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I don't think any spurs fans saw the team as contenders in any of the last 3 years. Our record gives us hope though
After participating in the Celtcs/Spurs thread a little last night, I noticed a big difference between Laker fans and Spur fans.
Laker fans think their team could go 1-81, and still win the playoffs without a loss.
Spur fans think their team is now destined to fail, and has no defense, even though they came back last night to almost beat Boston (admittedly without two starters, but still).
And Mavfan has high hopes to win it all, with a gut feeling they won't. (Kinda like Red Sox fans pre-2004, without the extreme pathos.)
As you all know, Boston fan is highly obnoxious, and desperate to prove they can still win it all as long as their stars take their meds.
I don't think any spurs fans saw the team as contenders in any of the last 3 years. Our record gives us hope though
Looking at the Celtic defense last night was astounding. It's a true commitment there, not just lip service. Nobody else comes close to that.
Rondo coarses thru that team. His presence soddens their capabilities to a fine pitch.
There must be others, but, off the top of my head they're the only team that I can cite & respect. They're in a time warp, and they're alone.
We ring, but, we're in the current.
Spurs fans definately over-react to but that comeback against the celtics had nothing to do with defense...
Ray Allen missed 2 free throws.... RAY MOTHER ING ALLEN missed 2 Free throws!!!! WTF!!!!
and that take away from Pierce was a load of luck more than anything. Pierce is one of the best ball handlers in the game.
Before those 2 flukes (3 if you count each freethrow miss from Ray Allen... 1 miss is rare, but 2 misses in a row? doesnt happen with Allen.) almost imploaded the universe, Celtics had the win locked up.
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Championship swagger
Garnett is still the key Boston player. His injury could be a deal-breaker, but let's see how long they lie about it. As for Rondo, the Christmas game saw Allen airball a 3 and KG brick a free throw in the final minute, so I think they can replace his skill set if need be.
The Celtics believe & administer that Musketeer thing: "one for all, all for one"
When they tried to wiseguy 'em out of that game last evening even Ainge immediately came to the fore.
since when?
You people are so ing rediculous, we're talking playoffs in jan? We had a rough game tues for sure but we were stuck in the lincoln tunnel. And I think it's a miracle to almost pull it off on the 2nd night of a back to back on the road, while bos shoots 61% and it still comes down the last shot. Laker fan we just whipped your ass so shut the up. And mavs fan win a ing ring during one of your 70 win season before you even show up on this board. You don't quailfy for the conversation with no rings. You the 90's braves, the colts choke, choke, choke!
In the 2004-05 season, the Phoenix Suns started the season at 31-4. What did they win that year?
Just saying................
Each fanbase has its share of good and bad, but if we're going to speak in general terms and just as it relates to fans on Spurstalk...
Spurs fans are generally some of the more knowledgeable basketball fans I've seen. Like I said, there are the share of idiots, but I think most have at least a good grasp of what's going on. And their championship success hasn't made them too arrogant, with two exceptions. They're obnoxious to Mavs fans, and they're pretentiously pompous towards Laker fans. But I think both are largely reactionary to how Mavs fans and Laker fans go at them.
Laker fans are funny. They talk as if they actually play on the team. They floss rings like new toys. They talk with often very little substance. Ring smack from some Joe construction worker who lives in Long Beach. When you look at it in the most basic terms, you simply have to be amused and entertained by it all. I take very few Laker fans on here seriously. Once again, speaking in general terms.
Mavs fans are awesome. They're the lovable losers. They're like pre-2004 Boston Red Sox fans. They're the bitter old woman scorned. They've been so close to happiness before and it's always been ripped away from them. Many of them are smart posters with good knowledge of the game, but most of them are also ticking timebombs and you never know when something might trigger them. They walk through life expecting pain and doom but still running towards the light in hopes of something better. But their crushed hopes have hardened them, made them laugh at themselves, and made them witty, clever, funny. You just never know when they'll blow up again. Tick-tick-tick.
There aren't enough Celtics fans on these boards. Celtics fans don't bother me too much but that's probably because I've never been surrounded by a hoard of them like at a Celtics home game. If I were, I'd probably think of them in similar terms as Laker fans. Celtics fans are probably as obnoxious as Laker fans but they're much less bandwagony. In general though, Celtics fans should probably tan more. GTL. Why are like 90% of them so ghostly pasty white? Just saying...
Pistons fans are irrelevant. Got a good reputation for being "friendlies." But our team's irrelevance does the same for us. Like Kings fans before us, most have just gone into hibernation.
Suns fans are a mixture of Mavs fans and Rockets fans. Sucks to be you.
Rocket fans suck.
omg cobbler
"If I were, I'd probably think of them in similar terms as Laker fans. Celtics fans are probably as obnoxious as Laker fans but they're much less bandwagony"
no fanbase blows more ass than rocketfans blow ass in the history of blowassery
Great Stuff...
I quietly observed the gamethread last night ...hilarious stuff.
As for the observations ...pretty accurate by Lngrr and Jam.
But I dont get why people have an issue when Laker fans (or any sports fans) referring to the team they support as "we".
It's just a term most Lakers fans know they dont play and have little influence on a win or a loss (I guess the crowd/fan base can provide energy).
Speaking for myself it is a carryover from my Bruin days talking to Trojan fans ...In that scenario do you say "My college football/basketbal team took a dump all over your home field?" Who talks like that?
Or "WE just beat your ass SEVEN straight years in the cross-town rivalry game!!!"
I have always used "we" since college and maybe that's the issue most Lakers fans here post the way we speak ...maybe that is poor grammar ...but it's an NBA forum not the Harvard law Review.
But I do find it hilarious when the geniuses on here ask where is your championship ring etc. ... because it's a pretty weak comeback in the realm of 4 rings fa&&ot ...
You guys are on a roll...
Jam,I do agree that Bostonfan are probably the ugliest though lmao. I went to Boston a few years ago & the girls there are very unattractive. I can go to a supermarket down the street & see more cute girls in 5 minutes then I did in the 3-4 days I was in Boston.
Honest question (jam, Lngrr or anyone) I hate when Lebron, Horry or anyone else speaks in 3rd person, not because it's egotistical (I love BIG egos Kanye, Kobe, even magic those unselfish all had Huge egos) but just annoying... maybe that is how you view Lakers fans that refer to we? Just, asking ...
Yeah, the 3 steals had nothing do to with D.
Lakers fans are God's gift to Spurstalk...w/o them there would be no villain.
It's not merely the casual use of "we" when talking about the team you root for. I think a lot of fans use that from time to time. "Man we played great tonight." Or "I wonder if we can trade for so-and-so." Most of us have done that.
It's when it transcends into something like, "when you've threepeated like we have, then talk to me." The overuse and the actual smack talk as if you were a player on the team is what's so funny. "You don't know what it's like to win championships like we do." That's significantly different in my opinion than the casual examples I used above.
i know you speaking of posters here, but go to LG (just for a laugh) a whole bunch of no heart chicken littles post there ...
Laker fans aren't villains, most are just idiot t-shirt fans.
the Lakers are the "villains" like the Yankees and Cowboys.
tbh, mavfan did a much better job than laker fans do now, especially considering they didn't show up out of the blue once their team landed a top tier player.
You need us. We complete you.
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