Sedale Threatt wrote:Regarding Mikan -- considering it's been 50 years since the team moved, and George never played a single second of basketball in Los Angeles, I don't have a problem leaving him off this list. Because if you add him, you probably have to find a slot for Jim Pollard too, but there's probably not much of a groundswell for that, is there?
Let's be honest. Up until six or seven years ago, Los Angelinos totally ignored the Minneapolis history of their favorite franchise. It wasn't until they realized they could jump up into the Celtics' stratosphere that they started to tack on those extra championhips.
I do it, too. But I kind of like how the pro leagues have started to treat franchise moves -- leave a city, and you leave the history.
Well if you grew up in the 60's, 70's like me in a split family mom in WLA and dad in MPLS, probably have more feeling and appreciation for the older Lakers. Since MPLS didn't have a team in the 70's and 80's I'd say the city (at least of people I knew) was probably 50% Laker fans, 30% Bucks and the rest spread. Funny how there were no Bulls fans back then because they sucked for most of their history until 86-87.
Re the older Lakers Pollard, Mikkelsen and Slater Martin. All HOF's and top 15 Lakers. I'd go Vern at 11 for sure, with the Kangaroo Kid and Slater a smidge behind.
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