Los Angeles Lakers

The LA Lakers are the pride of Los Angeles when it comes to basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers hav e won several major championships and LA Lakers team members are famous the world over for the talent and showmanship. The L.A. Lakers play at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, an arena they share with the Los Angeles Clippers and several other teams. The Los Angeles Lakers are famous for their impressive player roster and ability to win championships. The LA Lakers hold the record for the longest consecutive winning streak of any US NBA Team with a record winning streak of 33 games. The Lakers have only missed the NBA playoffs five times in the course of the team’s illustrious history. Because the Lakers have such a long and glorious basketball history, scoring Lakers tickets can be hard sometimes. Most die hard fans opt to become season ticket holders so that they can always head down to the Staples Center and watch the LA Lakers bring the heat during any game of the season.

The Laker Girls

The Los Angeles Lakers are also famous for their cheerleaders, the Laker Girls, who are known for their athletic dance routines and for their beauty and grace. One of the best selling pieces of L.A. Lakers merchandise each year is a calendar of the Laker Girls in dance outfits and bikinis. Famous musician Paula Abdul got her start in choreography by working for the Laker Girls. Many women try out ever year to become Laker Girls but only the girls who are the most athletic and the prettiest will ever make it onto the Laker Girls squad. The Laker Girls were responsible for reviving the art of cheerleading in basketball.

Los Angeles Lakers History

The LA Lakers didn’t start out in Los Angeles; the team originally began in Detroit. The team was bought and moved to Minneapolis, and then sold again and moved to Los Angeles in 1960. Since 1960 the Los Angeles Lakers purple and gold logo has become a well known symbol of high quality basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers logo can be seen everywhere splashed on jerseys, jackets, hats, tee shirts and other items worn by loyal fans of the Lakers. After several record breaking seasons in the early 2000s Los Angeles Laker start Shaquille O’Neal went to another team, and many fans wondered if Kobe was gonna be out the Lakers next, but so far those fears are unfounded and superstar Kobe Bryant continues to play for the Lakers.