The new Timberwolves logo is officially here and it will be ready for the 2017-2018 season as announced by the Wolves on Tuesday.
#Twolves unveil new team logo, which will be implemented beginning with the 2017-18 season. Full logo: pic.twitter.com/CTq17I4KOT
— Timberwolves PR (@Twolves_PR) April 12, 2017
We got an early glimpse of the logo earlier in the day when it appeared to be leaked by the Minnesota Star-Tribune. The artwork ran as an advertisement on the newspaper’s website and was discovered on the Reddit r/timberwolves page.
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Minnesota’s artwork overhaul strays from the traditional timber wolf logo of past years and adds a green hue to the color scheme.
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It is a spin on the newer logo that the team had implemented in recent seasons.
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The ad reads “New Era, New Look,” a tagline likely attributable to Minnesota’s youth movement in trading for Andrew Wiggins and drafting Zach LaVine and Karl-Anthony Towns.
The Wolves’ logo is also eerily similar to SB Nation’s own Timberwolves blog.
We're big fans of the new look @timberwolves
— SB Nation (@SBNation) April 11, 2017
( : r/Timberwolves) pic.twitter.com/xQbWr84TdS
We see you, Minnesota. Or, maybe, you see us. It also looks a bit like the the Arizona Coyotes logo. Wait ... we’ve had this conversation before.
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Either way, we’re big supporters of the new logo. Go Wolves!