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40 Years Since Pétur Guðmunds Joined the Lakers — "Never the Team I Expected to End up With"

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It has been 40 years since basketball player Pétur Guðmundsson joined the NBA team Los Angeles Lakers. The year is 1986 and the Lakers were at their peak with Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul Jabbar on board. A rocky road The road that Pétur walked towards the Lakers was rocky and he certainly had to be prepared to get there. Gunnlaugur Jónsson recalls Pétur Guðmundsson's story in the episode Góð síðirð, Gulli betri. Pétur grew up at Val and start…
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It has been 40 years since basketball player Pétur Guðmundsson joined the NBA team Los Angeles Lakers. The year is 1986 and the Lakers were at their peak with Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul Jabbar on board. A rocky road The road that Pétur walked towards the Lakers was rocky and he certainly had to be prepared to get there. Gunnlaugur Jónsson recalls Pétur Guðmundsson's story in the episode Góð síðirð, Gulli betri. Pétur grew up at Val and start…

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RÚV broke the news in on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
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