Detroit Pistons: Pros and cons of the Motor City uniforms

The Detroit Pistons revealed their final Nike alternate jerseys with their Motor City uniforms. Let’s check out what’s working and what isn’t with them.

After months of Detroit Pistons fans waiting for the final Nike jersey to come out, it finally did. Woo hoo.

Well, I decided to put my fashion designer outfit back on and talk about what I like about these and what I don’t.

What I Like

These jerseys aren’t trying to do too much. That alone is something that I love. I mean after the whole fiasco with the chrome jerseys I was nervous. On these Motor City uniforms, I can actually look at them without getting a headache. Only having two colors makes this simple. Also, I like this color combination so much that I kind of want the Pistons to change these into their normal colors.

Also, having the words Motor City just screams Detroit. I’ve always thought this was the coolest thing the team could do, as it makes them feel even more local.

Near the tag on the jersey might be the best part of the uniform. It simply says “Detroit Basketball.” Now I might be biased here, but that phrase is the coolest phrase in all of sports. No true fan just says that they scream it as they hear Mason’s voice in their head.

The final thing I like is the D logo on the waist of the shorts. It’s not as cool as the black waistband that Rasheed used to have, but it’s close. The alternate logo is something that I would like to see more often elsewhere and hopefully, we do soon.

What I Don’t Like

First off this jersey has black on it. And if I ever learned a thing about fashion it’s that dark blue and black is hard to pull off together. I kind of wish they would have just used some silver accents here instead, which would keep these jerseys at two colors.

Another thing I’m not feeling is the numbers being so much bigger. It could have been worse, but I just think it’s something that happened for no reason.

I would have really liked Nike do a little more on these. I mean, if you want to have these be Detroit maybe put some texture on the jersey that gives off a little more of that silver throughout. Something about the dark blue and red was working on the old ones, but here there needs to be a hint of something else throughout.

The final thing I don’t like is that these uniforms seem to be a one season thing but didn’t get released until after the holidays. I mean, what’s the point of having these for this short amount of time? Why would I buy these when I know another one is coming out for next season? I mean I feel like this season is almost over already somehow.

I guess that could be a good thing actually because it’s giving Nike another shot to make these cooler next season. But who knows, maybe I’ll just never be happy with these unless I get to make them. (This is me showing I have some interest, Nike.)

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What do you think? Are these your favorite uniforms yet? Or do you love those ugly chrome ones instead?