The other teams to get Specter Edition jerseys are the Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons and Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n
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Jan 6, 2026; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Detailed view of the Los Angeles Lakers logo against the New Orleans Pelicans during the first half at Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images Credit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect (Reuters)<\/p>\n
The jerseys all involve a black background, with purple shapes reminiscent of the Lakers logo asymmetrically placed across the uniform.<\/p>\n
The number, written in black with a yellow outline, is small on the front of the jersey, as is the Lakers logo, prompting LA Sports Report\u2019s Ava Brand to call it 8 point font.<\/p>\n
In addition, the players\u2019 names will be below the jersey numbers, which are slightly larger on the back.<\/p>\n Fans clown the new Lakers threads<\/p>\n Immediately upon the jerseys\u2019 debut in a video posted Wednesday afternoon by Lakers All Day Everyday<\/a>, fans had plenty of jokes.<\/p>\n \u201cAll we want is for the jerseys to be gold again instead of piss yellow,\u201d wrote @Igotburners<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another user pointed out the sentiment that\u2019s being relayed by making the players\u2019 names larger than the team\u2019s name.<\/p>\n \u201cTrash, why tf is the lakers brand soo small, makes it look like the player is bigger then the franchise. Not a good message,\u201d wrote @KinG_WIzarD617<\/a>.<\/p>\n Many fans also took aim at Nike, expressing disappointment with the largest sports brand in the world and requesting a return to the team\u2019s previous jersey supplier, Adidas.<\/p>\n Even in replies to NBA ESPN reporter Dave McMenamin, who shared pics of the jersey, fans were sounding off.<\/p>\n \u201cThey look like g league practice jerseys lol please just go back to our regular uniforms,\u201d wrote @lorarezo<\/a>.<\/p>\n It is a time of upheaval for the Lakers, as they were recently sold by Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> owner Mark Walter to former Disney CEO Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner<\/a>, then the Buss family announced their departure<\/a> from the franchise in a very contentious split decision.<\/p>\n With all that going on, it seems the fanbase has at least found some common ground on these jerseys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers have a new alternate uniform set to debut this year, though it seems to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":832022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,4034,1698,300,4044,251,150,4033,4043,6,1974],"class_list":["post-832021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-lakers","tag-basketball","tag-la","tag-la-lakers","tag-lakers","tag-lalakers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleslakers","tag-nba","tag-top-stories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117245014712122833","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/reaves-doncic-300x200.jpg\")
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