About the English on the chest of NBA jerseys!

Generally speaking, the home and away jerseys are printed differently.

Generally speaking, when playing at home, the jerseys are light-colored and have the team’s name printed on them. For example, Nets, Bulls, Suns, etc. When wearing dark jerseys in away games, the name printed on the chest will be replaced by the place name of the team's location. The Nets are New Jersey, the Bulls are Chicago, and the Suns are Phoenix. ...that's it.

This is a later regulation of the NBA. All team jerseys are designed like this, so looking at those photos in the 1990s, the jerseys are only divided into home and away by color, and the words remain unchanged