PHOENIX - MAY 23: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers stands on the court in the third quarter of Game Three of the Western Conference Finals against the Phoenix Suns during the 2010 NBA Playoffs at US Airways Center on May 23, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Kobe Bryant was always a Laker but didn't always don purple and gold colors when he stepped on an NBA court. The Black Mamba wore many designs and rare editions during his long, legendary career.
Check out all of them down below:
#8 classic home gold First worn: November 3, 1996. Robert Hanashiro/USA TODAY-USA TODAY NETWORK
#8 classic away purple First worn: November 5, 1996. Tony Ranze/AFP via Getty Images
#8 modern away purple First worn: November 2, 1999. Craig Lassig/AFP via Getty Images
#8 modern home gold First worn: November 3, 1999. Mike Nelson/AFP via Getty Images
M.P.L.S. edition Worn on April 11, 2002. Lucy Nicholson/AFP via Getty Images
#8 Sunday white First worn: December 25, 2002. Lucy Nicholson/AFP via Getty Images
#8 1960s black throwback Worn for SLAM magazine, February 2003.
#8 1960s throwback First worn: December 23, 2003. Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images
#8 1950s throwback First worn: December 17, 2004. Stephen Dunn/Getty Images
#24 modern home gold First worn: October 31, 2006. Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images
#24 modern away purple First worn: November 1, 2006. Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images
#24 Sunday white First worn: November 12, 2006. Stephen Dunn/Getty Images
#24 Noche Latina flags edition Worn on March 25, 2007. Stephen Dunn/Getty Images
#24 Showtime home throwback First worn: December 21, 2007. Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images
#24 Noche Latina Los Lakers edition First worn: March 23, 2008. Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images
#24 1970s throwback First worn: January 30, 2011. Jeff Gross/Getty Images
#24 White Christmas Worn on December 25, 2012. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
#24 Hollywood Nights First worn: October 31, 2014. Stephen Dunn/Getty Images
#24 Christmas 2015 edition Worn on December 25, 2015. Victor Decolongon/Getty Images
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