The Los Angeles Lakers have partnered with luxury art-book publisher Taschen on "Lakers: An Official History of the Purple & Gold," a 528-page authorized history spanning the team's beginnings in Minneapolis through the Showtime era, its turn-of-the-millennium three-peat and its most recent championship runs.

Edited by Vikki Tobak, the book frames nearly eight decades of basketball through a distinctly Los Angeles lens. It examines not only the team's championship history but its broader ties to Hollywood, celebrity, fashion and fan culture. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar contributes the foreword, Lakers governor Jeanie Buss writes the introduction and former head coach Phil Jackson provides the afterword.

The roster of contributors and featured figures reads like a cross-section of the franchise's cultural reach. Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Pau Gasol, LeBron James and Luka Dončić appear alongside Pat Riley, Paula Abdul, Flea, Jack Nicholson, Lou Adler and Dyan Cannon.

Across 10 chapters, the book traces the franchise from Minneapolis through Showtime, the Shaq-and-Kobe three-peat, the back-to-back titles of 2009 and 2010 and the 2020 championship. Each title run receives its own gold-themed section highlighting the roster, head coach and key playoff moments.

True to Taschen's design standards, the volume includes several special layouts. A four-page gatefold displays the Lakers' 17 championship rings. Another section tracks the evolution of the team's uniforms, and a four-page spread is dedicated to retired numbers. Historic promotional material, play diagrams and postgame analysis notes are also included.

"The Lakers are a global phenomenon," Buss said in announcing the release, describing the book as "a love letter to everyone who has been part of that story."

"Lakers: An Official History of the Purple & Gold" is available now on the Taschen website, with a wider retail release set for Oct. 1.