I was browsin' around the site and noticed the Boston forum had an All-Time list stickied..the Lakers deserve one as well so I figured I'd be devils advocate and make one...quite impressive when you look at it... PG - Magic Johnson G FG% 3PFG% FT% Rebs RPG Asts APG Stls Blks Pts PPG 906 .520 .303 . 848 6,559 7.2 10,141 11.2 1,724 374 17,707 19.5 Full Name: Earvin Johnson Jr. Born: 8/14/59 in Lansing, Mich. Height: 6-9; Weight: 255 lbs. High School: Everett (Lansing) College: Michigan State Drafted by: L.A. Lakers (1979) Transactions: Retired, 11/7/91; Activated, 1/29/96; Retired, 5/14/96 Honors: Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2002); NBA champion (1980, '82, '85, '87, '88); NBA Finals MVP (1980, '82, '87); NBA MVP (1987, '89, '90); Nine-time All-NBA First Team (1983-91); All-NBA Second Team (1982); 12-time All-Star; All-Star MVP (1990, '92); Olympic gold medalist (1992); One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996). SG - Jerry West G FG% FT% Rebs RPG Asts APG Pts PPG 932 .474 .814 5,376 5.8 6,238 6.7 25,192 27.0 Full Name: Jerry Alan West Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 lbs. Nickname: Mr. Clutch Born: 5/28/38 in Chelyan, W. Va. High School: East Bank (W. Va.) College: West Virginia Drafted by: Minneapolis Lakers, 1960 (second overall) Honors: Elected to Basketball Hall of Fame (1980); NBA Finals MVP (1969); NBA Champion (1972); All-NBA First Team (1962-'67, '70-'73); All-NBA Second Team (1968, '69); NBA All-Defensive Team (1970-73); NBA Champion (1972); 14-time NBA All-Star (1961-'74); NBA All-Star MVP (1972); Olympic gold medalist (1960); NBA 35th Anniversay Team (1980); One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996). SF - Elgin Baylor G FG% 3PFG% FT% Rebs RPG Asts APG Pts PPG 846 .431 .330 .780 11,463 13.5 3,650 4.3 23,149 27.4 Full Name: Elgin Gay Baylor Born: 12/16/34 in Washington, D.C. High School: Phelps Vocational, then Spingarn (both Washington) College: The College of Idaho, then Seattle Drafted by: Minneapolis Lakers, 1958 (first overall) Height: 6-5 Weight: 225 lbs. Honors: Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1977); All-NBA First Team (1959, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '67, '68, '69); Rookie of the Year (1959); 11-time NBA All-Star; All-Star co-MVP (1959) PF - James Worthy G FG% FT% Rebs RPG Asts APG Stls Blks Pts PPG 926 .521 .769 4,707 5.1 2,791 3.0 1,041 624 16,320 17.6 Full Name: James Ager Worthy Born: 2/27/61 in Gastonia, N.C. High School: Ashbrook (Gastonia, N.C.) College: North Carolina Drafted by: L.A. Lakers, 1982 (first overall) Height: 6-9; Weight: 225 lbs. Nickname: Big Game James Honors: Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2003); NBA champion (1985, '87, '88); NBA Finals MVP (1988); All-NBA Third Team (1990, '91); All-Rookie Team (1983); Seven-time NBA All-Star (1986-92); One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996). C - Wilt Chamberlain G FG% FT% Rebs RPG Asts APG Pts PPG 1,045 .540 .511 23,924 22.9 4,643 4.4 31,419 30.1 Full Name: Wilton Norman Chamberlain Born: 8/21/36 in Philadelphia Died: 10/12/99 in Los Angeles High School: Overbrook (Philadelphia) College: Kansas Drafted by: Philadelphia Warriors (1959) Transactions: Traded to Philadelphia 76ers, 1/15/65; Traded to Los Angeles Lakers, 7/9/68 Nickname: WIlt the Stilt; The Big Dipper Height: 7-1; Weight: 275 lbs. Honors: Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1978); NBA champion (1967, '72); NBA Finals MVP (1972); NBA MVP (1960, '66, '67, '68); All-NBA First Team (1960, '61, '62, '64, '66, '67, '68); Second Team ('63, '65, '72); All-Defensive First Team (1972, '73); Rookie of Year (1960); One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996). 6th Man - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar G FG% 3PFG% FT% Rebs RPG Asts APG Stls Blks Pts 1,560 .559 .056 .721 17,440 11.2 5,660 3.6 1,160 3,189 38,387 PPG 24.6 Full Name: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Formerly known as: Lew Alcindor Born: 8/16/47 in New York High School: Power Memorial (N.Y.) College: UCLA Drafted by: Milwaukee Bucks, 1969 (first overall) Transactions: Traded to L.A. Lakers, 6/16/75 Height: 7-2; Weight: 267 lbs. Honors: Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1995); NBA champion (1971, '80, '82, '85, '87, '88); NBA MVP (1971, '72, '74, '76, '77, '80); All-NBA First Team (1971, '72, '73, '74, '76, '77, '80, '81, '84, '86); All-NBA Second Team (1970, '78, '79, '83, '85); All-Defensive First Team (1974, '75, '79, '80, '81); All-Defensive Second Team (1970, '71, '76, '77, '78, '84); Rookie of the Year (1970); 19-time All-Star; One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996). Now this would be one helluva squad! Compete with and beat any team in history! Kareem would be the ultimate 6th man! LOL (Thanks to NBA.com for the stats and pictures)
