That’s by rule.

I have heard rumors that the Magic will introduce a black alternate next year but of course, they’re just rumors. From a marketing standpoint, it makes too much sense. Personally, I’d be surprised if there weren’t alternate unis next year. I also heard rumors, when Orlando rolled out its new jersey design, that the team wanted to have the black jersey as its default away uniform but the NBA wouldn’t allow it (notice no team has a black jersey as its default away uniform, though it’s okay as an alternate) so hence the blue. If I’m not mistaken, it had something to do with the league’s image. I know it doesn’t answer your question but I hope it helps.

But the Spurs is the only team to have a black away jersey, just to correct you. I like the idea for a black alt. jersey, it really brings out our tradition of the Hardwood classics. A new uniform, a new arena, and a brand new championship to go with it.

We definitely need to be rocking that a lot next season.

The blue alt was introduced in ’94 or ’95. Something like that.

The T-Mac/Hill era uniform never had a black alt (I don’t know how that would’ve worked, since that uniform had those subliminal stars with the different thread quality). The, what I like to call, “College-look” uniform never went with a black alt either.

I have heard the same about the black alternate uniform. I actually had a jpeg of a Magic uniform I received from someone in the industry that was making its rounds. I’ll try and find the pic, but it looks like our blue uniforms but instead of being blue its black with blue writing/white pinstripes, etc. Pretty sharp looking and is the natural next step for an alternate.