USA Today, January 25th 1990

 Indiana Pacers officials and players say they're happy with the new uniforms designed by Olympic sprinting champion Florence Griffith Joyner.

The uniforms, to be used starting next season, debuted Wednesday in Indianapolis.

``I wanted to change to something they never had before,'' says Joyner, winner of three gold medals in 1988. Wednesday, she wore a Pacers broach and had her fingernails painted in team colors.

``We knew it would be a dramatic uniform,'' says club president-general manager Donnie Walsh, who commissioned Griffith Joyner's designs.

Griffith Joyner sketched more than 50 designs last summer and submitted 20 to the Pacers.

Biggest changes: a new logo, darker team colors of blue and gold, and the jersey is a V-neck.

``I think the lighter colors didn't give us the flash, the go-get-'em attitude,'' says forward Chuck Person. ``It feels great.''

Says guard Reggie Miller: ``I think it gives us a more aggressive look.''

Miller praised the uniform's shorts, which are nearly knee-length. ``I like to wear my shorts long,'' he says. ``I'm sure it will catch on.''

The team changed the logo, from a hand shooting a basketball to a basketball in motion.

... ``It's a uniform for the '90s, and I think we're a team for the '90s.''

- Donnie Walsh, Indiana Pacers president and general manager