theres tons of teams (detroit, indiana, Raptors etc) that kinda needed design and typography changes so I aint as mad at it.
All this is to increase merch sales and get people more invested into teams that arent just big city/championship teams. Theres even talks of having an in-season tournament as well and giving more opportunities for shyt teams to show any kind of success is paramount for this sport.
Fandom gets spread too thin when its only Lakers, lebron or the Warriors winning championships.