it's the same franchise ... team name hasnt changed only the city ...genius.
BTW I saw your High IQ musings on the Cowboys message boards the other day ... the quality of your takes ...were equally insightful.
NBA Championships: Summary of Winners
This is a list with all the NBA teams that have won at least one NBA Championship.
With the Dallas Mavericks and their first le in 2010-11, seventeen franchises have won at least one NBA Championship. T
hree of them (Lakers, Warriors and 76ers) did it in different cities.
Only 5 teams, Celtics, Lakers, Bulls, Spurs and Warriors have won more than 3 championships, totaling between them 70 percent of the les.
les Teams Years
17
Boston Celtics
2007-08, 1985-86, 1983-84, 1980-81, 1975-76, 1973-74, 1968-69, 1967-68, 1965-66, 1964-65, 1963-64, 1962-63, 1961-62, 1960-61, 1959-60, 1958-59, 1956-57
16 Los Angeles Lakers
2009-10, 2008-09, 2001-02, 2000-01, 1999-00, 1987-88 , 1986-87, 1984-85, 1981-82, 1979-80, 1971-72 (as Los Angeles Lakers)
1953-54, 1952-53, 1951-52, 1949-50, 1948-49 (as Minneapolis Lakers)
6 Chicago Bulls 1997-98, 1996-97, 1995-96, 1992-93, 1991-92, 1990-91
5 San Antonio Spurs 2013-14, 2006-07, 2004-05, 2002-03, 1998-99
From NBA.com
http://www.nba.com/lakers/history