The History of Los Angeles Lakers Jerseys and Logos

One of the most dominant team perhaps in the NBA is the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers accomplishments in the league was indeed legendary, as its present crop of players is not wavering in giving pride and honor to the team. With an unprecedented 15 NBA championships and 30 conference and division titles on her fold the Lakers’ legacy is evident and continues to flourish. Their renowned player is indeed enormous and their legendary exploits and contributions not only for their mother club but also to the sports as a whole are priceless, phenomenal and inspirational. The winning tradition of the Lakers is indeed remarkable, but this will not be attained with out its lists of exceptional basketball players that were already honored and given due accolades and recognitions. The ball club already has 14 players and two (2) coaches enshrined to the prestigious Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and six (6) outstanding players have their numbers retired.

The team was founded on 1946 and the franchise was then known as the Minneapolis Lakers]]. In 1960 the franchise transferred to the Los Angeles, California and from then on the ball club was later named the Los Angeles Lakers. At present the Lakers’ home or stadium is the Staples Center, which was opened on 1999 and has a seating capacity of 18,997.

The logo used by the franchise on their first game last October 23, 1960 carries the Los Angeles Lakers words which is very similar to the logo used by the team from 2001 to present except that the new version has a yellow basketball on the back of the Los Angeles Lakers words. The team also has an alternate logo used until now that was first introduced last 2002. The alternate logo has the letter L and has a basketball background. The dominant colors used on both of these present logos are purple and yellow.

The team’s jerseys like their logo haven’t changed that much over the years. The gold and purple color was still dominant, except that the new jerseys used now by the team, sports a few changes on its overall looks with regards to the logo. Since the time progresses and new trends come and go, there were changes in the design and fabric used in making these jerseys. Many years back the uniforms used by the players then were relatively tight and short, now with bigger players coming around by droves the player’s jersey’s become loose and longer.

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