The finals are the biggest stage the NBA has to offer. It’s a showcase of the two very best teams in basketball, year in and year out.
So it would make sense to make sure that the court looked as exciting as possible, right? Especially in the NBA’s Disney World bubble, where everything will be centered.
There was so much opportunity to do something great. Something fun. Something spectacular. Maybe a cool Disney World theme? Maybe some sort of big social justice message on the court. There were so many directions the NBA could’ve went with this.
Instead, the NBA came up with this. The box-y Finals logo at center court to go with red and blue end lines with the Larry O’Brien trophy in them. And that’s about it.
New court design for the 2020 NBA Finals in Orlando: pic.twitter.com/CPwO5gVr0N
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 29, 2020
Yawn. They could’ve done much better than this. This looks like something they’d play on in preseason.
NBA fans absolutely hated it.
NBA is really going to stick a YouTube ad at center court in the NBA Finals? Smh. https://t.co/Y57lMdvPeq
— Michael Taylor (@LFRMBT) September 29, 2020
i just don’t understand why they wouldn’t put the o’brien on the center floor
— nick (@nrv923) September 29, 2020
People wanted the old Finals logo back.
This is the only Finals logo I recognize. I shall bow before no false, corporatized, blocky logos. Amen. pic.twitter.com/tiC3YtLE3o
— Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) September 29, 2020
i miss the finals script font and the huge trophy in the middle. this logo is focus group hell. https://t.co/ECNi8wINHG
— Austin (@garooya) September 29, 2020
This court could’ve looked so clean with the old Finals logo in the middle pic.twitter.com/lNo0TxaogM
— 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 (@Three_Cone) September 29, 2020
What a disappointing Finals logo https://t.co/SrCkBtrPu0
— Nick Angstadt (@NickVanExit) September 29, 2020
could’ve added the finals logo atleast smhh pic.twitter.com/mtjvxwP5Lb
— Skip Bayless Burner (@okcsucksass) September 29, 2020
This would’ve been the perfect time to bring back the finals logos on the court pic.twitter.com/kgEPh87s2B
— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) September 29, 2020
They also wanted the trophy back at center court the way it used to be.
Bring it back pic.twitter.com/ReLWq3XJcS
— Conley Messerly (@cmess24) September 29, 2020
Bring this back. pic.twitter.com/6RnOquinTY
— ThrowbackHoops (@ThrowbackHoops) September 29, 2020
Instead, the NBA gave us…that. This is disappointing. Hopefully, the series between the Lakers and Heat is a lot more interesting.
