Which NBA team has the best logo?

Thirty marks compete here, and the best of them still read clearly at the size of a phone icon.

1. 1
   Chicago Bulls

   The red bull's head, one of the most recognisable marks in world sport.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Boston Celtics

   Lucky the Leprechaun spinning a ball on his finger, unchanged in spirit since 1950.
   633pts
3. 3
   Seattle SuperSonics

   The green-and-gold basketball-and-Space-Needle mark, retired with the franchise.
   591pts
4. 4
   San Antonio Spurs

   A silver spur forming the U in Spurs — minimal and instantly readable.
   542pts
5. 5
   Philadelphia 76ers

   Seven stars arcing over the ball, a direct lift from the Betsy Ross flag.
   422pts
6. 6
   Milwaukee Bucks

   The antlered deer head, cleaned up in 2015 into one of the league's best marks.
   422pts
7. 7
   Toronto Raptors

   The current claw-and-ball mark, and the dinosaur that came before it.
   422pts
8. 8
   Detroit Pistons

   The flaming-horse mark of the late-1990s teal era, still the fans’ favourite.
   422pts
9. 9
   Denver Nuggets

   The mountain-and-pickaxe mark that leans all the way into Colorado.
   422pts
10. 10
    Golden State Warriors

    The Bay Bridge circle, borrowed from The City jerseys of the 1960s.
    345pts
11. 11
    Utah Jazz

    The purple J-note, revived because fans never accepted the replacements.
    345pts
12. 12
    Phoenix Suns

    The streaking sunburst basketball, a 1990s design that never dated.
    345pts
13. 13
    Orlando Magic

    The star-dotted wordmark with the ball trailing sparks behind it.
    345pts
14. 14
    Los Angeles Lakers

    The purple-and-gold wordmark with the ball streaking through it.
    253pts
15. 15
    New York Knicks

    The orange-and-blue roundel with the dribbling ball inside it.
    253pts
16. 16
    Houston Rockets

    The R-as-rocket wordmark, and the cartoon rocket of the championship years.
    253pts
17. 17
    Charlotte Hornets

    The teal hornet, back after two decades of the franchise being called the Bobcats.
    0pts
18. 18
    Portland Trail Blazers

    Five stripes each side, an abstraction of two teams breaking away.
    0pts
19. 19
    Vancouver Grizzlies

    The teal bear clawing a basketball, a 1995 mark with a long afterlife.
    0pts
20. 20
    Miami Heat

    A flaming basketball dropping through a hoop, pure 1988 in the best way.
    0pts

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