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The Los Angeles Lakers will wear a new sleeved jersey design when they play the Miami Heat Christmas Day and the top half of the uniform has been discovered by Paul Lukas of ESPN's Uni-Watch:
Uni Watch Exclusive! NBA Xmas uniforms CONFIRMED: http://t.co/rRVTvhyZ2y pic.twitter.com/GKXuanfn4g
— Paul Lukas (@UniWatch) November 7, 2013
ESPN has since confirmed the discovery. Lukas came across the jerseys being sold on eBay.
Last season the league had color-on-color jerseys for Christmas Day games (as seen above in the headline photo). It was previously reported the Lakers would wear a sleeved jersey on Christmas, but the uniforms had not been previously revealed. The league is calling this years theme "Big Logos", while last year was "Big Colors."
How about "Big Sleeves" instead?
The Lakers are also expected to debut a "Hollywood Nights" alternate black uniform, but have yet to wear them in a game. You can check out the jersey here. It has also been confirmed that the Lakers will wear a sleeved "several times" through the season.