Rank the Top 5 Greatest Lakers of All-Time

[Deuce Bigalow]

Los Angeles Lakers Awards/Records

Magic Johnson

5

[StateOfMind12]

1. Magic Johnson
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4. Shaquille O'Neal
5. Jerry West
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6. Elgin Baylor

I don't know anything about Mikan to rank him and I'm not just going to look at his stats/accomplishments to come up with a conclusion either.

[AlphaWolf24]

1.Kobe - was a Laker at 17 years old.....was a Laker for Half his life....Won 5 championships (T 1rst) as a NBA mega star..too many unbelievable games / scoring / clutch shots/combacks to list....Kobe Bryant is the greatest Laker ever

2.Magic - Made the lakers the premiere Team during the 80's . Rivalry against Bird/Celtics was the best era of basketball...won 5 Titles and help (w/ Bird) make Basketball hugely Popular during the 80's

3.Kareem - Stoic Big man who played his best seasons as a laker, Great scorer who could make great passes....won 5 Titles in L.A.

4.West - never watched him play , but the man was a warrior and is the NBA Logo

5.Shaq - Dominated the paint area like no other....him and Kobe 3 peated never had sucess like he did when he played in LA....

[SpecialQue]

Magic
Kareem
West
Mikan
Kobe

[ImmortalD24]

[QUOTE=Deuce Bigalow]Kobe Bryant

5

[DTreats]

Magic
Kobe
Fisher
Mikan
West
Wilt
Shaq
Kareem


Pick any 5.

[StateOfMind12]

Kobe has no case over Magic in the all-time list so he sure as heck does not have a case over Magic as the greatest Laker of all-time.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

1. Magic
2. Shaq
3. Kareem/Kobe
5. West

[The Choken One]

Magic
Kobe
Kareem
Shaq
West

EDIT: Calm down stateofmind..no need to shit your shorts. lol

[Round Mound]

Magic
Shaq
Kareem
Wilt
Bryant

[SpecialQue]

What criteria are we using for "greatest"? Stats only?

[RRR3]

1. Smush Parker
2. Sedale Threatt
3. Didier-Ilunga Mbenga
4. Kurt Rambis
5. Slava Medvedenko

[ihoopallday]

1. Magic
2. Kobe
3. Wilt
4. Shaq
5. West

[Deuce Bigalow]

What criteria are we using for "greatest"? Stats only?
shouldn't it be everything?

[ihoopallday]

1. Smush Parker
2. Sedale Threatt
3. Didier-Ilunga Mbenga
4. Kurt Rambis
5. Slava Medvedenko

:roll: :roll: :roll: That's messed up bro. Making Heat fans look bad

[The Choken One]

What criteria are we using for "greatest"? Stats only?
I went by their impact on the franchise...not necessarily who's better of them... or else sadly I'd probably rank Shaq second.

[RRR3]

:roll: :roll: :roll: That's messed up bro. Making Heat fans look bad
I'm not a Heat fan, I'm a LeBron/Chalmers fan:banana: :pimp:
You forgot Kareem btw:no:

Anyways my list...
1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Magic Johnson
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Jerry West
5. Shaquille O'Neal
HM: Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, George Mikan

[ImmortalD24]

1. Smush Parker
2. Sedale Threatt
3. Didier-Ilunga Mbenga
4. Kurt Rambis
5. Slava Medvedenko
How can u forget the goat KWA-MAY BROWN. You should commit seppuku on the spot for your sins.

[RRR3]

How can u forget the goat KWA-MAY BROWN. You should commit seppuku on the spot for your sins.
Overrated. Kwame Stans always forget that Kwame never did anything notable outside of the Lakers. Don't believe the Hype. Mbenga>>>>Kwame

[Deuce Bigalow]

1. Magic
2. Kobe
3. Wilt
4. Shaq
5. West
Wilt over Shaq and West?
:confusedshrug:

[TheBigVeto]

Kobe and Magic have NO case of being the GOAT Laker.
GOAT Laker = Kareem.

[SuperPippen]

1. Magic
2. West
3. Kobe
4. Kareem
5. Baylor

[Whoah10115]

Sedale Threatt :oldlol:




1. Magic (duzzers wuzzers)
2. Kobe
3. Logo
4. KAJ
5. Shaq...just because he was so beastly during his prime. And because why not.


Mikan and Baylor must be mentioned.

[gengiskhan]

1. Magic
2. Shaq
3. Kareem
4. Kobe
5. West

[lilgodfather1]

1. Magic - second greatest player of all time.
2. Kobe - entire career with LAL.
3. KAJ - 5 titles.
4. Shaq - 3 titles.
5. West - 9 finals appearances.

I find it funny that I put the second greatest Lakers as Kobe who I have below two of the players that are ahead of him on the all time list. But this thread is just what they did with LAL, so that is why.

