Reusse: Minnesota basketball fans, envy the Lakers no longer

The last notable act for the Minneapolis Lakers was to use the second choice in the 1960 NBA draft to select Jerry West, a guard from West Virginia, on April 11, 1960. The move to Los Angeles was approved soon thereafter. The Lakers became quickly powerful when teaming West with Elgin Baylor, who had two seasons of greatness in Minneapolis. By the time the NBA returned here with the ...