Do the Blazers have the best logo in the NBA?

by Yawnie on Dec 22, 2008 2:15 PM PST Comment 47 comments

i was perusing the available gear on NBA.com and it had a list of all the team logos.

considering the blazers have had the pinwheel logo for many, many years, i would consider it to be the best logo in the NBA.

i say this because although i dont know the history of the logo, i know it was present from when the team first played in 1970, and it has stood the test of time while still looking modern to this day.

your thoughts?

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by DB Cooper00 on Dec 22, 2008 2:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Rockets logo has to be on of the best..2nd

The R blasting off in the hoop.

by davio on Dec 23, 2008 7:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Trailblazers...1st

by davio on Dec 23, 2008 7:34 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The Design of the Trailblazers’ Logo

Harry Glickman’s cousin, Frank Glickman, of Boston, Massachusetts, designed the original logo, consisting of a straight up and down pinwheel with black on the top and red on the bottom. It’s meaning is simple: a modern graphic interpretation of the game of basketball, five players from one side playing against five players from another.

by davio on Dec 23, 2008 7:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I like the Bull, Blazer, Knick, and old SA logos...

Hate the Thunder, L*ker, Clipper, and Nets for some reason.

honor rasheed wallace

by Cablinasian on Dec 22, 2008 2:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Wizards

= Worst.

by Jumbo on Dec 22, 2008 4:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hornets were bad, now they cleaned it up a bit

I also don’t like the way Toronto designed the good raptor idea

by Norsktroll on Dec 22, 2008 7:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, Thunder is out of competition of course. Horribly generic logo

by Norsktroll on Dec 22, 2008 7:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Dude c'mon

the thunder is by FAR the worst in the history of the league

"Damn the Blazers. Damn them to hell. They are working the rest of the league like a speed bag." - Bill Simmons 6/26/08

by SpyderRyder on Dec 23, 2008 12:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Boycott

I still don’t recognize that team as a member of the NBA.

by Jumbo on Dec 27, 2008 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Blazer logo wins for uniqueness

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Dec 22, 2008 2:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Gotta

be the Blazers logo. Alot of things about this team are debatable but not this. Blazers logo’s only real challenge in my mind is the heat cause I love the flaming basketball hoop I mean thats just cool. Our logo looks like some crazy magical symbol and looks powerful. I say Blazers logo FTW.

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by Idog1976 on Dec 22, 2008 2:30 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Best logo? Hmmmmmm.....

For classic sake, I like the Knicks and the Bulls as well as the Blazers. I think the Bulls might be the best for just representing the name. I mean, what the hell is a knickerbocker anyway? Didn’t they change the name because of the obscurity. Blazers are second on coolest logos for me, behind the Bulls.
And FYI, the five halves of the pinwheel on either side I believe are supposed to represent the five players on each team, and the center is supposed to represent the unity and beauty the ten players competing.

by RipCityRhapsody83 on Dec 22, 2008 2:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

oh wow i didnt know that

i guess if i googled hard enough i could find it, but thanks for clarifying!

actually i secretly like the celtics logo as well, but i wont be saying that around here :)

by Yawnie on Dec 22, 2008 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

same...

Rip City REVIVAL

by HonestPete on Dec 23, 2008 1:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I was going to say it is very Zen looking

and cool looking at the same time. Then you just sinched it (if true), it’s very Zen and a great basketball LOGO.

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"You could hurt somebody in the first row with a shot like that" -
Mike Rice, Portland at Denver 12/22/08

by Blazer1342 on Dec 23, 2008 12:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Blazers logo

I’m not 100% on this, but someone told me long ago that the blazers logo signifies 5 on offense-5 on defense. I’ve stuck with that theory ever since. I like it…

by PTBob on Dec 22, 2008 2:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

this is the accurate thinking

"Phooey Michael, P-H-O-O-E-Y, phooey", said Tony Luftman.

by Outlaw is Rejector on Dec 22, 2008 4:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

80's and 90's

Portland used to win consistantly for the best uni’s in the league, not sure about logo, I like the old hornets logo, and the magic have a good looking uni.

I try to help with everything," Fernandez said. "If the coach says go rebound, I go rebound. I work for the team."

by Dragonage on Dec 22, 2008 2:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

ugh

the old cartoony hornets logo? Bleh.

I like the new logos pf the Warriors, Rockets, kings, and grizz

Blazer's fan since '84, Currently exiled in San Antonio

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by HurraKane212 on Dec 22, 2008 3:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Its a pinwheel

Its a pinwheel, like the pinwheels on wheels of the western wagons Trailblazers used coming here to Oregon. Nothing more complicated than that.

The NBA does not have very good logos IMHO. Most of them are so superficial.

by Balian on Dec 22, 2008 3:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

superficial?

Aren’t all logos superficial? Otherwise they would show up on X-Rays

That 70's show:
Kelso: Red! I guess ur wondering why I'm going through your stuff. See, I needed to borrow your saw...because I need to chop down a tree...because there's something stuck in it...an animal...a rabbit...and I would like to return that rabbit to the wild so it can lay its eggs!

Red: Kelso, rabbits don't..............how the hell did a rabbit get up a tree?

Kelso: uhhhhhh Eric threw it up there.

Red: Eric threw a rabbit up a tree?

