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The Lakers have proven themselves to be one of the league’s premier teams, participating in the NBA championship 28 times and winning 14.
The Los Angeles Lakers finished 45-37 in the regular season and in 3rd place in the Pacific Division behind the Phoenix Suns and cross-town rivals the Los Angeles Clippers, but ahead of the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors.
Other questions the Los Angeles Lakers need to answers is Kwame Brown’s health because of a leg injury and the lack of a solid big man. The development of center Andrew Bynum should continue and he should be better than last year.
The Lakers are known to have had some of the best centers in NBA history with George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O'Neal, as well as featuring some of the greatest guards of the past and present in Jerry West, Gail Goodrich, Magic Johnson, and Kobe Bryant.
The Lakers began in 1946 when Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen bought the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League for $15,000 and relocated it to Minneapolis.
Joel Meyers became the voice of the Lakers in 2005, replacing Paul Sunderland, who was the successor to the legendary Chick Hearn who died in 2002.
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