NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory copyright notice: Copyright NBAE 2002 (Photo by NBAP/ NBAE/ Getty Images) NBAE via Getty Images 1 |"With Mikkelsen, we [tried to play] a double pivot and it didn't work at all," Kundla said. And 20 years younger than another civic treasure: John Kundla, coach of George Mikan, Jim Pollard, Slater Martin and others on those great Lakers teams. And the Lakers, with Mikan as the league's most dominant player and biggest drawing card, kept winning. Kundla left the Lakers before they left him or Minnesota, though, resigning in 1959 to coach at his alma mater.

Source: Forbes July 02, 2016 20:15 UTC