Sunday 6 June 2010
Lakers History: Lakers Awards and Honors Summary
Los Angeles Lakers NBA Seasons and Playoff Awards and Honors
2008-09: Finals MVP - Kobe Bryant, All- NBA 1st Team Player - Kobe Bryant
2007-08: Season MVPs - Kobe Bryant, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Kobe Bryant
2006-07: Scoring Titles - Kobe Bryant, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Kobe Bryant
2005-06: Scoring Titles - Kobe Bryant, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Kobe Bryant
2003-04: All-NBA 1st Team Player - Shaq O'Neal, Kobe Bryant
2002-03: All-NBA 1st Team Player - Shaq O'Neal, Kobe Bryant
2001-02: Final MVPs - Shaq O'Neal, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Shaq O'Neal, Kobe Bryant
2000-01: Finals MVP - Shaq O'Neal, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Shaq O'Neal
1999-00: Season MVPs - Shaq O'Neal, Finals MVP - Shaq O'Neal, Scoring Titles - Shaq O'Neal
All-NBA 1st Team Player - Shaq O'Neal
1997-98: All-NBA 1st Team Player - Shaq O'Neal
1990-91: All NBA 1st Team Player - Magic Johnson
1989-90: Season MVPs - Magic Johnson, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Magic Johnson
1988-89: Season MVPs - Magic Johnson, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Magic Johson
1987-88: Finals MVP - James Worthy, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Magic Johson
1986-87: Season MVPs - Magic Johnson, Finals MVP - Magic Johnson, Assists Leader - M. Johnson
All-NBA 1st Team Player - Magic Johnson
1985-86: Assists Leader - M. Johnson, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnso
1984-85: Finals MVP - Abdul-Jabbar, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Magic Johnson
2008-09: Finals MVP - Kobe Bryant, All- NBA 1st Team Player - Kobe Bryant
2007-08: Season MVPs - Kobe Bryant, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Kobe Bryant
2006-07: Scoring Titles - Kobe Bryant, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Kobe Bryant
2005-06: Scoring Titles - Kobe Bryant, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Kobe Bryant
2003-04: All-NBA 1st Team Player - Shaq O'Neal, Kobe Bryant
2002-03: All-NBA 1st Team Player - Shaq O'Neal, Kobe Bryant
2001-02: Final MVPs - Shaq O'Neal, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Shaq O'Neal, Kobe Bryant
2000-01: Finals MVP - Shaq O'Neal, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Shaq O'Neal
1999-00: Season MVPs - Shaq O'Neal, Finals MVP - Shaq O'Neal, Scoring Titles - Shaq O'Neal
All-NBA 1st Team Player - Shaq O'Neal
1997-98: All-NBA 1st Team Player - Shaq O'Neal
1990-91: All NBA 1st Team Player - Magic Johnson
1989-90: Season MVPs - Magic Johnson, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Magic Johnson
1988-89: Season MVPs - Magic Johnson, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Magic Johson
1987-88: Finals MVP - James Worthy, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Magic Johson
1986-87: Season MVPs - Magic Johnson, Finals MVP - Magic Johnson, Assists Leader - M. Johnson
All-NBA 1st Team Player - Magic Johnson
1985-86: Assists Leader - M. Johnson, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnso
1984-85: Finals MVP - Abdul-Jabbar, All-NBA 1st Team Player - Magic Johnson
HISTORY - Lakers Win First NBA Finals
1949-51: Lakers Win First NBA Finals
The BAA and the NBrged after that season, and the NBA was born for the 1949-50 campaign. In its first yea the NBA consisted. If anything, the Lakers were even better than they had been the season before. The team included a trio of promising first-year players in forward Vern Mikkelsen adn guards Slater martin and Bud Grant. (Grant went on on to greater fame as coach of the football Minnesota Vikings.)
Minneapolis seemed to have a lock on the top spot in the Central Divison, but Rochester put together a 15-game winning streak as the campaign wond down, and the teams ended the regular season tied for first with identical 51-17 records. The Lakers then edged the Royals by a single basket in a one-game playoff to claim the fivision title.
For hte second season in a row Minneapolis waltzed through the preliminary rounds of the postseason. The powerful Lakers felled the Chicago stags in teh Central division Semifinals, swept the Fort Wayne Pistons in two game in the division finals, and then dusted the Anderson duffey packers in two games in the NBA Semifinals.
The first NBA Finals pitted Lakers against the Syracuse Nationals. The Nats had the home-court advantage, but the Lakers took Game 1 in Syracuse when reserve guard Bod Harrison heaved in a 40-foot at the buzzer to give Minneapolis a two-point victory. The Nationals evened the series the next night. When the Finals reconvened in minnesota five days later, Minneapolis pounded out a 91-77 win, then followed that with a vicotry in Game 4. Syracuse postponed the inevistable by shutting down Mikan in game 5, but the Lakers came back with a 110-95 victory in Game 6 to earn the first NBA Championship. Mikan, who had led the league in scoring during hte regular season with 27.4 points per game (only oen other player topped 20.0 ppg). poured in 31.3 points per contest in the playoffs.
The BAA and the NBrged after that season, and the NBA was born for the 1949-50 campaign. In its first yea the NBA consisted. If anything, the Lakers were even better than they had been the season before. The team included a trio of promising first-year players in forward Vern Mikkelsen adn guards Slater martin and Bud Grant. (Grant went on on to greater fame as coach of the football Minnesota Vikings.)
