How George Mikan paved the way for Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O'Neal. One year before the NBA was known as the NBA, the Minneapolis Lakers entered the Basketball ...

Shaquille O’Neal said Mikan “made basketball bigger.” “You made me, me,” O’Neal said in a 2022 Mikan tribute video . “Because of you, there’s no limits to where we can play.” ...

Shaquille O'Neal’s 1992 Reebok ad united NBA icons but left him feeling disconnected. advertisement. ... While many of his peers may not know the legendary George Mikan, ...

Shaquille O’Neal is widely recognized as one of the most dominant players in modern NBA history, ... Meanwhile, George Mikan won five NBA/BAA titles and was a three-time scoring champion.

Shaq once told Mikan, Patrick remembered: “Without you, there would be no me.” A bespectacled man who towered over the rest of the NBA players of his time at 6-foot-10, Mikan paved the road ...

Five pictures came back and the message said, ‘To George: Without you, there would be no me. No. 34: Shaq.’ Patrick: I loved bringing that up at the ceremony.

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) ...

Throughout the history of the NBA, few teams have been able to separate themselves from the rest of the pack to create such a global brand. Amongst those giants are the Los Angeles Lakers, along ...

George Mikan may hot have played his home games in the state of California, but he is, without a doubt, one of the most important figures in Lakers lore. Over the course of the Lakers' 75-year ...

LOS ANGELES — Jerry Buss’ door was always open to George Mikan. Patrick Mikan, one of George’s sons, remembered visits to L.A. when the two men – Mr. Basketball and the man who helped ...