(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1947 1947 1959 1960 Lakers Formation In the National Basketball League a fledgling professional league based in the Midwest the first year Minneapolis Lakers benefit when another rival league known as the Professional Basketball League of America folds. The expansion Lakers who already had a solid roster with forward Jim Pollard and playmaker Herm Schaefer, …
Los Angeles Lakers Team History
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1960 1967 1972 1972 1979 1980 – 1982 1985-1988 2000 – 2002 2009 – 2010 Move To Los Angeles – Lakers In 1957, the team was nearly sold to Kansas City interests who planned to relocate it there, before a local group helmed by businessman Bob Short purchased the team and kept it in Minneapolis. …