NBA Power Rankings: Showtime! The 50 Greatest Los Angeles Lakers of All Time

After writing an 8,600-word opus highlighting the historical greatness of the NBA’s most successful franchise, what’s a writer to do?

I’ll tell you- you go back to the well!

In writing the last of my 29 “NBA All-Time Starting Fives” articles, it occurred to me that Lakers history has seen enough winners, characters and unique talents that there was a longer, even more involved piece to be written.

Seriously. 

As I have previously mentioned, the Lakers have participated in exactly half of the in the Finals series that have taken place since the franchise’s inception, 62 years ago. They’ve won 16 championships, including 10 of the last 30 and five of the past 11.

That doesn’t happen without a pretty str...

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