Since the 2017-18 season, each team has launched its own city version of the jersey every season. Designers explore the local customs and integrate the unique culture of each city into the design details.

Since the 2017-18 season, each team has launched its own city version of the jersey every season. Designers explore the local customs and integrate the unique culture of each city into the design details. Once the city version of the jersey was released, it was sought after by fans, and there were even calls for the new version of the jersey to be included in the regular rotation. The popularity is evident. The following will tell you the stories behind the city edition jerseys of each team in detail...

Brooklyn Nets

As one of the birthplaces of street culture, Brooklyn finally welcomed its first NBA team in 2012. Here is the holy land of street basketball "Rucker Park". Every offseason, many NBA stars will come here to relive the original joy and passion that basketball brought them. In addition, this vibrant city has also given birth to many world-famous figures - the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan , the godfather of rap Jay-Z, Muhammad Ali, director Woody Allen...

The Notorious B.I.G. (Notorious Mr. Big) is one of the most representative figures among them. As a rapper, he is not only a leader of Brooklyn rap culture in the 1990s, but also a street artist and artist who grew up from the bottom of the slums. A legendary poet. Even former Nets shareholder Jay-Z learned many of his songwriting skills from him.

The most classic image of The Notorious B.I.G. is him wearing a colorful sweater from the famous Australian brand Coogi. To this day, many rap trendsetters will wear a large, loose twisted sweater to imitate or pay tribute to the late rap legend. In this year's City Edition jersey design of the Nets, this multi-color woven element was also added to the sides and collar of the jersey to pay tribute to this representative figure of Brooklyn culture.

Above the numbers on the chest, the Nets did not use the traditional city or team names such as "Brooklyn" or "Nets", but replaced them with the seven letters "BED-STUY". Fans who don't understand Brooklyn culture will inevitably be confused. In fact, this is the abbreviation of Bedford-Stuyvesant, the most famous community in Brooklyn. Stuyvesant Heights and Bedford were two separate villages in the 19th century, but with the influx of African-American residents in the 1920s, the two communities merged into one," It was here that the "Notorious Mr. Big" was born.

"To me, Christopher (The Notorious B.I.G.'s real name) is Brooklyn. I lived there for 29 years," said Notorious Big's mother, Violetta Wallace. "I remember when I I told my son when he became a singer, 'Whatever you do, represent Brooklyn. Put some color on yourself, whether it's pink, white, or blue, and make yourself Notorious. ) get up. '"

Generally speaking, the overall design of the Brooklyn Nets' city version jersey is simple, but it also has outstanding elements. The bold combination of color elements makes the entire jersey full of vitality. Even well-known columnist Marc J. Spears said: "This is undoubtedly the winner of the city edition jersey selection."

Utah Jazz

For most NBA teams, each team represents their own city, but for the Jazz, they represent the entire state of Utah. The most representative feature of Utah, apart from the snow-capped mountains that have long been depicted on the Jazz logo, is probably the magnificent scenery of southern Utah.

Years of wind and sand, geological changes and rain erosion have formed the unique landform of canyons and red rocks here. Among them, Canyonlands National Park, located at the confluence of the Green River and Colorado River in southeastern Utah, can be regarded as the shining pearl in the red stone kingdom. The sandstone towers and canyons formed by years of river erosion and wind, frost, rain and snow erosion are famous for their dangerous peaks. , famous for its rugged rocks, and as one of the most famous erosion areas in the world, you can only marvel at the uncanny workmanship of nature.

So the Utah Jazz moved the magnificent scenery of Red Rock Canyon to their city version of their jerseys. The jersey is covered with gradient stripes from bright gold to dark red from top to bottom, which not only perfectly replicates the red rock formations of Southern Utah, but also represents the fiery passion of this team and its players on the court.

The Jazz, which represents the entire state of Utah, also replaces the team icon with the Utah icon right above the shorts. There is a seemingly irregular line running through both sides, but in fact, the left side is the driving route from Salt Lake City to Moab (home of Utah's famous attraction Delicate Arch), and the right side is the driving route from Salt Lake City to St. George's. City driving routes.

