I’ve always liked this Chicago script, and think it should feature more often on Bulls jerseys. Maybe wouldn’t have minded some subtle black pinstripes on the red would have been nice. I know the weirdly low offset number is throwback, but it’s an unnecessary one, lift it up and these are much better.
It’ll sell well because of LaMelo, and that should be the only reason. The gradient on the jersey (not the shorts, they should be a solid colour) could almost be forgiven if not for the horrendous inclusion of the honeycomb pattern. I know it’ll be popular in corners of the internet, but those folk are wrong, sorry.
The Celtics are one of those teams that probably just shouldn’t have “other” jerseys, but this is relatively inoffensive, and a good nod to one of their originals. The only bit I don’t really like is the unnecessary use of grey side panels on the shorts. And while I know sponsors patches aren’t great, I do like that Vista Print have allowed a variety of flexibility in how they appear on each of the Celtics jerseys this season.
After cutting back on the amount of black in last year’s T20 kit, Asics have reverted to an almost completely black look for the Australian shirt this year.
Overall this is one of the better black kits the Australians have had, but I still don’t really know why they persist with a black kit at all. Probably money.
Aside from that my only real gripes are that the collar is still weird (carried over from the Aussies World Cup shirt), and that the yellow trim really needs to be lime – or the lime pattern needs to be yellow – not both.
Alinta Energy also need to have a talk with their marketing people and come up with a better logo for use on these kits. My recommendation, just use the word mark, and in a single colour. Please.
Not shown here is the player number on the back of the shirt which is yellow but frustratingly include a completely pointless yellow outline.