He picked up the name Wes in tribute to NBA’s Wes Unseld, who played for the old Baltimore Bullets and its successor teams.

Early in the 1949-50 season, the Lakers were sold the rights to Billy Hassett by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks. Hassett was a 5-foot-11 guard who had played his college basketball at the University of ...

Mike Bloom was a 6-foot-6 forward/center who came to the Lakers in 1948 after playing with the Baltimore Bullets and the ...

It is also the date that former Celtics forward Doug Smith would sign with the team in 1995 as an unrestricted free agent. The Detroit, Michigan native played at the NCAA level for the University of ...