Is Phil Jackson Really Done Coaching in the NBA? : May 10, 2013

Is Phil Jackson really done coaching in the NBA? It did not appear so earlier this year when it looked as if he was clearly interested in coming back to coach the Los Angeles Laker ...

Assessing Los Angeles Lakers Offseason Priorities : May 07, 2013

The Los Angeles Lakers have some huge decisions to make after their disastrous 2013 season. One thing we know for sure though is the Lakers normally get these decisions right. That ...

Rising Stars to Watch For in the NBA Playoffs : April 22, 2013

There are some good young players who are ready to make their marks in the NBA Playoffs this year. Of course, many of them had better be quick about it because they won't be in the ...

NBA Western Conference: Round One Playoff Picks : April 20, 2013

The Oklahoma City Thunder nailed down the number one seed in the Western Conference as they look to return to the NBA Finals for the second year in a row, possibly for a rematch wi ...

Don’t Forget About the NBA; Playoff Picture Taking Shape with Heat & Nuggets : March 23, 2013

It's easy this time of the year to kind of forget about the NBA. With all the great college basketball tournament action going on, there isn't much time to watch the pros. Even Ern ...

NBA Playoff Projections: A Different Look Than Last Time : March 15, 2013

There has been a lot of shifting since the last time we took a look at possible playoff scenarios. Now that we are about a month away, we can also make some predictions based on wh ...

NBA MVP Race: Should We Just Give the Trophy to Lebron? : March 12, 2013

The NBA regular season is winding down. Since the playoffs do not figure into the MVP voting, who will win this year's award? Many believe Lebron James has already laid claim to th ...

Dwight Howard Makes First Visit to Orlando on Tuesday : March 11, 2013

Dwight Howard, perhaps the greatest player in the history of the Orlando Magic, makes his first appearance at the Amway Center as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday nigh ...

What NBA Coaches are on the Hot Seat? : March 09, 2013

As the NBA regular season winds down, we know there will be coaching change made. There are every year. So let's take a look at ones who likely won't be back for the start of next ...

What Team Gives Greg Oden the Best Chance to Resurrect His NBA Career? : March 01, 2013

If former Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden wants to try and resurrect his NBA career, what teams should he and his agent consider? Hopefully, he was smart with his money and ...

Can the Lakers Still Make the Playoffs? Absolutely : February 28, 2013

The Los Angeles Lakers are going to make the playoffs. The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder may as well get used to it. It is a done deal. But wait, the Lakers are still ...

Odds of Winning the NBA Championship : February 25, 2013

If you think you know who will win it all this year, then you can go place a wager on your team at JustBet. As you may expect, the defending champion Miami Heat is the favorite at ...

NBA Playoffs: Where are the Upsets? : February 24, 2013

As the regular season is winding down, the NBA playoff picture is getting clearer. There are still a lot of spots yet to be decided, but we can already put the Miami Heat in the Ea ...

Harden Leads Rockets to Win Over Thunder 122-119 : February 21, 2013

James Harden and the Houston Rockets got a big win over his old team, the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-119 as he scored 46 points. Harden was moved early in the season in a trade that ...

Clippers Get Big Road Win at New York : February 11, 2013

The Los Angeles Clippers have a rough time lately, but today at Madison Square Garden in front of a slew of celebrities they showed the basketball fans what they can be when health ...

Miami Pounds L.A. Clippers in Return of Chris Paul : February 10, 2013

The Los Angeles Clippers welcomed Chris Paul. Blake Griffin and Chauncey Billups back to the lineup of Friday against the Miami Heat. But it was hardly noticeable as Lebron James s ...

Lakers Win Third in a Row on Road Trip : February 06, 2013

No Ron Artest? No Dwight Howard? That's okay. Because the Los Angeles Lakers still had Kobe Bryant. The Lakers are making things difficult on their front office to break up this te ...

