10 NBA Players Who Will Definitely Switch Uniforms This Offseason
This summer, an impressive class of free agents is set to hit the open market.
While the futures of superstars Dwight Howard and Chris Paul remain up in the air, there are several impending free agents who look like locks to switch uniforms this offseason.
Some would argue that the best way to build a contender is to do so through free agency. If that’s the opinion your favorite team holds, then you’re in luck.
Note: All stats courtesy of Basketball-Reference and all salary figures courtesy of HoopsHype unless noted otherwise.
View full post on Bleacher Report – NBA
Mark Cuban Invites People to Help Design New Mavericks Uniforms, Isn’t Interested in Paying (Video)
There’s nothing more democratic than appealing to the common man — or capitalizing on the common man, sometimes without leaving him much in return for his work. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, entrepreneur extraordinaire, appears to know that well. Cuban is looking to redesign his team’s jerseys for the 2015-2016 season, and he is turning to the masses for some help. Cuban put up a blog post saying the team will go with a new look if it gets “a unique and original design.” His method is to ask anyone and everyone to jump into the process of deciding on the new design and colors. “You know what an NBA uniform looks like,” he writes. “You know what the Mavs colors are for today and the past. We want some new ideas that stay true to our logo and at least close to our current color schemes. Show us what you got!” Next, however, Cuban warns that any designs posted on the site will be immediately owned by the Mavs, with which he included these punctuation- and grammar-challenged (and space ba…
View full post on Yardbarker: NBA
Mark Cuban Asks Fans to Help Design Mavericks Uniforms
Mavericks owner and apparent genius, Mark Cuban, recently asked fans to deliver their finely crafted ideas for new uniforms.
It is going as you would expect.
It all starts with a entry from Cuban at Blog Maverick where he asks fans to come up with their best designs for a new jersey that will be worn by the team starting in the 2015-16 season.
Now before you fire up MS Paint or bust out the crayons, there are some important things to note: this is not a contest with a monetary prize and the Mavericks own anything you post to the blog. Per Blog Maverick:
Who will own your design? The minute you post it, the Mavs will. If you think its horrible that the Mavs own your design. Do not post. If you think its cool that the Mavs could possibly use your design and you will have eternal bragging rights, then post away. If we really like your design and you, I may even throw in some tickets. If we don’t use your design, it will still be here on this site for now and ever more for you to glance longingly at. If your design is close, if not identical to other designs and we pick one of the other designs, for whatever reason, then thats just the way it goes.
If we don’t choose any of the designs,including yours.then we don’t choose any of the designs. That is life in the big city. Move on.
The contest of sorts will continue from now until the end of May, so get cracking. As for the early iterations of the Mavs’ new duds, they are as you would expect.
They range from the hilariously horrible to the remarkably refined. Here is just a sample of what is at the comments section of the blog entry.
Here is one special creation I truly hope makes opening night in the league:
We may be able to call off the contest with this one:
One fan was far too ill-equipped to post a picture, so he painted one with words: “I think a logo with a basketball in the background, with a mavericks head over it and the name underneath. I am not sure how to upload a pic on here.”
Here is to hoping pencil drawings get the job done:
It’s still extremely early, but I will assume the entries will get far more insane as the month proceeds.
There are many in the comments section who are incensed that Cuban would try and get anything for free, much less the team’s uniform designs.
Seeing as how he isn’t forcing fans to post their pictures, we will wait patiently until a silly debate dissolves into a massive display of awful MS Paint creations.
Get to work, Mavs fans. You have quite a job ahead of you.
Hit me up on Twitter with your best creations: Follow @gabezal
Read more NBA news on BleacherReport.com
View full post on Bleacher Report – NBA
Ranking the 20 Best Current Uniforms in College Basketball
College basketball’s last couple of seasons have brought us some of the ugliest uniforms in the history of the game, so as an antidote, it’s time to take a look at some of the best. There aren’t a lot of noteworthy designs in a sport that leans heavily towards monochrome kits, but at least a few programs have figured out how to update their looks without disastrous results.
