2012-2013 Hardwood Classics Night jerseys

[ACF]

http://news.sportslogos.net/2012/07/24/nba-ready-to-take-us-all-back-to-the-90s/

[syfy9]

The Hawks one looks really nice.

[jimmehx]

Jazz and Raps. awesome.

[AshyLarry]

YEssss! that bucks one is surprisingly awesome.

[DKClassic]

I like this idea.

[gpap]

The Hawks one looks really nice.

I really like the Hawks one too

[slamtheking]

love the way the use the number 00 and position the jerseys to make it look like a smiley face 

[ACF]

love the way the use the number 00 and position the jerseys to make it look like a smiley face 

Ha, hadn't noticed but you're right.

[KGs Knee]

Yikes, some of those (actually, a majority) are just horrendous.  Just can't deal with all those garrish graphics.  I just don't know what some of these teams were thinking in the 90's.  Even as a teen I thought it was odd that teams such as the Jazz, Hawks & Rockets would go away from the clean looks they'd had for years, and in some cases, completely change their color scheme as well as add in the way-over-the-top graphics.

Here's how I'd break them down:

Terrible:  Bucks, Hawks, Kings, Jazz, Sixers, Cavs, Raptors & Rockets.

Just ok:  Bulls & Heat

Actually rather good: Pacers (Although this isn't the right jersey, they really should be using the previous one with the triangles on the side.  This jersey was from the VERY late 90's and early 00's.)

That Suns jersey though, I'm just not sure what do do with.  The graphic is too-much, but the color scheme actually kind-of-sort-of makes it work.

[Donoghus]

Man, the jerseys blew in the 90s.

[Lord of Mikawa]

The Bulls jersey is my favorite. The Raptors one loooolollol. I hope Bosh is in town when that jersey is worn.

[Eja117]

They look a little cartoonish mixed with disco

[blastoidesroidsnoids]

cavs jersey is the best, wheres the celtics oh wait nvm

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Those jerseys comprise the worst collection of NBA uniforms I've ever seen. I never put it together before that these were all from the '90s, but that's definitely an entire decade that you can just throw out in regards to uniform quality. Somebody on this thread used the word "garish" to describe the large majority of these jerseys, and I think that's accurate. I'd also add "amateurish."

First, the so-so:
Sacramento: the best of the bunch in my opinion, and actually pretty good overall; good color scheme, and the dual color blocks and underarm checkerboard pattern combine to make something that's unique but not harmful to the eyes
Chicago and Indiana: a classy look, but this isn't America's pastime, and pinstripes don't cut it visually on basketball unis

The downright awful:
Cleveland: the worst in its sordid uniform history.
Toronto: is this a pro sports jersey or the logo for a children's show about dinosaurs?
Houston: threw away a perfectly good design AND color scheme for what looks like the work of a certified computer geek (no offense meant to all you computer geeks, but stick to what you do well)
Utah: threw away a perfectly good design AND color scheme for what looks like the work of the Utah Bureau of Tourism (no offense meant to all you UBT personnel, but stick to what you do well)
Milwaukee: looks like the work of the local screenprinter
Philly: Reminds me of that Globetrotters knockoff known as the Harlem Rockets
Miami: Never liked the stripe down only one side—seems unbalanced (though I wish the team was as bad as it was when it had that jersey)
Suns: looks like they mashed together two color schemes, one bright and one dark; a word to the Suns: don't try being San Antonio AND Phoenix, just be Phoenix 
Atlanta: is this a jersey or just one giant graphic? this jersey doesn't compare to the Dominique-era unis, which should NEVER have been ditched

[RAcker]

Man, the jerseys blew in the 90s.

+1 and a TP