Lakers Give One Away With Fourth Quarter Collapse : January 31, 2013

When the tale of the Los Angeles Lakers 2012-13 season is finally told, it may be the game on Jan 30 at the Phoenix Suns that is the one that tells the story. The Lakers trying to ...

Lakers Win Over Thunder May Not Have Been a Good Thing : January 28, 2013

The Los Angeles Lakers are 2-0 since they had their bottoming out moment losing to the Memphis Grizzlies after having their "players only meeting" last Wednesday. The Lakers got th ...

Celtics Beat Heat, Lose Rajon Rondo to Torn ACL : January 28, 2013

The Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat in double overtime in Ray Allen's return to Boston. Hopefully, Celtics fans enjoyed what was likely the last hurrah for this group of Paul Pi ...

Lakers Snap Losing Skid with Win Over Jazz 102-84 : January 26, 2013

The Los Angeles Lakers got a much needed win on Friday night when they beat the Utah Jazz 102-84. The Lakers displayed a balanced attack with Ron Artest and Dwight Howard leading t ...

Lakers Now Have Tough Choices to Make : January 24, 2013

It has become obvious that the Los Angeles Lakers are not going to make the playoffs. The roster was put together to make a run at winning the NBA Championship this year. They went ...

Big Day of NBA Hoops on MLK Holiday : January 21, 2013

The NBA is trying to take over Christmas Day much as the NFL has Thanksgiving Day and motorsports owns Memorial Day. Whether or not families will ever reserve Christmas Day to watc ...

Nuggets Top Thunder in Overtime 121-118 : January 21, 2013

The Denver Nuggets got a big win on Sunday over the Oklahoma City Thunder in overtime 121-118. Although this was not the big win many of their fans were hoping would come this Sund ...

Can The Lakers Still Make the Playoffs? : January 18, 2013

When this season began, the Los Angeles Lakers were one of the favorites to win the NBA Championship this season. Many thought this team would unseat the Oklahoma City Thunder as W ...

Bulls Top Knicks For Third Time : January 12, 2013

The Chicago Bulls are 3-0 this season against the New York Knicks. On Friday, the Bulls raced out to an early 20 point lead and held that advantage until there were only three minu ...

Clippers Top Mavericks While Lakers Lose Again : January 10, 2013

This Los Angeles Clippers/Los Angeles Lakers is just good TV. You have the Lakers, who were supposed to walk away with the whole thing this year with their new superstar studded li ...

Rockets Win Fifth Straight, Hand Lakers Fourth Straight Loss : January 09, 2013

The Houston Rockets are one of the NBA's most exciting teams to watch. They are a fast paced team that likes to shoot early and often. They average over 106 points per game and giv ...

Denver Beats the Lakers 112-105 in L.A. : January 07, 2013

The Los Angeles Lakers have lost three in a row now and four of the last five. Steve Nash is playing. Dwight Howard is playing. There are no more excuses. Yet the Lakers are still ...

Clippers Hold on to Beat Lakers 107-102 : January 06, 2013

The Los Angeles Clippers were without one of their stars in Jamal Crawford and the Los Angeles Lakers got what was probably Dwight Howard's best game since he's been wearing purple ...

Nuggets Stop Clippers Streak 92-78 : January 02, 2013

The Los Angeles Clippers ended 2012 with a 17 game winning streak. But it is now 2013 and the Clippers are 0-1 in the new year. The Denver Nuggets, who were run out of the gym on C ...

NBA Regular Season Too Long? : December 31, 2012

Last year at this time the NBA season was just getting started. Because of a labor dispute between the owners and players, the regular season began on Christmas. There were many, a ...

Clippers win 16th Straight in Utah 116-114 : December 29, 2012

The Los Angeles Clippers have showed they can come from behind and can win a close game now. In their 15 game win streak, most of the wins have been rather easy ones for the Clippe ...

