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vs. Phoenix Suns (home opener) 11/03/05
at Denver Nuggets (season opener) 11/02/05
vs. Sacramento Kings (preseason) 10/28/05
vs. Utah Jazz (preseason) 10/25/05
vs. Charlotte Bobcats 10/21/05
vs. Golden State 10.12.05
Vlade Divac, one of the NBA’s most popular centers and one of the first European
players to have a major impact in the NBA, announced Tuesday that he will retire from basketball. Divac has agreed to a position with the Lakers. Divac will have a variety of duties, primarily acting as a scout in Europe.
Kurt Rambis, back on the Lakers sidelines, will reteam with Kareem.
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Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been hired by the team to serve as Special Assistant Coach for the 2005-06 season and dropped by Lakers.com to chat live with fans on
Wednesday. Check out what Kareem had to say about this year's Lakers squad, the triangle offense and much more.
Former Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been hired by the team to serve as Special Assistant Coach it was announced Friday by General Manager Mitch Kupchak. In his position
Abdul-Jabbar will work with the Lakers players throughout the year.
The Los Angeles Lakers have hired Frank Hamblen, Kurt Rambis and Brian Shaw to serve as assistant coaches under head coach Phil Jackson, it was announced by Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak.
The Lakers have acquired forward Kwame Brown and guard/forward Laron Profit from the Washington Wizards in exchange for Caron Butler and Chucky Atkins, it was announced
Tuesday. Brown, the first pick in the 2001 NBA Draft, averaged 7.7 points and 5.5 rebounds in his four-year career with the
Wizards. 
First-round pick Andrew Bynum held his own in Summer League action. (Juan Ocampo/NBAE/Getty Images)
What I Did This Summer: Bynum in action in the Lakers Summer League. (Juan Ocampo/NBAE/Getty
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Lakers Conclude Summer League Slate
The Lakers wrapped up play in the Southern California Summer Pro League with a 5-3 record
after Tuesday's 78-76 loss to the Heat. Second-round pick Von Wafer chipped in 10 points, while 17-year-old Andrew Bynum,
the 10th overall selection in last month's NBA Draft, pulled down seven rebounds.
Lakers first round draft pick Andrew Bynum along with the Lakers second round picks Ronny
Turiaf and Von Wafer will join current Lakers Sasha Vujacic and Tony Bobbitt among others on the Lakers entry in this year’s Summer Pro League at The Pyramid in Long Beach.
SUMMER PRO LEAGUE:
The Los Angeles Lakers have signed forward Ronny Turiaf, it was announced Thursday. Per
team policy terms of the agreement were not released. Turiaf played all four years at Gonzaga and was named West Coast Conference
Player of the Year his senior season while also earning Honorable Mention All-American honors.
With the 10th selection in NBA Draft 2005, the Lakers made New Jersey high school center Andrew Bynum the youngest player ever selected in the draft. Bynum, 17, averaged 22.0 points and 16.0 rebounds last season with St. Joseph’s
High. With the 37th pick, Los Angeles turned to forward Ronny Turiaf out of Gonzaga. With their final pick, at No. 39, the Lakers tabbed Florida State guard Von Wafer.
There were no surprises for the Lakers on Monday. They had the 10th-best chance at selecting
No. 1 overall and 10th is where they will pick at the 2005 NBA Draft in New York on June 28. Los Angeles had a 1.4 percent chance of landing the top choice.
“Magic down the middle..just what I thought…a hook shot of 12 – goooooooood! Two
seconds left! The Lakers take the lead on Magic’s Johnson’s running sky hook. Whoooooo weeeeee!”
Three years have passed since the legendary Chick Hearn left us. Lakers.com looks back at
one man's memory of one of the greatest broadcasters of all time.
The classic Magic No-Look, Kareem's Sky Hook, Worthy's vintage tomahawk slam --- all indelible
images on full display in NBA Senior Official Photographer Andrew D. Bernstein's latest photo exhibit. Take a trip with us as we take another look at the Showtime Lakers.
Lakers Insider - June 14, 2005
The Los Angeles Lakers have hired Phil Jackson as head coach. In his last
stint as head coach Jackson guided the Lakers to four NBA Finals appearances in five years spanning from 1999-2004.
Under Jackson, the Lakers became only the third team in NBA history to earn three consecutive NBA Championships (2000, 2001
and 2002).
“We’re very pleased to have Phil return to the Lakers as our head coach,” said Lakers
owner Dr. Jerry Buss. “His record speaks for itself and his success in this sport is unparalleled. Quite
simply, Phil is the best coach in the business and probably the greatest coach of all time. We feel that he is the best
person to lead this team and hope that he will be able to lead us back to the point of being a championship-caliber team.”
In
fourteen seasons as a head coach in the NBA, Jackson has guided his teams to nine NBA Championships, tying him for first with
Red Auerbach. Jackson has a career record of 832-316 which ties Cotton Fitzsimmons for 10th all-time in career
victories. Jackson’s .725 winning percentage ranks first all-time in the NBA (832-316). As the head coach
of the Lakers, Jackson compiled a regular season record of 287-123. Jackson’s .700 winning percentage ranks him
2nd all-time in Lakers history behind Pat Riley (.733). Additionally, Jackson ranks first all time in NBA
postseason history with a .717 winning percentage (175-69).
Jackson first joined the Lakers on July 16, 1999 after a one-year sabbatical
from coaching which followed 12 incredibly successful seasons with the Chicago Bulls, the last nine (1990-1998) coming as
Chicago’s head coach. In his nine years as the head coach of the Bulls Jackson led Chicago to championships in
1991,1992,1993,1996,1997, and 1998 and compiled a regular-season record of 545-193. He reached 200 career victories
faster than any coach in NBA history, accomplishing the feat after only 270 games.
Jackson’s first head coaching job was with the Continental Basketball Association’s
Albany Patroons, where he coached from 1982-1987. Jackson led the Patroons to the 1984 CBA Championship and was also
named the CBA’s Coach of the Year in 1985. He is the first person to win championships as a head coach in both
the NBA and CBA.
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