"Includes 2010 championship season."--Jacket.

The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the NBA's most successful and famous basketball teams. Explore their history and star players, and relive some of the team's greatest victories.

Against the backdrop of the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, California, the Los Angeles Lakers have become not only one of professional basketball's most treasured gems, but an internationally-renowned sports icon. With the wizardry of players who require only one name--Elgin, West, Wilt, Kareem, Magic, Shaq, Kobe--the Lakers grew from a promising Midwestern team starting afresh in the City of Angels and becoming one of the most successful corporate giants in the history of athletic competition. This definitive encyclopedia of the Lakers provides all vital data pertaining to each season of the team's first 50 years in Los Angeles, including biographies of Hall of Famers, other great performers, and coaches; complete rosters; season-by-season schedules and statistics; draft picks; and records and individual accomplishments.

The first definitive oral history of the ever popular L.A. Lakers The L.A. Lakers have long been one of the NBA's most exciting teams. In The Show, critically acclaimed sportswriter Roland Lazenby brings the story of this charismatic team to life in an unprecedented oral history, featuring such legendary players as Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Kareem Abdul- Jabbar, and Magic Johnson, along with current stars like Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. Through in-depth interviews with players, coaches, and many other key figures, Lazenby follows the Lakers from their birthplace in 1946 Minneapolis to their eventual successes and failures in Los Angeles, using his flair for storytelling and eye for detail to show you exactly why the 14-time NBA champion Lakers are a celebrated favorite for sports fans all over America.

The definitive chronicle of the forgotten Lakers from 1992-1996.The Los Angeles Lakers are one of basketball's most successful franchises. But even they are not immune to black holes - years devoid of championships or generation-defining players.Magic Johnson's shocking retirement in 1991 thrust the Lakers into a painful and forgotten era of lowlights that lasted until Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal arrived in the summer of 1996. Four different coaches in five years. Rosters of past-their-prime veterans and immature youngsters. Shockingly unprofessional captains. A record losing streak. A retired star who couldn't let go.But with recalibrated expectations, there are achievements from this era that have been overlooked. Sneaking into the playoffs against all odds in 1992. Showtime's final stand in Phoenix. The buzzer beater at Boston Garden. An unexpected playoff run in 1995. Giant leaps forward in HIV and AIDS awareness. Comprehensive and reflective, Between Dynasties documents a missing link in Lakers history.

Explores the history of the Los Angeles Lakers in a narrative a narrative about the names, games and special moments that have helped make the Lakers successful from Mikan to West and from Magic to Kobe.

The Los Angeles Times Encyclopedia of the Lakers was compiled in 1998 on the 50th anniversary of the team -- which since its 1960 move from Minneapolis has been known as the Los Angeles Lakers. It has detailed year-by-year and player-by-player statistics, augmented by anecdotes and photos of Lakers players (from Kareem Abdul-Jabar to Wayne Yates), coaches, sportscasters and fans.