Okay, so today I’m gonna spill the beans on something I was tinkering with – trying to nail down the definitive Lakers ’95 roster. It’s been a real rabbit hole, lemme tell ya.
First things first, I had to actually find a reliable list. I hopped onto a bunch of basketball sites, you know, the usual suspects. ESPN, Basketball-Reference, even Wikipedia got a look-see. The thing is, sometimes those sites aren’t always 100% accurate, or they’re missing some fringe players who barely saw any court time. So, I started cross-referencing. It was like detective work, honestly.
Next up, I started compiling my own master list. Spreadsheets, my friend, spreadsheets are your best friend for this kind of stuff. I created columns for player name, position, jersey number (if I could find it), games played, points per game – you know, the basic stats. I wanted to get a good overall picture.
Then came the fun part – the double-checking. This is where it got tedious. I’d find conflicting information on different websites. One site would list a guy as being on the team, another wouldn’t. So, I dug deeper. I’d search for news articles from that era, box scores, anything that could confirm or deny a player’s presence. This involved a lot of scrolling through old sports pages online – a real time warp!
I also looked at player bios. Sometimes a player’s bio would mention a brief stint with the Lakers in ’95, even if it wasn’t a major part of their career. That helped fill in some gaps. Plus, it’s kinda cool to read about these guys and see what they were up to back then.
After all that digging, I finally hammered out what I think is a pretty solid roster. I’m talking about guys like Cedric Ceballos, Nick Van Exel, Vlade Divac – the mainstays. But I also made sure to include those lesser-known players who contributed in smaller ways. It’s all about getting the complete picture.
Here is the kind of roster I ended up putting together:
- Point Guards: Nick Van Exel, Anthony Peeler
- Shooting Guards: Eddie Jones, Byron Scott
- Small Forwards: Cedric Ceballos, George Lynch
- Power Forwards: Kurt Rambis, Elden Campbell
- Centers: Vlade Divac, Corie Blount
It was a fun little project. A lot of clicking, a lot of comparing, but it was cool to learn more about that Lakers team and those players. Maybe I’ll tackle another year next time!