The Nets are embracing their Brooklyn identity.
The latest step: These graffiti-style jerseys.
Nets:
Brooklyn isn’t just a place. It’s an identity.
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) October 3, 2019
In collaboration with Brooklyn-based Artist @EricHaze, introducing this year’s Statement Edition uniform 🎽 pic.twitter.com/3yhi3LUsHT
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) October 3, 2019
“Graffiti was the flashpoint for our search for identity as artists.”
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) October 3, 2019
Storied artist @EricHaze talks about the inspiration behind this year’s Statement edition jerseys, and their deep ties to Brooklyn street art. pic.twitter.com/6JOnvfqlbR
If you can’t place why these look so familiar, Chris Herring of 538 has you covered:
Maybe these will grow on me. But they kinda look like uniforms for the cast of Wild n' Out or something https://t.co/6NvQJBEZ3c
— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) October 3, 2019
You be the judge. pic.twitter.com/mof6r8Puen
— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) October 3, 2019
I love when teams incorporate local themes into their uniforms, and these Nets jerseys definitely do that. If they resemble anything else, it’s probably at least in part because street art – including from Brooklyn – has influenced other designs. The Nets shouldn’t get dinged for that reverberating back.
These are a little too hokey to be great jerseys. But they’re simple and authentic enough to be solid.
