Lakers to retire five-time NBA champion George Mikan’s jersey

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The Los Angeles Lakers are tied with the Boston Celtics for the most NBA titles by a single franchise in NBA history with 17. 

Eleven of those rings were earned in Los Angeles after the Lakers moved from Minneapolis in 1960 with stars such as Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal sharing time as the faces of the franchise. 

George Mikan from the Minneapolis Lakers, left, poses for a portrait with Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers during a 2002 photo shoot.  (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)

But the Minneapolis Lakers and their five NBA championships are often an afterthought, rarely mentioned when the Lakers’ success is discussed. 

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The leader of those teams, George Mikan, is finally getting his due. The Lakers announced they will retire Mikan’s jersey No. 99 Oct. 30 when the Lakers play the Denver Nuggets. 

Mikan’s jersey will become the 11th Laker number to be retired, joining Johnson, Bryant, O’Neal, Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, Gail Goodrich, James Worthy, Jerry West and Jamaal Wilkes in the rafters at Crypto.com Arena.  

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Mikan, who died in 2005, played seven years in the NBA, all with the Minneapolis Lakers. His career began in 1948 and ended in 1956, and he made four All-Star teams and won five championships. 

George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers during warmups at Madison Square Garden.  (Evelyn Straus/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

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