Lakers Fans vs. Kobe Fans

[Darth_Pelican]

Lakers Fans

• Live in Los Angeles or the surrounding area, or have some sort of ties to L.A. (i.e. grew up there and then moved away)
• Attend at least one Lakers game per year
• Know the history of the franchise and supports the team through good times and bad
• Well educated and usually successful
• For the most part (excluding the Hollywood actors), knowledgeable NBA fans who understand the game of basketball and know the dynamics of what makes a championship team
• More concerned with the success of the Lakers franchise than the individual parts

Kobe Fans

• Do not live in Los Angeles or the surrounding area, don't have any ties to the city, and in most cases have never even been to the state of California
• Have never attended a Lakers game
• Bandwagoners who pull for different professional sports teams from different cities based on individual players and popularity, despite not having any connections to the cities
• Uneducated, usually with a GED or less
• Not very knowledgeable about the game of basketball, and more concerned with SportsCenter highlights of Kobe and his statistics than the outcome of the team that he plays for
• Live vicariously through Kobe, giving themselves a sense of false bravado and thinking that being a Kobe fan makes them cool, whilst the reality is that most of them either read comic books, live on forums, or post youtube videos that no one watches

[midnightpulp]

Lakers Fans

• Live in Los Angeles or the surrounding area, or have some sort of ties to L.A. (i.e. grew up there and then moved away), aside from the fans who moved to Southern California from Mexico
• Attend at least one Lakers games per year
• Know the history of the franchise and supports the team through good times and bad
• Beeners aside, well educated and usually successful
• For the most part (excluding the Hollywood actors), knowledgeable NBA fans who understand the game of basketball and know the dynamics of what makes a championship team
• More concerned with the success of the Lakers franchise than the individual parts

Kobe Fans

• Do not live in Los Angeles or the surrounding area, don't have any ties to the city, and in most cases have never even been to the state of California
• Have never attended a Lakers game
• Bandwagoners who pull for different professional sports teams from different cities based on individual players and popularity, despite not having any connections to the cities
• Uneducated, usually with a GED or less
• Not very knowledgeable about the game of basketball, and more concerned with SportsCenter highlights of Kobe and his statistics than the outcome of the team that he plays for
• Live vicariously through Kobe, giving themselves a sense of false bravado and thinking that being a Kobe fan makes them cool, whilst the reality is that most of them either read comic books, live on forums, or post youtube videos that no one watches

Fixed a couple of points, but overall, very accurate assessment.

[midnightpulp]

So if you live in Los Angeles and you're a Spurs fan, what does that make you, not a Spurs fan anymore? That's pretty bright logic.

Team fandom is all about sticking with one team through thick and thin.

I never implied the beener fans born in Mexico were anything less than real Lakers fans. They're often the most passionate and dedicated. I simply made the OP's first point more accurate, illustrating that many true Lakers fans weren't actually born in LA or Southern California or even the United States

[stretch]

Don't forget the million black guys that call themselves Laker fans because they "grew up watching Magic" or thinks "Kobe got swag"

[DMC]

I disagree with most of what the OP listed. You can be a fan of a team for many various reasons and not live anywhere near that city.

Young kids (usually boys) are the biggest bandwagon fans around. They adopt these historically successful teams early on so they can say they like the winning teams, always have something to brag about. Some of that carries over into adulthood and the person will say "I've always liked these teams" even though it was still a bandwagon move, just a younger one.

Just look at all the fans the Spurs picked up after they acquired Tim Duncan and won their first ring.

[IronMaxipad]

Lakers Fans

• Live in Los Angeles or the surrounding area, or have some sort of ties to L.A. (i.e. grew up there and then moved away)

Check

• Attend at least one Lakers games per year

Check

• Know the history of the franchise and supports the team through good times and bad

Check

• Well educated and usually successful

Check

• For the most part (excluding the Hollywood actors), knowledgeable NBA fans who understand the game of basketball and know the dynamics of what makes a championship team

Check

• More concerned with the success of the Lakers franchise than the individual parts

and Check

[Mugen]

There are A LOT of strictly Kobe fans in LA.

[Ashy Larry]

soon as Bean retires, will get back to normal .........

Me personally,

Basketball fan first
Laker fan second

[Ashy Larry]

they'll definitely fall off and it's a damn shame ......... they'll prolly hop on the next big thing and seeing all the that coming out the collegiate ranks, they may hafta wait a while ........

