The National Basketball Association will see plenty of throwback uniforms, officially known as “Classic Edition”, during the upcoming 2019-20 season as twelve teams will wear thirteen throwbacks a total of 156 times across 142 games.
We’ll see the return of the Buffalo Braves by way of the LA Clippers, the Vancouver Grizzlies from Memphis, and the San Francisco Warriors as Golden State marks their first season back to the West side of The Bay as well as many other classic uniforms from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
But there’s two games in particular that have caught my eye in a big way…
For their home-and-home series at the end of March 2020, the Toronto Raptors and Memphis Grizzlies will face off against each other, both wearing each franchise’s expansion season uniform. That’s the giant-raptor-on-the-front home white uniform for Toronto and the old Vancouver Grizzlies teal road uniform for Memphis, facing off against one another for the first time in over twenty years!
Both games will played on retro-themed courts, the first on March 28th at Memphis with the follow-up two days later in Toronto. A great way to celebrate the 25th season for each team. Now all we need is to do is dig out the Naismith Cup.
In total there will be fourteen games during the 2019-20 NBA schedule that will see throwback vs throwback, as of now here’s that schedule:
Nov 7 – Portland at LA Clippers (Buffalo)
Nov 12 – Portland at Sacramento
Nov 22 – Golden State at Utah
Nov 23 – Portland at Cleveland
Nov 29 – Utah at Memphis (Vancouver)
Dec 3 – Portland at LA Clippers (Buffalo)
Dec 29 – Charlotte at Memphis (Vancouver)
Jan 14 – Cleveland at LA Clippers (Buffalo)
Feb 9 – LA Clippers (Buffalo) at Cleveland
Mar 28 – LA Clippers (Buffalo) at Charlotte
Mar 28 – Toronto at Memphis (Vancouver)
Mar 30 – Memphis (Vancouver) at Toronto
Apr 2 – LA Clippers (Buffalo) at Sacramento
Apr 15 – LA Clippers (Buffalo) at Portland
All dates are subject to change, so heads up.
Here’s the complete team-by-team throwback uniform schedule, honestly it’s pretty surprising how many of these games are scheduled road appearances for these teams and uniforms.
CHARLOTTE HORNETS
2019-20 THROWBACK UNIFORM SCHEDULE
Nov 9 vs New Orleans
Dec 27 vs Oklahoma City
Dec 29 at Memphis*
Jan 30 at Washington
Feb 22 vs Brooklyn
Mar 7 vs Houston
Mar 11 at Miami
Mar 17 at New York
Mar 28 vs LA Clippers*
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
2019-20 THROWBACK UNIFORM SCHEDULE
Oct 26 vs Indiana
Nov 18 at New York
Nov 23 vs Portland*
Nov 25 vs Brooklyn
Dec 11 vs Houston
Dec 20 vs Memphis
Dec 27 at Boston
Dec 28 at Minnesota
Dec 31 at Toronto
Jan 14 at LA Clippers*
Jan 28 vs New Orleans
Feb 9 vs LA Clippers*
Feb 29 vs Indiana
Mar 10 at Chicago
Apr 11 vs Milwaukee
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
2019-20 THROWBACK UNIFORM SCHEDULE
SAN FRANCISCO EDITION
Nov 1 vs San Antonio
Nov 4 vs Portland
Nov 8 at Minnesota
Nov 20 at Dallas
Nov 29 at Miami
Dec 13 at Utah
Dec 20 vs New Orleans
Dec 23 vs Minnesota
Jan 8 vs Milwaukee
