A Glimpse of the Orlando Magic's New Uniforms; The Pinstripes Are Back... Sort Of

by Ben Q Rock on Jul 30, 2008 5:13 PM EDT in News Comment 5 comments

If you want to get an idea of what the Magic's new uniforms look like, check out Courtney Lee's mug shot from the NBA rookie photoshoot yesterday. Dave McMenamin of NBA.com was on-hand yesterday, and I linked to his liveblog in this FanShot. In case you missed it, here's what he said about the Magic's uniforms:

The Magic, Timberwolves and Kings rookies are all donning the new jerseys that their teams will be wearing for the first time next season. Now this is just my personal opinion, but I rank Orlando as the best, then Sacramento, then Minnesota. The Magic's jerseys have a Penny/Shaq/3-D Scott feel, with a modern Dwight Howard/Spiderman touch. I'm digging them.

Henry Abbott was there, too, and had these details on how players from teams debuting new uniforms had to avoid being spotted:

So the players from those teams have been asked to be sneaky. They are wearing the new uniforms. But when they are not being photographed, they are wearing shooting shirts over the top so the secret [sic].

I know you are just dying to know what the new unis looks like, but I'm not telling.

As you can see from Lee's mug shot (here's the link again), the new uniforms do have pinstripes, but they are spaced very far apart. Additionally, the road uniforms are blue, meaning the soonest we could see the Magic in black alternate uniforms is 2010, or two years after their new look debuts.

So, based on the few inches of fabric you can see in Lee's mug shot, what do you think of the Magic's new uniforms?

With a tip of the cap to Jake, one of the co-writers of Bullets Forever, SB Nation's Washington Wizards blog.

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Umm...

From just that shot, I’m not sure. The cut in the front looks kinda funky, with the double piping ending at the center of the chest. Hard to tell from this shot, but it looks like it might be the cut off jersey type instead of the traditional tank-top jersey. I remember Philly, Chicago, and a whole mess of teams went with this cut and it sucks. It looks Ok on the players but wearing them as a fan looks all weird. Oh well, I just won a $50 gift certificate from nba.com for completing those nba fan forum surveys. I’ll be rockin one the day they come out!

by L Magico on Jul 30, 2008 5:26 PM EDT reply actions

I, for one, am disappointed by the lack of Spiderman-ness in the uniforms

Unless the uniform is some kind of symbiote, which would be all kinds of awesome.

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by Jake Whitacre on Jul 30, 2008 9:24 PM EDT reply actions

WTF

is up that funky neckline? o__O

by TheGiantSquid on Jul 30, 2008 9:46 PM EDT reply actions

V cut sucks

I hope the rest of the uniform redeems itself.

'Coach, Dwight is a nice guy. Dwight don't hit anybody. But Superman will knock the crap out of you.' - D12

by Eyriq the Red on Jul 30, 2008 10:50 PM EDT reply actions

Not liking them too much. Somewhere inbetween the new Kings and T-Wolves ones. Collar is too big, and the pinstripes are f-ing retarded (compared to how normal pinstripes looks…LIKE THE ONES ON OUR ORIGINAL UNIS THAT THE FANBASE HAD BEEN ASKING FOR). Seriously, wtf..

by MagicMadness on Jul 31, 2008 2:40 AM EDT reply actions