NBA Teams Showcase Revamped City Edition Uniforms for 2025-26 Season, Opting for Familiar Styles: Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Atlanta Hawks reveal updated jerseys, drawing inspiration from iconic past designs.
The NBA's City Edition uniforms for the 2025-26 season are causing a stir, with several teams reintroducing popular alternate designs from previous years. The Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, and Milwaukee Bucks have already unveiled their City Edition jerseys, and more unveilings are expected before the season tip-off on October 21.
The Denver Nuggets' City Edition uniform for the upcoming season features a return to the rainbow skyline design on a black jersey, which was first introduced in the 2019-2020 season. The Atlanta Hawks, on the other hand, will reintroduce their "Peachtree" uniforms, a tribute to Peachtree Street and Georgia's nickname as the Peach State. The Bucks will bring back their "Cream City" cream-colored brick tribute, a nod to the cream-colored bricks used in Milwaukee's 19th-century construction.
The Denver Nuggets unveiled their City Edition uniform on the State of Colorado's 149th birthday. The Hawks' City Edition uniform features a basketball in the shape of a peach and emphasizes peach coloring. The Bucks' City Edition jersey marks the return of the "Cream City" moniker, and the team will also use an alternate court to match their 2025-26 City Edition jerseys.
Interestingly, three NBA teams - Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, and Milwaukee Bucks - are using their City Edition jerseys from the 2019-2020 season for the 2025-26 season. This move could help alleviate the disdain that has been growing among fans over the last few years due to less traditional and more experimental themes in the annual alternate uniform releases.
As of early August 2025, the Los Angeles Lakers' City Edition jersey for the 2025-26 season appears to be a reissue of a previous design, which has been considered underwhelming by some observers. Jerseys for other teams have not yet been officially revealed, though teasers and leaks suggest all 30 team designs will be announced closer to the season start.
In recent years, fan responses to the annual alternate uniform releases have deteriorated due to less traditional and more experimental themes. However, this season's City Edition run could change that trend as teams move back to the most popular releases of the City Edition era, which dates back to 2017-18.
Stay tuned for more updates as more NBA teams unveil their City Edition uniforms in the coming weeks and months.
- The return of popular designs from the 2019-2020 season in the NBA's City Edition uniforms for the 2025-26 season could potentially mend the growing disdain among fans due to less traditional themes in earlier releases.
- The Los Angeles Lakers, like the Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, and Milwaukee Bucks, are also rumored to be reissuing a previous design for their City Edition jersey in the upcoming season, which some observers find underwhelming.
- As the season tip-off approaches on October 21, more NBA teams are expected to unveil their City Edition uniforms, marking a possible shift in fan responses back to a more traditional and appreciation-worthy theme.
