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[edit] Lakers' Rivalries

There is a page on the Kings-Lakers Rivalry. Wouldn't it make sense, if we're counting that as a rivalry, to count Lakers-Spurs as a rivalry. Considering that they played each other, 5 times (I think it was five) in the playoffs this century. And that until last year, the Western Conference Champion was either the Lakers or the Spurs since 1999. Also, it was a much more even rivalry than Lakers-Kings.--Seventy-one 20:54, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree, Lakers/Kings was hardly a rivalry. The games were competitive but the Lakers won every series, at least the spurs were able to beat them. Also, no mention of Wilt in team history? 76.168.129.68 03:43, 10 May 2007 (UTC) KO

There's an article about it: Spurs-Lakers rivalry. And Wilt is in the team history summary provided here. For more details, see the much longer History of the Los Angeles Lakers article. howcheng {chat} 06:38, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

If we are going to add rivalries, we should make mention of te time periods which they were rivals. Right this moment, its the SUns (Eliminated them 2 straight years) and the Clippers (Finally performing to the level of the lakers) however we definetly need to add rivalries for the Celtics and the Spurs who are old classic rivalries. Ptotheerry2 20:14, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Single game point leader

I reverted a change back to Kobe's 81 points as single game leader. Wilt wasn't playing for the Lakers at the time of his 100 point game.Vgranucci 22:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roster?

Why are the rookies listed on the roster? They haven't even signed a contract yet. Although the Lakers retain the rights to sign them (that is, no other team can sign them), by definition they shouldn't be included on the roster until they actually sign for the Lakers. For all we know, the Lakers may choose to leave Gasol and Sun with their current teams and not decide to pick them up until next season. Furthermore, the Lakers aren't even obligated to offer a contract to any of the players drafted in the second round; they definitely shouldn't be on there. 75.183.24.180 23:28, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

the only reason why they're there is becaus ethe Lakers still have possesion of them even though they're not signed. Annoyomous24 07:59, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Origin of team

I don't believe it is accurate to state that the team began in Detroit and moved to Minneapolis. There were several professional basketball leagues back then. It certainly is possible there was a team in Detroit that had Jim Pollard and when Detroit folded, Pollard came to Minneapolis where a new franchise was begun. It is my understanding that the franchise name had its origin in the City of Lakes, Minneapolis. The origin of the name comes from the nickname for the city and not the description of the state, the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Team names were not regionalized back then. If the team nicknames referred to something about the area, it was about the city and not the state. Perhaps I can find hard facts on the origin of the franchise. I am quite positive about the origin of the team name. Oldsopplaya 23:32, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Ooops, the team had its origin in Detroit. Oldsopplaya 23:36, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notable Players

can you guys stop adding people who aren't really notable like for example, Aaron McKie. I'm going to delete all the ones I KNOW thats not really notable. ~~Annoyomous24~~ 10:33, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Lakers 1966-1991.png

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:KareemAandEarvinJ.jpg

Image:KareemAandEarvinJ.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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[edit] D-League Affiliate

Why is the D-league affiliate in the team info sidebar not showing properly..i tried editting it still showes {{{affiliate}}} Motafa (talk) 21:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Phil Jackson 04-05 or 05-06?

Yes Phil did come back during the year 2005, but the page is about when he coached the team. He coached the team during the 06 season. Its not when the year stars, its what year the season ends. That's what the NBA calls their season, "by the year the season ends." For example, Frank Hamblen has been with the Lakers since Phil first joined the team during the 1999-2000 season. Yet, in that page he coached the team during the 04-05 season, but did he come during the 04-05 season? No. Its the same with Phil, he came during the year 2005, but he coached the team in during the 2005-06 season. Carlo_ms06 (talk) 05:45, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

NBA is not like MLB or NFL. There is no 2006 season in NBA, there's only a 2005-06 season. Phil Jackson signed his contract in 2005 and the first season he coached was the 2005-06 season. As for Frank Hamblen, he was an assistant during the 1999-2000 season. In 2004-05 season, he became the head coach.
Please, take a look at the Phil Jackson's NBA page and you'll read "Jackson guided the Lakers to three titles in his first stint as their head coach from 1999-2004." It doesn't say that his first stint was from 2000-2004, it clearly states the first year of his first season as a Lakers head coach, which is 1999.--Crzycheetah 06:08, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
So by making this edit, you're stating that the 2006-07 season was Phil Jackson's first season, which is clearly wrong.--Crzycheetah 06:18, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright, how about we change its to 2005-06-present? That way the it shows the season when the coach started his term as the head coach of the team? What about it? Carlo_ms06 (talk)
As that NBA page shows, the first year of the first season should be mentioned first, so I changed it back to "2005-present" and linked "2005" to the 2005-06 NBA season to avoid confusion.--Crzycheetah 19:12, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kobe Bryant picture in Team History

Why is there a picture in the Team History? I really doesn't make sense putting a Kobe Bryant picture in the team history. If there's a Kobe bryant picture in there, why not put Magic Johnson in there or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? **Annoyomous24** (talk) 21:45, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

Does anyone think that we should delete the section, Trivia? $$Annoyomous24$$ (talk) 19:07, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Definitely, but first we should check the team history section and see whether those "trivial" info is there, then remove it.--Crzycheetah 20:18, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Celebrity Fans

Who is Allen Yaghoubzadeh and why is he a famous fan? A Google search says he's an Orthodontist in Beverly Hills. Really? C'mon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigobigo (talk • contribs) 19:35, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

My guess is that it was added by some joker, who wanted to laugh a little. I removed that name.--Crzycheetah 20:17, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Source of "Lakers" name

Where did the Lakers name come from? I've heard three origins. The article says because Minnesota is the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". I've heard it was because Minneapolis is the "City of Lakes". This site says because of a type of cargo ship.[1] I'm leaning towards the Minneapolis origin but I can't find any reliable source for the nickname. ~ Eóin (talk) 18:20, 11 June 2008 (UTC)