Counterpoint: The Phoenix Suns’ new “Los Suns” uniforms are awesome!

The Phoenix Suns’ “City Edition” uniforms have leaked, and in this one writer’s opinion, they’re actually pretty cool.

Don’t get me wrong: save for the 2014-15 black ones, I have never  liked any of the Phoenix Suns’ “Los” uniforms in their history.

They have been tacky, ugly; they once looked like a crayon and included a silhouette of a constellation – that isn’t even visible from the Northern Hemisphere;  and to me, the whole idea of “Los Suns” seems like pandering.

Plus, let’s be fair: if you’re going to go with “Los,” at least translate “Suns” to “Solos.”

Heck, that might actually look pretty cool on a uniform.

That said, I didn’t like the ‘Los’ looks – until last season. Those, I thought, looked legitimately cool.

Granted, it was really the Arizona flag on the shorts that did it for me (a very rare sight to see a flag on a uniform), but the overall color scheme actually worked, and while the “Los Suns” did  look like it spelled the then apropos word “Loss” because of the closeness of the two words, it just really came together as a good  NBA uniform.

That’s why I was presently surprised that the new edition for this season’s City’s was exactly like last season’s, only black instead of purple.

It’s still a pretty sharp look.

Oh, and be honest with yourself: your favorite uniform in the history of Phoenix Suns uniforms is franchise history are black, aren’t they?

You know they are.

This look is still as clean as last seasons as there isn’t’ any extemporaneous failed-flashiness to it, yet the Arizona flag is still there on the right shorts leg which is a very unique touch.

Let’s face it: it could also be a lot  worse.

Not only have the Phoenix Suns had some hideously ugly “Los” uniforms in their history already, but they could have gone with a COMPLETELY off the color-wall like the Chicago Bulls and their powder blues this season (that even has the Bulls-head logo as blue, on the blue background??), or gone with a ridiculous  nickname on the front like the Bucks’ new “Cream City.”

(Yes, I know that each of those represent a distinctive feature of the region…but, c’mon…Those are both dumb).

While it’s not as sincerely cool as the Miami “Vice” uniforms or the Los Angeles Clippers new duds, this season’s version of the “City Edition” jerseys are cool, and for those of us who actually do pay attention to what the athletes where, they will be fun to see on TV.

Hopefully in wins.

And if it doesn’t, or if they look truly ugly, it’s not like we’ll have to see them a number of times. The Phoenix Suns will only wear these uniforms on seven dates: December 9, vs Minnesota, December 14, at San Antonio (in Mexico City), December 21, vs Houston, January 1, at LA Lakers, February 8, vs Denver, March 3, vs Toronto, and April 13, at Houston.

While I think it would have been awesome  if they had gone with a “Valley Boyz” motif instead, this particular version of the “City Edition’s” aren’t that bad at all.