Minnesota Timberwolves’ new rebrand jerseys have been leaked
Minnesota Timberwolves’ new rebrand jerseys have been leaked. They were posted early on the Timberwolves website but got quickly taken down.
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Association Edition
Icon Edition
Statement Edition
The sezzle patch still looks super cheap like why is it a giant circle that doesnt match the fabric (I wish we stayed with Aura) but otherwise I like the change. The jerseys actually have character now
Its also a fuckass buy now pay later app. Don’t get fooled kids, that shit sucks
This sezzle lot about our society
nice
Watching people’s lives sezzle
I’d rather see them go back to a cleaner AD sponsor like Aura it didn’t look that disgusting or distracting on a jersey.
How do apps like that or Klarna suck?!
It’s yet another tool to try to trick people into buying shit they can’t afford. There’s really not much of a reason to ever use Klarna or Sezzle and the like if you’re a financially sound individual. They exist almost entirely to prey on those who lack financial discipline or have fallen on hard times.
If you can’t afford it, don’t buy it. Overextending yourself financially is a pathway for disaster (e.g. bankruptcy).
People that rely on sezzle/Klarna generally have poor financial literacy and I would imagine don’t have the basics down such as a 3-month emergency fund in place.
I hate that I’m (kind of) defending jersey sponsorship here, but it may actually just be a sticker for the sake of the photoshoot
if i was the wolves i would have taken less to keep aura on the jerseys. matched ant so well.
Certainly no AURA
love the Icon Edition early 90s color scheme
That patch looks like it will be gone after 2-3 washes 😅
Other than the brand patch, these are about as good as a rebrand gets for the full set. The black is a little busy up close but I have a feeling it’ll look better on court
Other than the brand patch
It’s like a bad herpes outbreak. I really wish that just one team would say nah fuck this, we make enough money, we don’t need these eyesores. I know it’s delusionally naive but still.
They’re here to stay but the league needs to enforce that the logos are sewn on. The heat press patch looks so tacky and cheap. It’s not a good look for any of the brand, Nike, or the NBA
God bless you if you ever decide to watch NASCAR lmaoo
Agreed. The sezzle patch will be fixed up I imagine but these are gonna look amazing on court
I thought the same when the Hawks had that ugly ass bright blue sponsor on a red and black jersey, they only themed it with the Peachtree version iirc, brand logos are so lame
Fuck Paze….no way I’m buying a jersey with that shitty patch on it.
yeah I really wanted to get one but I can’t when the companies don’t even try to make it discreet and fit the jersey
It’s the same sezzle patch that was on this year’s black trees jersey. I hope I’m wrong but unfortunately I doubt it’ll change while they’re still a sponsor
It looks terrible!
I agree. I miss Aura
Oh yeah that was a nice logo. Still don’t know what they did but it looked good as hell on the jersey
Cyber security. 2nd year Ant did this hilarious ad where he was dressed up like a professor giving a lecture. He was asking people if they wanted to be safe. “You want to be safe? You want to be safe? Aura will keep you safe!” 😂
In another ad he and Vando were bouncers/security at a party
Pretty sure they were a cyber security company I think
I agree on the black. It has potential to be the best but the blue line around the trees is giving a Christmas sweater vibe. Think it’d look better with just green and black around the trim.
Yea as a longtime fan this is as good as it gets. Jersey designs honestly are really surprisingly bad on the whole for American sports.
I’ve been preaching our original jerseys for like 15 years so obviously I love the blue and whites (I actually like the blue in the black), I just think the font is not great haha. it’s like recycled from our worst rebrand lol
Nitpicking i guess but the holes should say Timberwolves, away Minnesota, and wolves on the alternate
I like the colors, but not having “Minnesota” or “Timberwolves” irks me
The original jersey theyre paying homage to only had Wolves on the front
I don’t really care about “Timberwolves” tbh but I’m bummed there isn’t one that names our state
this always grinds my gears now. home unis should say the team name, while away cities should display the city name. it just makes sense, and i especially hate the lack of home whites and road colors in the playoffs. as a c’s fan is still hurts my brain when we wear green at home in the playoffs… reg season go ahead and dick around nike idc
Yeah, there is no such thing as tradition anymore in the NBA. I can’t remember the last time Minnesota wore white at home, and Cleveland wearing their throwbacks both conference finals games was dumb.
All three of us are just old men yelling at clouds but I really miss home Spurs white, road Spurs black.