Clippers Rout Celtics for 15th Straight Win : December 28, 2012

The Los Angeles Clippers remained the NBA's hottest team with a 106-77 pasting of the Boston Celtics on Thursday night in Los Angeles. It was the Clippers 15th win in a row and the ...

Nuggets Snap Lakers Streak : December 28, 2012

The Denver Nuggets snapped the Los Angeles Lakers five game win streak on Wednesday night. The Lakers Dwight Howard just snapped. Howard was ejected after a flagrant foul on the Nu ...

Celtics Rout Nets; Lakers Appear to be Getting it Together : December 25, 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers are looking like the team we all thought they'd be this year. On Christmas Day, the Lakers took down the New York Knicks, a team that ran them out of the gym ...

Nash Makes Return to Lakers as they Beat Warriors in OT : December 24, 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers welcomed Steve Nash back to the lineup on Saturday after 24 games and got an impressive road court victory over the Golden State Warriors in overtime 118-115 ...

Bulls Take Down Celtics 100-89 to Hand the C’s Third Straight Loss : December 19, 2012

Joakim Noah had a triple double with 11 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists and Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer each had 21 points to lead he Chicago Bulls past the Boston Celtics 100-8 ...

NBA Weekend Recap: Clippers Cruise; Lakers Win Again : December 17, 2012

The Los Angeles Clippers are cruising right along. So is the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder has won 10 in a row after beating the Sacramento Kings on Friday 113-103. Kevin Dura ...

Knicks Beat Nets on Kidd Three Pointer 100-97 : December 12, 2012

Carmelo Anthony led the New York Knicks with 45 points to help them score a win over their newest rival, the Brooklyn Nets in the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn. Jason Kidd broke a 9 ...

NBA Sunday Results: Lakers Drop Another One : December 11, 2012

It was a busy Sunday for the folks who work at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Clippers hosted an afternoon game against the Toronto Raptors. The Clippers beat them ...

Thunder Holds on to Beat Lakers 114-108 : December 08, 2012

The Oklahoma City Thunder ran their record to 16-4 with a 114-108 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Russell Westbrook had 27 points...at the half!. He finished with 33 for the ga ...

Orlando Magic Takes Down Dwight Howard and the Lakers : December 03, 2012

Dwight Howard's old stomping grounds for eight seasons  For one night at least, the Orlando Magic and their fans can feel about the season after Dwight Howard was trade ...

NBA “Rankings” Update: A New #1 in Memphis : November 26, 2012

It's been a couple of weeks since we updated our NBA Top Ten Rankings, so let's get to it: 1. Memphis Grizzlies (9-2)- The Grizzlies have won nine out of ten. These have not bee ...

Spurs Beat Lakers 84-82 to go to 7-1 : November 15, 2012

Danny Green's clutch three-point shot gave the San Antonio Spurs a 84-82 victory over the 3-5 Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. Green's three came with 9.3 second ...

Lakers Pull Surprise; Hire D’Antoni over Jackson : November 12, 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers had better win it all this season. Because if they don't then they will get ripped for what they did today by passing on Phil Jackson and his 11 NBA Champion ...

NBA Top 10 Rankings: Knicks #1 in the Early Going : November 12, 2012

What if they had an NBA poll? Where would your favorite team be ranked? That all depends on who is doing the ranking. Are the people doing the rankings watching the games? Are they ...

Lakers Fire Mike Brown After Only Five Games : November 10, 2012

Far be it from anyone to question a franchise that has won 16 World Championships and has Hall of Famers aplenty. Obviously the Los Angeles Lakers know what they are doing. Which m ...

Lakers Fall to 1-4 After a Loss at Utah : November 09, 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers are now 1-4 on the regular season, and it is beginning to look as if they may not be the title contenders they were supposed to be this season. The Lakers ar ...

Lakers Win For the First Time in Blowout of Pistons : November 06, 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers finally have their first win of the 2012-13 season. Considering they are one of the favorites to win it all, it must have seemed like an eternity getting it. ...

