The Los Angeles Lakers are widely considered the most storied franchise in the NBA. After all, the Purple and Gold have won 16 championships in franchise history and consistently been home to some of the greatest basketball players of all time.
For this piece, we'll be taking a look at the history of the Lakers' free-agent signings.
June 21, 1961
The LakeShow signed Bob Sims.
January 28, 1965
The Lakers signed Bill McGill.
February 1, 1966
Los Angeles signed Tom Hoover.
October 21, 1967
L.A. signed Dennis Hamilton.
May 2, 1968
The LakeShow signed Jay Carty.
January 2, 1973
Los Angeles signed Bill Turner.
October 1, 1975
Los Angeles signed Donnie Freeman.
October 27, 1975
L.A. signed Jim McDaniels.
September 22, 1976
Los Angeles signed Don Chaney.
July 11, 1977
Los Angeles signed Jamaal Wilkes as a veteran free agent and sent cash and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Purvis Short was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors as compensation.
August 24, 1978
The LakeShow signed Derrek Dickey.
July 7, 1979
L.A. signed Irv Kiffin.
October 25, 1979
Los Angeles signed Marty Byrnes.
July 15, 1980
Los Angeles signed Myles Patrick.
July 30, 1980
The Lakers signed Alan Hardy.
August 1, 1980
L.A. signed Myles Patrick.
September 13, 1981
Lakeshow signed Kurt Rambis.
September 20, 1982
Los Angeles signed Joe Cooper.
April 11, 1984
The Lakers signed Eddie Jordan as a free agent.
September 15, 1984
L.A. signed Chuck Nevitt.
November 28, 1984
The Lakers signed Ronnie Lester.
March 5, 1985
Los Angeles signed Chuck Nevitt.
August 10, 1988
The Lakers signed Orlando Woolridge.
August 4, 1989
L.A. signed Larry Drew.
August 6, 1990
The Lakers signed Sam Perkins.
October 1, 1993
Los Angeles signed Kurt Rambis, again.
January 29, 1996
The Lakers signed Magic Johnson, who eventually retired on May 14, 1996.
July 18, 1996
Los Angeles signed superstar center Shaquille O'Neal.
September 30, 1996
The Lakers signed Byron Scott.
August 27, 1997
L.A. signed Jon Barry.
August 28, 1997
The Lakers signed Rick Fox.
February 23, 1999
Los Angeles signed Dennis Rodman but waived him on April 16, 1999.
September 29, 1999
The Lakers signed John Salley.
October 13, 1999
L.A. signed Ron Harper.
October 20, 1999
The Lakers signed Brian Shaw as a free agent.
July 20, 2001
Los Angeles signed Mitch Richmond as a free agent.
July 16, 2003
The Lakers signed Karl Malone and Gary Payton.
July 29, 2003
L.A. signed Horace Grant.
July 20, 2004
The Lakers signed Vlade Divac.
August 2, 2005
Los Angeles signed Smush Parker.
August 26, 2005
The Lakers signed Aaron McKie.
July 20, 2007
L.A. signed Derek Fisher.
July 8, 2009
The Lakers signed Metta World Peace.
July 8, 2010
Los Angeles signed Steve Blake.
July 22, 2010
The LakeShow signed Matt Barnes and Theo Ratliff.
July 25, 2012
L.A. signed Antawn Jamison.
August 13, 2012
The Lakers signed Jodie Meeks.
July 11, 2013
Los Angeles signed Nick Young, aka Swaggy P.
July 23, 2014
The LakeShow signed Ed Davis and Jordan Hill.
July 9, 2015
L.A. signed Lou Williams.
September 24, 2015
Los Angeles signed Metta World Peace, again.
July 7, 2016
Los Angeles signed Luol Deng.
July 8, 2016
The LakeShow signed Timofey Mozgov.
July 13, 2017
L.A. signed Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
September 19, 2017
The LakeShow signed Andrew Bogut.
July 6, 2018
Los Angeles signed Rajon Rondo.
July 9, 2018
The LakeShow signed four-time MVP and three-time champion LeBron James.
July 10, 2018
L.A. signed Lance Stephenson and JaVale McGee.
July 23, 2018
The Lakers signed Michael Beasley.
July 6, 2019
Los Angeles signed Danny Green, DeMarcus Cousins, and Quinn Cook.
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