The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with their fellow NBA rival, the Los Angeles Clippers, and their sister team, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA.
The Lakers are the reigning NBA champions after defeating the Boston Celtics in the Finals four games to three, capturing the franchise’s 16th NBA championship on the 50th anniversary of its relocation to Los Angeles. As of 2009, the Lakers are the most valuable NBA franchise. In June 2010, basketball analyst and writer John Hollinger ranked the Lakers as the greatest NBA franchise of all time.
| Number | Player |
|---|---|
| 37 | Ron Artest |
| 9 | Matt Barnes |
| 5 | Steve Blake |
| 12 | Shannon Brown |
| 24 | Kobe Bryant |
| 17 | Andrew Bynum |
| 45 | Derrick Caracter |
| 3 | Devin Ebanks |
| 2 | Derek Fisher |
| 16 | Pau Gasol |
| 1 | Trey Johnson |
| 41 | Drew Naymick |
| 7 | Lamar Odom |
| 50 | Theo Ratliff |
| 18 | Sasha Vujacic |
| 4 | Luke Walton |
When Matt Barnes signed a 2-year contract with the Lakers in the summer of 2010, the team thought they had just added another tough defender and a player who will always do the little things that are easily forgotten but …
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Kobe Bryant has agreed in principle to join Italian Basketball club Virtus Bologna to play during the NBA lockout. The Associated Press have reported that both sides have agreed a $3 million deal for the opening 40 days of the …
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In the fourth quarter of the Mavs’ 122-86 shellacking of the Lakers Sunday night, there were two flagrant fouls forty five seconds apart. The first was by Lamar Odom on Dirk Nowitzki, and the second was by Bynum on Jose …
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