The Cavs Unveiled New Nike ‘Wine’ Uniforms, And Kyrie Irving Is Still Front And Center

The Cavaliers are the latest team to officially release their first two new Nike uniform sets, and Cleveland will have a very different look with their Icon edition — formerly the Away uniform. Most teams Association and Icon edition uniforms have looked very similar to their past Home and Away uniforms, with the most notable exception being the Pacers.

However, the Cavaliers have also made a significant change as they introduced a “wine” look that will be a significant part of their rotation next season — which is the all-red uniform that leaked earlier this summer. There’s still a chance that a dark blue uniform will still exist for Cleveland, along with an all-gold uniform, but as of now it is an all-white ensemble along with the wine look that we have confirmed officially.

The Icon edition uniform essentially combines the old wine colored alternate (which featured the retro Cavs logo on the front) with last year’s version of the red and gold road uniform. This wine color is darker than last year’s road uni, but has “Cleveland” across the front, rather than the Cavs logo from the old wine look and uses navy lettering and numbers with a gold trim.

The white uniforms also got an update, as they will say “Cavs” across the chest rather than “Cleveland.” It’s a pretty significant update to both uniforms and one of the biggest changes we’ve seen to any team uniforms beyond the Pacers so far in the unveiling process. It’s not surprising that Nike, with three of their biggest stars on the Cavs, would make a splash with Cleveland’s uniforms.

What’s also interesting is that, despite Kyrie Irving’s trade request, Cleveland is continuing to use his No. 2 jersey as one of the model jerseys along with LeBron James and Kevin Love. The Cavs seem pretty committed to moving forward publicly as if Irving is still part of the plan, and this is just the latest instance of them acting like nothing has changed in Cleveland.