Jeff Hamilton JH Design Minneapolis Lakers Hardwood Classics Jacket, Navy and Sky Blue Full Embroidery, Size XL
Jeff Hamilton JH Design Minneapolis Lakers Hardwood Classics Jacket, Navy and Sky Blue Full Embroidery, Size XL
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Near unused, with a heavy-weight body and clean embroidery. Slight colour rubbing is visible on the sky-blue sleeve in the close photograph; please study it before you decide.
Assessed from photographs and descriptionReport dated 13 November 2026
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A Jeff Hamilton JH Design jacket honouring the Minneapolis Lakers, its navy body and sky-blue sleeves covered in appliqué and embroidery: LAKERS across the chest, an MPLS. roundel on the back, stars on the sleeves. Size XL, near unused.
The Piece
Before the Lakers moved west they were the Minneapolis Lakers, champions of the early NBA, and the Hardwood Classics series revisits that era in the colours of a vanished franchise. JH Design, the label of the Los Angeles jacket maker Jeff Hamilton, gave the subject its fullest treatment: dense chenille lettering, layered tackle-twill and a stitched map of Minnesota inside a golden basketball circle.
The back is the showpiece. MPLS. is arched above the roundel in orange and sky blue, LAKERS beneath it, with a star-marked sleeve on each side. The front answers with large LAKERS lettering, a smaller MPLS. crest at the chest, a Hardwood Classics patch on one sleeve and a maroon HWC patch with the NBA silhouette on the other. Yellow and navy striped rib closes the collar, cuffs and hem, and the front fastens with snaps.
Measured flat: length 73 cm (28.7 in), body width 66 cm (26.0 in), shoulder width 59 cm (23.2 in), sleeve length 62 cm (24.4 in). Every measurement is taken by hand with the piece laid flat, so please allow a gentle margin of about 1 to 3 cm (0.5 to 1 in).
Details
- Maker: Jeff Hamilton, JH Design
- Series: NBA Hardwood Classics, Minneapolis Lakers
- Colour: Navy body, sky-blue sleeves, yellow and navy rib
- Embroidery: LAKERS chest lettering; MPLS. Minnesota roundel on the back; star and MPLS. emblems on the sleeves
- Patches: Hardwood Classics and HWC with NBA silhouette
- Closure: Snap front
- Size: XL (label)
- Length: 73 cm (28.7 in)
- Body width: 66 cm (26.0 in)
- Shoulder width: 59 cm (23.2 in)
- Sleeve length: 62 cm (24.4 in)
Condition
- Near unused, with a heavy-weight body and clean embroidery.
- Slight colour rubbing is visible on the sky-blue sleeve in the close photograph; please study it before you decide.
Condition grade A (excellent) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
The JH Design inner label with its size and composition panel, the woven emblem tag at the placket, the embroidered patches and the stitched lettering are all photographed. Spot clean only, hang on a wide hanger, and avoid damp, which can lift the colour from the sky-blue sleeves.
Delivery from Japan
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