Lakers Drop Two Games to Start the Season : November 01, 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers made big moves in the off season to make a run at yet another NBA Championship this year. So far, it has not worked out too well. The Lakers went 0-8 during ...

NBA Basketball Season Opens Tonight : October 30, 2012

The preseason is over. It's time to tip it up for real. Tonight, basketball season begins in the NBA. The Washington Wizards will visit the Cleveland Cavaliers at 7:00. The Cavs ar ...

NBA Preseason Results 10-24 : October 25, 2012

There were seven games on the Wednesday night schedule in the NBA. NBA TV televised a couple of them, first they had the Houston Rockets at the New Orleans  Hornets, followed the ...

NBA Preseason Friday Night Recap : October 20, 2012

In Friday's NBA preseason action, the Orlando Magic won for the first time in the preseason with a 112-96 win over the Indiana Pacers. Glen "Big Baby" Davis led the Magic with 22 p ...

Timberwolves Top Pacers in Wednesday Preseason Hoops : October 12, 2012

The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Indiana Pacers 84-70 in NBA action on Wednesday. The T-Wolves are expected to be much improved this season. They got great contributions from ne ...

Lakers Look Good in Nash Debut : October 08, 2012

[caption id="attachment_603" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Steve Nash was a Sun in 2012, now a Laker[/caption] Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash looked good together in their presea ...

NBA Training Camps are OPEN! : October 02, 2012

Yes, people, the NBA players are back at practice. Soon they will be playing preseason games. The NBA season is a long one, but when the Finals are finally over, it seems like it's ...

NBA Western Conference Preview : September 28, 2012

The NBA Western Conference is broken up into two distinct groups, the Young and the Old. The Young teams are the defending Western Conference Champion Oklahoma City Thunder, the Lo ...

Time is Not on the Lakers Side : September 25, 2012

If the Los Angeles Lakers new super team of Steve Nash, Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant is going to win an NBA Championship, they had better do it soon. Because these guys are good, ...

NBA Basketball Going the Way of Baseball? : September 24, 2012

The NBA instituted a salary cap to try to be less like baseball and more like the NFL. The NFL is the most popular sports league in the nation, maybe even in the world. One of the ...

Training Camps Open in 12 Days for Teams Going into Foreign Countries : September 17, 2012

The NBA season is just around the corner. It seems like only a short time ago we were crowning the Miami Heat the NBA Champions. That's because it was a short time ago. Here are ...

NBA Injury Report : September 14, 2012

Derrick Rose, Dwight Howard, Blake Griffin, and Brandon Roy are all coming back form injuries this season. Roy is perhaps the most compelling story. He actually retired at one p ...

Los Angeles Lakers to Retire Shaquille O’Neal and Jamal Wilkes Numbers : August 31, 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers are honoring some of their greats this year. They are unveiling a statue of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar outside the Staples Center and are retiring jersey number 52 ...

Western Conference Favorites; Lakers or Thunder? : August 30, 2012

Not that the regular season makes much difference, but which team will be the favorite to end up with the Western Conference's #1 seed? Will it be the defending Western Conference ...

Lakers Finally Give Kareem His Statue : August 29, 2012

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all time leading scorer. He was an integral part of the Los Angeles Lakers "Showtime" era. He was a huge  part of  six NBA Championships, five of ...

Western Conference Playoffs: Thunder to face Grizzlies : April 27, 2012

The Western Conference Playoff picture is set. Here is how we see it: 1 vs. 8- Utah vs. San Antonio. The Jazz have some good pieces with Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap, Gordon Heywa ...

Artest Gets Seven Games Off For Flagrant Elbow : April 25, 2012

The artist never to be referred to again on this site as MWP, A.K.A Ron Artest received his punishment today for the brutal attack he levied against Oklahoma City’s James Harden. ...

