Los Angeles is the city of dreams. People move from all over the world just for a chance to make it big here. The Lakers did the same thing in 1960. Their 2023/24 City Edition Jersey celebrates the evolution of their identity: who they started as in LA and what they did to become the household name they are today.
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Only In Your City
Los Angeles is the City of Dreams, and the Lakers’ Nike NBA 2023-24 City Edition uniform symbolizes how those dreams (and its identity) have evolved for this team over the last six decades.
The all-black uniform represents the uncertainty the Lakers felt when they first moved to L.A. in the 1960’s after their success in Minneapolis, which included five NBA Championships.
The only way to imagine what they could be was to close their eyes and picture it in their minds. The trim goes from purple to black to purple, similar to the skyline after a California sunset.