Indiana Pacers Home Jersey 2007-2008

How the mighty have fallen.

Remember those days when the Indiana Pacers were a lock in the NBA's Eastern Conference? Do these sound familiar: Reggie Miller shooting clutch 3's, Rik Smits doing his "Dunkin Dutchman" thing, with the Davises (Dale and Antonio) performing the yeoman's work in the paint? The Pacers were wearing those awful pin-striped unis to franchise glory.

Fast forward to the 2000's: franchise Pacers (Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson & Jermaine O'neal) were involved in a brawl with fans in Detroit in 2004, new players brought in seemed to continue the thug culture and that all prompted Indiana fixture Donnie Walsh to retire from the front-office. During that time, the Pacers unveiled a new set of jerseys that scrapped the pin-stripes, for the more contemporary looking jerseys that seemed to signal an image purification.

If you look at the home jerseys, design is minimalistic with few details on the sides and neck. The font used for the text is simple and looks narrow, with just using the two main colors of the Pacers' color scheme.

If the Indiana Pacers are serious in revamping their image, they better change more than its jerseys.


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