The NBA officially unveiled their 2013 All Star jerseys today. My initial response? "Um, what's different?". They look really similar to the past few All Star uniforms, but if you read the fine print of the press release, they do pay some respects to the history of Houston, which is cool I guess.

What happened to the crazy all star games that had more of an identity to the host city? The red/white/blue colors should be substituted for colors closer to the state/city that hosts the event. I'm not saying they need to be horrendous like the ones from when Phoenix hosted in 1995. Those were awful, but at least they were specific to the Arizona theme at the time. Phoenix did much better in 2009 using the red/white/blue specifics, even adding some gold to a pretty decent design.

The NBA has had some really bad All Star game uniforms since going back to the "traditional" red/white/blue concept (exhibit A, exhibit B), but what's worse? Ugly designs with host city specific color combos? Or ugly designs using the NBA’s red/white/blue color combo?

I'd like to see the NBA allow the host city work with Adidas to come up with All Star game uniforms with more identity. I get it, a more standard look will sell more jerseys...or so you'd think. But if you think about who's buying the jerseys, if your favorite player from your favorite team makes the All Star Game, those fans will buy that jersey regardless of the color combo, as long as it isn't horrendous. It works for Major League Baseball, and they don't even wear the custom jerseys during the game!

Hey, at least it's more creative than having the players wear their normal jerseys...(ie 2000 NBA All Star Game)

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