The NBA All-Star Game is just over a month away, as the league will descend on Los Angeles in mid-February for all of the All-Star festivities leading up to the game on Feb. 18.
Each year, the NBA unveils a new All-Star uniform, sometimes tailored to have unique colors or designs representative the host city. Nike has taken over uniform production for the league this season and has made plenty of changes to team uniforms with their four designs, so it was to be expected that they might come with some changes to make the uniforms their own.
While we still are waiting on an official unveiling of the All-Star threads, a look at one of the uniforms has allegedly leaked out of an apparel store in Korea. There’s the obvious caveat that these could be fake, but they certainly appear real, right down to the tag at the bottom denoting the Nike Connect unit that all uniforms this season feature. There are a few major changes to these uniforms than All-Star unis in years past, most notably the appearance of the player’s team logo on the front rather than an All-Star logo (the original IG post has been deleted, but Conrad Burry posted the images to his Twitter).
https://twitter.com/conradburry/status/951130878796845056
The other big thing that stands out, other than the very bland nature of the black and white look, is the presence of the Jumpman logo on the jersey rather than the Nike Swoosh. Jordan is a Nike brand and has its logo on the Hornets uniforms (for obvious reasons), but this detail was something that caused many to question the validity. However, Paul Lukas of UniWatch, a person who is in the know on these details, confirmed that he had heard Jordan would indeed be the sponsor on the All-Star uniforms (along with Kia).
Actually, for reasons I can't disclose here, I'm pretty sure that the ASG uniforms will indeed have the Jordan logo.
— Paul Lukas (@UniWatch) January 10, 2018
The initial response to the uniform leak hasn’t exactly been positive, as they are pretty bland and the giant team logo on the front will certainly take some getting used to. I’m not completely against them, although the black and white gives them a bit of a generic video game create-a-jersey vibe. We’ll have to wait until the official release to find out if these are indeed the actual uniforms, but if they are, don’t expect to see an especially colorful All-Star game in the Staples Center.
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