Lakers Primary LogoLakers Alternate LogoEstablished 1947 City Minneapolis – Los Angeles League History 1949 – Present / National Basketball Association 1948 – 1949 / Basketball Association of America 1947 – 1948 / National Basketball League Team History 1960 – Present / Los Angeles Lakers 1947 – 1948, 1948 – 1960 / Minneapolis Lakers Nickname Lakers – The Minneapolis Lakers are …