Ugly Floor Paint in the 90's

[mtaclof]

Think of the old Charlotte and San Antonio floors. Ugly colors and huge painted areas other than the lane were popular in the 90's. More examples, and especially photos, are welcome.

[AMISTILLILL]

The pink and light blue in the old Spurs design :facepalm

Also, the current Clippers floor (specifically underneath the baskets) looks like the old school Kings floor. Same color scheme and layout.

[Batz]

I really hated those. Just made the NBA look like some tacky prime-time sitcom.

[8BeastlyXOIAD]

http://boston.sportsthenandnow.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/BS95BG03.jpg
Like these 1's^^

[AMISTILLILL]

http://boston.sportsthenandnow.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/BS95BG03.jpg
Like these 1's^^

Into it :D

[8BeastlyXOIAD]

Into it :D


i like those

[irondarts]

Charlotte's was sick.

But yeah WTF @ the old Spurs paint, it was ugly and didn't even match.

[cteach111]

http://boston.sportsthenandnow.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/BS95BG03.jpg
Like these 1's^^

i like this 1 :rockon: .

I agree with SA's old floor boards. Ugly ugly ugly..

[irondarts]

The old Spurs arena was weird too, i remember it having a really weird curtain blocking upper deck seats or something, am i right?

[Batz]

http://boston.sportsthenandnow.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/BS95BG03.jpg
Like these 1's^^
Not like those at all. This is proper. Wooden floors and simple team colors. Teams like the spurs had fail gradients with disgusting color combinations.

[Dwade305]

:pimp:
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6489/nba2k82010070515313089.png

[Batz]

:pimp:
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6489/nba2k82010070515313089.png
*cringes*

[SCdac]

The old Spurs arena was weird too, i remember it having a really weird curtain blocking upper deck seats or something, am i right?

That was the Alamodome (which isn't the first arena the Spurs played), which is more in tune for a football team. The place is just too big for a pro basketball team to play every year (something like the Final Four, and other competitions, is different). They could be using the place better. So the SBC center was built (now the AT&T center)...

As for the old school Spurs colors, growing up I saw them so often - and they are Fiesta inspired which is very big in this city - I got used to them. That color scheme was so "Nineties". I got alot of old Spurs stuff, shirts, cups, etc, etc. I do agree though, that color scheme was kind of ugly... The jerseys have always been sweet though.

[mtaclof]

*cringes*
Exactly. I hate the "paint outside the paint" concept. It's just a retarded idea, that doesn't deserve any respect.

[ProfessorMurder]

The Hornets one was sick when it had the inverted paint/3 point line colors, at one point they even had honeycomb painted in the paint.

Shit was awesome.

[Put Back Dunk]

http://boston.sportsthenandnow.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/BS95BG03.jpg
Like these 1's^^

Is that 'Toine in the 15th row looking for a pass?

Spurs hands down had the worst, but the Rockets picture reminds me of how awful the NBA got in the 90's with logos + team colors (Raptors/Grizzlies must have had ugly courts early on). Stern must have hired a bunch of marketing people from Disney during that time.

[mtaclof]

Is that 'Toine in the 15th row looking for a pass?

Spurs hands down had the worst, but the Rockets picture reminds me of how awful the NBA got in the 90's with logos + team colors (Raptors/Grizzlies must have had ugly courts early on). Stern must have hired a bunch of marketing people from Disney during that time.
I have actually enjoyed the Raptors court a lot, they seem to normally balance out colors well with a good logo at centercourt. Classy, but still interesting.

[Put Back Dunk]

I have actually enjoyed the Raptors court a lot, they seem to normally balance out colors well with a good logo at centercourt. Classy, but still interesting.

The newer claw logo sure, but the original dino logo was so awful, all the new logos and teams during that time were way too cartoon-like.

I guess it worked though - plenty of fans started watching ball during that time in their youth.