Jan 10 at LA Clippers
Jan 16 vs Denver
Feb 20 vs Houston
Mar 5 vs Toronto
Mar 20 at Detroit
Apr 9 at LA Lakers
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
2019-20 THROWBACK UNIFORM SCHEDULE
THE CITY EDITION
Nov 6 at Houston
Nov 15 vs Boston
Nov 22 at Utah*
Dec 6 at Chicago
Dec 27 vs Phoenix
Jan 24 vs Indiana
Jan 30 at Boston
Feb 27 vs LA Lakers
Mar 12 vs Brooklyn
Apr 2 at Houston
HOUSTON ROCKETS
2019-20 THROWBACK UNIFORM SCHEDULE
Nov 15 vs Indiana
Nov 22 at LA Clippers
Dec 13 at Orlando
Jan 3 vs Philadelphia
Jan 24 at Minnesota
Jan 31 vs Dallas
Mar 27 at Indiana
Apr 10 vs Washington
INDIANA PACERS
2019-20 THROWBACK UNIFORM SCHEDULE
Nov 23 vs Orlando
Dec 23 vs Toronto
Jan 4 at Atlanta
Feb 8 vs New Orleans
Apr 1 at LA Lakers
Apr 11 vs Orlando
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
2019-20 THROWBACK BUFFALO BRAVES UNIFORM SCHEDULE
Nov 7 vs Portland*
Dec 3 vs Portland*
Dec 31 at Sacramento
Jan 14 vs Cleveland*
Feb 9 at Cleveland*
Mar 23 at New York
Mar 28 at Charlotte*
Apr 2 at Sacramento*
Apr 7 at Utah*
Apr 15 at Portland*
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
2019-20 THROWBACK VANCOUVER GRIZZLIES UNIFORM SCHEDULE
Nov 23 vs LA Lakers
Nov 29 vs Utah*
Dec 16 vs Miami
Dec 29 vs Charlotte*
Jan 12 vs Golden State
Jan 17 vs Cleveland
Feb 3 vs Detroit
Feb 12 vs Portland
Feb 24 at LA Clippers
Feb 26 at Houston
Mar 4 at Brooklyn
Mar 17 vs Oklahoma City
Mar 28 vs Toronto*
Mar 30 at Toronto*
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS
2019-20 THROWBACK UNIFORM SCHEDULE
Nov 22 vs San Antonio
Dec 13 vs New Orleans
Dec 20 vs Dallas
Jan 9 vs Boston
Jan 17 vs Chicago
Feb 7 vs Memphis
Feb 20 vs Brooklyn
Feb 27 vs New York
Mar 27 vs Phoenix
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
2019-20 THROWBACK UNIFORM SCHEDULE
Nov 2 vs Philadelphia
Nov 7 at LA Clippers*
Nov 12 at Sacramento*
Nov 18 at Houston
Nov 21 at Milwaukee
Nov 23 at Cleveland*
Dec 3 at LA Clippers*
Dec 20 vs Orlando
Jan 15 at Houston
Jan 18 at Oklahoma City
Jan 26 vs Indiana
Jan 31 at LA Lakers
Feb 4 at Denver
Feb 23 vs Detroit
Mar 10 vs Phoenix
Mar 24 at Charlotte
Mar 27 at Boston
Mar 30 at Brooklyn
Apr 15 vs LA Clippers*
SACRAMENTO KINGS
2019-20 THROWBACK UNIFORM SCHEDULE
Nov 1 vs Utah
Nov 12 vs Portland*
Nov 17 vs Boston
Nov 19 vs Phoenix
Jan 10 vs Milwaukee
Jan 18 at Utah
Feb 20 vs Memphis
Mar 5 vs Philadelphia
Mar 7 at Portland
Mar 26 vs Atlanta
Apr 2 vs LA Clippers*
Apr 15 vs Golden State
TORONTO RAPTORS
2019-20 THROWBACK UNIFORM SCHEDULE
Oct 28 vs Orlando
Dec 11 vs LA Clippers
Jan 28 vs Atlanta
Feb 25 vs Milwaukee
Mar 28 at Memphis*
Mar 30 vs Memphis*
Apr 10 vs Atlanta
UTAH JAZZ
2019-20 THROWBACK UNIFORM SCHEDULE
Oct 26 vs Sacramento
Oct 30 vs LA Clippers
Nov 22 vs Golden State*
Nov 25 at Milwaukee
Nov 29 at Memphis*
Dec 7 vs Memphis
Dec 26 vs Portland
Jan 8 vs New York
Jan 27 vs Houston
Feb 26 vs Boston
Mar 11 at Oklahoma City
Mar 16 vs LA Lakers
Mar 22 at San Antonio
Mar 30 vs Chicago
Apr 7 vs LA Clippers*
*-indicates their opponent will also be wearing their throwback “Classic” edition uniform