The Trail Blazers unveiled their latest City Edition jerseys last week, and now ESPN has provided a reaction to them. Paul Lukas of Uni Watch graded the last batch of city-inspired jerseys for ESPN, and Portland’s newest design received a “C” grade.
Lukas explained the Blazers’ grade with following:
Here we see one of the major problems with the City Edition program. Last season the Blazers had one of the better City designs, featuring a subtle plaid pattern that was a tribute to former coach Dr. Jack Ramsay. That’s a great concept that deserved to be part of their permanent uniform wardrobe -- but because the City alternates have only a one-year shelf life before they’re swapped out, the plaid design is now gone and has been replaced by an uninspired black-and-gray design.