Once the Lakers capture #17, the debate is simply over between Lakers and Celtics. The Celtics have won 17 as well but we have been to the Finals a lot more and our all-time greats simply outweigh theirs. Somewhere my buddy Bill Simmons is crying about now but he knows this is true. Imagine the Lakers rolling out an all-time lineup of:
PG Magic Johnson
SG Jerry West
SF Kobe Bryant here
PF LeBron James here
C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and I left off George Mikan, Wilt, and Shaq . Not to mention Elgin Baylor or James Worthy at either Forward spot.
Minneapolis Lakers were World Champions:
1949. 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954
LA Lakers were World Champions:
1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, and with 2020 coming shortly we finally catch the Celtics. It is about damn time, I have waited for this moment for a long time .
Hats off to the greatest basketball franchise of all-time!