Charlotte Hornets 1989 – 2002 The first logo for the Charlotte Hornets is a hornet with white basketball shoes dribbling a orange basketball surrounded by a wordmark “CHARLOTTE HORNETS.”Hornets Alternate LogoHornets Team HistoryHornets Primary Logo The Charlotte Hornets (formerly known as the New Orleans Pelicans) have had an interesting logo history. The team was first established in 1988 and has …
New Orleans Hornets 2009 – 2013 Updated Hugo the Hornet with “NOLA” across its chest. “NEW ORLEANS HORNETS” encompassing Hugo.Hornets Alternate LogoHornets Wordmark LogoHornets Team HistoryHornets Primary Logo The New Orleans Hornets have had a long and storied history, dating back to their inception in 1988. As the team has evolved over the years, so too has its primary logo. …
New Orleans Pelicans 2014 – Present The new Pelicans primary logo has a red background with the wordmark “PELICANS” and “NEW ORLEANS” written in white, a pelican’s head in white, gold wings and a bill in red, a gold basketball and crescent and a red fleur de lis at the top. Pelicans Alternate LogoPelicans Wordmark LogoPelicans Team HistoryPelicans Team MerchPelicans …
Minnesota Timberwolves 2017 – Present The logo has many nods to Minnesota, the team and, of course, the Timberwolf. There’s the North Star which represents one of the pillars Minnesota hangs its hat on. The star represents Minnesota pride. The new logo represents looking forward and carving out new territory. The open mouth with the teeth showing represents the fierce …
Milwaukee Bucks 2015 – Present The new Buck is only looking ahead, an imposing figure determined and focused on the path in front of him. An expanded rack (from 8 to 12 points) showing the maturation of the Buck, and underlining the point that he has become an even greater force. The basketball feature in the negative space between the …
Miami Heat 2000 – Present In 1999, Miami Heat logo went through a minor changes, the structure and shape remain unchanged, but the color of the fiery basketball has changed to red below the rim and orange above the rim and the hoop has changed to white with black border. The T on the word Heat also shows a little …
Vancouver Grizzlies 1996 – 2001 The original Grizzlies logo featured a grizzly bear holding basketball with teeth and claws out. A wordmark “VANCOUVER” in red above the wordmark “GRIZZLIES” in teal on top of the grizzly. The letters “G” and “S” are larger than the other letters in the wordmark “Grizzlies.”Grizzlies Alternate LogoGrizzlies Wordmark LogoGrizzlies Team HistoryGrizzlies Primary Logo The …
Memphis Grizzlies 2018 – Present Slight adjustments made to previous Grizzlies’ primary logo, which include removal of lightest of their three blues at the snout, addition of grey outline, and new wordmark font “MEMPHIS” and “GRIZZLIES” in blue. Grizzlies Alternate LogoGrizzlies Wordmark LogoGrizzlies Team HistoryGrizzlies Team MerchGrizzlies Primary Logo The Memphis Grizzlies have been a part of the National Basketball …
Minneapolis Lakers 1948 – 1960 The first logo of the Lakers was back when the team was in Minneapolis. The logo has a map of Minnesota in white on a brown and black outline basketball as a background and the location of Minneapolis is highlighted by a yellow star. A wordmark “MPLS” in yellow with two stars and “LAKERS” below …
Los Angeles Lakers 2024 – Present A gold with purple outline basketball with a wordmark “LAKERS” across the front in purple with speed lines on a white formed background. A darkened shade of purple. Lakers Alternate LogoLakers Wordmark LogoLakers Team HistoryLakers Team MerchLakers Primary Logo The Los Angeles Lakers have one of the most iconic logos in all of the …
