As expected, the Lakers made it to the 1980 NBA Finals that year. They went up against the Philadelphia 76ers in what would ...

On a spring day in 1979, a conference call was held by then-NBA commissioner Larry O'Brien with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers that had incredible implications, both for the immediate ...

Jeanie Buss, controlling owner of Los Angeles Lakers, has overseen significant financial growth since 2013. Her father, Dr.

Among the oldest franchises, the Los Angeles Lakers are considered among the most reputable in the National Basketball ...

The Los Angeles Lakers were blown out by the Milwaukee Bucks ... to reach those numbers since Johnson all the way back in 1979. Many NBA fans had a lot to say on social media about the game ...

1978-91: The showtime Lakers had arrived. The Lakers had drafted Magic Johnson in 1979 and they already had Kareem Abdul Jabbar on their roster. That very year in Magic’s rookie season the ...

Lakers’ LeBron James takes eras warfare to ... and with the three-point like not being instituted in the NBA until 1979, it’s not hard to see Antetokounmpo being the most dominant force ...

Dr. Jerry Buss purchased the Los Angeles Lakers franchise in 1979, and helped usher in a new age of professional basketball. Alongside him for the ride was his daughter, Jeanie, who worked closely ...

Pat Riley was a broadcaster for the Lakers in November 1979 when Paul Westhead took over as their coach after Jack McKinney nearly died in a bicycle accident. Westhead hired Riley as an assistant ...

Johnson did this three times as a 20-year-old rookie during the 1979-80 campaign, per Stathead, but no other Lakers rookie has achieved such a stat line before turning 22. (Others do it at that ...