The first NBA All-Star Game didn't feature too much creativity with a handful of giant stars on some blank blue and white jerseys. It may have gotten the point across but wasn't really a fantastic fashion statement.

The NBA finally realized it should probably add the words East and West, so that fans could truly differentiate the teams. But it still wasn't sure fans were smart enough to know it was the All-Star Game without a bunch of stars on the uniforms.

The amount of stars on uniforms had dwindled to two. Apparently the league finally realized that fans might be able to tell that it was the All-Star Game even with slightly fewer stars.

The NBA inexplicably slanted the East and West text on the jerseys to resemble the sinking boat. What, it was to honor the Titanic? Weird.

The East actually had pretty sweet, patriotic jerseys. But they also chose to ruin the color gold for everyone, always, with these ugly Western Conference uniforms.

The NBA incorporated a shimmering, metallic color into their All-Star jerseys. At the same time, it kept its precious star, seamlessly weaving it into the uniform.

The NBA made it a point to emphasize that the game was in Arizona by putting a cactus on the jersey.

Most years the NBA plays the conservative card, trotting out simplistic, red and blue or blue and white jerseys with no character. These had flair -- although they did look eerily like the future Vancouver Grizzlies' uniforms.

The NBA was super lazy, having players simply wear their regular team uniforms with an All-Star patch added. Despite this pathetic lack of creativity, it's hard to deny that having so many different uniforms on the court at once gave the game an interesting look.

For most of the past decade, the NBA played with different red/blue schemes. This year they've managed an eye-pleasing combination.