Lakers to have No. 44 band on uniforms in Jerry West's honor - ESPN

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers will honor Jerry West's No. 44 for all 82 games this upcoming season.

The team will wear a band with West's No. 44 on the left shoulder of their uniforms for the 2024-25 season, the Lakers announced Tuesday.

West, who played all 14 years of his Hall of Fame career with the Lakers and later served as a coach and highly successful executive with the organization, died in June at the age of 86.

The team will honor Jerry West with a commemorative No. 44 band on their jerseys this season