Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers
Team owner: Jenny Bath
General Manager: Elvin Johnson
Head coach: Luke Walton
Region: California Los Angeles City
Establishment date: 1947
Main venue: Staples Staples Center)
Capacity: 18997
Staples Arena (STAPLES Center)
Los Angeles Lakers, is a basketball club located in Los Angeles , California, USA. It was founded in Minneapolis in 1947 and moved to Los Angeles in 1960. The name Lakers comes from Minneapolis's nickname - Land of Thousand Lakes, which refers to people who work or live in the Great Lakes of Northeastern America.
Los Angeles Lakers
The team's main honors: won the first three consecutive championships in team history from 1951 to 1954, won five championships in the 1980s under the leadership of Elvin Johnson, won the second three consecutive championships in team history from 1999 to 2002, and won two consecutive championships in 2008 to 2010.
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Lakers joined the American Professional Basketball League in 1948 (NBA). The biggest feature of the team is that there are always stars connected to them. George Miken was the team's early main center. Under his leadership, the Lakers quickly became a giant team in the NBA. In the 1960s, the arrival of Elgin Baylor and Jerry West made the Lakers never missed playoffs throughout the 1960s. In 1976, the Lakers received Kareem Abdul-Jabbar nicknamed "Tian Hook". In the 1979-80 season, the Lakers selected rookie Elvin Johnson, who replaced the injured Jabbar in the finals of the season and led the team to win the championship.
In the summer of 1996, the Lakers won the "Shark" Shaquille O'Neal and traded with the Charlotte Hornets to get rookie Kobe Bryant . The two led the Lakers to win three consecutive championships between 1999 and 2002. In 2007, Paul Gasol joined the Lakers with , and the team entered the finals three times from 2008 to 2010 and won the championship twice. But injuries began to hit the Lakers, which forced the team to enter a reconstruction period.
As of the 2015-16 season, the Lakers entered the playoffs in a total of 56 times, won the Western Conference championship 31 times, and won the championship 16 times, second only to Boston Celtics (17 times); the highest winning streak record was 33 games (the highest in NBA history).
The strongest 5 players of the Lakers
The team's well-known players: George McCann , Jerry West, Elkin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy , Elvin Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Paul Gasol, etc.
George Mikan (June 18, 1924-June 1, 2005), was born in Joliet, Illinois, USA. He is 2.08 meters tall and weighs 110 kilograms. He is a former American professional basketball player and coach. He plays as a center and is nicknamed "Mr. Basketball" (Mr. Basketball) George McCann won 5 BAA/NBA championships in his career . The NBA's "interference ball" rules are based on him, and the increase in the three-second zone from 6 feet to 12 feet is also based on him. He is also the first player in the NBA to score 10,000 points.
George Mikan
Jerry West, born on March 28, 1938 in Chelyan, West Virginia, USA, is a former American professional basketball player, playing as a shooting guard, nicknamed "Mr. Clutch". Jerry West was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round in the 1960 draft, playing for the Los Angeles Lakers all his career. West won the NBA championship in 1972, was elected NBA scoring leader in 1970, and was elected NBA assist leader in 1972.
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1979, Jerry West was selected for the NBA's Fame Celebrity Memorial Hall, and in 1996, Jerry West was selected for the NBA's 50 superstar.
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Elgin Baylor, born on September 16, 1934 in Washington, USA, is a former American professional basketball player and small forward. Elgin Baylor was selected first in the first round in the 1958 NBA Draft by Minneapolis Lakers (now Los Angeles Lakers). He has been playing for Minneapolis Lakers /Los Angeles Lakers throughout his career. In the 1968-69 season, the Lakers recruited Wilt Chamberlain in the last year when Baylor was able to attend all his time. The Lakers achieved a record of 55 wins and 27 losses and won the Western Conference championship. And they met , the Celtics again in the finals, and the Celtics ended the Lakers' dream of winning 108-106 in the tiebreak.
Elgin Baylor
Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999), a former American professional basketball player, playing as a center. Wilt Chamberlain has played for the NBA's Philadelphia/ San Francisco Warriors (now Golden State Warriors ), Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers; graduated from the University of Kansas, played for Harlem basketball before playing in the NBA, and is considered one of the dominant players in NBA history.
Wilt Chamberlain has numerous NBA history records. He is the only player to average more than 40 and 50 points per game in a season. His most famous record is 100 points per game. He also won the seventh NBA scoring champion, the eleventh NBA rebounding champion, and the first NBA assist champion. Chamberlain is the only player in NBA history to average at least 30 points + 20 rebounds per game in the season, and he did seven times. 2nd NBA championship (1967; 1972).
