Which NBA team has the best logo?

By YPB Team

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

  1. Chicago Bulls — ranked #11
    Chicago Bulls
    The red bull's head, one of the most recognisable marks in world sport.
    1000pts
  2. Boston Celtics — ranked #22
    Boston Celtics
    Lucky the Leprechaun spinning a ball on his finger, unchanged in spirit since 1950.
    633pts
  3. Seattle SuperSonics — ranked #33
    Seattle SuperSonics
    The green-and-gold basketball-and-Space-Needle mark, retired with the franchise.
    591pts
  4. San Antonio Spurs — ranked #44
    San Antonio Spurs
    A silver spur forming the U in Spurs — minimal and instantly readable.
    542pts
  5. Philadelphia 76ers — ranked #55
    Philadelphia 76ers
    Seven stars arcing over the ball, a direct lift from the Betsy Ross flag.
    422pts
  6. Milwaukee Bucks — ranked #66
    Milwaukee Bucks
    The antlered deer head, cleaned up in 2015 into one of the league's best marks.
    422pts
  7. Toronto Raptors — ranked #77
    Toronto Raptors
    The current claw-and-ball mark, and the dinosaur that came before it.
    422pts
  8. Detroit Pistons — ranked #88
    Detroit Pistons
    The flaming-horse mark of the late-1990s teal era, still the fans’ favourite.
    422pts
  9. Denver Nuggets — ranked #99
    Denver Nuggets
    The mountain-and-pickaxe mark that leans all the way into Colorado.
    422pts
  10. Golden State Warriors — ranked #1010
    Golden State Warriors
    The Bay Bridge circle, borrowed from The City jerseys of the 1960s.
    345pts
  11. Utah Jazz — ranked #1111
    Utah Jazz
    The purple J-note, revived because fans never accepted the replacements.
    345pts
  12. Phoenix Suns — ranked #1212
    Phoenix Suns
    The streaking sunburst basketball, a 1990s design that never dated.
    345pts
  13. Orlando Magic — ranked #1313
    Orlando Magic
    The star-dotted wordmark with the ball trailing sparks behind it.
    345pts
  14. Los Angeles Lakers — ranked #1414
    Los Angeles Lakers
    The purple-and-gold wordmark with the ball streaking through it.
    253pts
  15. New York Knicks — ranked #1515
    New York Knicks
    The orange-and-blue roundel with the dribbling ball inside it.
    253pts
  16. Houston Rockets — ranked #1616
    Houston Rockets
    The R-as-rocket wordmark, and the cartoon rocket of the championship years.
    253pts
  17. Charlotte Hornets — ranked #1717
    Charlotte Hornets
    The teal hornet, back after two decades of the franchise being called the Bobcats.
    141pts
  18. Portland Trail Blazers — ranked #1818
    Portland Trail Blazers
    Five stripes each side, an abstraction of two teams breaking away.
    141pts
  19. Vancouver Grizzlies — ranked #1919
    Vancouver Grizzlies
    The teal bear clawing a basketball, a 1995 mark with a long afterlife.
    141pts
  20. Miami Heat — ranked #2020
    Miami Heat
    A flaming basketball dropping through a hoop, pure 1988 in the best way.
    141pts

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