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Category: Logo Ranking Project

The NBA Logo Ranking Project: #21 – Houston Rockets

August 26, 2009 at 11:17 am · Morgan O'Rourke

This one should be easy. Take a rocket, maybe add some fire or an explosion, and you’re done. So why does the Rockets logo look like it was lifted from the cover of a teen vampire novel? Johnny Logo Designer…

The NBA Logo Ranking Project: #22 – Toronto Raptors

August 26, 2009 at 10:48 am · Kat B

The Toronto Raptors got their name and logo due to the popularity of Jurassic Park in the theaters. Since the velociraptors were the stars of the film, the front office designed a dinosaur dribbling a basketball to show that Toronto…

The NBA Logo Ranking Project: #23 – Golden State Warriors

August 26, 2009 at 9:03 am · Kyle Weidie

When you think of a "warrior," an image of a Blue Man Group-looking dude on steroids holding a thunderbolt is conjured up in your mind, right? Wait, you're actually picturing Kevin Costner wearing bear skin garments holding a spear? Sick…

The NBA Logo Ranking Project: #24 – Orlando Magic

August 24, 2009 at 11:57 am · Jeff Garcia

Add one part basketball, one part glitter, one part male ejaculate and you've got the Orlando Magic logo. It looks like sperm. Seriously. While we are at it, is there anything "magical" about it? I understand that the logo is…

The NBA Logo Ranking Project: #25 – Minnesota Timberwolves

August 21, 2009 at 5:05 pm · Jared Wade

How do you mess up a wolf? It's essentially a killer dog. I could find you probably 10,000 fifth graders with better murderous canine drawings on their Trapper Keepers than this Sherwood Forest landscape painting that the now-ousted Kevin McHale…