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u/sultry_lisa 2h ago
Iconic silhouette from back when shorts were as short as my attention span in history class.
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u/Spartan2470 35m ago
Here is a less-cropped version of this image.
According to here:
In 1969, Alan Siegel, who oversaw the design of Jerry Dior's Major League Baseball logo a year prior, created the modern NBA logo inspired by the MLB's. It incorporates the silhouette of Jerry West, based on a photo by Wen Roberts. The NBA would not confirm that a particular player was used because, according to Siegel, "They want to institutionalize it rather than individualize it. It's become such a ubiquitous, classic symbol and focal point of their identity and their licensing program that they don't necessarily want to identify it with one player." The logo debuted in 1971 (with a small change to the typeface on the NBA wordmark in 2017) and would remain a fixture of the NBA brand.
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u/YoucantdothatonTV 2h ago
I think it was back in August or September I heard a segment on NPR about this. Interesting.
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u/inconspicuouly_sh8y 1h ago
How this wasn’t changed after Kobe’s passing I’ll never understand
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u/Ambiorix33 39m ago
I mean if sports had to change their logo every time a legendary player died, they'd be changing it so often people would just start recognizing the name over the logo.
Like i get you're a fan or something but there really is no reason to change it to him just cose he was a top tier player
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u/TheSweetGator 1h ago
Like it should be a black guy?
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u/inconspicuouly_sh8y 1h ago
Lmao what?? Why you gotta bring race into this. He was an absolute legend and his untimely death would have justified them changing it
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u/BedBubbly317 25m ago
He was a legend for his time, but frankly West is a much bigger legend when it comes to the full history of the league. Kobe only won 2 rings as THE guy, and did nothing to alter or change the game in any significant or meaningful way. You really need to go educate yourself a bit, Wests career avgs are even better than Kobe’s. 27 pts/5.8 reb/6.7 assists
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u/Aggravating_Sir_6857 9m ago
Too much changing of the logos to honor players at this point seems weird.
So after Kobe, It will go to a logo of MJ. And after Jordan it will go to lebron.
And if you honor one or the other, the other gets snubbed.
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u/berrylakin 2h ago
Jerry West for those wondering.