The "New" Lakers, 1958
[This article, written by Sid Harman, appeared in the 1958 issue of Sports Review's Basketball yearbook.]
Last February 22nd, the National Basketball Association president Maurice Podoloff flew into Minneapolis with a $25,000 certified check and a mission.
The check was written by Milton Fischmann, a St. Louis businessman, and Marty Marion, former Chicag…