Suggesting New Uniforms....

[macdaddy]

here is a quick (and messy) mashup of our new Hawks head logo and the old pacman logo.

Man I love this logo. Great work.

[CJB]

Man I love this logo. Great work.

thanks. Needs to be touched up (a lot) and vectorized but I'm at work so that'll have to wait until I have some time.

[frosgrim]

Isn't it amazing that the Pacman logo is so well recognized and universally loved by Hawks fans and yet for some reason management doesn't want to embrace it? It makes no sense to me. It is the only instantly recognizable bit of visual branding we have and it is still an instant recognition for any real NBA fan despite the fact that it hasn't been used for roughly 20 years.

I completely agree.The Yankees, Red Sox, Braves, etc. all have their iconic style, why not embrace what worked?

I would love someone in our local media to get this question to Ferry et al so we can maybe get some sort of answer.

[HorfordTheBeast]

The worst part is our new logo looks like it was stolen from Louisville. What's the point of dropping an old original logo, if you're just going to steal someone elses?

[Sothron]

I want the pacman logo back.

[HorfordTheBeast]

Can we all sign a petition or something?

[lethalweapon3]

Logo-mix they're using on the background promoting today's Open House downtown. Cool background.

~lw3

[benhillboy]

here is a quick (and messy) mashup of our new Hawks head logo and the old pacman logo.

I can rock with it just as long as its red and yellow. I could never understand why we'd switch to a color scheme that countless popular collegiate and pro sports teams use over one that only the Chiefs have and Flames had. Edited July 23, 2013 by benhillboy

[CJB]

I can rock with it just as long as its red and yellow. I could never understand why we'd switch to a color scheme that countless popular collegiate and pro sports teams use over one that only the Chiefs have and Flames had.

I agree. WAY too many teams have the red/blue/white scheme. Red/Yellow/Black is the way to go.

[Mutombolievable]

I think the NBA has some rule now where the uni's have to be general names or cities. That's why we don't have pac-man or the old hawk flying jerseys, Toronto doesn't have the raptor, Minnesota with the wolf head and so on. I'm fairly certain I heard it's a rule from master stern.

[AHF]

I think the NBA has some rule now where the uni's have to be general names or cities. That's why we don't have pac-man or the old hawk flying jerseys, Toronto doesn't have the raptor, Minnesota with the wolf head and so on. I'm fairly certain I heard it's a rule from master stern.

Golden State says hi. Edited July 23, 2013 by AHF

[Mutombolievable]

Golden State says high.Golden State says hi.

Good point. So that's obviously inaccurate.

[Dnice]

When you mentioned GS, I'm not certain, but I wouldn't be suprized if they were to return to that logo, as Utah returned to the music note logo themselves. It wouldn't hurt to use it as an alt logo at least. Folks have done some Hawk concepts over at Chris Creamer.

Just search Atlanta Hawks....http://boards.sportslogos.net/forum/46-concepts/

[AHF]

Good point. So that's obviously inaccurate.

The NBA has never been more monotonous for uniform design, though. Even if it isn't a mandate, a design would stand out.

[Wretch]

here is a quick (and messy) mashup of our new Hawks head logo and the old pacman logo.

Can't put into words......the win.

+1000 on this.

Isn't it amazing that the Pacman logo is so well recognized and universally loved by Hawks fans and yet for some reason management doesn't want to embrace it? It makes no sense to me. It is the only instantly recognizable bit of visual branding we have and it is still an instant recognition for any real NBA fan despite the fact that it hasn't been used for roughly 20 years.

S E R I O U S L Y...........................................

[MaceCase]

The NBA has never been more monotonous for uniform design, though. Even if it isn't a mandate, a design would stand out.

It was/is a mandate. Not interested in finding the actual article but Stern preferred clean fonts and fronts which is what spurred a lot of teams to go crazy with the collars and sides of their jerseys to invent a little identity for themselves given that the chest had to be uniform with the rest of the league. Teams like the Wizards, Denver with their alternatives and the Warriors seem to be bucking the trend but I would hazard a guess that their current unis are based on vintage designs and their logos do represent their cities (Bay Bridge, Denver skyline) as opposed to large cartoon characters. A return to PacManish jerseys may be a possibility (the Sonics had nearly the same jersey just without the sash or diagonal crest before moving to OKC) but there will absolutely no longer be a giant hawk or purple dinosaur or flaming horse adorning any future jersey.............

.............It'll just distract from the Coca-Cola and Geico ads.

[AHF]

I don't want the giant Hawk - just the Pacman which is very similar to the GS design. That represents Atlanta!

[DrReality]

Golden State says hi.

That's cuz everyone in the Bay area get high

[DanB1485]

I've heard rumblings for a few years that an updated pac man might be coming back as a secondary logo. Maybe as early as next season.

[CJB]

Well I guess they saw my logo and tweaked it! Pacman is back!