Lakers Comeback to Beat Thunder in Fight Marred Contest : April 23, 2012

The Double OT come-from-behind win could be a division winner for the Los Angeles Lakers, but it could a costly one too. The Lakers may be without Metta World Peace for quite some ...

NBA Western Conference Playoff Picture: A Look at the Matchups : April 18, 2012

Six of the Eastern Conference playoff spots have been clinched with a little over a week left in the regular season. Four teams in the Western Conference have clinched a spot. Up f ...

NBA Playoff Picture Update: Western Conference is a Logjam : April 04, 2012

We’re getting down to it. The end of the regular season is just a few weeks away. Let’s look at the Western Conference matchups if the season ended yesterday. 1 vs. 8- Houst ...

Battle of LA Supremacy Couldn’t Be Any Tighter : March 03, 2012

In the pre-season everyone was quick to anoint the Clippers as the new big boy on the Staples Center block. But here we are at the half way point of the regular season and the Lake ...

Clippers Win; Lakers Lose in Staples Center Double Dip : January 23, 2012

Mo Williams continued his red hot shooting on Sunday, leading the Clippers with 26 points in a win over the Raptors 103-91. Williams scored the Clips’ first 17 points in the fo ...

Heat Thumps Lakers on Thursday; Dallas Gets Nice Road Win : January 21, 2012

Lebron James lit the Lakers up for 31 points as the Heat ripped the Lakers in Miami 98-87. Chris Bosh chipped in 15 for the Heat who won their second straight game following a thre ...

The Los Angeles Lakers Impending Demise May Be Premature : January 14, 2012

For those of you who were ready to crown the Clippers rulers of L.A. I have to go Lee Corso and give you a “not so fast, my friend”. Kobe Bryant is on fire. He has now scored o ...

Lakers Off to 0-2 Start After Losing to Bulls; Kings : December 27, 2011

The Los Angeles Lakers, losers in the “Chris Paul Sweepstakes” to their fellow Staples Center occupants, the Clippers, are now down 0-2 after letting a late lead slip away on ...

Bird vs Magic: Who was better? : September 09, 2011

Let’s take a trip to the wayback machine shall we? Let’s go back to the 80s which I like to refer to as the “Golden Age” of basketball. To get some perspective on what the ...

Michael vs. Kobe; Which one is better? : September 07, 2011

For years we have been told that Michael Jordan is the “Greatest Basketball Player of All Time”. I saw the man play in person. It’s hard to dispute that. When he had the ball ...

los angeles lakers History

The NBA Los Angeles Lakers basketball team play in the Western Conference's Pacific Division of the National Basketball Association. The Lakers are based out of Los Angeles, California and play at the Staples Center. The Lakers are the current NBA champions. In the NBA Finals of 2010 the Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics to give the Lakers their 16th championship. Only the Boston Celtics have more with 17.

In 1947 the team began playing as the Minneapolis Lakers. In Minneapolis the Lakers won a total of five championships, led by their center George Mikan, who was one of the NBA's first superstars. Prior to the start of the 1960-61 season the Lakers moved to Los Angeles.

During the 1960s the Lakers were led by Hall of Famers Jerry West and Elgin Baylor and made six appearances in the NBA Finals. However, each time they lost to the Boston Celtics. The Lakers acquired center Wilt Chamberlain in 1968. In 1972 they won their first NBA title in Los Angeles and sixth overall.

After Chamberlain and West retired the Lakers acquired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The Lakers of the 1980s were called "Showtime" after the fast break offense led by Magic Johnson. Over a nine year span the Lakers won five championships. The team was lead by head coach Pat Riley, Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

During the early 1990s, after Johnson and Abdul-Jabbar retired, the Lakers struggled. However in 1996 they acquired Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal. From 2000 to 2002 the Lakers won three titles in a row. The team was coached by Phil Jackson and led by Bryant and O'Neal. The Lakers lost the NBA Finals in 2004 and 2008, but then won two in a row. In 2009 the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic and in 2010 the Boston Celtics.