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Originally Posted by Skinzman

But he shouldnt have. The Lakers were named that when they were in Minnesota. There arent many lakes in LA, however Minnesota is covered in them. And yes, the team name was Lakers because of the many lakes there.

Prior to the NBA being formed, they had a different name. I forgot where they were located but the team went out of business. Once bought, they moved the team to Minn. and named them the Lakers. The reasons for someone buying the defunct team was 1) they wanted a team (obviously) and 2) they realized that they could have George Mikan if they bought that specific out of business team.

why not? every team i named was a team that kept it's name after moving to a new city.