Orlando Magic to Reveal New Uniforms on September 23rd...?
by Evan Dunlap on Aug 15, 2008 5:00 AM EDT
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PrintThe Orlando Magic will introduce their new uniforms on September 23rd, if you believe this teaser image posted on the team's official online store:
Is that when the team will reveal the new uniforms? Is that when they go on-sale? Both? Neither? The image doesn't tell us much, other than to circle September 23rd on our calendars... because something will happen. Hooray! Nebulousness!
Don't read at all into the fact that Dwight Howard is "blacked out" in the teaser image. As we saw in the Getty Images rookie photo leak two weeks ago, the Magic's new uniforms are blue, not black. League rules dictate that teams must wait two years to introduce an alternate uniform after a uniform change, which means the soonest we'll see the team in black is 2010. Bummer, I know.
Speaking of bummers and Dwight Howard, he did not fare so well against Greece yesterday. Hampered by foul trouble, he played just 12 minutes and watched his backup, Chris Bosh, steal the spotlight yet again with a game-high-tying 18 points. I'm not worried, though. Bosh's finesse and keen defensive instincts make him a better fit for international competition than Dwight, which is fine. Dwight could average 0 points and 5 fouls per game and I wouldn't care as long as the United States won the gold medal. I just hate to see Dwight's confidence shaken. And he is playing with that sullen look Magic fans have come to fear. I hope he regains his focus, and soon. Spain, the next-most talented team in the tournament, awaits this Saturday at 8 AM. He'll have the chance to pay Pau Gasol back for all the flopping he did in February.
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Pictures of new jersey ...
… why wait?
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h296/THEc0nr4d/OMaway.gif
Freelance Writer for the Chicago Tribune
Class of 2009 - DePaul University
oh good grief
The stripes form a sunburst in the middle of the jersey. All hail the power of the peen!
:facepalm:
by TheGiantSquid on Aug 15, 2008 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
The actual pinstripes apparently do not look the way that that mock-up suggests.
They look more like this, according to somone who had a chance to see the unis:
http://a203.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/72/l_359b3145cc88a4992de7e0584dee97aa.gif
The star in the background looks odd, but I have a feeling (or at least, I hope) that it blends in better and doesn’t stand out as much as it does in that mock-up.
IDK, I’m a big fan of simple, classic designs (as I’ve mentioned before here and elsewhere), but I’m more willing to give these unis a chance than I was at first.
'Sota already unveiled theirs
BallDon’tLie posted Minnesota’s new uni’s. I don’t think we’ll have to wait until 9/23 for Orlando’s either.
I actually like the Wolves new ones.
Wolves scheduled their unveil for today
Just as the Magic appear to have scheduled their unveil for September 23rd.
I think the new Wolves uniforms are pretty atrocious, but still an upgrade from the ones they had before. The side-panel and collar nonsense just sucks, frankly, and the fact they kept the silly, juvenile number font makes them that much worse. I’m not impressed.
But I understand that opinion puts me in the minority.
I think the new Minny unis are possibly the worst in the league. The collar makes it look like they’re wearing three different jerseys, the font is comical, and the trees on the sides is just too much.
Horrible unis. They remind me of something a WNBA team would wear – from 1997.
These look worse than their old unis, which I already disliked. My opinion is that their first unis were their best.
To each his own I suppose. I always have an affinity for what other people find ‘ugly’ … like, for instance, the plethora of jerseys Oregon has. I think their incredible, but I know I’m in the minority. Oh well, here’s the link btw …
Freelance Writer for the Chicago Tribune
Class of 2009 - DePaul University
thanks, an improvement for sure but there still mediocre.
by magic fanatic on Aug 19, 2008 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
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