LA's le makes me appreciate being a Spurs fan..

[IronMexican]

This was a typical Laker fan vs spurfan debate before yesterday


Spur fan: 4 rings
Laker fan: 14 rings
spur fan: well, the Lakers haven't won one in 7 years
Laker fan: the Lakers still have more rings


This is what it will sound like now
Spur fan: 4 rings
Laker fan: 15 rings
spur fan: the Lakers FINALLY win a le after 7 years. about time
Laker fan: It's been two years since the Spurs won one.

[nevitt_&_smrek]

Spurs organization should be commended for its success over the past 25-30 years. Mgmt has made some quality personnel decisions, though it was helped greatly by having won the lottery in no-brainer years.

While being in a big market helps, it guarantees nothing. Not all big market teams succeed. You still need a vision, a solid plan, and execute it. Of course a little luck helps along the way, but that goes for anybody in life.

Labeling Magic Johnson as an adulterer is incorrect. Yes he made some bad choices and slept with who knows how many women during his playing days. But he was never married at the time.

[dbestpro]

I can see it now. Road Warrior Returns, Beyond the Coliseum. The promo will go.

The city of Angels lie in Ruin as a Rapist will lead them to destroy all that they own while robbing the piggy bank of his minimum wage nanny. Where is the Road Warrior? Can he arrive by 2010 to save the city from itself? Will there be anything left to save? Is ti worth saving to begin with?

[Kermit]

Magic Johnson is an adulterer with HIV

HIV? You mean the strain that causes you to gain weight, make your head expand, and raise your net worth to almost a billion dollars? Where can I get me some of that?

[Mel_13]

HIV? You mean the strain that causes you to gain weight, make your head expand, and raise your net worth to almost a billion dollars? Where can I get me some of that?

It is so tempting to provide the answer to that question.....

[Duncan2177]

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.

[Duncan2177]

I love it. Riots are awesome to be in, or watch on TV.

Breaking the law and rioting in your community is awesome? Your en crazy

[CubanSucks]

Me and BenJarvus are about to go to LA to mark out a couple names on our hit list (kobe and phil). Anyone else wanna come? Don't worry BenJarvus I'll pay for the plane tickets

[Mike Smrek]

Spurs organization should be commended for its success over the past 25-30 years. Mgmt has made some quality personnel decisions, though it was helped greatly by having won the lottery in no-brainer years.

While being in a big market helps, it guarantees nothing. Not all big market teams succeed. You still need a vision, a solid plan, and execute it. Of course a little luck helps along the way, but that goes for anybody in life.

Labeling Magic Johnson as an adulterer is incorrect. Yes he made some bad choices and slept with who knows how many women during his playing days. But he was never married at the time.

It's part of his schtick. He's not interested in facts.

Nice user name, by the way.

[Mike Smrek]

let's see him do what Larry Brown did for the Bobcats...let's see him build a team like Pop and take them all the way 4 times..until then he is just a gravy training coach that finds the teams that are already good and rides their coattails to a championship. Why do think he retired a few yrs ago?? B/c LA was rebuilding and had no chance of winning it all. Then when they started getting better players he decided to come back.

Because Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, not to mention second-tier/role players like Sean Elliott, Robert Horry, Mario Elie and Stephen Jackson all just suck, don't they? However could those clowns have won without the genius of Popovich?

(And I respect Popovich immensely, by the way. But he didn't do anything that Jackson hasn't more than twice as many times by providing talented teams the structure and cohesion to come through in key moments of the postseason. That's all that any coach can do, and both are outstanding at it.)

If you want to about a gravy-trainer, go look at Mike Brown, who proved completely incapable of making key adjustments when his team's season was slipping away. Jackson has put his team in position to be successful time and time and time again.

Plus, Jackson came back when they were still on the downturn, getting run out of the first round of the playoffs by Phoenix. There was no guarantee this team was going to win any more les after he came back. He did his part to make sure it did.

[cornbread]

The big market advantage has certainly worked for the Knicks.

[Mike Smrek]

Just as the draw of Los Angeles has helped the Clippers.

[all_heart]

It would have meant more for LA if they had to beat a healthy Spurs team and or a healthy Celtics squad. If they would have beat the Celtics, the whole city would be destroyed from top to bottom...

either way FTL!

[DrHouse]

The Lakers are so dominant because they have stellar ownership, great coaches, a fantastic FA location, and the luck to draft some incredible talent. From top to bottom the Lakeshow is the class of the NBA.

[Muser]

The big market advantage has certainly worked for the Knicks.

[HarlemHeat37]

The Knicks are a big market, but New York isn't a desirable city..I live in New York, and I love it to death, but if I was a rich athlete, I would never wanna play here..we have pretty bad weather, and it's not somewhere that would interest me..the media is also more annoying than anywhere else, and fans here put way too much pressure on the athletes..

why would you want to play for the Clippers when you can play for the Lakers?..that's what Kobe was choosing between..the Clippers also lost their potential attractiveness over 20 years ago with the bad luck, leading to the curse of their franchise..

Kareem demanded to be a Laker, so did Kobe, so did Shaq..those 3 combined directly had a huge part in 8 les for the Lakers..if you consider Shaq being traded for what eventually became the Gasol deal, that would be 9 les..

that's a lot of work to do for their management, uh? LOL..

the lack of class is the other part..I've already mentioned Kobe, but Phil Jackson is almost as bad..I've never seen a guy involve himself in so many places that he doesn't belong..

[DrHouse]

Actually the only one showing a lack of class is you Harlem. You just can't let it go that the Lakers won. Everyone else has begrudgingly given their props and STFU, I suggest you do the same.

Oh and,

[CubanSucks]

Actually the only one showing a lack of class is you Harlem. You just can't let it go that the Lakers won. Everyone else has begrudgingly given their props and STFU, I suggest you do the same.

Oh and,

It's so funny how short of a memory people can have. Just 2 years ago your golden boy wanted to leave LA. When the chips were down for your organization yalls "team player" whined like a little . So be happy and enjoy yalls championship with the thought in the back of you mind that your superstar doesn't even really give a about your city.

[benefactor]

Actually the only one showing a lack of class is you Harlem. You just can't let it go that the Lakers won. Everyone else has begrudgingly given their props and STFU, I suggest you do the same.

Oh and,

Nope...and the last time I checked both of these guys are still on our roster.

lol 2005
lol refusing to shoot in a game 7

[Jacko]

2009 nba champions - los angeles lakers

2009 1st round losers - san antonio spurs

[u4lakers14]

[SouthTexasRancher]

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..

Well said...!!!

[Udokafan05]

We didn't tear the city apart in 2001 or 2002.

Well, i guess 2 out of 15 isnt bad.

[spursncowboys]

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..

I couldn't say it better. Also do not forget how all the Laker fans were talking about how they weren't fans anymore because of Kobe. Then he rapes a teenage girl and they fall back in love with him!!!!!

[spursncowboys]

What was it you said about the Laker fans and class?