Grading every NBA team's "City Edition" jerseys

Dallas Mavericks

Only in Dallas will you feel the energy the downtown skyline brings to its Dallasites. Marked by the neon glow on the letters, numbers and piping, the new Mavs City Edition Jersey reflects the swagger of the Big D and the vibrancy of Dallas nights.#NIKExNBA #MFFL pic.twitter.com/aNNxUeJD8c
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) December 27, 2017

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You want the jerseys to look cool and this certainly does. This was the one franchise which could have probably used a black jersey as an alternate, with all the rest of the jerseys being designed around the color blue.

Grade: A-

Denver Nuggets

Nuggets' new alternate uni (left) has enlarged version of jersey graphic that was used on recent "white gold" sleeved alternate. pic.twitter.com/FEh1Nel2D5
— Paul Lukas (@UniWatch) December 26, 2017

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Zero creativity on this one. The logo, just enlarged, is borrowed from the previous Pride jerseys that the Nuggets had. The color scheme has changed too but other than that nothing very different or magnificent if you are a Denver native.

Grade: C

Detroit Pistons

Our city. #MotorCity.Introducing our new jersey: https://t.co/kgnN6cTzg7 pic.twitter.com/DqMS6Fe8Ei
— Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) December 27, 2017

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Nothing off with showing off the "MOTOR CITY" tag but from a NIKE perspective, they've done nothing. The Pistons already had a "MOTOR CITY" alternate jersey with sleeves. So although it does have a local theme, there seems to be no input here from NIKE.

Grade: B