NBA All-Stars wearing their respective jerseys

[ChrisKreager]

For five straight all-star games (1997-1998, 2000-2002), players were able to wear their own jerseys.

I liked that one better- it was brief but fun. No coincidence that those were my favorite All-Star games.

It was so easy to identify the players.

Compare Shaq's two co-MVP years:

http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/history/allstar/2000-all-star-game-recap/2000-all-star-mvp.jpg

http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/1102/nba.all.star.mvps/images/kobe_shaq.jpg

Also, here are pictures of the West All-Star teams to show the difference:

1998:
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn200/nbacardDOTnet/zz%20NBA%20Photo%20Gallery/y%20NBA%20etc/Eddie%20Jones/All%20Star%20Game/677a0e76.jpg

2000:
http://nbaflash.free.fr/photos/allstars03.jpg

2001:
http://www.nba.com/media/malone_320_allstar.jpg

2002:
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/1011/steve.nash.rare.photos/images/steve-nash.8608820N.jpg

2009:
http://www.interbasket.net/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/2009-nba-all-star-west-team.jpg

2010:http://gossiponthis.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/westteam.jpg

[InspiredLebowski]

I'm just not a fan of it. Has nothing to do with the NBA selling more jerseys or whatever, this year's ASG uniforms are probably the worst ever, I just can't get over it feeling like a pickup game when every player has a different jersey on. Even if it actually IS a glorified pickup game.

Maybe do a best of both worlds thing where the colors and everything are the same but instead of East/West it says the team name. Really there's no reason they shouldn't do it that way now that I think about it. No one reps the Eastern Conference or something.

[roffie]

nash looks cute in 2002

[OmniStrife]

Yes, it's MUCH better with the team Jerseys.
Also it looks awesome when there are two or more players from a team on the floor at the same time.

[Rake2204]

I'm just not a fan of it. Has nothing to do with the NBA selling more jerseys or whatever, this year's ASG uniforms are probably the worst ever, I just can't get over it feeling like a pickup game when every player has a different jersey on. Even if it actually IS a glorified pickup game.

Maybe do a best of both worlds thing where the colors and everything are the same but instead of East/West it says the team name. Really there's no reason they shouldn't do it that way now that I think about it. No one reps the Eastern Conference or something.
I'm with you 100% here. I thought the "everyone wear your own jersey" thing was cool the first year it was done. Then it seemed to lose it's luster in my regard each year after. We had a discussion about this a few weeks ago so I may be repeating myself, but the team jerseys seemed to take away a special feeling from the game itself. When someone from my team made the game (say, Grant Hill) it was anti-climatic to see him wearing the same jersey he always wears. I wanted to see something different to commemorate the occasion.

Another poster mentioned something similar to what Inspired said. He suggested that perhaps the players would maintain their team jersey designs, only each jersey's team colors would represent each respective conference (so Derrick Rose would wear a blue-based Bulls jersey, Kobe a red-involved Lakers jersey).

[Bigsmoke]

Kobe old as ****

[Toizumi]

2000:
http://nbaflash.free.fr/photos/allstars03.jpg


Sheed holding his nuts,
Good old times. I liked them playing in their own team's jerseys as well..




Another poster mentioned something similar to what Inspired said. He suggested that perhaps the players would maintain their team jersey designs, only each jersey's team colors would represent each respective conference (so Derrick Rose would wear a blue-based Bulls jersey, Kobe a red-involved Lakers jersey).

This would be a great solution.

[sillyrbbt_11]

I prefer they wear their own jerseys its fun to watch on TV hated when they switched

Iversons all Star MVP was extra sweet because he was wearing our home jersey

[Droid101]

I vote wear their own team jerseys. Always felt more fun to me.

[LA_Showtime]

I hated that shit. It was impossible to tell who was on whose team.

[dbugz]

KG and Kobe always love to fckn smile on every pictures as if Stern will going to tech them for smiling on the actual game. :oldlol:

[LockoutOver11]

ew I hate seeing Kidd in those suns uniforms.

[ballinhun8]

Own team jerseys were stupid.



It is so much better seeing them in official all-star jerseys. Made the game look better.



Like another poster said, you seem em in ur team jersey all the time. It's nice to see them be commemorated for their achievement.


Gimme those teal 90s All-Star jerseys any day of the week over team jerseys for the ASG.

[rodman91]

Own jersey :rockon:

[rodman91]

2001 is my favorite allstar game. They were underdog but played hard and won 111-110. Look how glad they were :lol

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1006/greatest.moments.washington.dc.history/images/wash.dc.all.star.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF55C6MY45Y&feature=player_embedded

[RRR3]

Some of the East Teams....


2001:
http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/1010/allen.iverson.rare.photos/images/allen-iverson-2001-all-stars.jpg

2002:
http://images.art.com/images/products/large/10085000/10085285.jpg

[mr.big35]

They should bring that style back.

[Genaro]

I like East/West jerseys better, you are able to see clearly the teams and not have that red/purple/blue confusing you.

[tomSR.]

that did look cool........only baseball still does it :(

[robert de niro]

if they wanna sell more jerseys for the occasion they could just use their team ones and change the color combination for each conference but keeping their logos and shit, they would become rare and wanted in a couple decades, these sleeved jerseys are just pathetic

[Olacinco]

MJ looks so effin Boss in that last picture

[bmd]

I hated that shit. It was impossible to tell who was on whose team.No it wasn't.

One team wore their white jerseys, the other team wore their dark jerseys.

[bmd]

that did look cool........only baseball still does it :(NFL kind of does it because everybody wears their team's helmet:

http://averagenobodies.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/nfl_probowl_2009.jpg

[rlsmooth775]

kobe making the all star team in 1998 is hilarious he was jr smith level