Lakers: An Official History of the Purple & Gold

Welcome to the greatest show on hardwood. Produced in collaboration with the Lakers, this authorized illustrated history is the definitive portrait of sport's most glamorous franchise: seventeen championships, seven decades, a dynasty of spectacle and style, grit and competition, fashion and identity. This massive book captures an indomitable, enduring legacy.

An illustrated history years in the making, built from exhaustive research through franchise vaults, league archives, and private collections. Rare and never-before-published photographs, vintage ephemera, and original artwork fill its pages, much of it revealed here for the first time. Stunningly illustrated with hundreds of images by photographers like Neil Leifer, Andrew D. Bernstein, and Walter Iooss Jr., and featuring rarely seen memorabilia and artifacts from the renowned David Kohler Lakers Shrine.