I agree with most of your list. I would play Kareem at the 4 instead of Worthy. Kareem was always finesse anyways. Then my six man would've been Shaq. Then of course the rest of the bench would be, Kobe, Gail goodrich, worthy, Michael Cooper, Jamal Wilkes....and...i dunno....Vlade
PG: Magic Johnson SG: Kobe Bryant C: Shaquille O' Neal SF: James Worthy PF: Karl Malone Sixth Man: Jerry West Coach: John Wooden And the Trojans suck! UCLA fight! fight! fight!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting sartre2025:</div><div class="quote_post">PG: Magic Johnson SG: Kobe Bryant C: Shaquille O' Neal SF: James Worthy PF: Karl Malone Sixth Man: Jerry West Coach: John Wooden And the Trojans suck! UCLA fight! fight! fight!</div> Jerry West the sixth man? Are you out of your mind? Then again, you have your opinion. Down the line we may look at Kobe as a better player before it's all said and done, but to bench West for a guy who is just fitting into his prime, is ridiculious. Your on your own their with Shaq, but I would take Wilt. I agree 100% with the Black Widow's lineup, it's nice to have a guy around here who knows his NBA history, welcome!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Purple N Gold:</div><div class="quote_post">Jerry West the sixth man? Are you out of your mind? Then again, you have your opinion. Down the line we may look at Kobe as a better player before it's all said and done, but to bench West for a guy who is just fitting into his prime, is ridiculious. Your on your own their with Shaq, but I would take Wilt. I agree 100% with the Black Widow's lineup, it's nice to have a guy around here who knows his NBA history, welcome!</div> Kobe and Magic in the backcourt would be one for the ages; a continuous highlight reel of ingenuous play. And if you think about it, there at least three Lakers you could put at the 2 or 5 who'd get the job done. Kareem, Shaq or Wilt at the 5. Kobe, Gail Goodrich or Jerry West at the 2. The choice is purely arbitrary, but Kobe is the most athletic of the three and is the only Laker, other than Elgin Baylor, to average 30 points in a season. For all of Wilt's supposed offensive prowess, he was rarely victorious against the dominant defensive abilities of Bill Russell. I'd bet on my Laker team over any other.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting sartre2025:</div><div class="quote_post">PG: Magic Johnson SG: Kobe Bryant C: Shaquille O' Neal SF: James Worthy PF: Karl Malone Sixth Man: Jerry West Coach: John Wooden </div> youve had the best player ever on your team and you arent even going to start him?
Although not made for the team, it would be nice to see Luke Walton passing around with Magic, they're both so awesome not that Walton is on Magic's level.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting notMuchgame:</div><div class="quote_post">Sartre, John Wooden was never a Laker coach...how could he be on your list?</div> I know that, I'm a Bruin and since this is an exercise in fantasy (e.g. Meagan Good in a thong on your bed), I stretched the parameters.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting sartre2025:</div><div class="quote_post">I know that, I'm a Bruin and since this is an exercise in fantasy (e.g. Meagan Good in a thong on your bed), I stretched the parameters.</div> lol, arite man...i'm a UCLA fan too, I'm hoping the Lakers take a chance on Dijon Thompson when he comes out. Kid got some potiential. That Bozeman tho...I just don't kno back on topic, if there is a spot for coach, I would have Pat Riley. Bill Sharman would be a close second....
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting notMuchgame:</div><div class="quote_post">lol, arite man...i'm a UCLA fan too, I'm hoping the Lakers take a chance on Dijon Thompson when he comes out. Kid got some potiential. That Bozeman tho...I just don't kno back on topic, if there is a spot for coach, I would have Pat Riley. Bill Sharman would be a close second....</div> Dijon is an OK player, I took a history class with those guys two years ago: Matt Barnes and company. Of course, they never showed up for class and when they did, they'd sit in back and talk on their cell phones. There is a great deal of pressure to live up to the standard set by John Wooden, which is damn near impossible. That's part of the reason why Steve Lavin got tossed last year. I don't like Bozeman, I doubt that he'll be drafted. UCLA hasn't produced a notable player since Baron Davis; Jason Kapono is playing with Lebron now, so I'll be keeping an eye on him. I'm really impressed with Trevor Ariza (rookie) this year, I look for him to be a strong leader for the squad.
