It’s that time of year again, folks. For the 2024 NBA season, it’s time to take a look at the newest “City” jerseys Nike and the league have cooked up.
Teams have gotten new alternate jerseys every single year of the NBA’s partnership with Nike. While things started off great with different, unique designs for many of the teams around the league, it’s safe to say things have gotten stale in recent years.
That remains true with the 2024 iteration of the league’s city jerseys. The options are, uh, not great.
To be fair to the NBA, these are only leaked jerseys. We don’t have the official images yet and we don’t get the stories that will inevitably come with the new uniforms. If the league does this like it did last season, these new looks will coincide with the courts for the NBA Cup. That’ll add a bit of flair to things.
Either way, we’ve ranked all these jerseys by look for you here from best to worst. Enjoy.
That ’90s look from the Utah Jazz is always incredible. The purple is perfect. These are just excellent, 10 out of 10 — no notes.
These uniforms are just so smooth. That Memphis font looks like something you’d see in an ice cream parlor. The red is the perfect red. That subtle blue in the trim gives it life. It’s just a really good uniform.
That off-white look on a uniform gets me every time. The font for the Pistons logo looks amazing, too. The orange is the perfect orange to go with these. It’s a solid look.
These are icy. There’s a lot of white in these, which leaves a lot of blank space. But the top of the uniform into the shoulders does a lot of work here and it does it well.
There’s something about these. They’re simple — yes. There’s not much to them. But you don’t need to do much if you’ve got a great logo and that H-Town logo has to be one of the best logos we’ve seen from the league’s City uniform in years.
Bringing the Raptor back with the number 15 on it is A+ fan service. That really makes the uniform great.
The Bucks keep things simple and clean with these here. That blue is a good one. And I can’t wait to see the story behind the stripe on the uniform here.
The Raygun vibes are back for the Spurs with these joints right here. There’s a bit of a blue tint to the uniform, which differentiates it from last season’s iteration, but this is really good.
Anytime I see that Rip City logo on just about anything, I think it looks pretty great. The Blazers’ color scheme is also just always going to work well. It just does.
At first, I hated these. The trim on the side is just kind of weird. But then, after staring at them for nearly an hour, I decided these were too icy to keep out of the top 10. That blue is just incredible.
These are fun. The Suns have good uniforms anyway, but the old Western-style font makes these that much more cool. Plus, the Southwest-themed trim on the side gives these a bit more character than they had before.
These Hawks uniforms are clean. The logo feels a bit simple here, but I love the gold trim on these. It adds a bit of an extra oomph to the rest of the uniform.
The Kings continue to pay homage to their Rochester roots with this blue, white and red color scheme. It’s solid. The logo in the center is simple, yet clean. I like these a lot.
The Sixers uniforms are a bit bland here, but they look much better from a designer perspective than they did last season. The City of Brotherly Love logo just didn’t work as well for me.
The Knicks are still doing the whole double-vision thing, which is a bit disappointing. But seeing that Knicks orange and blue on top of those pinstripes just gets me every time — especially on a white background.
These uniforms would be great if the logo in the center had a bit more life to it. Maybe something will go in the center between Golden State when the official images release. But, for now, these are just OK.
The Clippers are channeling their old Buffalo Braves roots here with this uniform. You’ve got the black and orange for the logo with a baby blue background.
These are actually solid. But something paying homage to the Clippers of old would’ve been great here — especially since the team is moving into a new building this year.
Alright, Pacers. I guess we’re still doing this street art thing. I will say, it looks much better on a lighter background than it did last season. But I’m just not sure about the theme here.
These going from black in the shoulders to purple down low is such a weird decision to me. I’d love it if there was one specific color these had for the body. Last year’s black look was solid — maybe go purple this year.
If these had a bit of blue in them somewhere, I think they’d be great. They’re just black and white, though, so, they’re only OK.
The Wizards have historically had a number of logos and most of them have been pretty good. Why does the team continue to go with this whole “District of Columbia” thing? It’s an odd choice — especially with that Phillips Seafood font.
These would be great if there was just a splash of color in them. The white and grey look is just a bit too boring for my taste.
The Hornets had a solid uniform last season. These tried to build on that look a bit with the turquoise shading here, but they just feel a bit more muted. The stripes included don’t do these any favors.
I’ll be fair to these joints — they’re definitely better than the Halloween specials the Pelicans wore last season.
With that being said, they’re still not great.
These uniforms are just so dark. I don’t know what the coinciding court is going to look like, but I’d just love a bit of a brighter look on these. They’d be so much better.
Something about the Celtics in a primarily black uniform just doesn’t sit right with my spirit. Also, what’s with these mixing shades of green? This is gross.
We’re doing this Heat Culture thing again, huh? There’s got to be a better idea somewhere for the Miami Heat. Miami is too cool of a city for there not to be.
Just go back to the old Miami Vice joints.
Can the Nets just get a serious design for once? Like, I get it. KAWS is fun and awesome. But for the last two seasons, Brooklyn’s uniforms have seemed so childish.
These would be OK for any other team. But we’re talking about the Chicago Bulls here — one of the most iconic franchises in sports. This looks nothing like a Chicago Bulls uniform. Sorry.
How many times are the Nuggets going to tell us that Denver is 5,280 feet above seat level? This is getting old, y’all. The color heat map for the trim is also doing a lot of heavy lifting. These are so dry.