== == 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.
The Lakers were based in Minneapolis from 1947 to 1960. They should have left the name for a future Minnesota team since Minnesota is the land of a thousand lakes.
The Lakers originated from Minnesota, and there are a lot of lakes there. Hence, the name Lakers.
No they are from Minnesota.
In 1960, the Los Angeles Lakers moved from the state of Minnesota. They were previously known as the Minnesota Lakers.
first is is Minneapolis not minnesota lakers i remember some good players as George Mikan and Vern Mikkelsen.
The Los Angeles Lakers franchise started out in Detroit in 1946 as the Gems. After one season in Detroit the team was sold and relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota and the team's name changed to the Minnesota Lakers. The motto of the state of Minnesota is the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", hence the nickname Lakers for the team. The team again relocated, this time to Los Angeles, in 1960 and retained the nickname Lakers.
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The LA Lakers are called the "Lakers" because they first originated from Minnesota (The Minneapolis Lakers). Minnesota is commonly known as "Land of 10,000 Lakes" which gives the team the name "Lakers"
yes the La lakers were the Minneapolis lakers before they moved to la
The team is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota and Minnesota is the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Hence the name "Lakers".
The state of Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes. The Minnesota Timberwolves are located in Minneapolis making them the team that plays in the land of 10,000 lakes. However, The Los Angeles Lakers are nicknamed the Lakers because they used to be located in Minnesota. They left Minnesota for Los Angeles before the 1960-61 season but kept the nickname of the Lakers.