Top Ten Lakers You Can’t Believe Were Lakers
By Fern Rea
Sometimes you see a player in a particular team’s jersey and it just doesn’t look right. Photos of Shaquille O’Neal in Boston Celtic green or Hakeem Olajuwon in the early pinstripe version of the Toronto Raptor jersey look like they were photo shopped.
The Lakers have had their share of players on their roster over the years that were fixtures on other teams; many of which were bitter rivals of the Lakers who were involved in intense battles either before or after their time with the Lakers. These players are apart of Lakers history but when looking back at them don the purple and gold, it simply looks bizarre. We take a look back at the top ten Lakers that we can’t believe were Lakers: