— If you’re going to honor one of the coldest musicians to ever live with a basketball jersey, that jersey needs to be as vibrant as the life that musician lived. But that’s the beauty of Vice, it really is a reflection and product of the city it aims to represent. The Suns tweaked their original jerseys by adding a "Western" font, and the look was so good it lasted nearly two decades. A great look could approach jersey immortality if it really means something to have "EMBIID" stitched across the back. The team brought the uniforms back for this season to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Jordan's reign was at its peak and every kid wanted to emulate the look of his long shorts, stylish sneakers, and the Bulls’ uniform design. For an expansion team to enjoy so much success in its first decade—the Bobcats are quite the foil to this example—while rocking such heat, is one of the more incredible franchise feats in NBA history.
One thing hockey fans always have something to say about is a team’s uniform or hockey jersey. It was time to establish a new tradition after the Bad Boys era ended. The logos for major music labels get refreshed. Two alternates crack the pack and one jersey might be making an NHL comeback sooner than we think.Let's take a look at the best jerseys that are easy on the eyes.Slipping into the top 10 is a vintage jersey brought back from the 1968-1971 seasons. High tempo defined Mile High Basketball, and the franchise even took on-court style to new heights with jerseys featuring a rainbow skyline theme. Dana Barros wore this No. Big logos replacing a team name or city wordmark is a recipe for disaster, but the Bucks pulled it off. When you think of Michael Jordan and the Bulls winning six championships, you think of these jerseys. The typeface is as bland as Arial. And before you know it, No. Especially when it comes to NHL hockey jerseys. The one common thread? Good on the Pistons for deviating from tradition. But there was near-consensus on the three jerseys that emerged at the top of the list.The Grizzlies dumped the black from their early Memphis years and settled on a set of blue tones that became synonymous with Grit 'N' Grind. Bonus: "Suns" reads just the same if you look at the uniform upside down. On the home whites, it separated the Heat from all of the similar color schemes of their era—most notably the Jordan Bulls. Just like with every list on the internet, you will almost certainly disagree with all of our choices. The Pistons’ teal jerseys did as well.
Tommy Salo style. It will go down as the last thing Alton Lister saw before Shawn Kemp ended his life.
Concept by an intern, design by a gold medal winner? This is the new and improved Milwaukee. When the Kings relocated from Kansas City to Sacramento in 1985, the franchise switched up its swag, changing the team's primary color from royal to baby blue as a new canvas for the scripted "Kings" font.
Then you ram into No. And the white drop shadow gives the numbers on the jerseys a classic feel that fits the history that was made by the players wearing them.
(Hold on, I need a few minutes to watch 'Nique vs. Larry Bird in the fourth quarter of Game 7 in the 1998 Eastern Conference semifinals... OK, whew—what an instant classic.) The team has cycled through black variant jerseys and temporary tweaks, but the basic home and away look has remained. Crosby was also the top selling jersey from NHL.com and Fanatics from the 2018-2019 season and took the runner-up spot the season before. The numbers are displayed in the same kind of varsity-style numbering one would find on the most basic rec league jerseys. 44 is looking down on you as you fall to the floor and you see a No. The countdown of the 50 best jerseys of all-time concludes with our Top 10. And perhaps most crucial: put together a team with the potential to carry the banner. Then-part-owner Jay-Z debuting the jerseys himself in the first-ever Barclays concert became the perfect Brooklyn launch.
The strong, tougher look the black strip aligned closely with the tough, gritty type of basketball New York was playing at this time. The red, white, and yellow combo is one of the flashier mixtures in NBA history, but the design was sharp enough to pull it off.
— You don’t mess with perfection. From Detroit to Charlotte, this approach has never failed. This look always represented the city of Seattle well. Why did the organization ever go away from the pinstripes? 10 in every direction you look. In fact, we could be seeing this classic back in action soon (sorry, Coyote fans).With an updated design this throwback makes a huge return to the top 10 list.