We’re at the point in the NBA calendar in which teams are letting fans know what their uniforms will look like heading into the upcoming season. We already know the Los Angeles Lakers will pay tribute to the Showtime era now that LeBron James is in town, and on Thursday, we got a look at the Memphis Grizzlies’ upcoming threads.
The team announced the news in a video on their Twitter account, which shows off the white, blue, and light blue uniforms you can expect to see them rock this year.
https://twitter.com/memgrizz/status/1025155325098225664
The fine folks over at SportsLogos.net have a full breakdown of the changes to the logos and the unis. To start with the logo, the Grizzlies changed up the font and made some slight changes to their color scheme that makes the logo pop just a bit more. The positioning of the grizzly’s hand in the team’s alternate logo also changed.
As for the uniforms, they feature a handful of changes to pay tribute to the city of Memphis. You can check all of them out right here, but here are a few highlights.
Memphis #Grizzlies unveil new logos, uniforms, colours with inspiration from their city and their past
Our post with a bunch of graphics, photos, and details here: https://t.co/shfAOan5PL pic.twitter.com/KRUN5mT17x
— SportsLogos.Net (@sportslogosnet) August 2, 2018
New "MEM" trim around waistband of #Grizzlies shorts and the collar of the new statement uniform… A subtle throwback to the original Vancouver uniforms!
Our post: https://t.co/shfAOan5PL pic.twitter.com/MleONy2Jq7
— SportsLogos.Net (@sportslogosnet) August 2, 2018
“If you look at Memphis on a map, the river lines one side and the city unfurls from that singular boundary — and in that asymmetry we find inspiration for all those indigenous off-center creative sparks that distinguish the people and City of Memphis,” Jason Wexler, the team’s President of Business Operations, said in a statement. “The asymmetry, the reflection of Memphis as a 4-dimensional city with river, road, rail and runway, the inline of our new wordmark nodding to the neon of Beale Street — all draw from a city that cuts against the grain coalescing into a truly unique NBA identity. Further, we are extraordinarily excited to have FedEx — an organization that strives to connect the heart and soul of Memphis to the global community — join us in our reimagined brand identity as the Jersey Sponsor.”
While these might not turn as many heads as the Lakers’ Showtime-inspired unis, they’re still really cool. They look good and pay tribute to the city from where the team hails, which is always a great combination.
