The Magical Ping Pong Ball Era

[Punchy]

Not trying to discredit anything.

I am simply calling it out for what it is; an aberration.

No, an aberration is the West-era Lakers finally winning a championship. A single event that never happened previously or was repeated.

The Spurs stretched out their championship success over 9 seasons.

[cobbler]

No, an aberration is the West-era Lakers finally winning a championship. A single event that never happened previously or was repeated.

The Spurs stretched out their championship success over 9 seasons.

Was a painful time. And in it every year to lose by a point or two. Painful!

[Bito Corleone]

I liked it better when you couldn't start threads, and just because you can doesn't mean you should.

[Punchy]

Was a painful time. And in it every year to lose by a point or two. Painful!

I've given you a lot crap over the last year, Cobbler, but it was all in fun. You're one who is en led to his "ring smack" because you were there in the dark days.

These fans, like history2b, who jumped on the wagon during Showtime shouldn't be afforded that right.

[ohmwrecker]

These fans, like history2b, who jumped on the wagon during Showtime shouldn't be afforded that right.

I think you might be giving him too much credit there.

[cobbler]

I never said they didn't discuss it. That's not the point. There were plenty of reasons to sit Robinson out.
I guess I'm a little hung up on the perceived definition of "tanking" here. I don't think keeping your franchise player out for the last stretch of games after he missed half the season qualifies. It makes more sense that they are protecting an investment. It may have increased their lotto odds, but it's not like playing Robinson off an injury would have pulled them out of the lottery either. They might have consciously taken a gamble on their odds at Duncan, but they were nowhere close to Boston in that regard.

They got extremely lucky. End of story.

As you can see... win 2 more games and your odds decrease 20%.

[cobbler]

I've given you a lot crap over the last year, Cobbler, but it was all in fun. You're one who is en led to his "ring smack" because you were there in the dark days.

These fans, like history2b, who jumped on the wagon during Showtime shouldn't be afforded that right.

I dont care when we get fans or not. All the more welcome to me. The whole bandwagoning thing is a joke.

[history2b]

I dont care when we get fans or not. All the more welcome to me. The whole bandwagoning thing is a joke.

Lol, he's wrong anyway. But he cannot help being a moron.

[cobbler]

Lol, he's wrong anyway. But he cannot help being a moron.

It's all good. I really dont care if you became a fan in the 60's or yesterday. The more the merrier! All is wonderful in the land of purple and gold.

[history2b]

It's all good. I really dont care if you became a fan in the 60's or yesterday. The more the merrier! All is wonderful in the land of purple and gold.

Been a fan of the game and the Lakers since age 4 from a family of Celtics fans.

Midnightpsycho fail.

[Punchy]

Lol, he's wrong anyway. But he cannot help being a moron.

You're a bandwagoner. It's evident with every word you type. On top of that, you couldn't answer basic facts about Laker history, and any Laker fan who knows the history of their franchise, wouldn't be so quick to disparage other teams for being "lucky."

This is you in a nuts :

1. Kobe fan
2. Kobe fan
3. Kobe fan
4. Lakers fan
5-99. Gay sex with Shaolin fan
100. Basketball fan

I know this because your hatred of the Spurs and their fans didn't start until Spurfan Tipsy starting trolling the Laker forum at ESPN, using Kobe as the trigger.

Your hatred of the Spurs is related to your obsessional love of Kobe Bryant.

[ElNono]

I'm not asking anyone to dwell on anything.

The luck of landing one magical ping pong that bounced in the Spurs favor in the 1997 draft lottery is clearly going to be remembered in the city of San Antonio for a long time. But the question remains, will the Spurs ever be so lucky again?

Now that we've established that you're lying, why would Spursfan dwell on that? More importantly, why would a lakerfan dwell on it?

[Punchy]

Been a fan of the game and the Lakers since age 4 from a family of Celtics fans.

Midnightpsycho fail.

You're not a fan of basketball. We've dispelled that myth a long time ago.

When you first waddled your social security collecting ass in here, complaining about the responses to your posts, I told you that no one would give you if your true intentions were to legitimately discuss basketball. But it's obvious the only agenda you have is to trumpet Lakers superiority, suck Kobe Bryant's , and aggravate Spur fans. All fine and good. We have plenty of Lakers trolls and welcome them all. However, where you differ from Lakaluva, AIDS, Culburn, etc, is that you present this self-righteous facade of objectivity, while they are shamelessly proud of their homerism. It's a bag phoniness that annoys everybody.

If it's a troll move, I give you props. I can respect that. But I believe this is the way you are in the real. A big, blood dripping bag.

[TipsytheLurker]

64,000 dollar question for Spurs fans... I dare anyone, even a silent lurker from upstairs to answer this one question:

How many les do the Spurs win with Keith Van Horn (#2 pick) instead of Tim Duncan?

History, I played with you all day on Friday. I'm not going to go through your circular arguments with you every day.

I recommend pulling yourself out of the emotional tailspin I sent you into...it's been like 3 years man. Get a grip. I'm being as sincere as I can be in this virtual format. I'm rooting for you.

[TipsytheLurker]

You're not a fan of basketball. We've dispelled that myth a long time ago.

