We're still going retro, and we're still on the time machine. The time machine takes us to Atlanta, and 1971.
The Atlanta Hawks wore one of the ugliest uniforms in the history of the NBA. At the time, I'm sure it was considered groovy. However, it was tasteless. All that are missing from this uniform are the flowers and the flourescent Volkswagen bus.
The great Pete Maravich is shown in the home version. They wore lime green with blue, with stripes down the side of the uniform. On the back, the player's name was listed under the number. Maravich was simply "Pistol". Notice the knee-high socks, also. The Hawks really sullied his greatness with this uniform.The Hawks changed their primary color to red when they moved to the Omni in 1972. They've had some bad looks in the last 30 years, but none as bad as this.
And, to think the team has chosen to wear this as a throwback this year. Ugh!
2 comments:
I would love that green uni! I want one! The Pistol one!
I haven't seen the Pistol available out there, except for the blue one. The NBA Store no longer carries the green or the blue one.
I did see a Shareef Abdur-Rahim green jersey floating around on line, though.
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