Kith & Nike for New York Knicks Swingman Jersey Black

The Kith Nike for New York Knicks Swingman Jersey in Black is a collaborative basketball jersey from the Kith x Nike x New York Knicks three-way partnership, produced in Nike's Swingman jersey construction that replicates the authentic on-court jersey's visual design and team identity in a consumer-grade version using performance-adjacent materials and construction methods that maintain the jersey's athletic heritage feel without the price premium of the Authentic NBA jersey tier. The Black colorway is a statement alternate within the New York Knicks jersey range, departing from the franchise's standard blue, orange, and white palette in favor of an all-black expression that connects to the alternate jersey culture in professional basketball where statement away and city edition jerseys allow franchises to express visual identities beyond their traditional colorway constraints. The Kith x Nike x Knicks partnership, which has been one of the most consistently celebrated and most deeply personal collaborations in Ronnie Fieg's body of work due to Kith's New York City origins and Fieg's lifetime relationship to the Knicks as the hometown NBA franchise, has produced some of the most sought-after Knicks merchandise ever sold, with the collaborative jerseys sitting at the center of that product family as the pieces most directly connected to the on-court context that gives the partnership its cultural weight. The Swingman jersey format uses Nike's Dri-FIT technology within the mesh construction to provide the moisture-wicking performance associated with athletic wear while the visual replica of the on-court jersey gives the piece its primary identity as a fan and collector object rather than purely a training garment, sitting at the intersection of sports merchandise and premium streetwear in the specific way that Kith's sports collaborations consistently occupy. Released December 14, 2020 at $150 retail through Kith retail channels and kith.com. The Kith Nike for New York Knicks Swingman Jersey Black was released on December 14, 2020 with a retail price of $150.