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honestly, our les just feel better..we watched our core grow up together, we play in a market that has to work to attract free agents, we don't get the benefit from anybody..
I don't see the point of being a Lakers fan TBH..their franchise success is entirely based on the location of their city..they acquired Kareem because he wanted to play in the big city, Kobe demanded to be drafted there, Shaq signed there due to the location and they flipped him for Gasol..they also benefit from having Jerry West involved with the organization..
I don't see how that could be entertaining, unless you live there obviously..that's a moot point though, since most of their fans are bandwagoners..
another thing is that our franchise has built our team around 2 of the classiest superstars in NBA history..the Spurs represent the good in sports..the youth can look up to Tim Duncan and David Robinson, they represent positivity and success..
the Lakers are built around classless, disgusting individuals..Magic Johnson is an adulterer with HIV..Kobe is an alleged rapist that throws teammates under the bus, snitches on teammates, publicly calls out the team, gives up on his team in a game 7..just a horrible person in general..
I don't know about you guys, but I wouldn't feel comfortable cheering for a team that has a direct advantage over every other team, and markets guys like Kobe..
Last edited by HarlemHeat37; 06-15-2009 at 01:00 PM.
bitter tears thread
Whatever makes you feel better harlem.
I agree to some extent. Definitely I think our les feel better, because our effort in terms of business decisions along with basketball opperations is very rewarding given that we are a small market, we care for the person himself rather than just the player, and all the other reasons. Somehow we always find ways to be a contending team.
However I think that you are just plainly whining about being succesful. Maybe they were not the most consistent team, nor the team with less drama going around. But they were straight out the best throughout the year and one of the great franchises throughout the years; they also know how to win. The difference is how both teams (Spurs and lakers) attempt to reach the goal. But I agree with you, all those factors you've mentioned make me proud of cheering a team which manages itself 100% professionally.
I never said the Lakers weren't the best, they clearly were..
They obviously have the advantage over other teams due to the location of their city though..their management really doesn't have to do all that much to succeed, and it's been like that throughout history..
There's nothing that anybody can do about that, I would just find it boring, maybe that's just me though..I find the Spurs success to be much more rewarding, considering the cir stances..the Spurs have a family feel, and more of an "against all odds" feel..
it feels a lot better to cheer for class acts, at least IMO..
I appreciate all what the Spurs have done as well but I certainly wouldn't knock LA's success.
Jerry Buss is a great owner-he cares about winning-he hires the right people to bring in the right type of players to win and the results have been championships. I think most players would prefer to play for this type of owner (the $$$ doesn't hurt), in a major market. LA will always have dibs on getting the best....can't fight that.
Still, as a Spurs fan, I'm impressed with what we have accomplished as well. It's all good!
LA is more of a hot spot than SA? Who would have thunk.
Jerry Buss and Lakers ownership deserves a lot of credit..if they hadn't made Kobe a rich man that played for the Lakers, he would probably be in prison right now, serving a long sentence..
me too. maybe it's cuz we're Spurs fans?
Props to Lakers they won in a down year for the NBA just like the Spurs did with the shortened season. Don't really feel the NBA got better than the Spurs. The Spurs just started playing at the level of everyone else or even less. The Lakers in the end are the last team standing and that is enough to win a ring but not enough to justify burning down your town.
Crocodile tears for you Harlem
The only thing that would embarass me as a Laker fan, is everytime the team wins, its fans want to tear the city apart.
Its pathetic.
We didn't tear the city apart in 2001 or 2002.
That's cause it was probably still torn down from 2000.
Because the City asked the army to come in with machine guns.
Again, ask yourself "Should I be proud that my fellow fan base needs millitary support to control them from tearing the city apart after winning a goddamn sporting event?"
Please, justify that, I defy you.
Gotta be proud of destroying a cop car.
Nearby businesses last night were looted.
Good old Laker fans. Gotta be proud.
So since the Cavs might get Shaq, will he go coach them now? I mean he needs a team that is already good so he can gravy train off of them.
I've heard from some people that he might retire.
HAHA
Classless team with a rapist as a leader along with the classless fans equals a riot.
Its pathetic.
They cut into the news last night to show these ing morons busting storefront windows and stealing stuff.
Throwing bricks, destroying people's cars.
Laker fan, were more violent and just as re ed as Maverick fan.
Cest la Vie.
Eh I disagree, he's a damn good coach.
I love it. Riots are awesome to be in, or watch on TV.
I definitely have to agree with some of the poster's comments. Not all though, but enough to agree on some points and reasons why I'm not a Lakers fan and will probably never be. I don't live in SA; however, that franchise is THE MODEL of modern sports; like it or not. I like to be associated in some way to that.
I'm sure it felt really good for laker fans to win it this year after going 7 years without winning. Especially since they had gone to the finals twice and lost.
I don't care for them so it doesn't feel special to me at all. Of course, the spurs championships felt truly special but thats because i follow them.
Though i understand what you're saying.
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