The Brooklyn Nets unveiled their new jerseys courtesy rapper-designer-team owner-father Jay-Z on stage last night at Barclays Center.
It’s a good thing Jay-Z got to unveil these jerseys all on his own – with none of the players around or any of the other front office employees. For one how else would we ever know that he had any association with the franchise? And do the Nets even have any other players? I’m fairly certain that Jay-Z is playing all 5 positions once the season starts in November.
Following the concert the official website of the team Jay-Z owns gave us some detailed looks at the new uniforms. Jerseys are on sale now courtesy the official NBA shop.
Like the logo package, the uniforms are very simple. Both jerseys feature just two colours – black and white with one colour name and numbers
Around the collar and around the arms are two white stripes, the inner thicker than the outer, separated by a thin black stripe, the adidas logo will not be worn by the players and only appears on replicas sold to fans
The BROOKLYN script, on both the home and roads, have a raised inner-stripe of the same colour as the script
Down the sides of the jersey are a single stripe with a herringbone pattern – similar to their home court design
Above the player names on the back of the jersey is the Nets’ secondary logo, a B in a basketball
Player numbers are thin and sans serif, similar in style to the BROOKLYN script across the jersey front
As for the shorts, it’s a continuation of the side stripe with the primary logo (sans “BROOKLYN” script below) at the bottom
As mentioned earlier, the jerseys are already available for sale at NBA.com.
How do you feel about the new look?
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Eric P
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 11:18they need to add a B.I.G. patch... that would be pretty cool like on the 15th anniversary of his shooting
Kris
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 13:17Looks like the San Antonio Spurs
yeah
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:14yeah right... and a tupac logo as well... and a wu tang sign on the back too... and the mention " a spike lee joint " above the team name
John Tyler III
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 11:260.6% of it so I guess he does...
Dayne Wills
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 11:44i like it...not alot going on,really clean
Greg Calbeck
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 11:52Boring just like the logo. Clean but nothing unique.
Scheherazade
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 11:56I like these. Definitely beats the new Knicks uniforms by a mile.
Dante
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 14:48I agree. The Knicks still need to match fonts with their logo, and could've done a lot more to make the jersey better. Very basic design, but very nice.
Lance Mitchell
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 12:05It looks to much like the old uniforms of the San Antonio Spurs.
taste
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 12:21Terrible. Perfect for the joke of a franchise they have become.
Michael
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 22:24Well, thats not very nice...
Brent Stewart
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 12:23looks boring
Nicholas Melim
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 12:35Too bad their home jerseys couldn't say 'Nets'.
Christopher Fernandez
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 13:07bland .. home unis' doesn't even say NETS .. home jerseys should say who you are and away should say where you are from ...
Joshua Powers
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 13:39The only thing I don't like about these: the herringbone in the striping. It'll be barely noticeable.
Joshua Powers
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 13:39The only thing I don't like about these: the herringbone in the striping. It'll be barely noticeable.
Mike
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 13:44Wish I could thumbs-up a lot of these comments (ie Knicks, Spurs, Nets/Home vs Brooklyn/Away, etc). Spot on guys.
Skyler W.
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 13:50Well. You're limited to what you've got, and Brooklyn certainly made it work. ...If anybody was questioning what these would look like you need to check your life choices. What else would this possibly look like.
NJTank
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 13:53They are not half bad, traditional look. I still wish there was a third color.
micah
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:40I wish there was a color
Pautna
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 14:00Snoozeville....
Andrew
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 15:02Very nice uniforms. Love them.
Skyler
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 16:13The Nets suck, so why would they want to have "Nets" on the jersey?
Aaron
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 16:36The jerseys are nice, but please put Nets on their home jersey.
Loren C. Klein
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 18:39Clipart jersey for a clipart logo. ...needs stripes
Javi
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 18:45I like it, but it feels like they're ripping off the Spurs.
Scott Gordon
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 18:51Lame, like the team will be.
Cheli
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 20:04Wow. Those are boring.
Joe Smitty
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 20:29first the most boring logo in sports now the most boring uniforms. they should've consulted some of the hipsters walking around Williamsburg while designing them.
Brian Castner
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 21:21Don't like them, don't hate them. I like the overall look and the fact they resisted the retro trend to go back to the Dr J look. I'm not a fan of the way the double stripes are done though.
Aaron
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 21:40Like the herringbone design. Makes it look like part of a net.
Jeriat
Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 23:41Meh. Just....... meh.
Bill
Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 08:56Just a plethora of meh. The home jersey insults the home fans' intelligence! They ALREADY KNOW they're in Brooklyn! Home jerseys are for team names. And w ho took Lay-Z's box of crayons leaving him with only a pencil and a black Sharpie to work with? (Looking in your direction, Nicki Minaj!)
Aaron
Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 14:25I just noticed the Adidas symbol on the jersey. If next year, a corporate sponsor on the jersey is that size, I don't think anybody should notice it that much. In fact, you see the NFL jerseys with the Nike logo on the sleeve, doesn't really affect the look of the jersey. The way the CFL and the AHL do it is a bit overkill. Note to those leagues, less is more. Shrink the ads so your jerseys don't look like a billboard.
Marc
Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 21:14Did we think that the jerseys would look any different? Jay-Z is looking for a simple, clean and fashionable look that can be worn both on and off the court. I am a fan of the straightfoward jersey and font of the uniform, much in the same way why fans love the straightforward jersey of the the Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics and New York Knicks. If the Nets can finally produce a consistent team of winners and bring an NBA title, then perhaps this jerseys will be looked upon differently.
Aaron
Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 23:02Sure! The Bulls, Knicks, Spurs, Pistons, Lakers and Celtics have won championships with straight forward jerseys. You don't need flasy jerseys to win championships. The only really bling on the Spurs jerseys is the U spur, which IMO one of best simple jerseys of all time.
yeah
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:55yeah sure, the jersey is an important part of a championship run, it's the stuff that wins titles. And the spurs jersey suck so much, by the way, always has, always will
Marcus Jackson
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 14:35It's a bit too simple for my tastes. The B&W color scheme doesn't allow much to be done.
Marcus Jackson
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 14:35It's a bit too simple for my tastes. The B&W color scheme doesn't allow much to be done.
JPHdeQ
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 15:45Hipsters and wanksters, get your Brookyn Nets jersey!!!
SFforlife
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 20:27They're okay. That's it. They're clean sure, but they look too much like the Spurs. I dig the pants though. They're sweet.
jon
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:18yeah they look like the spurs uni, that's why they suck so much
jeff
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 08:43This is the best that the "creative" mind of Jay Z could do ?? What a joke..must remind him of his days when he was dealing drugs...in brooklyn no less...what a joke
jon
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:19agreed
micah
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:24they got ripped off by the designer, these unis look so cheap, it definitely is a joke
micah
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:25brooklyn crooklyn indeed
Aaron
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 15:23Are you sure the team isn't run by RUN DMC? LOL
Bradley
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 16:48These uni's are fantastic. Nothing flashy, showy or trendy. They look ageless and could have easily been worn for decades. I love them!
micah
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:15could it be anymore plain?
celtic
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:21the only good thing about the jersey is that it has "brooklyn" writen on it
ingmar66
Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 06:33Like these uniforms a lot. No childish gimmicks or trendy colours, just black and white (but a little Dodger Blue in the collar would not have hurt). The Herringbone design in the stripe is genius, it is my all time favourite parquet pattern!
Nathan
Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 20:04pretty much exactly how i pictured them