Los Angeles Lakers

Brief History of Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member club of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA and have won 16 NBA championships, their last being in 2010. As of 2015, the Lakers are the second most valuable franchise in the NBA according to Forbes, having an estimated value of $2.7 billion.

The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team, the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League (NBL). The new team began playing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, calling themselves the Minneapolis Lakers. Initially, a member of the NBL, the Lakers won the 1948 NBL championship before joining the rival Basketball Association of America, where they would win five of the next six championships, led by star George Mikan. After struggling financially in the late 1950s following Mikan's retirement, they relocated to Los Angeles before the 1960–61 season.

Los Angeles Lakers jersey

The Los Angeles Lakers, along with the rest of the league, announced their respective Nike NBA City Edition uniforms on Monday morning, celebrating the league’s 75th anniversary in the process.

For the Lakers, the team’s design pays homage to each decade of Lakers dynasties, highlighted by the team’s Laker Purple that began in the 1960s.

Over the last seven decades, the Los Angeles Lakers have won on the biggest stages, showing the world what Lakers Basketball is all about — persistence, passion, and the pursuit of excellence. The 2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers jersey Nike NBA City Edition is a culmination of the Lakers’ essence - 17 championships built atop power post-ups and no-look fast breaks, skyhooks, baby hooks, and thunderous alley-oops.

From head to toe, the primary color is the iconic Laker Purple that emerged in the late 1960s. The stars surrounding the uniform number evoke the groundbreaking Minneapolis Lakers of the early 1960s. The belt buckle includes the famous “L” logo from the three-peat era of the 2000s and the shorts incorporate the baby blue from its original championship teams in Minneapolis — the squads that laid the foundation for a franchise unlike any other. 

The design of this Los Angeles Lakers jersey features specific callbacks to each decade, ranging from the iconic Minneapolis blue color to the triangular name design of the 60s, to the drop shadow numbering of the Showtime Lakers as each era of the Lakers has a specific callback.

As is often the case with the Lakers special jerseys in recent years, it’s the small details that really pay homage to some of the franchise’s greatest players and teams that make this one special. This season is no different with each era of Lakers basketball being honored.

The Lakers will debut their City Edition jerseys on Nov. 12 against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and will wear the jerseys 10 times in total this season. The team will also wear the uniforms Nov. 15 against the Bulls, Dec. 3 against the Clippers, Dec. 23 against the Spurs, New Years Eve against the Blazers, Jan. 7 against the Hawks, Feb. 5 against the Knicks, Feb. 25 against the Clippers, March 11 against the Wizards, April 1 against the Pelicans and April 8 against the Thunder.

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