[AMISTILLILL]

How about the fact that a team even came about named THE RAPTORS? The '90's were a wild time. The dinosaur/Jurassic Park craze was huge (I was in elementary school when that shit blew up and I was disgustingly obsessed with it) but enough to keep it in mind while naming a team? Yikes.

[Master splitter]

Sonics, Houston, Spurs and all star game floor designs. Spurs could use an alternate road jersey, I have the perfect design.

[sh0wtime]

:pimp:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1732/hornets.png

[AJ2k8]

:pimp:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1732/hornets.png
:bowdown:

[mrpuente]

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/6335/robinson1240spurs.jpg (http://img829.imageshack.us/i/robinson1240spurs.jpg/)
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8194/smith240spurs.jpg (http://img843.imageshack.us/i/smith240spurs.jpg/)
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http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1985/92a8e69fa83649d38cbc8d2.jpg (http://img72.imageshack.us/i/92a8e69fa83649d38cbc8d2.jpg/)

[Scoooter]

Spurs are the first organization I though of when I saw the thread. Ghastly. The Sonics court was quite garish as well.

And I've always despised the Heat's home court.

[DetroitPiston]

The 90s in general was a decade of bad graphic design.

[Glide2keva]

Those courts were inspired by the trend that was happening in the NCAA at the time. A lot of college teams had their courts designed the same way and the NBA brought that idea to the league and were trying to do something different to draw more fans in.

The courts I liked were hornets and raptors. Atlanta tried it but it didn't look right and Houston with the stars on the painted area outside the lane was just weird. I'm glad the Bulls didn't do it.

[Master splitter]

The 90s in general was a decade of bad graphic design.

agree. In living color/Baywatch/saved by the bell/gameboy etc.

[MiseryCityTexas]

lol how in the hell did eric montross ever get a starting job in the nba?

[kabalcage]

That Rockets one is incorrect. This one has stars and looks a little nicer.

Even then, what an ugly court!

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2305/nba2k82010071313085054.png

[Artillery]

agree. In living color/Baywatch/saved by the bell/gameboy etc.

A lot of that was spillover from the 80s though. Kinda like this old ad:

http://fridaymixtape.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/rad-kid-is-rad.jpg

[mtaclof]

A lot of that was spillover from the 80s though. Kinda like this old ad:

http://fridaymixtape.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/rad-kid-is-rad.jpg
He needs that neon green hat backwards over the mullet for full effect.

[Samurai Swoosh]

Agreed on the ugly, over designed, outrageous NBA floors of the 90's.

Don't forget the Hawks had an ugly home court too

[DetroitPiston]

There are some things about the 90s I love but seriously?!

http://www.sportslogos.net/images/logos/6/233/full/e04ylwkfdofkr2ctlerjov26s.gif

[DetroitPiston]

This was the best I could find but I never liked this court at all.

http://a.yfrog.com/img707/8605/detroitcourt.png

[Rose]

This was the best I could find but I never liked this court at all.

http://a.yfrog.com/img707/8605/detroitcourt.png
I loved it as a kid, I remember watching Grant Hill at the only NBA game I've ever been too.

[YAWN]

The Hornets one was sick when it had the inverted paint/3 point line colors, at one point they even had honeycomb painted in the paint.

Shit was awesome.

This was the weirdest floor i ever witnessed

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/8953/picture2xr.png

[AirJordan&Magic]

Call me old school or crazy, but I personally liked both the Spurs' and the Hornets' home floor paintings of the 1990s. :ohwell:

[Wonder Bread Kid]

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/9310/nba2k82010070318494157.png

[Rake2204]

Call me old school or crazy, but I personally liked both the Spurs' and the Hornets' home floor paintings of the 1990s. :ohwell:
I'm with you there. All those crazy courts were awesome. The honeycomb, the Rocket blasting off into freaking space, the Raptors' triangular wood design. . .pure awesome. I actually have a little trouble playing against the Spurs on 2K11 (and watching them at home in real life) because their court, arena and jerseys seems so dark, bland, and boring. I loved their scheme before.

