The South Bay Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, that competes in the NBA G League.

[4] All games are broadcast in streaming audio from the team's website and on the NBA's Futurecast web channel.

In the 2007–08 season, Panaggio returned as head coach, and the D-Fenders improved to 32–18, strong enough to qualify for the playoffs.

In the first round, the D-Fenders earned their first playoff victory after defeating the Western Conference Champion Colorado 14ers.

Joe Crawford received an All D-League Honorable Mention and was "called up" to the NBA to play for the New York Knicks.

For the first time the D-Fenders played several of their home games at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in nearby Ontario, California.

Coach Brown's contract was not renewed and Assistant General Manager Bonnie Jill Laflin was released.

[12] On June 9, 2011, the D-Fenders announced they would return for the 2011–2012 campaign and would play home games at a new location: the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo.

This good news was tempered by the looming NBA lockout and a desire by the Lakers organization to cut overhead.

[16] Among Musselman's body of work was previous service as head coach for the NBA's Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors.

A team record four D-Fenders were selected for the All Star Game: Andrews, Costner, Millsap and Gerald Green.

Concluding regular season play, the D-Fenders breezed through the first and second rounds of the playoffs undefeated, easily winning the Western Conference Title.

In his first season with the team, in-season acquisition Manny Harris posted 49 points against the Idaho Stampede on January 10, 2014, to set a then Los Angeles D-Fenders franchise record.

Three weeks later, on January 31, 2014, Terrence Williams scored 50 points to set a new D-Fenders franchise record.

Offensive firepower was never an issue for the team, as Jabari Brown finished as the league's leading scorer with 24.4 points per outing.

Los Angeles eventually advanced to the NBA D-League finals for the second time in franchise history, even as the team finished with a 27–23 regular season record.

Point guard Josh Magette led the league in assists (9.2) and steals (2.4), while two D-Fenders earned GATORADE Call-Ups: Ayres (L.A. Clippers) and Justin Harper (Detroit Pistons).

On September 12, 2016, the D-Fenders announced the addition of Coby Karl as the team's head coach prior to the 2016–17 season.

The second person to ever play in an NBA and NBADL game in the same day, Karl entered his first head coaching position in Los Angeles.

[26] The 2018–19 South Bay Lakers placed fourth in the Pacific Division and had a record of 21–29, missing the playoffs.