Minneapolis seemed to have a lock on the top spot in the Central Divison, but Rochester put together a 15-game winning streak as the campaign wond down, and the teams ended the regular season tied for first with identical 51-17 records. The Lakers then edged the Royals by a single basket in a one-game playoff to claim the fivision title.
For hte second season in a row Minneapolis waltzed through the preliminary rounds of the postseason. The powerful Lakers felled the Chicago stags in teh Central division Semifinals, swept the Fort Wayne Pistons in two game in the division finals, and then dusted the Anderson duffey packers in two games in the NBA Semifinals.
The first NBA Finals pitted Lakers against the Syracuse Nationals. The Nats had the home-court advantage, but the Lakers took Game 1 in Syracuse when reserve guard Bod Harrison heaved in a 40-foot at the buzzer to give Minneapolis a two-point victory. The Nationals evened the series the next night. When the Finals reconvened in minnesota five days later, Minneapolis pounded out a 91-77 win, then followed that with a vicotry in Game 4. Syracuse postponed the inevistable by shutting down Mikan in game 5, but the Lakers came back with a 110-95 victory in Game 6 to earn the first NBA Championship. Mikan, who had led the league in scoring during hte regular season with 27.4 points per game (only oen other player topped 20.0 ppg). poured in 31.3 points per contest in the playoffs.
HISTORY - Minneapolis Jumps to BAA
1948-49: Minneapolis Jumps to BAA
Before the 1948-49 season began the Minneapolis Lakers, Rochester Royals, Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons lndianapolis and Indianapolls Kautskys (later renamed the Jets) jumped to the Basketball Association of America. The BAA was already an eight-team league that included franchises in such major markets as New York, Boston, Philadlphia and Chicago. The addition of the four NBL teams now gave the league the big-name play it needed.
The biggest name of all was Mikan, and fans flocked to see him in every BAA city. When the Lakers arrived in New York to face the KKnicderbockers, the marquee at Madison Square Garden read "George Mikan vs. Knicks."
Rochester adn Minneapolis dueled for the top spot in the BAA's western Divison, but the Royals edged out the Lakers by one game, even though the tall, broad-shouldered, and extremely agile Mikan played wiht unstoppable force. His 28.3 points per game led the league and accounted for one-third of the Laker's point production.
Before the 1948-49 season began the Minneapolis Lakers, Rochester Royals, Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons lndianapolis and Indianapolls Kautskys (later renamed the Jets) jumped to the Basketball Association of America. The BAA was already an eight-team league that included franchises in such major markets as New York, Boston, Philadlphia and Chicago. The addition of the four NBL teams now gave the league the big-name play it needed.
The biggest name of all was Mikan, and fans flocked to see him in every BAA city. When the Lakers arrived in New York to face the KKnicderbockers, the marquee at Madison Square Garden read "George Mikan vs. Knicks."
Rochester adn Minneapolis dueled for the top spot in the BAA's western Divison, but the Royals edged out the Lakers by one game, even though the tall, broad-shouldered, and extremely agile Mikan played wiht unstoppable force. His 28.3 points per game led the league and accounted for one-third of the Laker's point production.
HISTORY - The Game's First Star
1947 - 48: The Game's First Star
The Lakers franchise predates the NBA. The Minneapolis Laker's first season was 1947-48, when the team entered the National basketball League. A strange series of events early that year landed the lakers the biggest prize in the game at that-center george Mikan. Mikan was a 6-1- giant of a man who had dominated college basketball in his four years at DePaul. He joined the Chicago American Gears at the end of the 1945-46 season, then led the Gears to the NBL championship the following year. Prior to the 1947 campaign Maurice White, president of the American Gear Company and owner of the Chicago team, pulled the club out of the NBL. White's plan was to create a 24 team circuit called the Professional Basketball League of American, in which he would own of teh teams and all of the arenas. But the new aleague lasted barely a month, and the players on White's teams were distrbuted among the 11 NBL franchises. The frist-year Minneapolis Lakers landed Mikan strictly by Chance.
Luke Walton - 4 - Foward
Born on: March 28, 1980
Career: Selected by the Lakers with the 3rd pick in the second round (32nd overall) of the 2003 NBA Draft. Is one of five fater/son combinations to play for an NBA championship (Rick and Brent barry, Joe and Kobe Bryant, Bob and danny y, Matt adn Matt Jr. Guokas). Represented the Los Angeles team along with Magic Johnson and Lisa Leslie in the Radio Shack Shotting stars competition at the 2005 NBA All-Start Weekend. Has posted seven career doubles (five points/rebounds, two points/assists). Has Seven career 10+ rebound games and two 10+ assist games. Has posted four career 20+ point games.
Sasha Vujacic - 18 - Guard
Born on: March 8, 1984
Career: Slected by the Lakers with the 27th pick in the first round of the 2004 NBA draft. Scored 1,000th career point 2/3 @ Washington. Established a new Lakers single-season franchise recorded for 3-point FG% in 2007-08 (.437). Enters 2008-09 as the Lakers all-time leader in 3-point field goal percentage (.381, minimum 250 3FGM). Has 37 career 10-plus point games (4 20-plus).
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