Link to the original Raptors court (picture took up too much of page):
http://ezed54.com/Raptors%20Inaugural%20Game003.jpg

By the by, I watched the new Pistons logo reveal episode on PASS sports back in the 90's. I thought the horse and the new colors (including turquoise and burgondy) were the coolest things ever invented. I even wrote a report on them for school. That feelign lasted approximately 1.87 years. By then I yearned for the red, white, and blue.

You guys can say what you want about Joe Dumars as a GM, but you can never take away his role in returning the Pistons back to uniform normalcy.

[ProfessorMurder]

This was the weirdest floor i ever witnessed

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/8953/picture2xr.png

:pimp:

[LosBulls]

Thread needs a bump

[SevereUpInHere]

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww11/67turkey142/Vector%20courts%202/Houston1996.png

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/slvrbulletsvt03/ColiseumCourt.png

These 2 are just too awesome. Am I crazy thinking there was a Timberwolves court that had the pine trees painted in the out of bounds area?

[t-rex]

http://boston.sportsthenandnow.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/BS95BG03.jpg
Like these 1's^^


Beautiful:applause:

[JtotheIzzo]

this is worse

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_ncaab_experts__21/ept_sports_ncaab_experts-115336420-1289065442.jpg?ymjfyCEDIUTkqIh0

[stax]

http://i46.tinypic.com/11s06br.jpg

Honorable mention for the banana yellow Lakers floor at the Forum. It didn't even match the uniforms! Hard to watch on low def TV.

[Cali Syndicate]

Call me old school or crazy, but I personally liked both the Spurs' and the Hornets' home floor paintings of the 1990s. :ohwell:

That's not called old school, that's called bad taste. :lol

[sacredcow]

this is worse

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_ncaab_experts__21/ept_sports_ncaab_experts-115336420-1289065442.jpg?ymjfyCEDIUTkqIh0

Without an actual half-court line, it's sure provided plenty of over and backs which as a Ducks fan is more than welcome. On TV the court isn't the greatest,

http://i.imgur.com/nA28h.jpg

In person, it's more subtle than you would think. But Nike needs to go back and redesign a few things.

http://i.imgur.com/yRChN.jpg

[miller-time]

http://i46.tinypic.com/11s06br.jpg

f me that is awful and 90s

[L8k3r5]

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/3295/denvernuggets8893.png
Nuggets early 90's. Doesn't even match :facepalm

[nnn123]

f me that is awful and 90s


I kinda liked that court for some reason

Awful photo but the best I could find

http://i8.fastpic.ru/big/2010/0808/b4/fea35c43e3b1219d2e275ca4338ad1b4.jpg

[jbryan1984]

I actually liked the old Charlotte Hornet's Nest where the 3 point line was one big thing of paint.

[CavaliersFTW]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMqPfiLFvfU

Just ran into this ghastly nightmare on Youtube

[Collie]

That Rockets one is incorrect. This one has stars and looks a little nicer.

Even then, what an ugly court!

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2305/nba2k82010071313085054.png

Which Bill Laimbeer was that? IIRC Lamb was long retired by the time the Rockets got that design scheme (post championship)

[305Baller]

yeah wtf was the deal with the ugly patterns and floor paint... Atlanta, Charlotte, Minnesota... Im very happy Miami never went with the trend...

[305Baller]

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww11/67turkey142/Vector%20courts%202/Houston1996.png

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/slvrbulletsvt03/ColiseumCourt.png

These 2 are just too awesome. Am I crazy thinking there was a Timberwolves court that had the pine trees painted in the out of bounds area?

the hornets had a beehive thing in the paint at one point

[G-train]

Call me old school or crazy, but I personally liked both the Spurs' and the Hornets' home floor paintings of the 1990s. :ohwell:

90's is old school?

[305Baller]

90's is old school?


yep 20 years is old school

[305Baller]

http://i.imgur.com/nA28h.jpg
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