In addition, the Jazz officially designed a stadium floor that matches the color of this jersey - the Utah letters in the center also use the same gradient color as the jersey, and below the letters is the silhouette of a delicate arch. The three-point line on both sides of the court is embellished with Utah's logo, and the overall color is warm, which is exactly the opposite of the cool dark blue color of the Jazz icon. Paired with the city version jersey, the two complement each other.

Jazz's first city version jersey has been used since the 2017-18 season and has been in service for three full years this season. While other teams are updating styles and designs basically every year, Utah fans' love for this jersey has forced Jazz officials to announce that the 2019-20 season will be the last year of service for the "Red Stone."

Minnesota Timberwolves

The name of Minnesota comes from the Indian language, meaning "milk blue river", and this river refers to the Mississippi River that runs almost throughout the entire United States from south to north. The Mississippi River originates near Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota. On the east bank of the upper reaches is St. Paul, the capital of Minnesota, and on the west bank is Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota. The two cities face each other across the river and have become the two brightest pearls in the Midwestern United States.

Initially, Minneapolis and St. Paul were not two cities adjacent to each other, but after decades of development and expansion, they eventually merged to form the "Twin Cities" today. Although nominally two cities, they are actually more like two administrative districts of one city. The University of Minnesota, known as the "Public Ivy", also has a campus in two cities.

The theme of the Timberwolves' city edition jersey for the 2019-20 season is "Twin Cities" to pay tribute to the two cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The overall jersey is made of lake blue, representing the Mississippi River that divides the two cities. The designer also outlined its outline with white lines on the left side of the jersey. The letters "MSP" on the chest are the abbreviations of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the icon on the waist of the shorts is the silhouette of the Twin Cities, which represents that this is not only the first city in the east of the United States, but also the last city in the west. .

The lake blue color scheme is inevitably reminiscent of another NBA team in history, that is, the predecessor of the Los Angeles Lakers - Minneapolis Lakers. When it was founded in 1948, the team owner incorporated Minnesota's "State of a Thousand Lakes" nickname into the team's name. However, in 1960, the Lakers moved to Los Angeles. After 29 years, the Twin Cities finally welcomed Another NBA team - now the Minnesota Timberwolves.

"Minneapolis and St. Paul are home to a rich and diverse community of people, neighborhoods and communities that make up the DNA of the Twin Cities," said Ethan Carson, CEO of the Timberwolves . The city edition jersey is dedicated to them, thanking them for everything they have done for the two cities. They are the reason why the Timberwolves are willing to call the Twin Cities their home."

Cleveland Cavaliers

This year Cliff. The Cavaliers are celebrating their 50th anniversary as a team, and their 2019-20 city edition jersey also revolves around this theme, integrating the design elements of the Cleveland Cavaliers jerseys from the past 50 years into this jersey. The main color of

is navy blue, which is familiar to Cavaliers fans, derived from the backup jersey worn by the Cavaliers from 2005 to 2010.The main logo on the chest comes from the original team logo when they were founded. The golden "Cle" tail is added with a big feather, echoing the classic image of feathers on the armor of Western knights. The numbers on the

jersey are in burgundy and gold, drawing on the jersey number design that began in 1994. The logo in the center of the waistband of the shorts comes from the team logo used from 1983 to 1994. Finally, gold, burgundy and white stripes circulate on both sides of the jersey, similar to the jersey design worn by the Cavaliers from 1974 to 1980, and it was this jersey they wore to complete the "Legacy" in 1976. The Miracle of Chifield”.

In the first five years after the team was founded, the Cavaliers were always only a lower-tier team in the league and never made it to the playoffs. The time has come to the 1975-76 season. This is also the first season that the Cavaliers have moved from the Cleveland Arena to Ridgefield, but there is only the 34-year-old star Nate Thurmond in the team. This will be the first season of his career. The 12th year. However, before the start of the season, no one had any hope for this weak team.

But in this case, the then team coach Bill Fitch allowed the 12 people in the team to have a wonderful chemical reaction on the hardwood floor. The Cavaliers used quick counterattacks, courageous offense and individual A wonderful dunk that left its own mark in that era. At the end of the regular season, they won the division championship with a record of 49 wins and 33 losses, and went all the way to the finals. This was only their first playoff trip.

Although it was a pity that he missed the championship in the end, this magical season was enough to remain in the hearts of Cleveland fans forever.