NBA New Logo for 75th Anniversary Season Revealed

The NBA logo we’re used to seeing looks a little bit different. The NBA revealed a new logo on Wednesday for the 2021-22 season. Next season will be the league’s 75th, a number commonly celebrated as a diamond anniversary.

The NBA is taking that diamond thing pretty literally.

“The new logo is a fresh take on the league’s iconic Logoman identity, based in the classic 75th Anniversary symbol – the diamond,” the NBA news release reads.

See below:

NBA at 75 logo for next season, the league just announced pic.twitter.com/PzswpqLcXP

— Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) July 7, 2021

Twitter shared its thoughts on the new logo:

https://twitter.com/AVLmusicman/status/1412926134010974209

Why not Kobe’s image? Kobe made the NBA what it is today,why not honor him and his legacy

— Joseph Crain (@JosephC38686936) July 8, 2021

Wtf does a diamond half to do with basketball, if your going to make a new logo at least make it in a shape that resembles the game of basketball

— Mason Garcia (@skellybones202) July 7, 2021

If it ain’t Kobe Bryant… https://t.co/gSesACOhE3 pic.twitter.com/MHL2AARKsK

— Quentin Quarantino (@afisthatdude) July 8, 2021

3, 2, 1,,,,,,and the logo is now racist! https://t.co/k0rbtAdlZh

— ShagFromScuffletown (@ShagOnSports) July 8, 2021

if i saw this on a truck where the warning signs go I’d keep my distance https://t.co/4P0Ok68EJY

— Bill Hangley Jr (@HangleyJr) July 8, 2021

Really missed a chance to get rid of West, I mean, logoman's silhouette for one more representative of the actual players https://t.co/BeXK9tguAt

— nuseone (@nuseone) July 8, 2021

Missed oppo for the @NBA to incorporate other players as temp logos, celebrating their 75 best players over the last 75 years. And honestly, this is just a weak logo in general for their diamond anniversary. https://t.co/d7wY6sogEb

— Aaron Zaremski (@MrClawDaddy) July 8, 2021

https://twitter.com/TioSamSays/status/1413120282022322176

tf is this https://t.co/ScmXt366VQ

— johnnytsunami (@johnny_ecker) July 8, 2021

Really? I thought it would look like this👇 https://t.co/eYbqbrrqF6 pic.twitter.com/EZSkGSA8Nj

— JetsFansince1988 (@Rakkasan_101st) July 8, 2021

Got to be honest with you…..I love the NBA logo….I do.

BUT

This was an opportunity to update it with perhaps a new silhouette.

I think there was a slight miss here. https://t.co/qfR4ErjjCa

— Jason Sarney (@Jason_Sarney) July 8, 2021

The league is 75% Black (including players from and outside the US/CAN) yet has silhouette of a player/GM who’s success is (mostly) attributed to the Black players he was blessed with playing and drafting. Sounds like media share cropping. But y’all don’t want that BBQ smoke. https://t.co/UJ2vPlExWL

— Matthew Wilmot, PhD. (he/they) (@w1lm0t) July 8, 2021

New Logo. No Kobe. Boooooooooooo https://t.co/4VsCWGovRU

— Dom (@domostew) July 8, 2021

This would have been the perfect opportunity to incorporate Kobe into the 75th anniversary.

Based off the comments, it sounds like they missed the mark.

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