With the NBA's best set to take the court Sunday night at Madison Square Garden, it's a sure bet that what the stars are playing in will receive plenty of attention. Fortunately for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game in New York City, the millions of eyes focused on the uniforms will see clean-looking jerseys that still maintain some flair.
NBA All-Star Game 2015 jerseys: Basic design a welcome change
The 2015 editions of the NBA All-Star Game jerseys are simple. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t all kinds of fun.
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Five stars on both the home and away versions represent New York’s five boroughs. The league has had a little fun with the locations of late, using busy, sleeved jerseys last year to reflect a New Orleans affair. Since 2010, the uniforms have been some form of red and blue. This time around, red and blue remain, but two other colors will add a bit of novelty.
Sometimes less is more, and the NBA seems to have understood that this year when it put together two sets of black and white uniforms for the Western and Eastern Conference squads. The players' full names will go on the back of the Adidas tops to put on the finishing touches. The only downside of this year's event is that Anthony Davis, Kobe Bryant and Blake Griffin won't be participating, which is certain to make the West squad somewhat less intriguing.
But both teams will still look good.
Here’s the black jerseys with red numbers and blue trim that the West will wear come Sunday:
And the East will represent the home team in white, with the numbers in blue and outlined in red:
Despite missing a few names, the likes of LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Stephen Curry will be in the building to put on another great show.
The game will begin on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET. TNT will broadcast all the action.
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