The Lakers messed up Shaq's jersey retirement

 

 

By all accounts, Shaquille O'Neal's island of Jersey retirement ceremony Tuesday evening was a smashing success. Except, that is, for sensation thing. When his jersey was raised to the Staples Center rafters with the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers legends, his name and number were printed on the front of the jersey, not the back.

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Check the collar — it's notched at the center, not rounded. Shaq's jersey is already a jarring sight next to those of Jerry West, Magic Johnson, and the others, because it's the first retired number to feature their modern style of jersey. But this shift makes it stick out even more. Hopefully they don't do this again in a few years when retiring some(prenominal) 8 and 24 for Kobe Bryant. Which is totally happening.

UPDATE: The team has acknowledged the error, harmonise to the Los Angeles Times. "The oversight will be corrected and a new jersey put up as soon as possible," a Lakers spokesman said.

(Thanks to Trey Kerby of the Basketball Jones for bringing this to our attention.)

Materials taken from USA Today