Grading the New Emoji/Hashtag for Utah Jazz, NBA

Sacramento Kings: #SacramentoProud

The Sacramento Kings have been dismal for several years now. But if fans can get behind that and still be proud of their team, more power to them. The new arena looks sweet and, who knows, maybe Dave Joerger can finally get this team and its coaching carousel turned around. Nevertheless, when the players themselves don’t seem proud of the city/team, I have a hard time buying the hashtag as accurate. Plus I miss the old Kings logo with the swords. Swords are cool.

Grade: C

https://twitter.com/spurs/status/790677037019172864

San Antonio Spurs: #GoSpursGo

This one is pretty Popovich-ian, simple and to the point. To me it’s a slightly better version of the Magic’s hashtag with a little bit cooler logo. There’s nothing wrong with it but nothing overly exciting.

Grade: C-

Toronto Raptors: #WeTheNorth

This has long been my favorite NBA hashtag. It’s catchy and fits Toronto perfectly. That alone was enough to earn the Raptors an A. But throw a dinosaur emoji in after it?! The 10-year-old inside me wouldn’t be happy with me giving them any other grade than top marks. The raptor logo is one of my all-time favorites and the dino head emoji looks awesome after the #WeTheNorth hashtag.

Grade A+