LA Lakers Talk

I posted on Magic Johnson Talk about whether Magic Johnson was indeed the greatest Laker of all-time and how Kobe Bryant and other Lakers in the past could also be given the title of the greatest Laker. After looking at the impressive profiles, I wanted to talk about some of the greatest Lakers and I am going to talk about 8 of them including Magic and Kobe in no particular order.

Jerry West

Let’s start with the Lakers guard that has “The Logo” as one of his nicknames because his silhouette has been incorporated into the famous NBA logo. According to his biography on NBA.com, he was really small growing up and was kept from children’s sports. His mother did not like him playing basketball all the time either.[1] Jerry West has had plenty of accomplishments as a player including being named the MVP in the 1969 finals when the Lakers did not even win. He really was the architect behind the Lakers three-peat from 2000 to 2002 as he signed then free agent Shaquille O’Neal, traded for Kobe Bryant and brought in Phil Jackson as coach.

Kareem Abdul – Jabbar

“Captain Skyhook” is another one of those world-class Lakers center, but he was different in that he was slender and still such a strong player in the low-post. Kareem may have gone down as the greatest Laker ever, but he started his career with the Milwaukee Bucks where he won a title in 1971 with “Big O” Oscar Robertson. It was when Magic Johnson came to the Lakers was drafted in 1979 that the Lakers went onto become the “Showtime” Lakers of the 1980s and win five titles out of eight finals appearances.