There are exciting times ahead for the Philadelphia 76ers. They have a new head coach and moreover, a new man running the front office. In addition to that, the franchise teased its fans last week about a new uniform reveal and the design has now been unveiled!
It is a similar black uniform from the 2000s era, fondly associated with the team’s run to the 2001 Finals. Just as we said it, one can picture Allen Iverson donning the black uniform for Philly.
The current city edition comes in a dark black shade and pays tribute to Philly by embossing the ‘Boathouse Row,’ one of the city’s iconic landmarks. All-Star forward Ben Simmons helped design the jersey and provided valuable inputs in delivering the outcome.
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2020-21 City Edition
𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨.
Presented by @StubHub pic.twitter.com/nyE3gIuyZc
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) November 10, 2020
Fans were overjoyed with the fact that the Sixers were bringing back the dark shade to their uniforms. However, it didn’t quite turn out to their taste as some of them expressed their harsh disappointment over the design.
You had One job DH @sixers pic.twitter.com/fSw11VfHKZ
— Devin Fonrose 🇭🇹 (@fonrozay) November 10, 2020
Twitter rants in disappointment over the new Philadelphia 76ers jersey
A lot of Sixers fans did not enjoy the latest city edition that the franchise unveiled. Sure, Ben Simmons struck a bold pose with the black jersey which seemed intriguing. But the design came out as a disappointment.
All the @Sixers had to do. pic.twitter.com/RSJRVBQDv4
— Barstool Philly (@BarstoolPhiIIy) November 10, 2020
The City of Philadelphia arguably has more history than any other city in the country.
There has got to be a way to incorporate that into our jerseys.
— Sixers Nation (@PHLSixersNation) November 10, 2020
Sixers didn’t bring back the 01 black jerseys. Wtf r those
— glizzie mcguire (@ChrisIndy20) November 10, 2020
A Twitter user put forth what was expected from the team and what they actually delivered in place of it.
What ever sixers fan wanted vs. the jerseys they actually got pic.twitter.com/7BFOGBSeZX
— ℭ𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔰💫🦐🦃 (@SwoleKevinKnox) November 10, 2020
A story in four parts: pic.twitter.com/HmkHtIsgUP
— Sixers Nation (@PHLSixersNation) November 10, 2020
just woke and saw the Sixers jerseys might be heading back to bed
— shamus (@shamus_clancy) November 10, 2020
While some tried to put it subtly, a few of them vented their glaring opinion on the design and it wasn’t all pleasant!
OFFICIAL NEW SIXERS JERSEY OPINION:
Too much shit going on. Boathouse Row is awesome, but all future discussions attempting to explain they aren't freaking Gingerbread houses will be exhausting. pic.twitter.com/JyQKTgYxP5
— Smitty (@SmittyBarstool) November 10, 2020
Ugliest jersey in the league. What the hell is this? pic.twitter.com/RzpJs1t50Y
— Drunk Sixers Fan (@DrunkSixersFan) November 10, 2020
This is what the Sixers new jerseys look like pic.twitter.com/OlBoAciviC
— JIMMY WILLIAMSON! (@JimmmmWilllll) November 10, 2020
The Sixers copy and pasted the Philadelphia Cream Cheese logo onto their new jerseys and thought we wouldn’t notice. News flash, we did. pic.twitter.com/jfwPDVZxy4
— Connor Anderson (@TweetsOfConnor) November 10, 2020
Furthermore, a few of them were puzzled as to how the designers found inspiration for the jerseys. Even though it is largely a tribute to the team’s 2000s era, fans feel it is just a more premium rip-off of the Clippers and the Nuggets’ uniforms.
The new jersey’s are like a weird combo of both, but the Sixers black is more faded? pic.twitter.com/Q66ltKEqnj
— (Insert text here) (@_dhuggs) November 10, 2020
An entire rollout to give us great value Denver Nugget Jersey’s?! @sixers ????? pic.twitter.com/WBN9t4VaRK
— Nathan (@nathenmikeuxl) November 10, 2020
These…but shittier. pic.twitter.com/T4m5QvFE9S
— Michael Q. Coggin (@MQCoggin) November 10, 2020
The jerseys stink @sixers
— Luke Sliwowski (@LukeSlu) November 10, 2020
Amid these rantings, a few intelligent fans spotted a major easter egg in the new Philly jerseys. Have they incorporated Joel Embiid’s ‘Trust the Process’ phrase on it? Decide for yourself!
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Trust The Process?
Was this you @JoelEmbiid? 🧐😂 https://t.co/LU8GGXJmTx pic.twitter.com/z2OSZtfkU3
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) November 10, 2020
Nonetheless, this is what the Sixers will be wearing next season as their “City” uniforms. Hall of Famer and franchise legend Allen Iverson is a fan of it, and there’s not much that can be said after that. Of course, fans are going to keep registering comments, but they aren’t going to reverse what they released!
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you used us…. pic.twitter.com/KPEeBZXq04
— lon (@BrianWilsonFan) November 10, 2020