Miami Vice has returned! The Miami Heat‘s decision to bring back “Vice uniforms” for the 2024-2025 season was made on January 16th. Starting on Friday, January 17th, against the Denver Nuggets, the players will play the rest of the season at home in their original 2017-18 jerseys.

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Four years after the Heat’s ultra-successful Vice campaign came to an end in 2021, the team announced Thursday morning that it’s bringing back the white Vice uniform that it originally wore during the 2017-18 season and began the four-season Vice campaign that included five different uniforms.

This Friday’s game will be a big one for the Miami Heat. Not only is Jimmy Butler set to return after his seven-game suspension, but the team will be showing off one of their most popular jerseys. According to NBACentral,

If the ultimate goal for Jimmy Butler was to get into a new uniform, then the Miami Heat already have that covered, with the team announcing Thursday that they have resurrected their Vice uniforms

The Vice jerseys will be replacing the White Association edition for the rest of the season as the team's executive vice president and chief marketing officer Michael McCullough spoke about how unique this initiative is according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.

The on-court drama between the Miami Heat's front office and Jimmy Butler is grabbing a lot of headlines. However, the real story is a return of these uniforms.