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Michael Sykes

The Houston Rockets throwback uniforms look like they belong to the Seattle Supersonics and everyone is so confused

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The NBA’s new uniform looks have been super-retro and somewhat uninspiring so far this offseason, but these new — or, uh, old? — Houston Rockets jerseys are best described as something else.

The team unveiled their throwback uniforms for the 2022 season and they look super familiar. Not because we’ve seen the Rockets wearing these in recent years — nope, it’s not that.

Rather, it’s because they look like another team completely. These are not Houston Rockets’ colors at all. Instead of the deep red colors we’re normally used to from Houston, they’re sporting green, gold and white.

Sounds awfully familiar, right? Here’s Jalen Green sporting the new look.

These look good! But they just don’t feel very…Rocket-y? If anything, these look like Seattle Supersonics jerseys. That’s the first place most NBA fans are going to go with these.

Apparently, they were made to honor the San Diego Rockets who sported these same colors. The Rockets are honoring Elvin Hayes and he was drafted by San Diego. He sported those same colors once upon a time.

That’s a cool story and all. And everyone should appreciate that history there. But today? Right now? Absolutely no one is associating these colors with anything but the Seattle Supersonics. It’s unfortunate.

Fans were so confused by these joints. All they could do was make Supersonics jokes.

It’s not a bad uniform. It just doesn’t feel like the Rockets

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