One such success story is the Duke Blue Devils, who have started adding black to their road uniforms. It may not be one of the school’s official colors, but it fits nicely as a way to keep the jerseys from being all blue, all the time.
Read on for more on Duke’s current look and the rest of the top 20 uniforms we saw in the 2012-13 NCAA season.
View full post on Bleacher Report – College Basketball
Notre Dame’s neon Adidas uniforms draw ‘Shamrock Shake’ comparisons
The Fighting Irish have never looked more bright. Ever.
View full post on USATODAY.com Feed
Notre Dame Basketball Uniforms: Breaking Down Irish’s New Neon Adidas Jerseys
With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish got a little carried away with their pride for their mascot and debuted new shockingly green Adidas uniforms for their Big East Tournament showdown with Marquette.
The Irish showed off the new neon jerseys in Madison Square Garden for all of the country’s fashion capital to see. ESPN’s SportsNation was clearly more amused than impressed with the uniforms:
As the Associated Press (via OregonLive.com) notes, a handful of major college programs are trying out the new Adidas look that features a camouflage print on the shorts. But not all the other schools have a color that makes their players look like they recently escaped from a nuclear power plant.
Georgetown, Louisville, UCLA, Baylor and Kansas are all also using the new style but were fortunate enough to have more muted colors. Only Baylor’s bright yellow can challenge the Irish in terms of being potentially blinding.
Some of the teams opted to put sleeves on their jerseys, while others left them off. Notre Dame was one of the teams that stuck with the traditional tank-top style.
The uniforms have drawn a wide range of adjectives on social media, and they are certainly different and ambitious.
Putting camouflage on a uniform that likely glows in the dark is an oxymoronic fashion statement, but if this was supposed to be clever, most people were likely too shocked and distracted to get it.
It is difficult to know exactly what Adidas was trying to accomplish with these jerseys. If the goal was to attract attention, then the mission has certainly been accomplished.
But if the sportswear giant is attempting to keep pace with Nike, who decks out Oregon’s football team with bright and fashionable football uniforms every season, then this is more of a setback than a step forward.
Read more College Basketball news on BleacherReport.com
View full post on Bleacher Report – College Basketball
New, bold March Madness uniforms brings opinions of all colors
New line, which includes striped shorts, to be featured by six teams in postseason play
View full post on USATODAY.com Feed
South Florida’s audacious new basketball uniforms
Not for lack of trying, but South Florida’s new uniforms actually look pretty good.
View full post on USATODAY.com Feed
Adidas unveils preposterous sleeved college hoops uniforms
Adidas managed to make stupid-looking sleeved jerseys their second most preposterous feature.
View full post on USATODAY.com Feed
Adidas Releases New Uniforms for 6 Elite College Teams
While Nike and Under Armour are emerging as the top brands when it comes to gridiron fashion, Adidas remains a major player as well, continuing to push the envelope on the hardwood.
While the company got a wide range of reaction on their Golden State Warriors’ short-sleeved jerseys, which were designed using Adidas’ adizero technology, the company’s creativity has now spilled over into the college game.
On Thursday, Adidas unveiled six new uniforms for a handful of notable college basketball programs. Baylor, Cincinnati, Kansas, Louisville, Notre Dame and UCLA will all wear the new adizero threads during this year’s postseason according to the company’s website.
So, keep an eye out for them during conference tournaments and definitely throughout the Big Dance this March.
At first glance, the color stands out above all. However the color schemes of the uniforms are all unique to their individual school, which is a huge plus. You can complain about the look, but you can’t argue that you would mistake either one of these teams for another (well, maybe with the exception of Notre Dame).
While the jerseys are a little more reserved in terms of design and pattern, the shorts are eye-catching to say the least. The camouflage pattern adds a unique effect, making the entire uniform pop as if it’s about to jump off your television screen.
But like with any edgy design, Adidas is sure to receive some criticism for this bold style. The bright colors and the dazzling patterns will definitely bother some, but will no doubt sit well with others.
Follow Bleacher Report Featured Columnist Patrick Clarke on Twitter.
Read more College Basketball news on BleacherReport.com
View full post on Bleacher Report – College Basketball
