Heat will have throwback jerseys this year
Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:57 am
Instead of reaching back in to its own short history, the Heat will join the throwback jersey craze by looking to an old Miami ABA team, with which it has no affiliation.
The 18-year-old team will wear the road jerseys of the 1971-72 Miami Floridians for six home games and one road game.
The move is a marketing opportunity, but it remains to be seen how many fans will snap up the black jerseys with the thick magenta stripe. The Heat will wear them with shorts in the style worn today, not the short 1970s variety.
Heat President Pat Riley said the uniforms look "Miami-ish."
"They're actually pretty sharp. They're hot," Riley said. "And to contemporize them, with certain fabrics and lengths of shorts, makes them look actually pretty nice. But, if in fact you really ever wanted the players to really go back in time, to wear exactly what they wore, they'd be embarrassed. They'd be thinking they're wearing thongs."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/columnists/sfl-talalay18sep18,0,5127137.column?coll=sfla-sports-col
Only wish i could c a picture of the jerseys
Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:16 am
That's what they look like.
Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:28 am
Sweet! 
Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:44 am
Where's the "thick magenta stripe"? 
Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:02 am
Kobe101 wrote:Sweet!
c'mon man, you can post something better than that.
Anyways, I dont think those jerseys are the right thing for the Heat. I mean that ABA team had nothing to do with the heat, why wear their jerseys?
Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:28 am
And those jerseys don't look so good from the pictures.
Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:33 am
Jona wrote:Where's the "thick magenta stripe"?
I think its on the side.
Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:54 am
Indy wrote:I think its on the side.
Well thought.
Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:34 pm
Nab thats ugly....no offence to people who think its nice.
Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:10 pm
eww
i guess their old ones mustve been pretty bad also, but maybe once theyre changed to better materials etc it would look better
i guess their old ones mustve been pretty bad also, but maybe once theyre changed to better materials etc it would look better
Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:17 pm
That's ugly.
They should wear the short shorts for fun.
The Heat will wear them with shorts in the style worn today, not the short 1970s variety.
They should wear the short shorts for fun.
Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:42 pm
I think these are the ones they will wear
Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:29 pm
God, those are fugly... 
Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:02 pm
haha....those are so terrible it's good
Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:35 pm
Cornholio wrote:I think these are the ones they will wear
They should make them tight..just to make them even gayer.
Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:42 pm
some kinna portland design...
Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:47 pm
Hmm, I dont like them but they did say once its made in new material.. it'd look hot... oh well.. and I son't wanna see Shaq in a tight 1970's style jersey... 
Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:13 pm
Original idea, though I think the jerseys they wore from their inaugural year through the 90s qualify as retro these days. I wouldn't mind seeing those again on retro nights.
Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:50 pm
^^Yeah I think so too. Those would be better, these have no history.
By the way Andrew, Conan is corny.
By the way Andrew, Conan is corny.
Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:32 am
Gah!! Those other ones are REALLY ugly.
Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:37 am
^^ Agree 
Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:37 am
killer_cr0ss0ver wrote:some kinna portland design...
Yea those jerseys do look like something portland would wear
Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:44 am
Malfa wrote:They should make them tight..just to make them even gayer.
Don't forget Stockton-style short shorts.
Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:21 am
damn I would have liked to see the old school heat jerseys of the Glen Rice/Tim Hardaway eras
Tue Sep 20, 2005 12:42 pm
Agree with that, too. Those jerseys were pretty good I loved to play with those in Live 
I loved to play with those in Live