So much to choose from that most answers are solid. I’ll say the Shaq and Kobe duo.

As a Warriors Fan, I’ll always be grateful for Jerry West since he played an indispensable role in making the Warriors a dynasty. Remember he was the one that talked us out of trading Klay for Love, among other things.

Pretty much every era where lakers were great he impacted. Lakers owe him so much. Unfortunately Jeannie buss sucks ar her job and is ungrearful. that really hurt west's relationship with the franchise he loved so much

Man please answer where do I find games of the old generations (lots of ppl talk about how good they are and I don’t understand cuz I never watch)

Building both Showtime and the Kobe Shaq dynasty to me, though I'll never forget the 1971-72 championship.

That's not cool at all

Look, the ppl who trashed him IS trash. You can teach a cat not to poop at the carpet by placing its bowl on top of it, but you can’t teach Jennie Buss to be grateful and respectful. Things don’t connect in her peasized brain. Jerry has all the glory. He’s a man of pride, of heart, of kindness, of wisdom, of courage, of skills and knowledge and of confidence. And yet he is still a humble person. He shouldn’t be recognized as a Laker. Just like Bill Russell not as a Celtic, MJ not as a Bull. Greatness belongs to the ppl who manifested, not to the uniform they happen to wear at the time.

Thats why always put the nost high 1st.

Absolutely

Him & Kobe

​@@melvinhhcp3615west more important

@@mkbzam Him & Kobe. West & Kobe were LEVELS greater than Magic on defense. Actually Kareem too. But KAJ was not a life long Laker. But still...

Not trying to take anything away from West, but just considering the premise: Super Mario Lemieux.

He basically has zero argument for being the greatest laker player ever. That just isnt true

That's an exaggeration, I agree, but he's one of the most impactful Lakers in history, with countless playoff heroics and scoring numbers which with a 3pt line would only be surpassed by Kobe, none other great Lakers. Besides, the point is the impact of the LOGO no matter what on the Lakers organisation, whatever age or position, he just loved to honor the purple and gold

​@@kaan4943cope. Faced greatest team ever

Yeah, that was just a dumb list.

She's a trust fund bia

​@@frankpagel39 ridiculously petty and dumb

​@@frankpagel39Elgin Baylor should have been in the list too. Because he saved the Lakers from going bankrupt

She IS the disgrace.

Sad that it didn’t win the game cuz there was not 3p

well a 50 footer happened today, while not being at the final buzzer its still something

@@bananalegend194not comparable. Wests was a buzzer beater to tie the game.

@@1234EggNogg ik its just kinda crazy this comment said that then something kinda similar happened

Respect

RIP Mr. Logo 🫡

You guys can emote??

you haven't edited your name yet ?

yep.like50 yrs😊

What causes West to get overlooked I feel is that his playing career was in the 60’s, and early 70’s and so much time has passed, let alone the NBA’s popularity has grown a lot since 1974. But his impact was incredibly large, and he brought a lot to the game; both as a GM and a player. Rest in Peace to Jerry West.

I think they should change it to curious george

If you watch til the end, you’ll see that I argue that same point. Such a legend

@@jonnyarnett You sure did and I'm glad for it

You can argue the 2009 & 2010 Lakers championships also, given he was the exec in Memphis traded Pau Gasol here.

Yeah but recruiting KD to the GSW arguably hurt them because it looks like they needed a super team to win.

@@turbotravis2323 Nobody says this about 08 Boston, 2012 & 2013 Miami, or the 2016 Cavs though.

FACTS MACHINE, although Rick Barry and Oscar Roberson would've made it very interesting too

Well she used to sleep with Phil so...

Phil deserves it, Lebron is the one that Shouldn't be on the list.

@@146zigzag3 Neither of them deserve it. Mikan, Baylor, West, Kareem, Magic, Shaq, and Kobe all should be over those two.

@@reillyhopf6508 Elgin doesn't belong above Phil and Shaq is questionable since Phil returned after Shaq left and won 2 more titles.

@@squanchy2925 That's still 5. And Elgin absolutely does belong over Phil, here are his career accolades relative to other Laker greats: 11x all-star (5th among Lakers) 10x all-NBA (T3, only behind West and Kobe) ROY (1st and only in Lakers history, surprised me) 846 games (T8) 33863 MP (4th) 8693 FGM (4th) 5763 FTM (3rd) 11463 Rebounds (1st by nearly 1200) 3650 Assists (7th) 23149 Points (4th) 26 TDs (3rd) 40 MPG (2nd) 27.4 PPG (1st) 13.5 RPG (2nd) 22.7 PER (7th among retired players) 104.2 WS (6th) Played in 8 finals including leading the Lakers to their first finals since the retirement of George Mikan Scored a franchise (and NBA) record 61 points in the finals. One of only 3 players (Ricky Barry and Michael Jordan) to *average* 40 PPG in the finals The only two players to consistently find themselves ahead of Baylor in these categories are West and Kobe. Baylor cemented a sad legacy of being the greatest loser of all time, and he certainly meant more to the Lakers than Jackson did.

Agreed

Together again

Factz. R.I.P. Mr. West

I agree, I have him at #14 just ahead of Big O, KD, and M. Malone. He's behind Hakeem and Dr. J, but that's because I take into account Erving's accomplishments in the ABA and he gets knocked down quite a bit talking strictly about NBA ball.

Don't compare lbj to West. He doesn't belong in the same convo.

I bet u as a Lakers fan loved when LeBron signed with them and brought them back from being a lottery team to a championship.

DO NOT take it the wrong way, but we do need to remember that they played more minutes and in an extremely fast era. I honestly think that is the most underappreciated thing about the 1960s greats, the fact that they were regularly playing 40+ minutes a night in Chuck Taylors in a hot gym, running up and down the court more than any other era ever. Insane endurance.