NBA Logos Through the Years

Waldo Geraldo Faldo

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Rockets logo always been wack to me.
Grizzlies logo has improved greatly.
Heat logo is probably one of the best ever.
Nuggets logo looks way better
Timberwolves is a big improvement
The old Sonics logo was so good
Still don’t get what the Trailblazers logo is
 
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Waldo Geraldo Faldo said:
Rockets logo always been wack to me.
Grizzlies logo has improved greatly.
Heat logo is probably one of the best ever.
Nuggets logo looks way better
Timberwolves is a big improvement
The old Sonics logo was so good
Still don’t get what the Trailblazers logo is
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Yeah...I dunno what Portland is supposed to be.

A lot of the logos got a little worse, imo.

I remember the Grizzlies being one of them. It looks a little too clean now.

And, a number of them just cleaned up their older designs.

The Magic logo sucks, to me
 
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Explanation behind Portland's logo:

The five lines on either side of the graphic represent five offensive players and five defensive players coming together to compete in the game of basketball. The curved lines represent the movement and speed of the individuals on the court. The graphic genius who came up with this concept is the cousin of the Trail Blazers founder and first general manager, Harry Glickman. Frank Glickman was a graphic designer in Boston, and when Harry needed a logo for his new team, he gave Frank a call.
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OfTheCross said:
Yeah...I dunno what Portland is supposed to be.

A lot of the logos got a little worse, imo.

I remember the Grizzlies being one of them. It looks a little too clean now.

And, a number of them just cleaned up their older designs.

The Magic logo sucks, to me
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That's my biggest gripe with a lot of the current logos. Too sterile and too clean; there's no fun or soul.

SEVEN of them are a circle with the team name on the edges and the logo on the inside: Atlanta, Denver, Indy, Minnesota, Philly, Washington and Toronto.

The best/iconic ones have had minimal changes over the years. Bulls, Celtics, Heat, Knicks and Lakers being the main ones. Both of Utah's logos were fire; Portland's primary logo has always been great but I don't like the current wordmark with it; San Antonio has a classic logo but the font on the current one is :trash: Totally fukked it up; way too clean. Phoenix has a solid logo but I hate the current color scheme. Doesn't look right at all. Detroit is clean in a good way.

Besides Golden State (all their changes actually looked good besides the We Believe one), I don't think any of the teams who have been changing their logos has a better look than one of their older ones.

- Nets is blah
- Hornets is not even close to the original logo
- Cavs is OK but I think the '83-93 and LeBron era Cavs ones are much better
- Mavs is :scusthov: compared to their originals
- Clippers :scusthov:
- Original Grizzlies logo was awesome; current one is meh
- Bucks isn't bad but I prefer the previous ones
- T'Wolves is the worst of their logos; the KG era ones will always be my favorites
- Thunder...such a basic logo. Compare that trash to what Seattle had from '75-01.
- Magic is too plain; old ones were much better
- Wizards compared to that beautiful Bullets logo is :scusthov:

The old, old logos from the 40s-early 70s are cool to see. I'm a sucker for those ones even though most of them were improved upon over the years. They're like a time capsule for design back then.
 
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