hardwood aesthetic is indispensable. Make different courts for the cup if you gotta but keep the hardwood look and differentiate the presentation in other ways.

Lookin' like a gd Olympic table tennis event or something.

Imagine how annoying it would be to watch baseball if they dyed the grass/turf bright red.

<rant over>

To be fair, there is a blue football field in Boise.


And a black football field in Morrisville
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Post#16 » by scrabbarista » Sat Nov 15, 2025 3:10 am

There are no cats in America! And the streets are paved with cheese!

I don't believe you guys with these blue and black fields of grass. Vid, or it didn't happen.

Although, these days, vid, and it probably still didn't happen...
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Re: Floors without contrast = BIG TRASH 

Post#17 » by whitehops » Sat Nov 15, 2025 4:19 am

The Servant wrote:Currently watching 76ers Pistons. the floor is all blue and players are wearing black jerseys. I cant really see the ball that well and it makes the product really hard to focus on. There is no contrast!

Why make the product worse? It hurts the eyes to watch. If I tuned in to watch the National Colorful Court Association to watch a floor off I get it. I'm watching (squinting at) basketball.

I cant see $#@! out here.

i even said in the pistons game thread, the nba put out their press release with the cup game floors and they all looked pretty good, mainly because the colours were lighter. i was excited to see the pistons play on that and then the court looked pretty much like previous years with super bold, dark colours and it makes it really tough to see stuff on the broadcast view.

have the paint be coloured with the nba cup colours and put the giant cup logo in the middle of the court and call it a day. it's not that difficult.
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Post#18 » by tribulations » Sat Nov 15, 2025 6:59 am

Patches Perry wrote:Call me old fashioned but the hardwood aesthetic is indispensable. Make different courts for the cup if you gotta but keep the hardwood look and differentiate the presentation in other ways.

Lookin' like a gd Olympic table tennis event or something.

Imagine how annoying it would be to watch baseball if they dyed the grass/turf bright red.

<rant over>


100% agree. It's part of basketball fabric, and didn't need 'fixing' any more than traditional home whites or Spalding as the game ball.

Give me a beautifully finished parquet floor, any day over a giant kids' colouring-in book.
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Re: Floors without contrast = BIG TRASH 

Post#19 » by -Luke- » Sat Nov 15, 2025 7:14 am

The gray San Antonio floor looks kinda cool because it looks like they're playing on assfault. Don't know if people brought their pets, though.
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Re: Floors without contrast = BIG TRASH 

Post#20 » by maverick_41 » Sat Nov 15, 2025 10:38 am

Let's feel happy they do it physically unwatchable in November and not for the playoffs.

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