Kelso: Yeah, he's a sadistic bastard.

by 92wastheyear on Dec 22, 2008 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes

Superficial like in what you see is what you get. They are not like the FedEx logo or like in the NFL, the Atlanta Falcons. Have you ever noticed the Falcon on their helmets formed a “F” too?

by Balian on Dec 22, 2008 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's not being superficial..

that’s just being ‘not witty’.

"Well, Travis just showed us that we can go to Travis Outlaw." - Nate McMillan

by 12sharks on Dec 22, 2008 10:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

most NBA logos are too cartoony

most of the typography is pretty terrible as well.

by matthewcc on Dec 22, 2008 3:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I like the pinwheel by itself, not the black box around it

http://www.internationalbasketball.com/logo-nba-PortlandTrailBlazers.gif

The worst ever IMO

Denver : 1982-93
http://www.chriscreamer.com/images/logos/6/229/full/5748.gif

"shaq and zach randolph have the same trainer... "

best one liner i ever heard.

by bowdown on Dec 22, 2008 3:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

ha, you may be right

by Section323 on Dec 22, 2008 4:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

although the one before that wasn't so hot either.

Images courtesy of (uh, stolen from?) sportslogos.net, a pretty cool site.

by Section323 on Dec 22, 2008 4:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

what?? this logo is awesome!

"Phooey Michael, P-H-O-O-E-Y, phooey", said Tony Luftman.

by Outlaw is Rejector on Dec 22, 2008 4:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yah

That is a sick logo

by Sabonis4Ever on Dec 23, 2008 2:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Tetris for sure...

by PTBob on Dec 23, 2008 4:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Here's what happens when people mix Jurassic Park, Barney, basketball, and some lines of cocaine.

by AK1984 on Dec 22, 2008 6:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Are they owned by universal studios?

kinda like the Anaheim Mighty Ducks?

"Damn the Blazers. Damn them to hell. They are working the rest of the league like a speed bag." - Bill Simmons 6/26/08

by SpyderRyder on Dec 23, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Raptors have by far the dumbest logo, and the wizards BY FAR have the ugliest uniforms. Pinwheel is definitely up there in coolness I think.

by dario argento on Dec 22, 2008 3:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Naturally I have bias

But I think the Bulls logo is the best. Hasn’t changed in years, the uniforms have not gone through any major changes either (though they are shinier now). Blazers logo/uniform are high up because of their uniqueness, love the Knicks logo. I also think the Hornets current logo is also one of the cooler ones.

Vinny Del Negro interviewed for the job today. I mean come on! Nobody else thinks this is nuts?
by Juiceboxjerry on Jun 6, 2008 4:21 PM CDT actions actions 0 recs

by Ozzie Montana on Dec 22, 2008 4:30 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yes

Not close

Blazer Fan

by leeroyjenkins on Dec 22, 2008 5:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Best logo in pro sports

Blazer pinwheel is a classic. I believe that it is the best logo in sports by far. And the only one I would ever think about getting tattooed on. It is unique, elegant and classy.

by BlazerD on Dec 22, 2008 5:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Logo Definition

The team’s colors are red, white, black, and silver, which was added in 2002.9 The team’s “pinwheel” logo, originally designed by the cousin of former Blazer executive Harry Glickman, is a graphic interpretation of two five-on-five basketball teams lined up against each other. One side of the pinwheel is rendered in red; the other side is rendered in a monochrome color (black, silver, or white). The logo has gone from a vertical alignment to a slanted one over time.8

by RickyoftheYear on Dec 22, 2008 5:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

The new Nuggets logo is sweet.

Saw it for the first time tonight, loved it! For some reason I could only see it on NBA.com’s homepage where all of the scores are shown. Simple, elegant, and it really pops.

smile, your on a poster

by Trail Blazer on Dec 22, 2008 11:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

The Chicago Bulls logo is the best

and I kinda’ like the rockets’ new logo as well…

I think I can only add "The NBA, where caring for everybody but the fans happens". --amlmart1

by prezofdeath on Dec 22, 2008 11:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

i would like the rockets logo

if they weren’t so obviously trying to appeal to china. I mean they came out with the new one at the same time the drafted yao ming and their jersey just looks like the Chinese flag imo.

i hate the suns, king and nets logos. also i hate the nets jersey’s too(why would u want to wear grey?)

i kinda like the raptors but mainly just for the name(dinosuars are always a plus for me)
also like the cav’s, warriors and the bulls/knicks are classics

but the pin wheel is the best.

by phillyduck23 on Dec 23, 2008 1:53 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yes

Blazers have the best logo and colors in the NBA

by Sabonis4Ever on Dec 23, 2008 2:07 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'd go with the Blazers and Bulls

by robrun2 on Dec 23, 2008 8:29 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

The Mav's logo is pretty cool

http://www.nba.com/teams/

"There is a difference between having two guys banging down low and having two guys who can bang down low." - Blazin'

by tominhawaii on Dec 23, 2008 8:46 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'm surprised by how few NBA logos I like.

I just tried thinking of them, one at a time, going through the entire league.
And to my surprise, aside from Portland, I just never had a reaction of, “Niiiiiiiiiice”.

(I particularly hate the Heat “logo”: the word “HEAT” in block capitals,
with a little flame thingy on the top left corner of the ‘H’.)

The NBA is just way behind the other major sports (NHL included) for good logos.

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." - Ernest Hemingway

by QualityPie on Dec 23, 2008 11:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs