Ranking all 30 NBA jerseys: Which team reigns supreme?

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Ranking all 30 NBA jerseys: 14. Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons rose to NBA fame in the late 1980s with the “Bad Boys” team that eventually knocked off every relevant franchise of the decade en route to back-to-back titles. They did so sporting iconic blue and red jerseys, and the Pistons of today have rightly decided not to reinvent the wheel.

Not every team can draw from a well-known era of team history as Detroit can, but the Pistons take full advantage. They keep the colors bold, the font large, and just try to look good when they step onto the court. I’m partial to the blue with red lettering, but the white with red lettering looks almost as good.

Why aren’t the Pistons higher? Partly because the teams ahead of them have strong offerings too, but mostly because their Statement jersey is terrible. It’s all-gray, which is a bland place to start, but then the blue lettering is ringed in red, which against the gray background makes the letters and numbers look purple. It’s lazy, and the team’s attempt to call the gray “chrome” falls completely flat to me.

Wife Take: Also a classic jersey. It looks like the pants are supposed to go with the top, which you can’t say for all of these teams.