Dallas-based designer and artist Tex Moton is a pioneer in the city’s street art scene. He’s also, unfortunately, responsible for this monstrosity.

The Mavericks might deserve more of the blame, though. While teaming with Moton to create a jersey sounds like a cool concept, the result had Dallas looking like it had gone way too far trying to look cool.

Maybe it’s fitting that Dallas rocked these during the 2019-20 season, the first campaign in which it got a firsthand view of the Kristaps Porziņģis-Luka Dončić combo. That sounded like a decent idea, too, and it also couldn’t come together.

This uniform looks like an NBA2K custom uniform gone wrong. The graffiti font just doesn’t land, and it’s not helped by the fact that the team name features three different colors: white letters with black shading, all outlined in green. Maybe that could’ve worked if it was carried over to the number, but the number didn’t have the font or the shading, so it almost felt like two different jerseys.

In general, the color schemes of “action green” and “coastal blue” failed to land. The combo was a big swing, but Dallas didn’t fully embrace it, as the blue shifted to a darker navy the further down the uniform it went. It’s like the Mavericks wanted to stand out but weren’t totally comfortable doing it, so they only went halfway.

The whole thing felt a bit forced, like the franchise wanted to convince us it was cool but hadn’t yet convinced itself.