Something that’s been lost in all of the discourse surrounding Wednesday’s loss to the Clippers is how fucking good the Raptors’ throwback jerseys looked. Not to mention the court — the classic Raptor? All that rich silver and purple? Come on!
Looking at these designs now, it’s hard to believe there was ever a time I thought the original logo was corny. And yet I remember that in the ‘90s (before I ever really cared about NBA basketball), seeing my friends in those purple hats and shirts always induced a little twinge of secondhand embarrassment.