 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Lakers vakasarudza Chuck Hanger nechisarudzo chavo chokutanga, chechipfumbamwe chose chose mu1948 BAA draft. VaLakers vakawana sarudzo yavo yekutanga muna 1958 nekusarudza Elgin Baylor, uyo akaenderera mberi nekusarudzwa seye chete NBA Rookie yeGore kuve paLakers. VaLakers vakasarudzawo Magic Johnson muna 1979 nechisarudzo chavo chechipiri chekutanga chose, uyo akaverengerwa mukuru weNBA point guard wenguva dzose neESPN muna 2007. VaLakers vakanga vasina sarudzo dzedrafiti yekutanga muna 1967, 1976, 1978, 1980, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012uye 2013. VaLakers havana kuva nevatambi vomutambo wokutanga kana wechipiri kubva muna 1983, 1987, na2001. Mumakore ose aya, Lakers yakanga yatengesa zvimwe zvezvisarudzo zvayo pamwe chete nezvisarudzo zvemamwe mapoka. Somugumisiro wokutengeserana kwakasiyana-siyana, Los Angeles Lakers yakanga ine zvishanu zvekutanga uye zvechipiri-kutenderera mu1979. 