New Blazers Jerseys: Hot or Not?

hate the white one if used for a non-preseason game.

The “Rip City” wordmark looks great on a t-shirt, but it just looks… off… on the uniform. Perhaps the elements around it do it a disservice. The logo under the collar might be too much, and the side panels recall spring-training baseball uniforms.

And I’ve never liked off-center uniform numbers. It seems to me that, with all the other uniforms sporting off-center numbers, the Blazers could have done something special with this one by centering the number and increasing its size. Now, it feels like an afterthought, sort of tacked-on there.

I just cannot figure out for the life of me why they will not bring back the ‘90-91 (I don’t know what year they started) style Jerseys where the font just like the one TP is sporting up above is across the chest with the red and black or red and white sash is going across the abdomen?? Bring THOSE back.

Are these new alternate jerseys or are they REPLACING the near-perfect-in-my-mind (the real perfect ones for me are the ones from 92) jerseys that we have ???
As an alternative they’re ok, but as new ones, berk !!!!

and is that T.P. wearing it?

would make a decent NBA point guard.

the Schonz gets a piece of that action? He was the one who coined the phrase Rip City wasn’t he?

Did he copyright it, or did the Blazers end up with ownership since it was created in the process of working for the team?

Red jersey is great. The white jersey is something they should have sold as a novelty item for the 40th anniversary at the Blazer’s shop. As big a fan as I am, I don’t want my guys wearing Rip City jerseys on the floor. Know what I mean? More of a fan thing. Leave the hype-ish stuff to us.

i think the jersey’s are about perfect as they are. I’m not a fan of the red and if that white is the actual jersey, it’s an “are you !@#$ kidding me?” The broken stripe is horrible.

The red i could live with but REALLY don’t want to.

but the more I think about it, Portland could really be on to something using a team’s nickname on a jersey. If we actually use those in games, we could at least say we were the first. Pretty cool concept.

I’m down with both!

but I like them

other than he is just awesome? Have I missed the news that he was added to the Blazers’ management etc?

worn by the Golden State Warriors and thereby thought that putting “Rip City” on these throwback jerseys was a grand idea. Unfortunately for them, though, it’s a laughable joke.

Nobody likes a copycat, especially one who spits in the face of tradition — although it’s admittedly ironic that a non-Portlander and pseudo-Blazer fan like myself is blathering about “tradition” — of course, I’m obviously not the one who’s signing off on junk at Vulcan, Inc. headquarters.

What, by the way, is wrong with the following jersey?

The answer to that question is nothing. As the old adage goes, “keep it simple stupid.”

I want one ….but I don’t see them on pre-sale yet….like the white ones are

Is amateurish. I agree with the earlier sentiment that it looks like a BP or spring training jersey – not a compliment in the least. The WNBA side-panels, the half-completed collar and shoulder stripes, and the font disagreement add up to an embarrassing uniform. Ben nailed it on the head when he tweeted that rappers would look good in it. This new white alt looks like a fan-friendly merchandiser, not a professional uniform.

The red jersey is tres cool, and TP looks like he could suit up right now. The white one is fun-I’m not a jersey wearing guy, but I could see getting one-probably just buy the shirt instead. But too cheesy for the team to wear-gotta have “Portland” or “Blazers” on there and the “09” font should match the lettering. Totally looking forward to the throwback preseason game to hear the Schonz one more time!

The white sucks!!!!

I like our current logo, and jersey’s just fine. I could deal with alternates just as long as we don’t go all “past to the present”. The old jersey’s had their time, and deserve the respect earned by the men who wore them. Those jerseys are theirs to remember… Lets let them remember them how they wore them…. not how a new breed of player does.

I like our jerseys the way they are.

the Blazers are bringing this season, and the red jersey.
Undecided on the white jersey. I would buy one, but don’t really like them for the team, unless they are being worn at a home game the first week of June next season ;) to honor the Schonz birthday.

It’s a nice tribute to Bill.

I’m especially happy he gets to do the preseason game with Wheels.

Really, anyone on here even understand the significance of having a rip city jersey being worn by the one who championed the phrase for us?

Let’s see….

the white jersey quotes and votes.

“it sucks”

“too cheesy”

“a joke and an embarassment, in my mind”

“copy cat”

“laughing stock of the league”

"are you !@#$ kidding me?"

“looks like a swap meet jersey”

Seriously people? That’s the best you got. We look like a bunch of country bumpkins on our comments to this page. I can’t even believe that people think this is a replacement jersey. I read the post and it was pretty obvious that this is a tribute to our history, and to us, the fans.

So all those people that dissed the “white alt retro jersey”, should ban themselves as fans. That’s my opinion. I just die when I see people post comments that are completely asinine and make no sense and have no qualifiers at all. Nice one people. I personally like them both, for the retro aspect and as a homage to the Schonz and all those long time fans that know it’s a pinwheel, not an icon. There should be a test to be a fan and that should be the #1 question on it. It’s a freakin pinwheel people.

To the ones that don’t know, we aren’t copying anyone, rip city is here and has been dormant for a long time, it was not stolen from the bay area, or a joke in the rest of the league. 21 playoff appearances in a row? Get the facts straight.

I say good to both and for reasons that are well thought out, not just on a whim and a fancy like some I see here. I like the red for the throwback to the championship and the white for respect to the Schonz and the fans that did not run when things got bad and are still here to celebrate the return of “RIP CITY”. Are they perfect? No. Do I still like them, yes.

I suppose B-Roy’s shoes are lame, heck, they must be. (they say rip city on them and have {gasp} purple on them too). I like them. I’m just a big lamer, who forgot more about the Blazers than some here obviously know. And on that note, I’ll stop now before I start serving up a big helping of “DISS” to your face. I’m sure some will figure it out, while others will blissfully walk through life, saying, “who me?”….

Can anybody explain what TP is doing back in a Blazer’s uniform? It seems like nobody is talking about the fact that he was there even though he has no official (that I know of) role with the Blazers.

I think we should wear those in the regular season too.