▁that ▁third ▁j er se ys ▁became ▁a ▁common ▁tr end ▁throughout ▁the ▁league . ▁ ▁The ▁ ▁season ▁brought ▁the ▁first ▁wave ▁of ▁third ▁j er se ys ▁in ▁the ▁NBA , ▁as ▁the ▁Haw ks , ▁Charlotte ▁Hor net s , ▁Detroit ▁P ist ons , ▁Or lando ▁Magic , ▁Phoenix ▁S uns ▁and ▁Sac r amento ▁Kings ▁released ▁new ▁alternate ▁uniform s . ▁The ▁tr end ▁continued ▁in ▁the ▁ ▁season ▁with ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Bull s , ▁Miami ▁He at , ▁Mil w au kee ▁Buck s ▁and ▁New ▁York ▁Kn icks ▁introdu cing ▁their ▁own ▁third ▁j er se ys . ▁ ▁Since ▁then , ▁third ▁j er se ys ▁became ▁a ▁regular ▁part ▁of ▁every ▁NBA ▁team ' s ▁uniform ▁rotation , ▁but ▁at ▁first , ▁not ▁all ▁teams ▁were ▁re cept ive ▁with ▁the ▁concept . ▁For ▁instance , ▁the ▁Boston ▁C elt ics ▁and ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁L akers ▁initially ▁refused ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁tr end ▁out ▁of ▁respect ▁to ▁tradition , ▁but ▁they ▁eventually ▁un ve iled ▁new ▁altern ates ▁in ▁the ▁ ▁and ▁ ▁seasons ▁respectively . ▁ ▁The ▁third ▁j er sey ▁tr end ▁only ▁got ▁stronger ▁when ▁the ▁NBA ▁signed ▁exclusive ▁uniform ▁contract s ▁with ▁Re eb ok ▁and ▁later ▁Ad idas . ▁The ▁Ad idas ▁deal , ▁in ▁particular , ▁saw ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁additional ▁alternate ▁uniform s ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁boost ▁j er sey ▁sales ; ▁examples ▁include ▁the ▁Golden ▁State ▁War riors ' ▁sle e ved ▁altern ates ▁and