The Pistons have not had a wide variety of jerseys over the years. Their jerseys have primarily been several variations of red, white, and blue. In recent years, they mixed it up with the grey and darker blue on the alternates. For a very short period of time, they wore lightning jerseys. Then of course, in the ’90s, they added some real…(pizzazz?) with the teal jerseys. I think we will all find this list comprehensive.
1. Teal
The teal jerseys were horrendously ugly. I feel like this is something everyone should be able to agree on. Those jerseys remind me of a pizza party from my childhood that maybe had bowling or laser tag or something. All I know is the place of the party had that ugly teal and burgundy patterned carpets. Are those jerseys not what the food encrusted carpets of every gathering place of the ’90s looked like? That carpet with the horrid teal designs that the company picked because it is dark enough that they would not have to replace it if someone dropped food, urine, or vomit on it? Teal is the Teflon of the disgusting. It withstands all bodily fluids and never-ending losing.
2. Teal
The teal jerseys suck. Come on. They also remind me of when the Pistons were terrible. The Pistons were bad in the teal jerseys; they just were. “But we had Grant Hill.” Yes, and Grant Hill led us all the way to the first round. Yippee. The team’s outlook was bleak in those teal-wearing days. Then, like some harbinger of good basketball, they switched back to red, white, and blue and instantly became a good team again. I felt so much pride when they announced the switch and Corliss Williamson was representing the new/old look for the team. The jerseys had very little to do with the Piston's success from 2002-2008, but they represent a winning tradition. So maybe it was a culture change. They went from wearing jerseys associated with vomit-covered carpet to jerseys associated with winning basketball games.
3. Teal
End of story. They blow. May they never come back.