gothedistance Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 The NBA allowed teams the option to wear their colored uniform at home in recent years, where prior the standard was the home team had to wear white and the visiting team in their colored uniform. This thread is colored uniforms at home in the NBA pre-2017. Lets give all instances where a team wore their colored uniform prior to the current era. -In the mid 2000s the Lakers and 76ers were both in throwback uniforms. The Lakers were in blue and the 76ers in white. -In the late 2000s the Nuggets wore a green uniform and the Jazz in their white uniform at the Pepsi Center. That week the NBA was promoting earth green week. There was another team who wore green as the home team, but my memory of it is fuzzy. -The Heat wore their black uniform on their home court against the Bulls in the late 2000s. -The Blazers used to wear their red uniforms at the then Rose Garden when they had their games on or near Christmas day during the Brandon Roy era. One of those games was against Denver, and the Nuggets were in white. I recall a game when the Celtics wore their green uniform at home. I can't remember what game it was, but I think it was in a time when Boston had the big three, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen. These are the most I can remember. What other NBA games had the home team not in their colors instead of white before 2017? I used to follow the NBA, but don't follow it like before. So I was curious about the instances I don't know of/about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepis21 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 24 minutes ago, gothedistance said: There was another team who wore green as the home team, but my memory of it is fuzzy. Bulls and Bobcats had Green Week uniforms too, both teams wore them at home iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwmesomepics Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I remember watching this game as a kid and something feeling off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 When the Bobcats were rebecoming the Hornets, I thought it would have been a neat idea for them to wear teal at home against sufficiently clashing teams (viz., teams in red, black, orange, navy) and white against the rest. I'm sorry for what I lathe-of-heavened into being. I couldn't have predicted I Googled Something uniforms. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who do you think Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 On 6/29/2022 at 6:28 PM, gothedistance said: I recall a game when the Celtics wore their green uniform at home. I can't remember what game it was, but I think it was in a time when Boston had the big three, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen. The Celtics wore their original green alt (pictured above) for Black Friday home games starting the year they unveiled it. For whatever reason, I also recall a random game in Orlando in 2003-04 - first year of Orlando's ghost piping uniforms, last year of T-Mac - where they wore their regular blues and the Celtics wore white. I can also recall several hard\wood classics games with color at home/white on road but I don't know if those are quite in the spirit of what we're talking about here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old School Fool Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 The Lakers and Celtics wore throwbacks in December 1996 making this the only time the Lakers wore a road jersey and blue in The Forum. Also, Kobe didn't play in this game so if you see someone wearing this jersey with the gold NBA logo then it's something he never actually wore. Also, the Hornets debuted their purple alternate at home against the magic to open the 1994-95 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discogod Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 7/1/2022 at 6:16 AM, Old School Fool said: The Lakers and Celtics wore throwbacks in December 1996 making this the only time the Lakers wore a road jersey and blue in The Forum. Also, Kobe didn't play in this game so if you see someone wearing this jersey with the gold NBA logo then it's something he never actually wore. Also, the Hornets debuted their purple alternate at home against the magic to open the 1994-95 season. Technically that was the Hornets' 3rd game of the season - 9th November, 1994. The team had to request permission to wear the road unis at home from both the NBA and the Magic. 2 more occurances - on March 17th 1986 the Jazz wore their old green uniforms at home vs Detroit, who wore their standard blue uniforms. They did the same on March 17th 1987, at vs. the Warriors, who again wore their standard road unis. Here's a pic from the 1986 game: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 I feel this thread will go on forever because teams regularly wore colored alts at home in the mid to late 2000’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Oh, if you liked yellow v. white NBA games because David Stern wouldn't budge on a rule, the mid-to-late 2000s were for you. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealPepman Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 October 30, 2003 Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets January 30, 2012 Chicago Bulls @ Miami Heat November 23, 1996 New York Knicks @ Philadelphi 76ers December 28, 2003 Boston Celtics @ Los Angeles Lakers February 6, 1999 Chicago Bulls @ Utah Jazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnysama Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Personal opinion time, the NBA should have made it color at home from the get-go, like the NHL since 2003 and before 1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont care Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 6 hours ago, johnnysama said: Personal opinion time, the NBA should have made it color at home from the get-go, like the NHL since 2003 and before 1970. Nah, colored uniforms blended into the court too much, especially with older TVs. It’s better now but still not ideal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHXJerseyGuy Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 October 30, 2003: Suns wore their first orange jersey in franchise history for their home opener. It was LeBron’s second NBA game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 After winning the 2016 chip in the infamous black alternates, Cleveland wore those jerseys for a handful of home games, including the home opener against the Knicks: …and interestingly, the year before, against Houston on March 29: (there was another pic from the same date that showed Kyrie in front of the Cavs thin-screen-rim-things that circle the inside arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinM6 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 I can't seem to find any pics of games in Philips Arena with these uniforms, but I do remember watching Hawks home games on TV where they'd wear these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satomiblood Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 On 7/1/2022 at 1:16 AM, Old School Fool said: Also, the Hornets debuted their purple alternate at home against the magic to open the 1994-95 season. That Magic-Hornets game was an instant classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 6/30/2022 at 2:24 PM, throwmesomepics said: I remember watching this game as a kid and something feeling off At least it is visually appealing trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealPepman Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Houston Rockets @ New York Knicks November 25, 1995 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discogod Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 On 9/22/2022 at 5:38 PM, TheRealPepman said: Houston Rockets @ New York Knicks November 25, 1995 Similarly to the above Hornets game, the Knicks debuted their 3rd unis at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigFiz21 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 This from a Heat-Magic game in 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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