Agreed. “Timberwolves” is such a dope name. Don’t shorten it to something much more generic
You shorten it because it’d look stupid with the current old shep font. It worked with the wacky 90s font
I agree. At least one should have the city or state. Even if they’re kind of long names.
are they the only team now to not have their city/state/or full team name anywhere on their jerseys? feels like a really odd branding choice.
closest i can think of is the cavaliers with “cavs” on their jerseys but at least they have one that says “cleveland”
I agree, I really like the Wolves but like the idea that road has state/city, home has team name
At this point they need to change their name to the Wolves if that’s what they’re gonna call themselves
It’s okay. The trees one looks like a cheap knockoff
The trees were the easiest thing to not fuck up and they still managed.
Ngl I knida fuck with the trees the most out of all of this. A little corny and a little too busy, but fun imo
The primary green feels a little too neon lime for me, personally
Why would you lie?
It looks fine, the problem is the blue piping around it
For a team that’s probably had more rebrands per # of seasons in the league than any other team besides like maybe Utah or Atlanta, they really should have it down by now lol. These do not look a) that good or special or cool and b) really any different from what we’ve had since the Spooky Era. I look at these and I say “what was the point.”
Black jersey looks like a half decent 1st draft of a very good kit, the rest can kick rocks. And the jersey patch is laughably cheap looking but hey for a Sezzle Ad that’s really fitting. Can these MFers really not afford a seamster/seamstress to just sew that shit on??
IDK when I hear rebrand I think one or a combo of new colors/new team name/new logo/starkly new design, and this is 0/4. To me a real rebrand would be like changing the color scheme to mirror the Wild or the Vikings, or doing something akin to the Raptors’ red and white jerseys with the stripe across the chest
They needed to keep the purple jerseys but I’m not mad at this, their other jerseys were atrocious besides the purple and trees
These aren’t City Editions, they’re mains.
They’re the “Classic Editions” but now Nike can sell authentic versions
Yawn, wake me up when they drop the Regional Conjecture edition jerseys.
I get that but they’re probably changing their logo back to the 90s one, the city uniforms use the current Wolves logo.
If Nike brings back the Prince uniform I’d bet they’d just recolor whatever new logo they’re going to have.
There’s a new logo that looks similar to the current one. Not going back to the 90’s logo.
I have always hated those Prince jerseys.
Like these a lot more than the current ones. The current jerseys have that random horizontal bar across the chest that looks out of place
The current (not for long!) ones are may be the worst in the league. I have a few small gripes with the new ones but overall I’m so glad we don’t have to see whatever the hell they currently have anymore.
Glad we’re getting rid of the generic ass Eastbay team uniforms we’re using now
Don’t worry, cant be worse than the wizards jerseys
I know I’m in an extreme minority but I honestly like the current ones
Yeah I’m with you, the stripe is nice.
I like the new ones, and it’s time for a change for sure (been like 10 years? I think they introduced those jerseys during a jimmy butler arc), but I genuinely like the jerseys.
Stick with the kg era jerseys you cowards
NBA teams can’t use throwback looks full time, mandate by the league.
It’s why the Hornets looked so bad when they came back. It’s why the Bulls haven’t done anything to their brand since the 200’s.
Surprised the bulls have gone over 1800 years without a rebrand.
No need. Are unis are tough as is
Maybe they should adopt 1800 Tequila as their sponsor to commemorate this historic occasion.
Maybe we should frame our owner and force a sell of the team
That’s such a STUPID rule too. So many teams can benefit using a throwback full time again. It’s so obvious how many teams wanna use their throwbacks full time and they can’t.
Yeah, Minnesota basically wore their’s every home game this season.
I think it’s because Mitchell & Ness owns the rights to most (or all) of the old designs and fonts. It’s also why Orlando couldn’t use their original font in their rebrand last summer.
These jerseys look like old original TWolves jerseys.
I think the NBA owned the Hornets trademarks from the league ownership of the team and wouldn’t allow the former Bobcats to use the old trademarks.
If a team owns their trademarks, the NBA cannot tell them they can’t reuse their old style.
Yea but these are basically exact copies of their og 80’s jerseys. IMO the KG era logo/Jersey aesthetic is way better with the aggressive wolves and dark Colors.
They can absolutely change their uniforms to what they had before lol. Now they can’t wear a special edition jersey full time. But there’s no rule that says a team can’t change their uniform set to something from the past.
Looks pretty generic.
Yeah I’m not feeling these. I like the homage to the first jersey but it looks pretty blah. Also the KG era jersey was cool specifically because of the 90s goofy font. Having this basic font just totally kills the mystique
Literally just what they wore to start the franchise and their most iconic jersey remixed. Kinda lazy to call it a rebrand
Nike is trying to do the minimum to sell more jersey.
