Since 2017 — the year that Nike became the official jersey sponsor of the NBA — the Los Angeles Lakers have designed their City Edition jerseys with the help of a few stars from their team’s past, of which they have no shortage of. However, the most popular jersey of their Lakers’ Lore Series was the first one they released, which was designed by Kobe Bryant.
The jerseys, now lovingly referred to as the “Black Mamba jerseys,” were black and gold with shorts to match and had a snakeskin print as a nod to the snake Bryant’s moniker was inspired by.