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It appears that the Los Angeles Lakers retro jerseys which were set to be unveiled on July 30th have leaked online. Apparently someone over at Fanatics jumped the gun and posted an image of LeBron wearing the unreleased jerseys on their website.
JUST IN: Thanks to the keen eye of @l4d44 (and someone jumping the gun at Fanatics), we've got a larger look at the previous LeBron Lakers images + our first look at the new Lakers gold uni. Looks like a differently-colored collar trim and a thin side stripe on the shorts. pic.twitter.com/mQCvbQpAhT
— Conrad Burry 🔴🐐🎨 (@conradburry) July 11, 2018
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Several official merchandise items showing LeBron James wearing the white Lakers uniform (featuring a design we’d never seen before) appeared on eBay; those items were quickly removed. Now yesterday even more items popped up on an online shop showing both the white and gold uniforms; an additional item was found giving enough clues to apply the same template to the purple.
he Lakers uniforms will see noticeable changes for 2018-19, side stripes are removed from the jerseys and shorts, drop shadows return to player numbers after a nearly 20-year absence, the trim and collar has been updated – now with an additional line, the number font is completely changed and its colour switches to gold on the purple jerseys and purple on the golds (previously it was white for both of these uniforms).
Twitter user Conrad Burry provided several mockups of what the new retro jerseys should look like after viewing the leaked images.
UPDATE: After seeing the larger images of the gold and white unis on the LeBron items on Fanatics, here's some updated renderings: fixing the # shadow, adding the shorts stripe and fixing the coloration of the collar / armhole / leg hem striping. pic.twitter.com/qSvQkb2pM3
— Conrad Burry 🔴🐐🎨 (@conradburry) July 11, 2018
UPDATE: After seeing the larger images of the gold and white unis on the LeBron items on Fanatics, here's some updated renderings: fixing the # shadow, adding the shorts stripe and fixing the coloration of the collar / armhole / leg hem striping. pic.twitter.com/qSvQkb2pM3
— Conrad Burry 🔴🐐🎨 (@conradburry) July 11, 2018
Those actually look pretty nice and I wouldn’t mind buying one.