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, formerly known as Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., was born on April 16, 1947 in New York, USA. He is a former American professional basketball player, playing as a center, nicknamed "Skyhook". In the 1969 NBA Draft, he was ranked first in the first round as the No. 3 pick in and transferred to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1976. Throughout his career, Jabbar left a string of NBA records. He is the first player to play in 20 NBA seasons. In the longest 57,446 minutes of playing time, he made 28,307 shots and 15,837 shots, scoring the highest in history 38,387 points (24.6 points per game), and also contributed 17,440 rebounds (11.2 per game), 3,189 blocks (third in the NBA), and 55.90% (8th in the NBA).
6 NBA regular season MVP (1971-72; 1974; 1976-77; 1980)
2 NBA Finals MVP (1971; 1985)
19 NBA All-Stars (1970-77; 1979-89)
10 NBA Best Team First Team (1971-74; 1976-77; 1980-1981; 1984; 1986)
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James Worthy (James) Worthy, born on February 27, 1961 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA, is a former American professional basketball player. He plays as a small forward and is nicknamed "Big game James". He is currently an assistant coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. In 1982, James Worcey became the NBA No. 1 pick, and played for the Los Angeles Lakers in 12 years of career. He won the NBA championship three times and was elected as the NBA Finals MVP (FMVP) in 1988. In 2003, Worthy was selected for the Nai Smith Basketball Celebrity Memorial.
James Worthy
Earvin Johnson, born on August 14, 1959 in the United States, Michigan, Lansing, a former American professional basketball player, 2.06 meters tall, 110 kg. Coach, commentator and businessman, playing as point guard, nicknamed "Magic". “Elvin Johnson practiced basketball almost every day when he was a child,” he said in an interview with Us Weekly. “I dribble with my right hand on the way to the store and with my left hand when I came back. I slept with my basketball in my arms at night.
Elvin Johnson was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers as the No. 1 pick in the first round in the 1979 NBA Draft. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers all his career, and won the NBA championship with the Lakers five times in 1980, 1982, 1985, and 1987-88. The first championship in his career and became the youngest Finals Most Valuable Player in NBA ever (20 years and 276 days). In 1991, Elvin Johnson was diagnosed with HIV and announced his retirement on November 7 of the same year.
Earvin Johnson
Shaquille O'Neal, born on March 6, 1972 in Nevak, New Jersey, USA, is a former American professional basketball player. He plays as a center, nicknamed "Shaq" and nicknamed "Shaq". In the 1992 NBA draft, Shaquille O'Neal was selected by the Orlando Magic as the No. 1 pick in the first round. Shaquille O'Neal averaged 23.7 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in his NBA career; he scored a total of 28,596 points, 13,099 rebounds, and a 58.2% shooting percentage, making him one of the strongest centers in the NBA.
Shaquille O'Neal played for each team's colorful jersey in the summer of 1996, O'Neal, who became a free agent, signed a seven-year, $120 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers to officially join the Los Angeles Lakers. In the 2001-02 season, O'Neal led the Lakers to win the championship, facing the Nets in the finals with an average of 36.3 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. The three consecutive championships were the peak of O'Neal's career. Although NBA teams tried their best to reduce the power of their offense and defense on both sides of the field, including the famous "Hack-the-Shaq", the results were not very effective. In these three years of playoffs, O'Neal also won the Finals Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) for three consecutive years, just like Michael Jordan .
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OK combination
Kobe Bryant scorer (Kobe Bryant) scored defender, nicknamed Peter Pan and Black Mamba, was born on August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 100 kg. NBA96's golden generation flagship figure; on December 6, 2012, his career score reached 30,001 points, becoming the youngest 30,000-pointer in history; in the game against the Timberwolves on December 15, 2014, he surpassed , Michael Jordan , and ranked third in the NBA's history total score list; he scored 81 points in a single game, setting the second highest single game score in NBA history, second only to the 100 points in a single game created by basketball emperor Chamberlain. Kobe Bryant's career total score of 33,643 points.
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main honors, five-time NBA championship (2000-2002; 2009-2010), NBA Most Valuable Player Award (2008), 18 All-Stars (1998; 2000-2016), and four NBA All-Stars Most Valuable Player Award (2002; 2007; 2009; 2011) The champion of the 1997 All-Stars Dunk Contest.
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Kobe Bryant started changing his jersey number from 8 to 24 in the 2006-07 season. His first jersey in high school was No. 24.
