Sources Confirm: Pearl Jam Unveiled The Sixers' New City Edition Jerseys Last Night

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Didn't have that headline on my bingo card, as Lil Dicky was going off at -140 for most likely musician leaker.

Anyway, a league source confirmed to On Pattison that this is in fact the Sixers' new 2024-2025 City Edition jersey.

That's bassist Jeff Ament rocking the number 0 Tyrese Maxey jawn.

This is, as best as we can tell, a white version of the Sixers very popular Spectrum-themed City Edition uniforms from 2021-2022, with an updated blue number vs. the red number on the older Editions.

We're also told the Sixers reached out to the group, knowing Eddie Vedder was a fan of the Spectrum uniform (Pearl Jam closed out the Spectrum), and provided them with the updated white version of the City Edition.

At the time, Sixers then-President Chris Heck, who is now with Aston Villa of the Premier League, said of the uniforms: 

“The Spectrum holds a very special place in our franchise lore, having served as the 76ers’ home arena for nearly three decades. The memories made at America’s Showplace, including the historic 1982-83 championship season, are priceless, and will be relived through the 2021-22 Nike NBA City Edition uniform. We’re also excited to display the colors of the Spectrum logo, which represent the teams that our fans love and support here in Philadelphia.”

Fun fact: You may notice that the red-orange-green hues in our logo are exact color-matches to those same Spectrum-derived colors. The More You Know.


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Anthony SanFilippo

Anthony SanFilippo has been covering professional sports in Philadelphia since 1998. He has worked for WIP Radio, NBCSportsPhilly.com, the Delaware County Daily Times and its sister publications in the Philly burbs, the Associated Press, PhiladelphiaFlyers.com and, most recently, Crossing Broad. These days he predominantly writes about the Phillies and Flyers, but he has opinions on the other teams as well. He also hosts a pair of Philly Sports podcasts (Crossed Up and Snow the Goalie) and dabbles in acting, directing, teaching, serves on a nonprofit board and works full-time in strategic marketing communications, which is why he has no time to do anything else, but will if you ask. Follow him on X @AntSanPhilly.

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Austin Krell

Austin Krell covers the Sixers for OnPattison.com. He has been on the Sixers beat since the 2020-21 season, covering the team for ThePaintedLines.com for three years before leaving for 97.3 ESPN last season. He's written about the NBA, at large, for USA TODAY Sports Media Group. Austin also hosts a Sixers-centric podcast called The Feed To Embiid. He has appeared on various live-streamed programs and guested on 97.5 The Fanatic, 94 WIP, 97.3 ESPN, and other radio stations around the country.