This is pretty much what a big majority of the fans wanted and they listened. You may think it’s lazy but it’s what a lot wanted. Good on the owners to listen to the fans.
Cold
Ironic cause the iceman was the nice man but now im cold 🥶
I like the hot blue and green, a lot more distinction than the current dark blue ones. Hoping to death they still keep the purple Prince colors around though, those have been the best jerseys in the league by a Minnetonka mile.
Probably unpopular opinion, but I think all nba jerseys should display the team name instead of the city like some do.
These wolves jerseys are nice
Since we’ve moved away from Home Whites and Away Team Colors, I think every team should have one Jersey with the City Name and one Jersey with the Team Name. Then they can get however creative they want with any Statement/Earned/Etc jerseys.
Including super old teams? I feel like we look weird if the front says anything but New York.
I’ve always liked home jersey team name, away jersey City name as a tradition, but with how many jerseys and nicknames there are now, I think it’s just whatever.
No.
The Knicks not having a jersey with the word Knicks or the logo in it for years is the opposite of what the Spurs had of only featuring the team name or logo until the City edition and classics were introduced a couple of years ago.
I like the new (old??) colors a lot. Nice upgrade over what they had. I do wish one of them said “MINNESOTA” or something
I liked it better when teams had their color and stuck to it. White for home games darker for road games. Yea there’s more variety now but they feel like clothes instead of uniforms now.
That’s because they want you to buy as many as possible
Well fuck em I ain’t buying that shit. Consumerism just for the sake of consumerism is tiring
Agree. Waters down the branding.
When I turn on Lakers vs Celtics, for example, I want to see gold/purple vs green/white. None of this light blue vs black crap. Doesn’t feel right.
nice blend of their early/mid 90’s and KG era jerseys
1st one looks like 90s Mavs jerseys.
Well youre in luck because its supposed to evoke the 90’s Minnesota jerseys
I’ve seen someone make this same comment you responded to in two different threads and its boggling my mind
Well you’re in luck because it’s supposed to… Wait
😮💨 those are clean
Honestly I really like these
They’re super clean and not too busy
These are going in the right direction compared to the current sailor bib trash that we are running out. What’s so difficult about going with royal blue and kelly green though? Does everything really need to be it’s own unique pantone color?
Top 2 are very 90’s era Wolves jerseys (maybe coz it’s what I grew up with, but feel like they were consistently best years for designs), and number 3 looks like the KG years.
I like them
That patch is fuckin hideous
It’s nice
That Sezzle ad looks like shit. If it didn’t have the patch behind it and the logo/name was just on the jersey, maybe it’d be better.
Huge upgrade. Love these.
Lame and boring.
I’m in love with these
These are basically the original TWolves jerseys from 1989.
Which are their best IMO, along with that logo.
IMO the current ones are their best and unique in the NBA.
It’s weird seeing all these posts that don’t seem to know these are the old style.
Makes me feel old.
These are pretty nice
Ewww
I like when uniforms alternate between Team Name and the City/State (Spurs had years wherein there was no uniform that features “San Antonio”) so I would have loved the blue one to say MINNESOTA or MSP. The black one should have the whole Timberwolves like their current City edition.
Still huge upgrades to their current one no question.
Agreed, although no one calls the Twin Cities “MSP” lol. That’s our airport.
Nice and clean. I wish they had a Prince-related alternate, but nice and clean.
I think the prince jerseys might still be here since it’s the city edition and it was so incredibly popular. It’d make sense to run it back and break the whole yearly release cycle
Looks good other than the Sezzle patch, which kind of ruins it
The one with the trees looks like a cheap mashup of the 90s and 2000s look, not a big fan. I would have loved for them to go full 90s with some slight adjustments. I thought the mid 90s ones were boring as a kid but I think they’re super clean now.
These are way better than the current uniforms I never liked. Even the KG era black was better imo
I wish the trees were on all the models. Rebrand? Do they intent to rebrand the team logo as well ? Nothing beats the 90s one.
New logo leaked awhile back. Mix between the current and old logo.
I like them a lot. Color scheme is good, trees back with a more polished look. Current jerseys are too stale.
The colors are great, I dig them.
Moving away from navy blue to go to royal blue is the move.
Navy blue never looks good on sports jerseys, maybe baseball or something, but for football or basketball it doesn’t work.
So glad to see more teams moving past the dogshit corporate minimalism of the 2010’s
Realy appreciate that move of rebranding the artistc direction of franchises by “modernizing” the old iconic colour of the franchise that Utah, Atlanta, and now Timberwolves are setting, that’s realy fcking cool !
