I could list off 50 more names before even thinking of including Shannon Brown, and anyone with a passing knowledge of this team’s history is familiar with him, even if it’s solely because of that block. should I keep going? It’s a never-ending list, and this truncated version merely scratches the surface of the who’s who of Laker legends. Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Shaquille O’Neal, Wilt Chamberlain, LeBron James.
The Lakers have won a total of 17 championships as a franchise and boast an all-time roster that would easily be favored in any imaginary tournament pitting historical teams against one another. (Which is why Jerry West, while selected by the Minneapolis Lakers, wasn’t ever really a Minneapolis Laker he never actually played for a Lakers team that wasn’t located in Los Angeles.) They were iconic from the jump, boasting players like George Mikan and Elgin Baylor even before the team moved to Los Angeles for the 1960-61 season. Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Imagesįounded in 1946 as the Detroit Gems before moving to Minneapolis the following year, the Lakers have been around for what one might modernly refer to as a minute. Their little brother franchise still awaits similar glory, all these years later.
One was there first, while the other came second.Ī familiar sight for the Lakers: Banners and trophies, one in the same. One younger, one older one taller, one shorter. (Beyond a passing resemblance, we don’t see it, but if being pasty and blonde means you’re related, then I guess Ryan Gosling and I have some catching up to do.)īut I suppose my main grievance lies with the idea that, for some, brothers can never just be brothers. People can often tell that Jamie and I are related, so it wasn’t exactly criminal for these cafeteria workers to immediately draw a connection between him to me. That distinction infuriated me then and bothers me still, despite my five-plus years removed from school and 300-plus miles between me and that lunchroom. From that point on, he was known as “little Will.”
When they met him for the first time, they were elated to discover that “there’s another one.” I had a two-year jump on Jamie in terms of cultivating a rapport with the kitchen staff, to the point where they knew me by name. Being personable people, we never failed to make conversation with the lunch ladies. To everyone else, though, because of the 801 days between our births, he’s my little brother.įor example: When we were in high school, Jamie and I often found ourselves in the same lunch block. I was asked on a date last month as a follow-up to the question of how many siblings I have - but in my eyes, his age is hardly a defining characteristic. I would clarify if asked to - “Younger or older?” I would never call Jamie my “little brother” if introducing him to a stranger, nor would I even refer to him as my younger brother. To me, he’s just my brother my equal his own person, just as I am mine. My little brother, Jamie, is hardly my “little” brother.
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