…I didn’t agree w/ him, and I don’t agree w/ you. The “subconcious flashbacks of previous bad memories” pale next to the very conscious and vivid good memories I (and many others) have of great and/or exciting Blazers teams who’ve worn what is essentially the same design since the ‘77-’78 team (sigh). I find it irritating when franchises break w/ their traditional look (I’m thinking of you, the mid-90s Detroit Pistons!).

and then have nights like last night where they wear a throwback or alternate jersey. Fans can buy them and the players wear them; without changing the current uniforms….it’s what all the major professional sports leagues are doing

The last thing I want is some new design. We’ve seen what “new design” looks like.

but i love tradition a helluva lot more when it comes to sports. the blazers need not tinker with anything further at this point. if anything, i like the idea of going back to the lowercase blazer lettering – kind of symbolize the teams youth.

Don’t get me wrong, I like the current jerseys. But it would be pretty easy to make some small adjustments to them for improvement. Particularly something with the stripe… putting the strip in a different location and direction, or no stripe at all, would be a good place to start.

I just hate that they say “Rip City” on them. Putting a city’s nickname on a jersey is silly. I’d actually be in favor of a jersey design that says “TRAIL BLAZERS” on it instead of just “BLAZERS.” I don’t think we’ve ever had that.

1977 style,

or the cursive style on the inaugural jerseys

uniform, still looks modern possibly the only thing i would consider moving is the 2 stripes and having a centred larger number instead of a smaller number on the right side. apart from that i like it

I love the way our jerseys have slowly evolved over the years. Small tweaks to the design every 7 or 10 years have gotten us from the late 70’s all the way to our current design. There is nothing wrong with modernization as long as we hold true to what has become so symbolic (two stripes + pinwheel logo).

It is probably time for a small tweak soon – the next step in the evolution. Nothing drastic, but something that clearly identifies this group as different from Sheed/Scottie/Sabonis or Drexler/Porter/ or JR/Strickland or Walton/Lucas. Those are all different eras, and we’re in another new era now.

Every team (with the exception of Cleveland currently) that has departed significantly from tradition has seemed to regret it (Houston 90’s, Pistons 90’s, Sonics 90’s). And i’m of the opinion that every team which has not continued to evolve has an outdated look (Boston, Clippers).

Sorry, those ‘Rip City’ jerseys looked stupid every-which way. Too much going on, too wannabe hip…just not us at all. I don’t like the V-Necks that alot of teams are going with nowadays.

I think I current unis are perfect. Simple, elegant, totally Blazers.

L*kers, Celtics, Spurs – they’re proud of there unis. I think we should be too – if is a pretty classic design.

The lettering was tweaked (modernized) a few years ago, I think when they added silver to the color scheme.

My players biggest concerns were the color and style of their uniforms.

I loved the rip city jerseys they wore against Phoenix; as someone else previously said, I’d be more than happy with those jerseys, but replacing the rip city with portland. The older style jerseys have served the team well, but it’s time for a new style.