Boston Celtics rate 2nd-best, 5th-worst jerseys in ESPN rankings

The Boston Celtics have the second-best and fifth-worst jersey designs of all time according to ESPN.

The Boston Celtics are usually in the conversation when it comes to the best jerseys of all time in NBA history.

Unfortunately some recent tinkering with that classic look put Boston into the conversation of the worst ever created as well.

The Celtics infamous ‘underoos’ sleeved jerseys — the hideous gray, green and white pajama tops of the 2014-15 season — were ugly enough to land No. 5 all-time on ESPN’s Ryan McGee’s list of the “bottom ten” jerseys that were, as McGee relates, “so heinous that even Dwayne Schintzius would shout “Damn, that’s ugly!” as he moussed up his mullet on the bench.”

The sleeved jersey era has for the most part been consigned to the dustbin of history as both players and fans agreed the awkward constructions did not work well as jerseys or fashion or memorabilia to stick around in the effervescent world of NBA fashion.

And it only takes a glance to see why, with the visual result being much closer to the late seventies and early eighties fashion item par excellence for toddlers — underoos.

But then much of the disgust must come from the lofty purchase the classic Celtics jersey signifies in our collective subconscious, no?

Even ESPN was generous enough to rank the classic green-and-white jersey (below, and also sported at the head of the article by Larry himself) as their second-best designed uniform top of all-time, after all.

Worn by the team from 1972 to 2014, the only major change since has been swapping out “Boston” for “Celtics”, and then back again in 2014.

As has been said about many things, if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.

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