[Koolaid_Man]

Lakers Fans

• Live in Los Angeles or the surrounding area, or have some sort of ties to L.A. (i.e. grew up there and then moved away)
• Attend at least one Lakers game per year
• Know the history of the franchise and supports the team through good times and bad
• Well educated and usually successful
• For the most part (excluding the Hollywood actors), knowledgeable NBA fans who understand the game of basketball and know the dynamics of what makes a championship team
• More concerned with the success of the Lakers franchise than the individual parts

Kobe Fans

• Do not live in Los Angeles or the surrounding area, don't have any ties to the city, and in most cases have never even been to the state of California
• Have never attended a Lakers game
• Bandwagoners who pull for different professional sports teams from different cities based on individual players and popularity, despite not having any connections to the cities
• Uneducated, usually with a GED or less
• Not very knowledgeable about the game of basketball, and more concerned with SportsCenter highlights of Kobe and his statistics than the outcome of the team that he plays for
• Live vicariously through Kobe, giving themselves a sense of false bravado and thinking that being a Kobe fan makes them cool, whilst the reality is that most of them either read comic books, live on forums, or post youtube videos that no one watches

Hornet fan:

Kobe 5

The State of Weezy-ana 0

Kobe has more rangs than Wezzy Ana and SA combined

[lefty]

Lakers Fans

• Live in Los Angeles or the surrounding area, or have some sort of ties to L.A. (i.e. grew up there and then moved away)
• Attend at least one Lakers game per year
• Know the history of the franchise and supports the team through good times and bad
• Well educated and usually successful
• For the most part (excluding the Hollywood actors), knowledgeable NBA fans who understand the game of basketball and know the dynamics of what makes a championship team
• More concerned with the success of the Lakers franchise than the individual parts

Kobe Fans

• Do not live in Los Angeles or the surrounding area, don't have any ties to the city, and in most cases have never even been to the state of California
• Have never attended a Lakers game
• Bandwagoners who pull for different professional sports teams from different cities based on individual players and popularity, despite not having any connections to the cities
• Uneducated, usually with a GED or less
• Not very knowledgeable about the game of basketball, and more concerned with SportsCenter highlights of Kobe and his statistics than the outcome of the team that he plays for
• Live vicariously through Kobe, giving themselves a sense of false bravado and thinking that being a Kobe fan makes them cool, whilst the reality is that most of them either read comic books, live on forums, or post youtube videos that no one watches

Solid thread TBH

[Koolaid_Man]

Solid thread TBH

The Lakers 16

Kobe 5

[Koolaid_Man]

with my new Math that brings our le count to 21

[Darth_Pelican]

Hornet fan:

Kobe 5

The State of Weezy-ana 0

Kobe has more rangs than Wezzy Ana and SA combined

Thank you for your insight which carries information completely irrelevent to the topic, while at the same time further illustrating what everyone in the forum already knew about which category you fall into.

[LkrFan]

Name on the front first and foremost.

[wanggi]

Is it really necessary to discriminate between idiots and morons?

[Findog's Ex Fiancee]

Lakers fans on SpursTalk: Ginobili Bald Spot, Banzai, Lkrfan, IronMexican, IronMaxipad, Ashy Larry, DeadlyDynasty, Venti Quattro, Sportscamper, ManFromAcme, cobbler

Kobe followers: namlook, Quit Hatin, Deuce Bigalow, history2b, Koolaidman, Lakaluva

Hybrids: killakobe, 21 Blessings, 2Cleva, TheMachine

Suns fans: Giuseppe

[ginobili's bald spot]

I agree with that criteria with the exception of the goes to at least one game per year part. If that were the case it would only be mathematically possible for there to be what... a million Laker fans? That's dumb. There are obviously a whole variety of cir stances that prevent people from going to games.

[Giuseppe]

Suns fans: Giuseppe

Thank you.

[ginobili's bald spot]

The Kobe first fans piss me off. But nothing pisses me off more than the former Bulls fan in the 90's turned Lakers fan (probably the same people). When Jordan and the Bulls were runnin everybody and their mom claimed the bulls. Where are all those people now? Every fan base has a percentage of ex-bulls fans, especially the Lakers. You know who you are gots.

[KoolAid Mans Brother]

The Kobe first fans piss me off. But nothing pisses me off more than the former Bulls fan in the 90's turned Lakers fan (probably the same people). When Jordan and the Bulls were runnin everybody and their mom claimed the bulls. Where are all those people now? Every fan base has a percentage of ex-bulls fans, especially the Lakers. You know who you are gots.

Kobe comes first homie. He is da black mamba and my n!gga.

[Reck]

Bandwagoners who pull for different professional sports teams from different cities based on individual players and popularity, despite not having any connections to the cities

This is DeadlyDynasty through and through. Its like, it was written specifically for him. lol

[DeadlyDynasty]

Bandwagoners who pull for different professional sports teams from different cities based on individual players and popularity, despite not having any connections to the cities

This is DeadlyDynasty through and through. Its like, it was written specifically for him. lol

oh look, the World of Warcraft fan who hopped on Jeremy Lin's tiny is calling someone else a bandwagoner.

If this don't beat it all

[Reck]

oh look, the World of Warcraft fan who hopped on Jeremy Lin's tiny is calling someone else a bandwagoner.

If this don't beat it all

Still thinks I'm the same guy from a baseless google search.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Still thinks I'm the same guy from a baseless google search.

google your screen name...the first thing that comes up is world of warcraft . You're a LARP'r, a bandwagoner, and a got.

Deal with it how you see fit, but if I were you I'd tell the old man you like a twink sooner than later. Remember, he can legally kick you out once you turn 18