Starting with the 2017-18 season, Nike became the head honcho in the NBA for uniform design and branding. In regards to the Los Angeles Lakers, changes seen under Nike’s reign weren’t to come until the 2018-19 season, as the 2017-18 “Baby Lakers” were still wearing the purple-and-gold jerseys you recognized guys like Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, and Lamar Odom wearing around a decade ago.
Then came LeBron James, and with him, Nike made slight, yet very polarizing changes to the Lakers’ main yellow “Icon” (maybe even “mustard” yellow), purple “Statement”, and white “Association” jersey sets. We still have the same “Icon” and “Association” jersey designs, however, the “Statement” edition jerseys have undergone a slight transformation that the team announced on Thursday.