Ranking the NBA’s 2019-20 season ‘Classic’ jersey collection

6. Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets have never really had a “bad” jersey design (except those late 90’s Charles Barkley era jerseys) and these revitalize a classic and historic jersey for the franchise. These jerseys are the designs from the championship years for the Rockets… the non-Jordan years of the ’90s with Hakeem Olajuwon embarrassing every other center in the league while wearing these red and yellow old school designs.

The font of the ‘HOUSTON’ painted across the chest is simple and effective and ironically was worn by the NBA smallest starting center P.J. Tucker, when being a throwback to Hakeem Olajuwon.

The yellow accent is just enough to make it a complete package of a Rockets jersey, the simplicity gets it into the top half of this very subjective list.

5. Sacramento Kings / Kansas City Kings

The Sacramento Kings brought back the early 90’s design (which was a throwback in itself as the Kansas City King wore them too) which had the royal blue base with the white number and names with the bright red accents.

These are just bold and look outstanding, outside of the traditional black, purple and white having a predominantly blue jersey plus the crown on the ‘i’ and pulling it off is an achievement by itself.

As seen with the Orlando Magic adopting orange into the color scheme it takes a certain skill to pull off a color well that’s not a part of the team’s current palate, and that makes these retro but lovingly recreated jerseys stand out.

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4. Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers have never really been a “stylish” team, the jerseys recently have often given off an aura of physicality and resilience with their designs, probably to be reflective of LeBron James’s playstyle… Or now Andre Drummond’s, I guess.

The design is based on the mid 90’s Cavs with Mark Price and Shawn Kemp days and these have been revitalized strikingly well. As mentioned with the Kings the incorporation of the light blue, which isn’t a part of the Cavs current palate has been contrasted well with the more current orange and black.

The ‘Goodyear’ advertisement is also included without standing out like a sore thumb so it’s a really well-done design overall. The main issues are the blue trim on the neck and arms as it looks strange as the black being on both the outside and inside of the stripe is unflattering to the eyes.