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Lawrence Tanner began his role with the Lakers in 1982 and they won 10 NBA titles during his time with the team.<\/p>\n
LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 The Los Angeles Lakers announced Tuesday that Lawrence Tanter is retiring as public address announcer, ending a 43-season run behind the microphone for the franchise\u2019s home games.<\/p>\n
The Lakers said he will continue to work with the team as a special advisor for game presentation.<\/p>\n
Lakers Governor Jeanie Buss lauded Tanner for \u201csetting the tone for countless memorable moments with his professionalism, energy and signature booming voice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the 1980s, LT has narrated every chapter of Lakers basketball, connecting generations of fans, players, coaches and staff while becoming a trusted and unforgettable part of the Lakers experience,\u201d Buss said. \u201cI am incredibly grateful for everything he has given to this franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tanner, who is from Chicago, began his role with the Lakers in 1982 and they won 10 NBA titles during his time with the team.<\/p>\n
When LeBron James became the first player in league history to score 50,000 combined points in the regular season and postseason in 2025, the team recognized the milestone during a next timeout.<\/p>\n
\u201cLadies and gentlemen, we all have just witnessed history,\u201d Tanner said.<\/p>\n
Tanner was the voice heard at home games for many joyful moments, and a painful one in 2020.<\/p>\n
Days after Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash, Tanter introduced each of the Lakers\u2019 five starters as Bryant \u2014 drawing tears and cheers from the sellout crowd \u2014 before a game against the Portland Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lawrence Tanner began his role with the Lakers in 1982 and they won 10 NBA titles during his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,300,84398,6,11,5616],"class_list":["post-762966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba-playoffs","tag-basketball","tag-lakers","tag-lawrence-tanter","tag-nba","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-retire"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116762982951584029","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}