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Article needs updating pronto[edit]

The last update to LA's history was the 2021 offseason, two and a half years ago. Since then, LA had an abysmal 2022 but monumental 2023 in which LeBron breaks Kareem's scoring record and the Lakers reach the WCF as a 7th seed, while eliminating the Grizz and Dubs. Not to mention the players that helped LA do that, like D'Angelo Russell and Austin Reaves. Not having that in the article is kind of silly. JohnnyYeet (talk) 23:03, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The history section is meant to only be a high-level summary of the History of the Los Angeles Lakers page. In turn, there is more leeway for detail in the respective season-specific pages. Feel free to be bold and improve them.—Bagumba (talk) 00:21, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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"The Lakers are the most successful team in the history of the NBA, and have won 17 NBA championships, tied with the Boston Celtics for the most in NBA history." This seems to be incorrect to start, the end is true but as the Lakers neither have the most wins (Celtics), win % (Spurs I believe) nor most championships (tied as stated) they are not objectively the most successful. If anything, the Celtics have a stronger claim if giving such a title out but that's a whole other story. It should be something more like "The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the NBA..." 2601:190:580:3FA0:C4F1:714D:6B8D:BC3D (talk) 08:19, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done It was "one of the most" before, but on November 4th someone changed that to "the most successful". Deltaspace⁴² (talk • contribs) 08:38, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect number of championships[edit]

The lakers have 16 titles not 17 as the fraudulent ring given to Lebron James by Mickey Mouse at disneyland in 2020 was not a real ring and does not count 2600:100F:B1BF:6176:7C13:FDE8:6F1D:D3BB (talk) 20:16, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are wrong.Spanneraol (talk) 20:27, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Laker don't have 18 championships.[edit]

This info is incorrect. The 17th shouldn't count either, but they are have 17 titles. Crawfordkp (talk) 21:52, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you cite reliable sources that support this? —Bagumba (talk) 23:14, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article is correct.. the Lakers won 17 NBA championships and one from the predecessor NBL league. Why wouldn't any of them count? Spanneraol (talk) 02:33, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]