The “chrome” is gone and the Detroit Pistons finally unveiled what is taking its place as the team released the first look at their new Statement Edition jerseys with a hype video and photos featuring Cade Cunningham and Saddiq Bey.
The new jerseys are black and bold, with “DET” in big block lettering stitched across the chest and blue and red stripes underneath in a nod to the Bad Boys era warmup jackets of the 1980s. The stripes go from horizontal to vertical along the sides o the shorts, which feature the Pistons 313 logo.
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The story of the jersey goes a bit deeper, though, as detailed in The Athletic, as one of the guiding lights for the new jersey was an angry voicemail left by a fan in 2020 with the incredibly badass name of Cochise Hardy.