Charlotte
Philip Maymin
Basketball News Services
The Charlotte Bobcats have made a bold move forward in their franchise this weekend by unveiling their team's new uniforms! Whatever. It's just something to wear. The good news is that even though they're supposedly orange, they look a little reddish to me, by which I mean to say, they don't look like Home Depot aprons. The new unis look nice.
I'm not sure why this color is called orange. Perhaps I am finally losing it. Perhaps I am going slightly mad. I do like orange, mind you -- it may be my favorite color. Certainly my favorite sport has an orange ball. It just doesn't tend to look good on players for some reason.
But these uniforms aren't bad. They're almost an optical illusion. Just when you want to say they're red, they're just a little pink and a hint of fuchsia. It's nice. It'll blind the opponents.
Maybe the uniforms will get the team an extra handful of road victories.
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Can't get enough pictures? Enjoy:
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The Charlotte Observerreports: The Charlotte Bobcats today unveiled the team's new uniforms -- a look that includes an orange primary road jersey.The Bobcats Orange road jerseys will bear the “Charlotte” name, and the team will wear white jerseys that read “Bobcats” for home games. Both home and away jerseys incorporate orange with the team’s other colors of blue, black and silver on a side panel design.
News14 Carolina reports: The Knights will wear the Charlotte Bobcats’ newly-introduced jerseys in the first game of the doubleheader. This is believed to be the first time in Minor League Baseball history that a team has worn an NBA basketball jersey as part of their uniform.The Knights will wear authentic Bobcats jerseys with the “Charlotte” wordmark in place of the team’s regular game jersey. A silent auction will be held at Knights Stadium during the game where fans can bid on the jerseys, which will be signed after the game by the Knights players. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Bobcats Charitable Foundation.
Dwight Perry ofThe Seattle Timeswrites: The Charlotte Bobcats got a little too carried away when they unveiled their new uniforms Saturday, boasting theirs would be the only players in the league wearing orange on the road this year.They obviously weren't counting the occasional hoosegow litter crew.
News14 Carolina reports: In its next meeting, this Monday night, the Charlotte City Council will discuss a tract of land located at Trade and Caldwell Streets in uptown near the future home of the Bobcats.Developer Trammell Crow wants a 1-year, $1.7 million option to buy the land and says he might use it to build high-end residential units.
