Los Angeles Lakers: One of the Top Teams of the NBA

Now, who has not heard of the Los Angeles Lakers? This team called the Los Angeles Lakers is probably one of the most famous professional basketball teams around and for a good reason. The Los Angeles Lakers holds 14 NBA titles to its name, a record only surpassed by its long-time rival, the Boston Celtics. This team also has a huge number of division and conference wins credited to them, 28 conference titles and 26 division titles, to be exact. This indeed makes the Los Angeles Lakers one of the most successful NBA franchises around.

The Los Angeles Lakers keeps their good name and record intact with the careful selection of team members and a lot of these team members have gone on to become icons of basketball by being selected into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The more popular players of the team include the charming Magic Johnson, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, James Worthy and Elgin Baylor, Shaq O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, to name but a few. The Los Angeles Lakers also had the eye for choosing not only players that can contribute a lot to the team but also had some of the best coaches in the business. Included in this list is the legendary Phil Jackson who was the coach behind the success of the Chicago Bulls.

The Los Angeles Lakers remains one of the solid pillars of the game and still garners quite a following. The people that are avid fans of the team include some of the top names in Hollywood, like Jack Nicholson, Cher, Leonardo DiCaprio and many more. These celebrities as well as the regular fans of the team wait for the comeback that is usually the trademark of the Los Angeles Lakers. They did it a couple of times before and they will do it again soon.