10 Los Angeles Lakers role players that will never be forgotten

By Tyler Watts | Mar 12, 2023

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Los Angeles Lakers, Robert Horry (Photo by: Brian Bahr/Getty Images) /

Lakers greatest role players: 5. Robert Horry

Big Shot Bob was one of the winningest players in NBA history. He won two championships with the Rockets as a key starter before coming to Los Angeles. Horry was traded to Phoenix in the Charles Barkley deal in 1996 before heading to the Lakers just five months later for Cedric Ceballos.

He played his prime years in LA coming off the bench. In his six-plus years with the Lakers, the franchise won three championships and made the playoffs seven times. Horry earned the nickname Big Shot Bob by making some of the most important shots too, including in Game 4 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals against the Sacramento Kings.

All Robert Horry ever did was win. He left the Lakers in 2003 to join the Spurs for the final five years of his NBA career where he won two more championships playing a 20-minute per game role into his mid-30s.

Fans love Horry, and they will never forget number five. He was always ready to knock down the key shot, which helped him win seven NBA championships during his 16-year NBA career, including being a key part of the Kobe and Shaq three-peat.

The 6’10 forward retired from the NBA in 2008, and he is currently a sports commentator.

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