Update, July 8, 11:15 a.m.: Well, it appears you’ll have to wait a little bit longer to get your hands on an Allen Iverson-era black jersey. The team will reportedly not wear them in 2024-25, but is still planning to bring them back at some point.
Can confirm — as first reported by CBS — the Sixers are in the process of planning to bring back the black throwback jerseys seen in last night’s Tyrese Maxey tribute video, but they will *not* be in the mix in the 2024-25 season.
— Adam Aaronson (@SixersAdam) July 8, 2024
Bummer. Showing them in the video and not bringing them back this season, with so much goodwill built up this offseason, is a tough look.
The Sixers have been giving fans everything they want so far this offseason — why not keep the hits coming?
The team on Sunday released a video capturing a tribute to Tyrese Maxey, whose five-year max extension became official earlier in the day.
for the Franchise. pic.twitter.com/cJNWTL2yT0
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) July 8, 2024
The video itself is quite cool, as everyone from Joel Embiid to Dawn Staley to Dr. J heap praise on the first-time All-Star and the NBA’s Most Improved Player during a whole Maxey-centric event.
What will excite Sixers fans more though is a glimpse of a possible new (old) jersey for the 2024-25 season.
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— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) July 8, 2024
Could it be? Will the Sixers finally bring back the black jerseys from the Allen Iverson era?
As we’re all painfully aware, the Sixers took a big swing and a miss on the last black jerseys they produced in 2020-21, which featured Boathouse Row. To make matters worse, they teased the jerseys and used Iverson in the campaign, only to reveal ... those. It would’ve been a great year to bring the original black uniforms back too. It was the 20th anniversary of the 2000-01 team Iverson dragged to the NBA Finals.
While there is nothing official here, teasing the fans by flashing these pictures around and not coming through would be crazy. It appears there’s a good chance we get to see Maxey, Embiid and Paul George rocking the jerseys that A.I. once made look so cool.