First Look: This is Lakers: An Official History of the Purple & Gold. Edited by @vikkitobak . And as somebody who has been a Lakers fan basically my entire life… I’m going to try to be objective here. But come on. Look at this. This is 528 pages, almost nine pounds, and seven decades of Lakers history, put together with TASCHEN. You might be familiar with the brand because they put together books like this for Ferrari and America’s Cup. So of course the Lakers were next. 
 And what I like is that this isn’t just: here are the championships, here are the players, here are the stats. This is really a book about how the Lakers became the Lakers. It starts in Minneapolis with George Mikan, takes you through West, Baylor and Wilt, and then you get to the moment where Jerry Buss essentially decides basketball in Los Angeles should also be entertainment. And everything changes. Showtime. Magic. Kareem. Pat Riley. Then Shaq and Kobe. Kobe and Pau. LeBron. And now Luka. And listen, I kn...