Best Uniform in your Teams History

[LakersLegacy]

One of my favs growing up. Trivia: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were to stand over LJ as the mad doctors. They were going to build the ultimate basketball player. Bird adds a piece it's Larry. Magic adds a piece its Johnson. They go back and forth and this continues for 20
Secs. Then LJ rises like Frankenstein's Monster. Bird and Magic say together it's Larry Johnson.



But they couldn't get it done so they went grandmama instead.

[LakerLegend]

One of my favs growing up. Trivia: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were to stand over LJ as the mad doctors. They were going to build the ultimate basketball player. Bird adds a piece it's Larry. Magic adds a piece its Johnson. They go back and forth and this continues for 20
Secs. Then LJ rises like Frankenstein's Monster. Bird and Magic say together it's Larry Johnson.



But they couldn't get it done so they went grandmama instead.

Your in luck, it's coming back:

[Mr Anonymous]

Call it plain, call it simple. Whatever, I like it

[MartinToVaught]

The closest thing we have to a great uniform:





The nautical flags down the sides of the shorts spelling out "CLIPPERS" are so cool. We should have never changed our colors to boring red, white and blue.

not even close.. These were the ones:

Couldn't disagree more. IMO, those look like a low budget high-school team's uniforms. I'm pretty sure they came in with Sterling.

[britblazerdude]

The most iconic

The best wordmark

my favorite

I don't think there's a single Bucks jersey that isn't **** awesome.

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[SDANNIE]

Loving some of these older jerseys. Thunder don't have much history to pick from but I am happy the sunset orange will be retired next year.

[miamiheat319]

Loving some of these older jerseys. Thunder don't have much history to pick from but I am happy the sunset orange will be retired next year.

Really?? Those are some of my favorite jerseys in the league.

[SDANNIE]

Loving some of these older jerseys. Thunder don't have much history to pick from but I am happy the sunset orange will be retired next year.

Really?? Those are some of my favorite jerseys in the league.

Ooh I hate those! Just looking at them burns my retinas. But I am glad someone enjoyed them.

[miamiheat319]

Loving some of these older jerseys. Thunder don't have much history to pick from but I am happy the sunset orange will be retired next year.

Really?? Those are some of my favorite jerseys in the league.

Ooh I hate those! Just looking at them burns my retinas. But I am glad someone enjoyed them.

Lol yea it was just something about the simplicity and the color really stuck out to me. Something that was pretty unique to the rest of the NBA.

[Antinomy]

Loving some of these older jerseys. Thunder don't have much history to pick from but I am happy the sunset orange will be retired next year.

The navy ones always looked better to me.

[Romeiro Celtic]

I really loved these ones:




And I actually like the Black and Green one, it's really cool:



Celtics uniforms haven't changed much through history...

[Wolfy1983]

[cl2117]

I always liked these Rockets jerseys in blue:



I had a Steve Francis one that I thought was dope.

[Dutch Michigan]

When I lived in the Netherlands I was rooting for Rik. Those Pacers jerseys were cool.



I moved to Michigan so I had to switch.

[mudsak]

lol at Kobe stans. "Baby come back!"

as if one picture wasn't enough. Moar Kobay, please

Ask and you shall receive:

Haha... I remember whenever the Lakers would come play in Salt Lake tons of Jazz fans would bring huge prints of these pictures and hold them up when Kobe would shoot free throws.

[KG_Wolves]

[JGOJustin]

These were hot

[DoItALL9]

Suns have never had the greatest uniforms, and most would probably say the ones that came after these, but I kind of like the old school look...

What were they thinking going away from these beauties?

No expletive clue. they should go back immediately

[DoItALL9]

I actually think the Showtime Era jerseys are the best as opposed to the 70's era that are posted in the OP. The inverse colors on the numbers and the tri color neck/armholes work better than the 5 ring ones on the 70's era ones.



As for most of the jerseys in this post, I think nostalgia is a big reason why people are ranking older jerseys, specifically those hideous 90's jerseys, in such high regard. Those jerseys LOOK like the 90's in general(bad color combos and giant caricature logos on them) and haven't aged well outside of being "retro."

As for why the NBA changes jerseys more often, I think there are a couple of answers, the biggest being money. Unlike the other sports, the NBA uniform lends itself to a lot more creativity from a design standpoint. Because of this jerseys seem to be more of a fashion item than the other sports (stars being more known probably helps here too).

The other reason I believe they change a lot is because a lot of teams haven't found THE look yet. The ones that have found it haven't changed really. The Spurs, Bulls, Celtics, Lakers, Heat, Knicks, Blazers all have timeless looks that haven't changed much. Every other team either got hit HARD by the 90's/00's craze and had to find their way back (Warriors, Bucks, Jazz, Hawks, Sixers, Nuggets, Rockets, Suns), are just too young, or without much successful history to identify with so they keep trying to find the look that'll stick (Kings, Nets, Grizzlies, Raptors, Hornets, NO franchise, Timberwolves, Thunder, Wizards, Magic, Mavericks, Clippers, Pacers)

I agree with you mostly.

(Indiana has consistently put out good jerseys.)

Specifically, You believe the Pacers, Magic, & Suns 90's jerseys couldn't have become long-term staples? Most of the others scream 90s and didn't age well. These 3 I feel differently.

Also, your thoughts on the Old Hornets vs the New Hornets jerseys?

[Cactus Jack]

I always liked these Rockets jerseys in blue:



I had a Steve Francis one that I thought was dope.

Not a fan. Looks way too cartoonish. They're classic red uniforms were much much better.