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book on the history of the recent Lakers! Great narrative on the Lakers, Highly enjoyed even though I'll never cheer for them, enjoyed the inner workings of this amazing organization!

If you like the Los Angeles Lakers or NBA basketball, you need to read this book.
Mark Heisler is one of the best basketball writers around, and this is a terrific history of the Laker organization written in an entertaining way.
I read

the original edition, so I can't speak to the newer versions covering the last batch of championships,

A lot of folks will point to Roland Lazenby's The Show as the Must Read laker book, but I prefer this one base on Heisler's writing and LA perspective.
In this revised and expanded edition, Los Angeles Times writer Mark Heisler investigates theyear history of the Los Angeles Lakers and unveils a pattern of pampered and/or misguided players, megalomaniacal executives, and owners whose obsessive drives for championships and attention combined to create an atmosphere of conflict for decades Throughout the entireseason, fans and the media called the L.
A. Lakers the biggest reality show in the country, But the laundry list of conflictsthe ongoing KobeShaq bickering, Kobe's sexual assault trial, Phil Jackson's final season, Gary Payton's refusal to admit his physical decline, and the loss to Detroit in the championshipwas just another year in the history of the Lakers.
Madmen's Ball goes back to the Lakers' unceremonious arrival in Los Angeles into show that the franchise has been embroiled in controversy, inhouse battles and personality clashes for generations.
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