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Yea the dark red looks nice. I wasn't a fan of the way the Raptors 905 court looks just because of the red. But if our court is closer to this dark red in 2K, I like it!
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You know what looks completely terrible though? The clippers jerseys!SkywalkerAC wrote: View PostA key that opens many locks is a master key, but a lock that gets open by many keys is just a shitty lockComment
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NBA Logo ranks. some interesting tips from Grantland about something new coming up.
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/th...logo-rankings/8. TORONTO RAPTORS
Prediction: This logo ages well after a rocky start. Some fans miss the dinosaur, and the Raptors first leaked a black-and-white version that had the lunatic fringe of Brooklyn fans accusing Toronto of stealing its motif. “If they think that, hopefully it fans the flames of our rivalry,” says David Freeman, the head of brand marketing at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.
Toronto has focused its new image around “We The North,” a slogan that captures the feeling of being outcasts in a league where every other team plays in the U.S. “It’s our way of embracing everything people say is crappy about us,” Freeman says. “That it’s cold here, that you need your passport, all of it.”
You could argue this is just another name-on-ball job, but I love the integration of the Raptor claw into the lacing of the ball — a touch that suggests the damage a dinosaur can do without actually showing the dinosaur. Aren’t movie monsters scarier offscreen? “Most teams with animal names just illustrate what the team is,” says Koukodimos, who helped design the logo. “We wanted to break from that.” Outsiders need to be different, after all.
The Raptor name fits that image, and the team plans to keep it in perpetuity, despite regular cries to switch to Huskies — or something else, Freeman says. Husky dogs are everywhere; almost no one else uses a dinosaur mascot. The Raptors will produce a new Husky uniform for 2016 to honor the 70th anniversary of the Toronto Huskies from the defunct Basketball Association of America, but that’s as far as they plan to go, Freeman says. There are also some new secondary marks coming.
This logo is a nifty way to keep the Raptor name while distancing the team from Jurassic Park, the 1993 film that inspired the mascot. “There is a generation of people who loved that film,” Koukodimos says. “And then there are people who say, ‘Why the heck are we named after a freaking movie from 1993?’”Comment
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That's pretty cool. So everyone who was clamoring to change to the Huskies will be able to buy a fresh new Huskies jersey next year. Also good news about the secondary marks. I figured there had to be than just the primary logo and its partials.ball4life wrote: View PostComment
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So the retros will be Husky jerseys? Cool beans.Comment
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Yeah, in the end teams trot out so many vintage, alternate, and "________ night" jerseys now that it hardly matters what the primaries are. If you want to go buy one for yourself, you'll have half a dozen to choose from at the least.
That said, I still think in going for the minimalist look the new unis are risking just being uninspired and boring instead, but whatever
We're just cheering for laundry.
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Loving the fact new Huskies gear is being made.Axel wrote:KeonClark wrote:KeonClark wrote:Comment
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Tues column: Ranking NBA team logos, worst to best, with expert commentary, news nuggets, backstories: http://t.co/BQ9fgTsuu2
— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) September 8, 2015
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The writer called it elite territory to be anywhere 1-11, so we're firmly in elite territory. I'm a fan of the new logo, so it's nice to see an impartial judge rate it so highly. Our new jerseys are even better than the new logo too.TRex wrote: View PostComment
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Has anyone else noticed how the Raptors are using this logo more than the supposed "main" logo?
It's Game Day! Boy does that feel good to say. Raps host @LAClippers in VanCity: http://t.co/PzBxBv5dFL #WeTheNorth pic.twitter.com/EBkR639HEH
— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) October 4, 2015
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I love the rebrand Drake did a great job. New jerseys are dope!@Chr1st1anLComment
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It's growing on me and I'm Raptors For Life, so I don't mind it as much as I used to. The all red looks decent.TRex wrote: View PostComment
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Looked pretty good on to me.Comment
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Primary logo:Nilanka wrote: View Post
Alternate logo:
We've been using the alternate a whole lot more than the primary. Which is cool because the new logo looks a lot better being one solid color and without the circle around it.Comment
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