▁the ▁He at ' s ▁mon och rome ▁uniform s . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁third ▁j er se ys , ▁there ▁are ▁also ▁hol iday - th emed ▁j er se ys ▁that ▁are ▁worn ▁only ▁on ▁special ▁occasions . ▁These ▁include ▁the ▁j er se ys ▁worn ▁on ▁Christmas ▁Day , ▁Chinese ▁New ▁Year , ▁M ardi ▁Gr as ▁( for ▁the ▁New ▁Orleans ▁Pel icans ), ▁and ▁Saint ▁Patrick ' s ▁Day . ▁ ▁Other ▁alternate ▁uniform s ▁in ▁the ▁NBA ▁include ▁the ▁" No che ▁Lat ina " ▁uniform s , ▁military - in sp ired ▁uniform s , ▁and ▁" P ride " ▁uniform s , ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁also ▁concepts ▁introduced ▁by ▁Ad idas . ▁ ▁NBA ▁teams ▁were ▁only ▁allowed ▁to ▁introduce ▁a ▁new ▁third ▁j er sey ▁at ▁least ▁two ▁years ▁after ▁un ve iling ▁a ▁new ▁logo ▁and ▁uniform ▁set . ▁This ▁rule ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁relax ed ▁somewhat , ▁following ▁more ▁recent ▁third ▁j er sey ▁releases ▁by ▁the ▁Ut ah ▁Jazz , ▁the ▁Brook lyn ▁N ets , ▁the ▁New ▁Orleans ▁Pel icans , ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Kn icks , ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁ 7 6 ers , ▁the ▁Phoenix ▁S uns ▁the ▁Charlotte ▁Hor net s ▁and ▁the ▁Atlanta ▁Haw ks , ▁in ▁which ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁teams ▁release ▁their ▁altern ates ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁day ▁as ▁their ▁regular ▁home ▁and ▁away ▁set . ▁ ▁Teams ▁are ▁also ▁allowed ▁to ▁wear ▁their ▁third ▁j er se ys ▁as ▁often ▁as ▁desired