[Kiddlovesnets]

1. Magic Johnson
2. Jerry West
3. Kareem Jabbar
4. Kobe Bryant
5. George Mikan

[Odinn]

1. Magic Johnson
2. Kobe Bryant
3a. Jerry West
3b. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5. Shaquille O'Neal

[Kobe 4 The Win]

1 Magic Johnson
2 Kobe
3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
4 Shaquille O'Neal
5a Jerry West
5b Wilt Chamberlain

Magic's number one and I don't see Kobe unseating him. I go back and forth with Kobe and Kareem at number 2. I give Kobe the edge because he has been Laker for his whole career. Shaq over West and Wilt because of the 3-peat. Mikan gets assed out because he never played in LA. Honorable mention to James Worthy and Elgin Baylor.

[Lakers Legend#32]

1 Magic
2 Kareem
3. West
4. Baylor
5. Kobe

[Odinn]

I do not understand why people rank Wilt as top 5 Laker ever. He only played 5 seasons as a Laker and 4 complete-season. He wasn't in his prime. He didn't score more than 6000 points for the Lakers. Aside from Magic, Kobe, Kareem, West and Shaq; Baylor and Worthy are greater then Wilt as Lakers.

[Smoke117]

Alphawolf you are so pathetic man...only you would have Kobe over Magic. :rolleyes:

[LA.MJ&KB#1]

Magic is the man but Kobe has the numbers over Magic. I HAVE TO SAY KOBE IS THE OVERALL BEST

[PTB Fan]

1. Smush Parker
2. Sedale Threatt
3. Didier-Ilunga Mbenga
4. Kurt Rambis
5. Slava Medvedenko

:bowdown: :roll:

[PTB Fan]

1.Magic
2.Kareem
3.Kobe
4.West
5.Baylor/Shaq (Baylor was individually as good, saved the LA franchise but Shaq won titles, dominated and was just as amazing, so I'm leaning on the big fella)

[jlauber]

I do not understand why people rank Wilt as top 5 Laker ever. He only played 5 seasons as a Laker and 4 complete-season. He wasn't in his prime. He didn't score more than 6000 points for the Lakers. Aside from Magic, Kobe, Kareem, West and Shaq; Baylor and Worthy are greater then Wilt as Lakers.

Chamberlain may not be a top-5 Laker, but in his five seasons, he guided FOUR teams to the Finals. In his first year, he led a Laker team to a team record for most wins. In his 4th season, he led the Lakers to their STILL best ever record, and a dominating world title (their first ever in LA) in which he won the FMVP (while West had his worst post-season of his career.) He also won FOUR rebounding titles, THREE FG% titles (including the best season ever), and was voted first-team all-defense twice.

Not bad for his five year run in LA...

[Story Up]

Kobe and magic both will have a statue, Kobe is tied due to his longevity.

[NumberSix]

Magic
Kareem
Wilt
Shaq
West

[midatlantic09]

Magic
Kareem
West
Mikan
Kobe

This is a terrible ranking.

[JtotheIzzo]

1. Smush Parker
2. Sedale Threatt
3. Didier-Ilunga Mbenga
4. Kurt Rambis
5. Slava Medvedenko

Rambis was a good player.

The top five is indisputable:

1-Magic
2-Kareem
3-Kobe
4-Shaq
5-West

[Tmuston Beltics]

says rank top 5 ranks 7 :rolleyes:

[caliman]

Magic
KAJ
Kobe
Shaq
Logo

[caliman]

I went by their impact on the franchise...not necessarily who's better of them... or else sadly I'd probably rank Shaq second.


How could you not have Shaq ranked higher if all you went by was impact on the franchise?

He comes in for 8 years, they go to 4 Finals and win 3 titles.
He leaves and they are in the lottery.

[AlphaWolf24]

Alphawolf you are so pathetic man...only you would have Kobe over Magic. :rolleyes:


3 of the top 5 alltime Lakers Have Kobe #1....


now scram B4 I make U my *****!

[Deuce Bigalow]

Alphawolf you are so pathetic man...only you would have Kobe over Magic. :rolleyes:
Magic Johnson, Jerry West, and Shaquille O'Neal have said Kobe is the greatest Laker ever. I think Magic said that Kobe's tied with him, the rest said Kobe is the best.

[AlphaWolf24]

Magic Johnson, Jerry West, and Shaquille O'Neal have said Kobe is the greatest Laker ever. I think Magic said that Kobe's tied with him, the rest said Kobe is the best.


and I'm the idiot for agreeing with Magic , Jerry West and Shaq??

welcome to the interwebz....where you have to defy common knowlege to be a "hardcore fan"


:hammerhead: :confusedshrug:

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

Magic
Kareem
Wilt
Shaq
West
:roll:
what a knucklehead!!

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

1a. Kareem
1b. Magic
3. Kobe
4. West
5. Baylor

Now, if you are talking about total contribution to the Laker organization, then I would move West ahead of Kobe...and maybe even to #1.

