{"id":888298,"date":"2026-09-11T15:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/888298\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:46:10","slug":"nike-unveils-specter-uniforms-for-eight-legacy-nba-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/888298\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike unveils \u2018Specter\u2019 uniforms for eight legacy NBA teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-marketing-and-sponsorship \">Nike and the NBA unveiled Thursday that eight of the league\u2019s oldest franchises will wear new \u201cSpecter\u201d uniforms this season, according to Anthony Gharib of ESPN.com. The Knicks, Celtics, Lakers, 76ers, Warriors, Pistons, Hawks and Kings are the teams receiving the new threads. The uniforms include \u201cdetails inspired by each franchise\u2019s history, city heritage and fan culture\u201d They were \u201ccreated specifically for squads with roots dating back to the league\u2019s earliest years.\u201d The Specter uniform announcement came in conjunction with a \u201cnew standard issue collection being unveiled with hoodies, pants, T-shirts and shorts\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/49885469\/nba-nike-specter-uniforms-2026-knicks-lakers-celtics-warriors-pistons-76ers-hawks-kings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN.com, 9\/10<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-marketing-and-sponsorship \">DIFFERENT APPROACH: FOOTWEAR NEWS\u2019 Ian Servantes noted the collection \u201cproposes an alternative to displaying allegiance to one of the league\u2019s 30 teams while pairing an aesthetic driven by insights from young consumers with some of Nike\u2019s newest product innovations.\u201d Oversize logos are \u201cprinted with a spray-paint effect on items including Aero-Fit T-shirts and double-knit DriFit hoodies that feel exactly the same inside and out.\u201d By offering \u201cmore street-driven looks on performance materials, Nike wants to blur the historical lines between what may be worn at practice, shoot-around or on the way to the team bus.\u201d Rollout for the products \u201cwill be spread across two drops\u201d &#8212; on Tuesday and Oct. 12 &#8212; on Nike\u2019s website (<a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/footwear-news\/sneaker-news\/nike-nba-standard-issue-collection-category-rest-1239204243\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOOTWEAR NEWS, 9\/9<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-marketing-and-sponsorship \">WHAT IS THIS? SI\u2019s Andy Nesbitt noted fans were \u201cquick to mock the new duds because they are quite jarring upon first glance and grow even more confusing when you spend more time checking them out.\u201d Nesbitt added they look \u201cmostly hideous.\u201d Most of them \u201clook like they were washed with some other colored clothes that then bled into them.\u201d Nesbitt gave grades to the looks: The Hawks get an F; the Celtics get an F; The Pistons get a D+; The Warriors \u201caren\u2019t bad\u201d but they \u201csurely aren\u2019t as bad as the other in the collection and get a B; the Lakers get a D-; The Knicks get a D-; 76ers get an F; and the Kings get an F (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/nba-nike-released-worst-new-uniforms-one-simple-question\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SI, 9\/10<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nike and the NBA unveiled Thursday that eight of the league\u2019s oldest franchises will wear new \u201cSpecter\u201d uniforms&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,726,160092,590,54961,85],"class_list":["post-888298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-merchandise-and-collectibles","tag-nba","tag-nike","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}