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Why is the Detroit Pistons logo a basketball: In defense of the “teal” era

The Detroit Pistons used to have a pretty cool logo and jerseys from 1996-01 and now they’re boring.

The Pistons infamously changed their logo and color scheme for the start of the 1996-97 season. The Bad Boy era was at an end, most everyone gone except for Joe Dumars, and the team did what a lot of teams did in the 90’s and adopted a much more cartoonish inspired style.

The new look jerseys featured teal, red, and orange. The logo was a flaming black horse head with exhaust pipes exuding flames. It was a wonderfully bizarre creation then, and one that stills garners a lot of criticism from older fans.