[KingBeasley08]

1.West (Great player and Executive)
2. Magic/Kobe
3. Kobe/Magic
4. Kareem
5. Shaq

[Rysio]

since 1986 lakers had 27 games where one of their players scored 50 points or more and one of those players is responsible 24 of them. ill have him at #1 please. :applause: :applause: :applause:

[sic]

magic
kareem
shaq
west
kobe

[SuperPippen]

You know what? In addition to West's brilliant play over the course of his career for the Lakers, he won them at least 5 more championships after his playing career ended. If it wasn't for West, the Lakers would never have acquired Shaq OR Kobe.

I'd say that that makes West the greatest Laker ever.

[gengiskhan]

-Magic
-Shaq
-Kareem
-Chokbe
-West

[skaterbasist]

Magic and Shaq called Kobe the greatest Laker of all time.

/Thread.

[gengiskhan]

Magic and Shaq called Kobe the greatest Laker of all time.

/Thread.

except that Shaq has 3 "solid" dominant back-2-back-2-back FMVPs as LAL & Kobe dont

Shaq should've had 4 FMVPs had they not played Kobe ball in 2004 NBA Finals.

Shaq still well above Kobe as LAL
Magic still well above Shaq as LAL

Magic & Shaq getting paid millions by TNT to sell modern day garbage NBA to the kids.

They'll say anything to collect their hefty paycheck. specially Shaq who is so bad in front of camera.

[Deuce Bigalow]

-Magic
-Shaq
-Kareem
-Chokbe
-West
5 time Champions are chokers? Wow, I guess I learned something new today.

[Shepseskaf]

You know what? In addition to West's brilliant play over the course of his career for the Lakers, he won them at least 5 more championships after his playing career ended. If it wasn't for West, the Lakers would never have acquired Shaq OR Kobe.

I'd say that that makes West the greatest Laker ever.
Hard to argue against that point.

[TheMan]

1 Magic
2 KAJ
3 Kobe
4 Shaq
5 Wilt

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

1 Magic
2 KAJ
3 Kobe
4 Shaq
5 Baylor
Do you know who Jerry West is?

[RRR3]

It's scary how many all-time greats the Lakers have had.:eek:

I mean look, they have had


Guys up for GOAT consideration (KAJ, Wilt)
Another guy generally thought to be top 5 all time (Magic)
Guys often thought to be in the top 10 (Shaq, Kobe)
And then you have guys like West, Baylor, and Mikan who are all really high up there as well. Hell, some have West top 10, and Baylor has to be top 20.

Then you have "lesser" Hall of Famers like James Worthy, Gail Goodrich, Pau Gasol (future HOF'er), etc.

Only other team that has this kind of starpower all time is the Celtics I would imagine.

[TheMan]

Do you know who Jerry West is?
He's not better as a player as the guys I mentioned...if you include Greatest Laker as a player Executive, West>>>all but I'm only rating players.

Do you think West was a better player than those I listed?

[TheMan]

It's scary how many all-time greats the Lakers have had.:eek:

I mean look, they have had


Guys up for GOAT consideration (KAJ, Wilt)
Another guy generally thought to be top 5 all time (Magic)
Guys often thought to be in the top 10 (Shaq, Kobe)
And then you have guys like West, Baylor, and Mikan who are all really high up there as well. Hell, some have West top 10, and Baylor has to be top 20.

Then you have "lesser" Hall of Famers like James Worthy, Gail Goodrich, Pau Gasol (future HOF'er), etc.

Only other team that has this kind of starpower all time is the Celtics I would imagine.
Baylor is really underrated, should be top 12 at least.

[skaterbasist]

Magic & Shaq getting paid millions by TNT to sell modern day garbage NBA to the kids.

They'll say anything to collect their hefty paycheck. specially Shaq who is so bad in front of camera.

So what you're trying to say is that if they Shaq hadn't called Kobe the greatest Laker of all time, he'd somehow be in trouble with the TNT? :lol

And Magic? What does he have to lose? He doesn't even work for the media. :oldlol:

:roll:

[Smoke117]

Magic is too humble to just come out and say: "I'm the greatest laker of all time." It's as simple as that when it comes to him and his remarks.

[SuperPippen]

He's not better as a player as the guys I mentioned...if you include Greatest Laker as a player Executive, West>>>all but I'm only rating players.

Do you think West was a better player than those I listed?

As a Laker? Yes. He might not be higher on the all-time list than Magic, Kareem, Shaq, Wilt, or Kobe, but based purely on his accomplishments as a Laker - even if you're only taking playing careers into consideration - West was a more notable Laker than everyone on that list but Kobe, Magic, and arguably Kareem.

[longhornfan1234]

Bumping old threads. :facepalm

[AlphaWolf24]

:lol ...seriosly....Y do people get so angry If you say " Kobe is the greatest Laker"

- I ranked Kobe #1 and Magic #2......and dudes caught Feelings of hatred.

- I'm always :roll: at these fools