The Bulls New Alternates Are Based Off The Chicago City Flag


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The Bulls are one of those franchises that doesn’t have to make too many uniform changes. When Michael Jordan came through Chicago and brought the franchise to prominence it was done so with a classic logo and style that they still wear to this day. Winning franchises are given that kind of luxury, but now that Nike has City themed alternate jerseys it allows even the Bulls to get a little creative and try something new every once in a while.

The Bulls have gone the route of honoring Chicago’s city flag in their alternate jersey and it works well. Chicago has a very cool city flag and it’s honestly been underutilized by the teams that play there, so seeing the Bulls embrace it is fun.

These aren’t the most spectacular jerseys in the world, but there’s something nice about how simple they are. They’re really just a slight re-design of the flag and thrown on to the front. They didn’t try to get too crazy and that’s fine. Some teams go too far and the jersey will become obnoxious to look at. This is also why black actually works with these. I’m personally against the use of black as a main jersey color. Too many teams use it and it’s very boring, but it works when going for a minimalist design like this.

There isn’t much to say about this design wise, because it really is just a copy and paste of the state flag, but I will say the blue trimming on the sides and shorts to add a little bit of color to the rest of the jersey is a great choice. It avoids turning the Bulls players into black holes with just red stars and blue stripes on them. These are good jerseys. Nothing spectacular, but that’s okay.

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