Now there is a man in a hat on the sweater, with a cane in his right hand and a cigarette butt in his left hand playing basketball. What's his name?

1946, initiated by walter brown, the owner of Boston Garden, eleven owners of ice hockey venues established the National Basketball Association (BAA), including the existing American Basketball League (the National Basketball League before NBA), which merged and officially changed its name to NBA in 1949. From 1946 to 20 18, 19 teams have joined the NBA league. In order to maintain their own characteristics and form their own brand business chain, each team will work hard on the team logo. Generally, every team has already made the team logo at the beginning of entering the league. The team emblem is generally made by the team according to the city history or local landmark buildings or classic deeds, which should not only reflect local characteristics, but also be concise and impressive. Generally, the team logo is released at the same time as the team name, or the LOGO logo made according to the team name reflects the humanistic characteristics of a city. Take Celtic as an example, as one of the initial teams when the league was founded, the history of Celtic logo transformation runs through the history of NBA development.

The Celtic symbol is one of the most classic symbols in the league. The original logo of Celtic team consists of clover and English team name. This logo follows the logo of the Celtics in the MBL period, extending from 1946 to 1950. Later, it became a team logo, a commercial logo, and a jersey logo.

1950, changed to a middle-aged man with a pipe, a scepter, a hat with NBA letters on it and a little green dress. This logo is extended from 1950 to 1960. 1960 On the basis of the original design, an orange border background is added, and the background looks like an elf with a hat. This flag has been extended from 1960 to 1968.

1968, the Celtics designed a classic elf image which was widely praised. This elf logo was designed by Saint Auerbach, the younger brother of Cardinal Auerbach, and was inspired by the elf image in Irish fairy tales. The elf wearing a green hat, wearing a green dress printed with clover, holding a basketball, a scepter and a pipe (a pipe was added in the redesign of 1976 to pay tribute to Cardinal auerbach) has been in use to this day, and some background colors have been redesigned on the basis of 1976 and 1996.