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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<\/strong> 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":3,"featured_media":872250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[8604,354808,1260,21616,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-872249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-lakers","tag-lawrence-tanter","tag-nba","tag-retire","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116762428386640197","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}