Hope my Nets could be the next ones tho, bring us back thoses legendary Blue White and Red jerseys ✌️
Definitely an upgrade over their current ones. It was much needed especially with a player like ant on their team. Can’t have him playing in those awful jerseys lol but their current classic is better than the new statement ones. Not feeling the blue
Association edition is so clean and classic
they have done more rebranding with their franchise than the Orlando Magic subreddit mods ever done at all over there
Hopefully it’s better than their current neon green statement jerseys minnesota has a history of ruining potentially great rebrands
At least this is a better set of jerseys compared to their last rebrand. The association and icon ones are basically a modernized version of the rookie KG jerseys, while I have no idea why they had to put a blue stripe around the collars for the statement.
The tree trim is perfect as it is and should’ve been left alone. While I would’ve wanted to see it utilized more across the entire set, the black trees are the most iconic ones in the KG era and glad they still found a way to integrate them in this modern throwback set.
they probably wanted the black uniform to be tied to the original color way that they’re reviving, the original black uniforms had the dusty blue and a lot of gray on it.
Dont love the green
Reminds me of the KG era
The blue ones are reminiscent of the Isaiah Rider wolves era!
Says a lot that so many teams break something that doesn’t need fixing and then end up returning to something that mimics the original.
See also: Clippers rebranding to a minimalist look and then returning to the familiar cursive, the Jazz trying and failing miserably to move away from using purple, the Suns also attempting to drop the color purple, the Bucks trying out purple and then red, etc.
Perhaps the silver lining of Nike pushing out too many alternate jerseys is that teams will stop messing around with the core identity of the franchise and stick to what is already working…
All cool af but the sponsor on the black one ruined everything
I didnt see a sponsor on the back just the one from the player’s undershirt?
Why don’t teams match the NOB outline to the numbers
Hopefully they’re changing their logo back too.
Any non-imgur links for us UK peasants?
Just do the full black with green trees. Wtf that’s all anyone wants. These are not as good as that
White and blues look great, and we should’ve just stuck with the throwback blacks we wore all of this past year.
I think those aren’t allowed to be a primary
This is like the nth rebrand for Minnesota (which gets better and better) meanwhile OKC and Dallas been sticking with their super boring jerseys and branding.
Yeah that’s tight, I dig it. Reminds me of a blue Kevin Garnett era.
Really nice. Can we get a Cavs rebrand now?
Was never a fan of the burgundy. The mark price jerseys were tops for me
Handily the best Minny has ever looked. It’s like a “best of” uniform.
I feel bad for the team behind these, it’s never fun to have your stuff leaked
These look great but I swear they already wear these
Basically the original Mavs jerseys
This one is good. So many teams need rebrands.
I wish the Knicks brought black back into the colour scheme and did the side stripes like they’ve done with the city jerseys.
Pistons, Thunder, Nets, and Wizards need rebrands badly
Pistons and Wizards especially. Their logos are so boring.
I’d add the Mavs too. Their colour scheme and jerseys is just so bland
Pistons need to go back to the teal horse full time. Thunder need it way more than the Mavs. They look like a generic 2k team
Thunder’s identity looks like it was meant to be temporary and they never got around to brand it.
High school jerseys tbh
nice now raptors turn
Hell no.
Solid, though I’m probably in the minority who really likes the outgoing set. Consistency is the biggest thing for me, so hopefully they don’t make changes from these for a long time to build a forever identity.
That’s no probably.. you definitely are in the minority lol
Clean but no personality
How a jersey should be. Name, number maybe some piping. Some of the most iconic jerseys in sports: Alabama football, Texas football, Yankees, Celtics, packers etc don’t change anything and have absolutely no personality
Doesn’t need 5 other things going on
Put the TIMBER back in TIMBERWOLVES please
The black looks more like the start of a Christmas sweater than a jersey lol
They’re okay. Nothing else to say, which is sad about a rebrand.
The white and blue are fine. The trees are bad. Hoping these were concepts they improved upon. But as a MN fan I’m ready for disappointment.
They need to get rid of that horrible green color, doesn’t look good with any of their jerseys
These are ass and why tf are the Colors so bright?
Where is the Prince edition.
Hopefully the white Prince jerseys are this years city edition
Where’s every other teams 26-27 city editions?
Stupid ass question
The last one 🤢 just keep the current old school black alternates man
I think there’s something that doesn’t allow that
Dont really like the trees and the darker ones bring attention to them, the white one looks fine imo
I still feel like there’s quite a lot of missed potential
Only the white ones are alright. The other two are just bad
Your opinion is bad and you should feel bad
Nah he’s right these are soft af lmaoo
Ass 🍑