"SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When LeBron James takes the court Monday in the city his NBA career started in 2003, his Los Angeles Lakers uniform will look a little different to commemorate the occasion. James' jersey will have a patch affixed to the upper right chest to celebrate his record-setting 23rd NBA season, featuring a silhouette of his pregame chalk toss and three colored stripes representing the franchises he's played for in Cleveland, Miami and L.A., a source told ESPN."
"James will wear the patch throughout the remaining 46 games of the regular season. After every game James plays, the patch will be removed from his jersey by the Lakers' equipment manager, dated and then shipped to Topps' production facility in Dallas where it will be authenticated and later inserted into a trading card, the source said."
LeBron James will wear a commemorative patch on his Lakers jersey celebrating his record-setting 23rd NBA season. The patch features a silhouette of his pregame chalk toss and three colored stripes representing the franchises in Cleveland, Miami and Los Angeles. He will wear the patch for the remaining 46 regular-season games. After each game the Lakers' equipment manager will remove and date the patch, then ship it to Topps' production facility in Dallas for authentication and later inclusion in a trading card. Topps recently relaunched NBA-licensed cards and used similar patch programs for rookies and award winners. James is averaging 21.9 points, 6.9 assists and 5.6 rebounds this season.
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