The release of the NBA’s Nike City Edition uniforms has become one of the most anticipated events in the early NBA season over the past two years. Each uniform design makes reference to the team’s history, or the city’s culture, and as such, are incredibly unique. Some teams pull it off better than others, and there may be no team that this sentiment holds more true for than the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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The Timberwolves debuted their City Edition uniform on Friday, inspired by legendary musician and Minneapolis native, Prince. The jersey is slate, white and the iconic purple, the latter of which became synonymous with the artist through his hit 1984 song, Purple Rain. The lettering and numbering of the jersey is inspired by the symbol which came to represent Prince throughout his career.

While these are very obvious tributes to The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, to Nike’s credit, there are other details which make subtle reference to Prince. The jersey features a paisley leaf, which represents Prince’s famous Paisley Park residence in Minnesota, and the right shoulder pattern is representative of the same pattern on Prince’s Purple Rain jacket.

The uniform has been a raging success, with players and fans alike lauding the adventurous, yet precise collaboration of two of the Minneapolis’ proudest icons, Prince and the Timberwolves. The late musician was a very passionate basketball fan, and there is no doubt that he would be enamored with this partnership and the end result. Timberwolves.com posted an article featuring comments from a number of players who gave their opinion on the uniform. Suffice to say, the consensus is overwhelmingly positive.

A reinvigorated Derrick Rose also praised the jerseys, and discussed what it means to be able to wear the threads, describing the experience as “a blessing”, as he counts himself and his family as huge Prince fans. Karl-Anthony Towns was honored to play the part of Prince in the Timberwolves’ promotional video, describing it as a “great opportunity”, and you can count coach Tom Thibodeau as a fan of both Prince, and the jerseys.