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The newly rechristened Brooklyn Nets unveiled their new logos on Monday to much social-media fanfare. Partly designed by part-owner Jay-Z, they look like someone in the organization forgot to change the ink in their printer. I’m all about stripped-down urban tradition, but something about these logos looks unfinished to me. What do you think?
Naturally, the Twitter reaction was tremendous.
“The Brooklyn Nets logos are another step we’ve made to usher the organization into a new era” – #Nets part owner JAY Z on.njnets.com/LogoESPN
— Brooklyn Nets (@brooklynnets) April 30, 2012
“I hope when the Nets are terrible on the court the crowd will chant WHERE BROOKLYN AT???”
— Bethlehem Shoals (@freedarko) April 30, 2012
Brooklyn Nets logo is #1 in whole NBA. There will be punish for all disagree.
— Mikhail Prokhorov (@Fake_Prokhorov) April 30, 2012
People don’t seem to like the Jay-Z-designed Brooklyn Nets logo. But it could be worse. They could be the Brooklyn Blue Ivy.
— SportsPickle (@sportspickle) April 30, 2012
I’m curious — if they’re going through so much effort to rebrand the franchise, why stick with the name “Nets”? It’s not like there’s a long, storied history of winning under that nickname.
Photo of the day
NASCAR fans get all the girls: twitter.com/si_vault/statu…
— Andy Gray (@si_vault) April 30, 2012
Video of the day
Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio inserts Sparty in as running back during the Spartan’s annual spring game. Hilarity ensues.
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