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NBA Twitter Split on Nets' 2023-24 City Edition Uniforms Designed by KAWS

Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekX.com LogoFeatured Columnist IVApril 6, 2023

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It's safe to say the Brooklyn Nets turned some heads Thursday.

Brooklyn revealed its 2023-24 City Edition uniforms, which were created by KAWS:

Brooklyn Nets @BrooklynNets

Introducing our 2023-24 City Edition uniform, created by KAWS πŸ‘€ <a href="https://t.co/JfK9Aw9eAg">pic.twitter.com/JfK9Aw9eAg</a>

Twitter naturally provided the takes, as some loved the uniforms while others couldn't believe what they were seeing:

Joe Randazzo @Yankeelibrarian

Feels like Marshalls designed this

Matt Williams @MattWi77iams

Did they create this with Mario Paint? <a href="https://t.co/rKQ2kQTSBx">pic.twitter.com/rKQ2kQTSBx</a>

Joon Lee @joonlee

maybe my hypebeast brain is poisoned, but these are really sweet <a href="https://t.co/zCiHFNbllH">https://t.co/zCiHFNbllH</a>

choc @choc

Looks terrible from here but it'll probably be clean on court

Rory Kohlert @Kohlert2

Yikes

Tim Ryan🦀 @TheSportsHernia

An actual cartoon uniform. Put these on Bugs Bunny.

TRAV B RYAN πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡ΉπŸ‡­πŸ‡Ήβ™’οΈπŸ—½ @travbryanmusic

<a href="https://t.co/McQv9RGe3Y">pic.twitter.com/McQv9RGe3Y</a>

NYKnicksPodcast @NYKnicksPodcast

Nets worried players aren't asking to be traded fast enough?

Chris Palmer @ChrisPalmerNBA

These are not NBA quality uniforms. <a href="https://t.co/o0AyZnK9Qa">https://t.co/o0AyZnK9Qa</a>

Brooklyn Netcast @BrooklynNetcast

I'm a huge fan of basically all the Nets jerseys but these are just not it at all. <a href="https://t.co/CRFJu9BSOI">https://t.co/CRFJu9BSOI</a>

cam thomas stan @Kevin43503829

Unpopular opinion: I like them

Above The Rim Podcast @jusblaze_513

These kinda tough πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

dolph @dolphloll

These r fire ngl

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If nothing else, a Nets team that has traded away James Harden, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving over the past two seasons found itself back in the conversation with the release of these uniforms on Thursday.

They will look to stay there by surprising in the Eastern Conference playoffs without their previous star power.