Uniforms have been leaked!

[sturt]

Not a criticism necessarily, but I wonder why the home whites don't say HAWKS instead of ATLANTA... it's a small thing, but I like that nicknames ordinarily appear on home unis.

[MaceCase]

I get that, but then again, while the Bob Pettit look is classic, it's too Chicago Bulls for me.

 

The triangle look and the luminous guacamole accents set us apart from really ALL professional sports teams, and I kinda like that part... no doubt others will follow with their own attempts at trend setting, but we've staked out some territory to ourselves that could last awhile.

Not so fast, Sturt.  The Seahawks have their own "emerald" guacamole and triangleish pattern

[sturt]

Point well-taken. I stand corrected. Interestingly, from the "other" Hawks, at that.

Edited June 24, 2015 by sturt

[MaceCase]

Not a criticism necessarily, but I wonder why the home whites don't say HAWKS instead of ATLANTA... it's a small thing, but I like that nicknames ordinarily appear on home unis.

I guess it's in keeping with the "true to Atlanta" motto they've been using since last season when they updated the last home kits to say "Atlanta" instead of "Hawks".  It also helps allay any of those fears that the team is moving to Seattle or whatnot (eerie given the color choice).  I can tell you that when the Kings and Nets were leaving or attempting to leave their respective locales they were very adamant about not wearing any uniform that displayed the current home city.

 

The Nets even hilariously wore these throwbacks while in Jersey

 

 

And the Kings who had hilariously flipped their team name to the road jerseys and the city name to the home jerseys forced themselves to wear their throwback Royals jerseys during home games when the Maloofs thought they had one foot out the door.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

........so the team is safe in Atlanta now at least to midseason.

[Guest]

If we win even 1 like the Seahawks..I'm cool with it

[Dnice]

I thought the mock ups looked better with black numbers... Why the heck the homes don't have the team name?? They aren't really looking like the old hawks if red is the alt not the road jersey.

[Johnnybravo4]

It's aimed at millennials who aren't exactly into mnimalism. If you're in your 30s and 40s you shouldn't be wearing Jerseys anyway imo

[Dnice]

Koonin should beat Vivian's ass for the leak..lol

Edited June 24, 2015 by Dnice

[yungsta]

Wow I really like the jerseys, very unique just not sure if I like them for a professional sports organization though. Seems like these jerseys are definitely aimed at the younger crowd with their design and colors.

 

 

 

 

[Guest]

It's aimed at millennials who aren't exactly into mnimalism. If you're in your 30s and 40s you shouldn't be wearing Jerseys anyway imo

Unless you're ripped like me...I work out to be able to wear jerseys and look awesome ...that's just me tho

[Guest]

So no one's caught on yet? Clearly the franchise is moving to Seattle now.

The lime green is included so as to tie in with the other Hawks' identity.

Kidding, kidding. I don't mind them I guess. Waiting for the all-volt version although that might be ... re-volt-ing.

I'm here all week folks. Tip your waiters.

[High5]

I've always preferred the cleaner/traditional jerseys and there are aspects of these designs that flat out dislike, but as a whole, I'm liking the new look. I think they'll look better on the players as well. Our current jerseys are so boring and generic. This change is something entirely unique to the NBA and it'll create a lot of positive buzz IMO. 

[Guest]

So no one's caught on yet? Clearly the franchise is moving to Seattle now.

The lime green is included so as to tie in with the other Hawks' identity.

Kidding, kidding. I don't mind them I guess. Waiting for the all-volt version although that might be ... re-volt-ing.

I'm here all week folks. Tip your waiters.

So you just read all my posts and repeat...I'm gonna call you my little parrot ...MLP for short.

[JTB]

I like them....no other NBA team has ever had a similar jersey to this one. I think they are pretty bad ass

[ATLHawks3]

Can't wait until 11

[WakaFlocka]

Logging in for the first time in like 6+ months just to say how absolutely atrocious these uniforms look. I'm legitimately embarrassed to be a Hawks fan right now.

[nitte]

Anything would be an upgrade over our current uniforms. Still gotta give credit to them for trying something original.

 

- White jersey is my favorite. Probably gonna buy it.

- Red characters over black jersey is not a good idea. If you compare the "ATLANTA" of the white and black jerseys, you can see how indistinct the characters on the black jersey are. The "HAWKS" on the black shorts is barely even visible...

- Similarly red jersey would have been awesome if they wrote "ATL" with lime green instead of black and if they hadn't used that weird font. What is wrong with the "A"? They are still better than the black jerseys though.

 

Overall I like the uniforms, could have been better though.

Edited June 24, 2015 by nitte

[pimp]

I don't like any of those at all.
That Mountain Dew color is nasty.

Edited June 24, 2015 by pimp

[WakaFlocka]

Anything would be an upgrade over our current uniforms. Still gotta give credit to them for trying something original.

 

- White jersey is my favorite. Probably gonna buy it.

- Red characters over black jersey is not a good idea. If you compare the "ATLANTA" of the white and black jerseys, you can see how indistinct the characters on the black jersey are. The "HAWKS" on the black shorts is barely even visible...

- Similarly red jersey would have been awesome if they wrote "ATL" with lime green instead of black and if they hadn't used that weird font. What is wrong with the "A"? They are still better than the black jerseys though.

 

Overall I like the uniforms, could have been better though.

 

There's nothing original about adding Volt/Lime Green to the new uniforms, it's the running jersey trend and the team is going to have to change them again in the next few years when the trend fades.

[frosgrim]

I'm so-so on these. I was hoping for a revision of the 80s uniforms, but oh well

 

From my take, Nike strikes again with these things. However, I suspect they will look much better on the players than sitting there. The triangles probably create an interesting optical effect in arena lights and on TV.