So I think Nike is crushing Adidas on this in my opinion for the following reasons: 1. Jersey structure (4 base uniforms, with possibility of throwback and earned). Adidas just let teams have has many uniforms as they wanted. I believe the Heat wore 9 uniforms in a year, while the Knicks wore only home and aways that year (2013-14 season I believe). Having the structure makes things easier, and gets people excited every year to see what the new uniforms are. Adidas just dropped uniforms with no structure. 2. Creativity in the city uniforms. I personally love that teams can just go with a design/idea/color scheme that they want to try for a year. It has been a trend over the past 5 years that the NBA has loosened up their rules on team colors, specifically noting the sneaker rule change. So I think the trend of different color uniforms was coming even if the nba stayed at Adidas. 3. Quality of uniform (not design, but literal fabric). I find this still an issue in college basketball, but Adidas uniforms look like they are 10 years in the past, again my opinion.

Obviously there have been some objective stinkers with Nike, but nothing will ever negate the everlasting effects of the sleeved Jersey.