24 Kobe Bryant (Kobe Bryant)
On April 14, 2016, Kobe ushered in the last game of his career (Lakes home vs. Jazz). Kobe made 22 of 50 shots and scored 60 points, including 6 of 21 three-pointers, including 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 grabbing and 1 blocking, leading the Lakers to reverse the Jazz by 15 points, and staged a perfect farewell battle. After the game, Kobe officially announced his retirement.
Pau Gasol was born on July 6, 1980 in Catalonia, Spain. He is a Spanish professional basketball player. He plays as a power forward/center. He is 2.13 meters tall and weighs 118 kg.
Pau Gasol (Pau Gasol)
In February 2008, the Lakers sent power forward Kwame Brown, defender Yavaris Critdanton, Aaron McGee , two first-round draft picks in 2008 and 2010, and the signing rights of Paul Gasol's younger brother Mark Gasol were exchanged from the Grizzlies to Gasol and the 2010 second-round draft pick. On June 14, 2009, in Orlando, Paul Gasol won his first championship ring in his career with the Lakers as they reached the podium for the NBA championship.
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Sun Yue Born on December 6, 1985, Chinese professional basketball player, playing as a guard, height 2.05 meters, 100 kilograms. Hebei Province, he is from Cang County, Cangzhou City, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. In 2007, he was selected by the Lakers in the 40th overall overall pick in the second round. On August 8, 2008, he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in the US, becoming the fifth Chinese player to join the NBA, and is also the first and second Asian defender to join the NBA. He successfully entered the NBA in 2008. Sun Yue became the fifth Chinese player to officially land in the NBA after Wang Zhizhi , Bater , Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian . He also became the second player in China and even Asia to win the NBA championship ring. He was cut by the Los Angeles Lakers on August 1, 2009.
Sun Yue
On December 8, 2008, the Los Angeles Lakers regained their defensive intensity after returning to home court, and Sun Yue also got the opportunity to make his NBA debut. Sun Yue made his NBA regular season debut. With 1 minute and 34 seconds left in the game, Sun Yue made a mid-range jump shot after receiving the pass from Wu Jiasic, winning the first point in the NBA. He scored 4 points from 2 of 3 shots, but he also had fouls. With 1 minute and 17 seconds left in the game, he took the ball and made a layup directly, scoring again, and the Lakers led 101-85. The Lakers successfully broke 100, and Sun Yue also took a personal historic step. In the end, Sun Yue scored 4 points and 4 fouls, and the Lakers beat the Bucks 105-92 at home.
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Los Angeles Lakers 2016-2017 season with Kobe's retirement last season, the team began to rebuild the team. The team will D'Angelo Russell , Julius Randle , Brandon Ingram, three future stars have set the cornerstone of the team's reconstruction.
D'Angelo Russell, 1.96 meters tall and weighs 88 kg. Born on February 23, 1996 in Louisville, KY, USA, he is a professional basketball player in the United States. He plays as a point guard/scoring guard and plays for the NBA Los Angeles Lakers. In the 2015 NBA Draft, D'Angelo Russell was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second place in the first round. On July 11, 2015, the Lakers and rookie D'Angelo Russell officially signed. The contract is worth US$23.02 million for 4 years, including the 2017-18 and 2018-19 team options.
D'Angelo Russell
Julius Randle , 2.06 meters tall and weighs 113 kg. Born on November 29, 1994 in Dallas, TX, USA, he is a professional basketball player in the United States and plays as a power forward. He entered the NBA through the draft in 2014 and is now playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. In the 2014 NBA Draft, Julius Randle was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 7th pick in the first round. On July 14, 2014, the Lakers and Julius Randle officially signed. The contract is worth US$13.54 million for 4 years, including the 2016 and 2017 summer team options.
Julius Randle
Brandon Ingram, 2.06 meters tall and weighs 88 kg. Born on September 2, 1997 in North Carolina, USA, is an American professional basketball player, playing as a small forward, and playing for the NBA Los Angeles Lakers. Brandon Ingram was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 2016 NBA Draft. On August 24, 2016, the Lakers and Brandon Ingram officially signed. The contract is worth US$23.82 million for four years, including the 2018-19 season and 2019-20 season team options.
Brandon Ingram
Brandon Ingram has a wingspan of 2.21 meters, has a wide field of vision, good passing skills, excellent three-point shooting ability, has a turn jump shot technique, stable mid-range shot, can create opportunities through dribbling, is good at using pick-and-roll, and has good footwork. Physical and strength training is needed.
The Los Angeles Lakers have no mascot, and Hollywood star Jack Nicholson is a loyal fan of the team and plays the role of a mascot.
Jack Nicholson
2016-2017 Lakers player list:
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