NBA All-Star Game Jerseys

A throwback look at the uniforms of the midseason classic.

1996 - Home: WhiteAway: Aqua BlueSan Antonio was the site for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game and the uniforms stuck with the southwestern style using a chili pepper on the front. The side panels on the jersey and shorts were true to the region too, but the colorways of aqua blue and white with black, silver and orange detailing took NBA jerseys to a new level of coolness.   (Photo: Paul Buck/AFP/Getty Images)
1997-2002 - Home: Team WhiteAway: Team AwayThe late '90s and early 2000s ushered in a new sense of individuality in the league and the jerseys echoed that idea. Everyone wore their respective team colors and had small stars on the shoulder to signify that they were All-Stars. Call it selfish if you want, but there were match ups and iconic moments that came in this era. None more special than 1998 at Madison Square Garden, when Michael Jordan and then first-time All- Star Kobe Bryant went at it with fans watching the proverbial passing of the torch.(Photos from Left: Brian Bahr/Getty Images, Alan Mothner /Landov)
2003 - Home: WhiteAway: RedMichael Jordan was preparing to walk away from the game again, this time on his own call, and one way the NBA honored the GOAT was by bringing back the colorways he came in with, but with modern tweaks. The big NBA insignia across the front of the jersey with the designated teams along the side of the shorts also spoke to the trends, as throwbacks were damn near a way of life in the early 2000s.(Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
2004 - Home: WhiteAway: BlueKeeping up with the revamped red, white and blue All-Star Game colors, the 2004 NBA All-Star Game jerseys could have went a lot of different ways. Sure the font type was true to New Orleans, but there was way more room to get creative. These jerseys dropped the ball.(Photo: Lucy Nicholson REUTERS/Landov)2005 - Home: WhiteAway: BlueThe 2005 All Star game jerseys just missed the target all around. No color change, no eye catching fonts, no real creativity. Shaq won the MVP of the game that year. The Diesel makes everything look small, but those tiny all-star letters on his chest just didn’t work at all.(Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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1997-2002 - Home: Team WhiteAway: Team AwayThe late '90s and early 2000s ushered in a new sense of individuality in the league and the jerseys echoed that idea. Everyone wore their respective team colors and had small stars on the shoulder to signify that they were All-Stars. Call it selfish if you want, but there were match ups and iconic moments that came in this era. None more special than 1998 at Madison Square Garden, when Michael Jordan and then first-time All- Star Kobe Bryant went at it with fans watching the proverbial passing of the torch.(Photos from Left: Brian Bahr/Getty Images, Alan Mothner /Landov)

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