The first official pictures of the black “Hollywood Nights” uniforms that the Lakers will be selectively wearing have finally been released.

The Lakers have been teasing fans with little snippet images and teaser trailers on Instagram of what the jersey may look like, however, we now have the full image.

According to Lakers exective Jeanie Buss, L.A fans have been calling out for a black alternate uniform for a long time, and had been working on the ‘Hollywood Nights’ theme for years.

I personally think that the jerseys are way of distracting the fans from how poorly the Lakers will finish this season. With ticket prices to drop due to the lack of star power – kobe excluded of course – the organisation probably needed something to both excite the fans and generate more cash.

Whichever way you look at it, the black jerseys do seem appropriate considering many feel that the death of this Laker team is near.