Los Angeles Lakers: Compiling an all-time starting 5

Continuing our All-Time Starting Five series, we explore the Los Angeles Lakers and create their best possible lineup

Coaches choose the best, talented, and most efficient NBA players when a “starting five” is architected. But architecture necessitates blueprints.

This blueprint isn’t your normalized layout for buildings, skyscrapers, etc. It’s about a franchise with a storied tradition. Not just basketball tradition, but history overall.

Since 1950, the Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the most competent NBA franchises in history. Ultimately, because of several greats who wore those lustrous purple and gold uniforms. A plethora of Laker greats.

With so many legends, how hard would it be to put together an all-time Lakers’ starting five? Well, let’s see if the difficulty matches the premise.