1975–76 Los Angeles Lakers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Los Angeles Lakers 1976 40 42 Pacific 4 6 Bill Sharman Pete Newell Jack Kent Cooke The Forum Did not qualify LAL KTLA KABC The 1975–76 Los Angeles Lakers season was the Lakers' 28th season in the NBA and 16th season in Los Angeles.1975–76 Los Angeles Lakers On June 16, 1975, the Lakers had traded Elmore Smith, Brian Winters, David Meyers, and Junior Bridgeman to the Milwaukee Bucks, in exchange for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/17/archives/abduljabbar-traded-by-bucks-for-four-lakers-jabbar-traded-to-lakers.html Abdul-Jabbar Traded by Bucks for Four Lakers The New York Times June 17, 1975 The Lakers raced to a 21–13 start before slumping back to .500 and failing to make the playoffs. Despite the Lakers' losing regular-season record (40–42), Abdul-Jabbar won MVP honors in a narrow vote over Bob McAdoo of the Buffalo Braves and Dave Cowens of the Boston Celtics.https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/02/archives/abduljabbar-is-voted-most-valuable.html Abdul-Jabbar Is Voted Most Valuable The New York Times April 2, 1976 Roster Los Angeles Lakers 1975–76 33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar C 7 2 225 1947-04-16 UCLA 42 Lucius Allen PG 6 2 175 1947-09-26 UCLA 10 Corky Calhoun SF 6 7 210 1950-11-01 Pennsylvania 35 Don Ford SF 6 9 215 1952-12-31 Santa Barbara 20 Donnie Freeman SG 6 3 185 1944-07-18 Illinois basketball, born 1944 25 Gail Goodrich SG 6 1 170 1943-04-23 UCLA 41 C. J. Kupec SF 6 6 220 1953-01-26 Michigan 23 Stu Lantz PG 6 3 175 1946-07-13 Nebraska 11 Jim McDaniels C 6 11 228 1948-04-02 Western Kentucky 21 Cliff Meely PF 6 8 215 1947-07-10 Colorado 12 Pat Riley SG 6 4 205 1945-03-20 Kentucky 15 John Roche basketball SG 6 3 170 1949-09-26 South Carolina 32 Cazzie Russell SF 6 5 218 1944-06-07 Michigan 30 Cornell Warner PF 6 9 220 1948-08-12 Jackson State 24 Kermit Washington PF 6 8 230 1951-09-17 American 21 Walt Wesley C 6 11 220 1945-01-25 Kansas 15 Ron Williams Ron Williams (basketball) PG 6 3 188 1944-09-24 West Virginia Bill Sharman Larry Creger https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/1976.html February 9, 1976 Regular season Season standings LAL LAL z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Awards and records Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA Most Valuable Player Award Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, All-NBA First Team Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA All-Star Game References Category:Los Angeles Lakers seasons Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers