The Los Angeles Lakers are the most historic team in the NBA, period. The Boston Celtics might have one more championship than the Lakers, but the Lakers have more title-winning eras as well as more superstars that have come through the ranks.
If you make a list of the 20 greatest NBA players of all-time at least a fifth of the list is going to be players that played for the Lakers.
Recently, Bleacher Report put out a list on Twitter of the NBA GOAT at every height and there were four former Lakers that were included.