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A definitive ranking of every team’s 2018 NBA City Edition jersey

By Jasmyn Wimbish

PLAYA VISTA, CA - NOVEMBER 4: Lou Williams #23 of the Los Angeles Clippers poses for a portrait in this years Nike City Edition jersey, which celebrates the teams 35th season in Los Angeles, on November 4 2014 at Clippers Training Center in Playa Vista, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images)
PLAYA VISTA, CA - NOVEMBER 4: Lou Williams #23 of the Los Angeles Clippers poses for a portrait in this years Nike City Edition jersey, which celebrates the teams 35th season in Los Angeles, on November 4 2014 at Clippers Training Center in Playa Vista, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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27. Phoenix Suns

The Suns have always honored their Latino heritage in the Phoenix community which is great, but the execution of these jerseys is really bad. For starters, the font of the “Los Suns” on the front is way too crowded making it look like one long word.

It also doesn’t help that the overall look of these jerseys feels cheap and lacks creativity. Phoenix has done several iterations of the Los Suns uniform, it would be nice to see them incorporate the sunburst on these in some way or coming up with a new design overall.

26. San Antonio Spurs

SAN ANTONIO, TX – NOVEMBER 10: LaMarcus Aldridge #12 of the San Antonio Spurs and Bryn Forbes #11 of the San Antonio Spurs shake hands during the game against the Houston Rockets on November 10, 2018 at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Mark Sobhani/NBAE via Getty Images)
SAN ANTONIO, TX – NOVEMBER 10: LaMarcus Aldridge #12 of the San Antonio Spurs and Bryn Forbes #11 of the San Antonio Spurs shake hands during the game against the Houston Rockets on November 10, 2018 at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Mark Sobhani/NBAE via Getty Images) /

These are tough to look at, which is unfortunate because these are supposed to pay respect to the armed forces, but this camouflage just looks bad. These jerseys are supporting a great cause, the Spurs are hosting a Salute Night where they will pay tribute to military members, veterans and their families, but they deserve a better jersey than this.

San Antonio had an almost identical design for last year’s City Edition, this year just has a lighter grey with the black but either way, it still doesn’t work. What’s even worse is the Spurs have one of the best throwback retro color schemes that never made it onto a jersey.

The fiesta colors that the Spurs implemented in the 90s and used as an alternate logo and on warm-up jackets are beloved by Spurs fans everywhere, but they still haven’t created a jersey utilizing that color scheme. Guess San Antonio fans will have to wait even longer for a fiesta-inspired jersey.

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