Knicks Morning News (Thursday, Sep 06 2012)
September 6th, 2012 by Mike Kurylo | @KnickerBlogger | Comments | Permalink |
Scott O’Neil is stepping down from his position as Madison Square Garden president, the Daily News has learned. It is unclear to why O’Neil, considering a rising star in the business, would abruptly step down after just three years as president.
Plenette Pierson scored 17 points to lead the Liberty’s balanced offense as the team cruised to an 87-59 victory over the Phoenix Mercury in Newark.
Scott O’Neil, who stabilized the Knicks after the Isiah Thomas era, has stepped down after four years on the job.
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Here are a couple images of the new jerseys. I love the away uniforms.
I like them. They have a kind of Web 2.0 focus on minimalism and readability — the text is readable and smooth (less arch = less distortion) with good contrasts to the white/blue, which is now much thicker in comparison the inner lettering. Even like from a super-practical standpoint, the numbers are bigger: Good for all the blind refs!
That said, the waistband is stupid and ugly, and as with many other web 2.0 designs, they do look a little cartoonish, and, dare I say it?, corporate. I guess that’s better though than if they’d gone for hardcore throwback stylings. I don’t like nostalgia marketing, and new NJ/Brooklyn logo is super nostalgic, as are I think several other recent new jerseys in the league.
I don’t like the stripe across the middle. The colors. Looks like a woman’s sash on a dress.
I went to Governor’s Island on Labor Day with my wife and a few friends and I saw a lot of Brooklyn Nets gear. I really don’t like their merchandise.
I like the new old-school uniforms except for as mentioned above the stupid waistband on the shorts being a different color from the jersey and shorts.
I think the uniforms are very close to being very good but the waistband is so bad that it kind of ruins the whole look.
The waistband looks really sweet.
That “once a Knick, always a Knick” thing really is kinda stupid, I guess Chauncey Billups will be forever be a Knickerbocker in his heart. Just like Mike Piazza will always be a Florida Marlin (did they actually print a uniform for him? Should be a collector’s item)
Yeah it is really lame. I think it is mainly a shout out to guys like Camby, Kurt & Felton.
http://knicksnow.com/videos/1680/1-on-1-with-tyson-chandler
At 0:20, you’ll see Amar’e and Chandler standing in the home jerseys. I think they look great when worn.
The xerox look? This is what I wrote in May about the newly unveiled Nets logo: “Brooklyn is one of the most vibrant, diverse, artistic and colorful communities in the country. Brooklynites have a strong borough-identity, love sports, and I expect they will eventually embrace the Nets. The new flat, plain, black-and-white logo, however, really missed an opportunity to represent Brooklyn with a fresh representative look. I don’t see anything about it that reminds me of Brooklyn except the name itself. Maybe, hopefully, the uniform is nicer than the logo.
I still think Jeremy Lin would be a perfect face of the franchise for the Brooklyn Nets, but I’m less enthusiastic about Lin wearing a Brooklyn Nets uniform that looks xeroxed.”
I like how the Miami (formerly Florida) Marlins embraced color and design to capture the local vibe in their rebranding campaign. Brooklyn is at least as vibrant and diverse as Miami – the Nets could/should have followed the Marlins lead to represent the Brooklyn vibe in their look.
Yeah, Xeroxed is a fair description of the Nets’ gear.
http://espn.go.com/newyork/photos/gallery/_/id/8345551/image/1/fall-fashion-preview-knicks-new-uniform
more images here