When you first waddled your social security collecting ass in here, complaining about the responses to your posts, I told you that no one would give you if your true intentions were to legitimately discuss basketball. But it's obvious the only agenda you have is to trumpet Lakers superiority, suck Kobe Bryant's , and aggravate Spur fans. All fine and good. We have plenty of Lakers trolls and welcome them all. However, where you differ from Lakaluva, AIDS, Culburn, etc, is that you present this self-righteous facade of objectivity, while they are shamelessly proud of their homerism. It's a bag phoniness that annoys everybody.

If it's a troll move, I give you props. I can respect that. But I believe this is the way you are in the real. A big, blood dripping bag.

He's just trying to emulate his hero....The phoniest bag to ever lace them up.

[jjktkk]

You're not a fan of basketball. We've dispelled that myth a long time ago.

When you first waddled your social security collecting ass in here, complaining about the responses to your posts, I told you that no one would give you if your true intentions were to legitimately discuss basketball. But it's obvious the only agenda you have is to trumpet Lakers superiority, suck Kobe Bryant's , and aggravate Spur fans. All fine and good. We have plenty of Lakers trolls and welcome them all. However, where you differ from Lakaluva, AIDS, Culburn, etc, is that you present this self-righteous facade of objectivity, while they are shamelessly proud of their homerism. It's a bag phoniness that annoys everybody.

If it's a troll move, I give you props. I can respect that. But I believe this is the way you are in the real. A big, blood dripping bag.

Punchy shedding some light on history's history. Have to give history props though. He works hard on being a .

[Punchy]

History, I played with you all day on Friday. I'm not going to go through your circular arguments with you every day.

I recommend pulling yourself out of the emotional tailspin I sent you into...it's been like 3 years man. Get a grip. I'm being as sincere as I can be in this virtual format. I'm rooting for you.

It's pretty sad. I was there, too, front row, watching you troll the Lakers fans when Kobe was sucking ass and choking to the Suns. I didn't participate, because I was actually enjoying the conversations I was having with the good Lakers fans over there like Bizz, RajRerun, etc, and the mutual hatred of the Suns at the time kind of bonded Spurfan and Lakerfan. Plus, it's not my style to kick a man when he's down. But you kept kicking, and it's apparent those bruises and bones have yet to heal and mend.

Oh, and what's the story behind his ESPN banning? I wasn't there for that. You have to be a total dumb or psycho to get IP banned from that place.

[TipsytheLurker]

It's pretty sad. I was there, too, front row, watching you troll the Lakers fans when Kobe was sucking ass and choking to the Suns. I didn't participate, because I was actually enjoying the conversations I was having with the good Lakers fans over there like Bizz, RajRerun, etc, and the mutual hatred of the Suns at the time kind of bonded Spurfan and Lakerfan. Plus, it's not my style to kick a man when he's down. But you kept kicking, and it's apparent those bruises and bones have yet to heal and mend.

Oh, and what's the story behind his ESPN banning? I wasn't there for that. You have to be a total dumb or psycho to get IP banned from that place.

He's not IP banned. He posted something there the other day. I think enough spurs fans complained about his trolling they finally banned his ass.

I bet he flipped a ing lid too. That site was his home. 10s of thousands of posts under that handle over like 12 years...the way he'd strut around like a pea on that Laker board was why I took issue with him in the first place. Anybody that disagrees with him was a moron and knew nothing about the game. Just an all around that hides behind the anonymity of the internet professing his basketball knowledge.

[Punchy]

He's not IP banned. He posted something there the other day. I think enough spurs fans complained about his trolling they finally banned his ass.

I bet he flipped a ing lid too. That site was his home. 10s of thousands of posts under that handle over like 12 years...the way he'd strut around like a pea on that Laker board was why I took issue with him in the first place. Anybody that disagrees with him was a moron and knew nothing about the game. Just an all around that hides behind the anonymity of the internet professing his basketball knowledge.

I was hoping he had some epic public meltdown that resulted in his banning. It's funny that he lost his main account, though.

[WeNeedLength]

TBH, he already has some classic threads he made before the season about Spurs scraping to make the playoffs and win 45 games. This dip doesn't know his ass from his elbow but claims he does, therefore I treat him like a troll like a few others...

[DMC]

It's ok to be a , just don't be a pussy and a , come clean, you win more friends with honey than vinegar... yeah that.

[ohmwrecker]

As you can see... win 2 more games and your odds decrease 20%.

Yeah, I'm not confused about that at all . . .

The point, which you Lakerfans seem to be missing, is that the Spurs (if they thought they had a slim chance at Duncan) were taking a big gamble. The draft was one of the weakest in years and one ping pong ball bounce could have left them with an unimpressive lottery pick. Duncan was the only prize. It was all or nothing. They could have played Robinson, but it wouldn't have done them, or him any service to do so. The team they fielded played compe ively. The didn't intentionally try to lose games to get the worst record. It was as legit as an enormously lucky lottery ball bounce can be.
There is no point trying to use it as an agenda to discredit the franchise. If the Lakers are such a superior franchise then why does the Spurs' success seem to stick so deeply in the craw of some Lakerfans? It's puzzling.

[DMC]

I like pie

[jag]

I'm not even sure how to respond to lottery smack.

History2b has always been annoying and seemingly obsessive. It's hard to argue with a guy that cares so much. But after watching tipsythelurker all over this guy - with his "time to weigh in" kobe threads - it's making this whole thing kind of awkward/humorous to watch.

[ChuckD]

No no. Laker Nation is lucky to have all these homers sitting around avoiding the obvious 24/7 pretending like the Kobe era will continue into infinity. That's the true power of delusion.