That wasn't a nickname. It was the abbreviation for Minneapolis and it fit on a jersey.
== == The Los Angeles Lakers are called the "Lakers" because the team used to be located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Minnesota is nicknamed the land of a thousand lakes, thus, the Lakers were born.
Mpls.
Minneapolis, Minesota
They were the Minneapolis Lakers.
The Lakers franchise originated in Minneapolis but they later moved to Los Angeles where they kept the name
From 1946 - 1959 the Lakers were known as the Minneapolis Lakers.
1947 as the Minneapolis lakers
They came from Minneapolis.
1960
the Minneapolis Lakers
Minneapolis
Minneapolis