We remain in the Great Lakes, but cross the border into the Great White North of Canada for today's UUOTD.
The Toronto Raptors came into the league in 1995, while the movie Jurassic Park was popular. I thought that was a questionable and goofy team name at the time. The uniform was even worse, as modeled by Vince Carter (above).
The NBA trend for some teams at that time was to have a big mascot on the front of the jersey, with a logo and a small number. For the Raptors, this meant having something akin to Dino on the front, complete with pinstripes and purple. They also had a little "TR" logo at the bottom of the stripe on the side of the shorts.
Gross. At least they didn't use Barney as a mascot.
The Raptors have done better to adopt the Canadian colors of red and white. The dinosaur uniform days are over.
The question in the future will be: What's a Raptor? I don't look for them to change their name to the Mounties any time soon, though.
3 comments:
I think even your kids are too old for this geranimals-type uni!
My kids have never gotten into Barney too much. They've been bringing dinosaur books home from the library, though. :-)
A bad look for a bad nickname for a bad franchise.
Garanimals are too good for this uniform, especially the purple version.
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