Los Angeles Lakers
| First Season |
|---|
| 1948-49 |
| Team History |
| Los Angeles Lakers (1960-present) Minneapolis Lakers (1948-60) |
| Conference/Division |
National Basketball Association (1949-present)
Basketball Association of America (1948-49)
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| Venue |
| Crypto.com Arena (1999-present) The Forum (1967-99) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1960-67) Minneapolis Armory (1959-60) Minneapolis Auditorium (1947-1959) |
| Key People |
| Players • Head Coaches • Executives |
The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association, based out of Los Angeles, California. They began play in 1947 as the Detroit Gems of the short-lived Professional Basketball League of America. When the league folded the rights to the Gems were purchased and the franchise was moved to Minnesota. The rechristened Minneapolis Lakers joined the National Basketball League and won the 1947-48 league championship.
The Lakers quit the NBL in 1948 and switched to the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The BAA and NBL merged in 1949 to form the National Basketball Association, making the Lakers a charter NBA franchise. The Lakers moved to Los Angeles in 1960.
Publications
Home programs by season
Media guides and yearbooks by season
Media guides
| 1950s | 1958-59 |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 1961-62 • 1962-63 • 1963-64 • 1964-65 |
| 1970s | 1975-76 • 1977-78 • 1978-79 |
| 1980s | 1981-82 • 1984-85 • 1985-86 • 1986-87 • 1987-88 • 1988-89 • 1989-90 |
| 1990s | 1992-93 • 1993-94 • 1999-2000 |
| 2000s | 2000-01 |
| 2010s | 2014-15 • 2015-16 • 2016-17 • 2017-18 • 2018-19 |
Yearbooks
| 1960s | 1966-67 |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 2000-01 |
| 2010s | 2018-19 |
Head Coaches
| Los Angeles Lakers head coaches |
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| John Kundla (1947-58) • George Mikan (1958) • John Kundla (1958-59) • John Castellani (1959-60) • Jim Pollard (1960) • Fred Schaus (1960-67) • Butch van Breda Kolff (1967-69) • Joe Mullaney (1969-71) • Bill Sharman (1971-76) • Jerry West (1976-79) • Jack McKinney (1979) • Paul Westhead (1979-81) • Pat Riley (1981-90) • Mike Dunleavy Sr. (1990-92) • Randy Pfund (1992-94) • Bill Bertka* (1994) • Magic Johnson* (1994) • Del Harris (1994-99) • Bill Bertka* (1999) • Kurt Rambis* (1999) • Phil Jackson (1999-2004) • Rudy Tomjanovich (2004-05) • Frank Hamblen* (2005) • Phil Jackson (2005-11) • Mike Brown (2011-12) • Bernie Bickerstaff* (2012) • Mike D'Antoni (2012-14) • Byron Scott (2014-16) • Luke Walton (2016-19) • Frank Vogel (2019-22) • Darvin Ham (2022-24) • JJ Redick (2024-present) |
Seasons
| Los Angeles Lakers publications by season |
|---|
| 1947-48 • 1948-49 • 1949-50 • 1950-51 • 1951-52 • 1952-53 • 1953-54 • 1954-55 • 1955-56 • 1956-57 • 1957-58 • 1958-59 • 1959-60 • 1960-61 • 1961-62 • 1962-63 • 1963-64 • 1964-65 • 1965-66 • 1966-67 • 1967-68 • 1968-69 • 1969-70 • 1970-71 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1975-76 • 1976-77 • 1977-78 • 1978-79 • 1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1985-86 • 1986-87 • 1987-88 • 1988-89 • 1989-90 • 1990-91 • 1991-92 • 1992-93 • 1993-94 • 1994-95 • 1995-96 • 1996-97 • 1997-98 • 1998-99 • 1999-2000 • 2000-01 • 2001-02 • 2002-03 • 2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006-07 • 2007-08 • 2008-09 • 2009-10 • 2010-11 • 2011-12 • 2012-13 • 2013-14 • 2014-15 • 2015-16 • 2016-17 • 2017-18 • 2018-19 • 2019-20 • 2020-21 • 2021-22 • 2022-23 |
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