The Los Angeles Lakers are honoring “the Logo” with a special addition to its jerseys for the upcoming season.

The Lakers will wear a commemorative No. 44 band on the left side of their home and away jerseys for the 2024-25 season in honor of NBA Hall-of-Famer Jerry West.

West died this past June at the age of 86.

West was a one-time NBA champion and a 14-time NBA All-Star who was inducted to both the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.

He’s the only player in history to win the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in a losing effort, capturing the award in 1969. He would eventually reach the mountain top three years later, winning his one and only championship as a player in 1972.

But he arguably left a bigger impact on the game for his work as a longtime NBA front office executive for the Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers.

West won the NBA’s Executive of the Year award twice and was at the helm of eight NBA Championship teams, including six with the Lakers.

Even those unfamiliar with West’s career have likely been witness to his indelible legacy. The NBA’s official logo, which features a player in an upright position dribbling with his left hand, is universally believed to be modeled after West, which earned him his famous moniker.

The league, however, has never officially confirmed the connection.

In addition to the season-long celebration of his life, the Lakers will also host a Jerry West jersey giveaway night during its Oct. 22 matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves at Crypto.com Arena.

The Lakers announced a bevy of fan giveaways and special celebrations taking place during home games this upcoming season. The full list is below:

This season, the Lakers will also honor former owner Jerry Buss and will officially retire the number of five-time NBA champion Michael Cooper.

The team will also have a new jersey sponsor this season in the form of Korean food brand Bibigo. It will be the first time in NBA history that a jersey featured Korean characters, the team says.

A wildfire that broke out in Orange County’s Trabuco Canyon Monday afternoon exploded by several thousand acres overnight.

As of Tuesday morning, the Airport Fire had scorched more than 8,500 acres and has forced the evacuation of some homes in Trabuco Canyon and Rancho Santa Margarita.

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Authorities in Orange County say the Airport Fire, which broke out in Trabuco Canyon near a field for remote-controlled airplanes, was unintentionally started by public works employees using heavy equipment in the area.  

Officials said the employees were moving large boulders to restrict access to vegetation off Trabuco Creek Road, when sparks ignited the wildfire.

When the workers noticed smoke coming from the loader’s basket, they immediately called 911 while attempting to put the fire out with fire extinguishers.  

The wildfire has since charred 5,342 acres, prompted evacuation orders and road closures and injured two firefighters and one resident, all of whom are in stable condition.  

The latest evacuation alerts can be found here.