Don't call me the mental midget when the guy who led your team to 3 championships means less to you than some role player on your team when it sucked.
rofl Lakers fans minimizing Shaq's achievements for the lakers by saying "he didn't try hard enough"
hate the Yankees but nice try ...
Cowboys had training camp in Oxnard my dad was a cowboy fan went to see them in training camp there a few times. Raiders and Rams left ..who exactly am I supposed to root for a team in Saint Louis or Oakland? Liked te local teams, my dad was a cowboy fan from the 70's they left ... so I adopted them inthe 80's Danny white era when they won nothing ...anything else?
Yeah.....you live in Cali, why not root for a team in Cali?
dont live there anymore ... made no sense to jump teams ...but LA isalways home. If we get a team ...I may have to consider supporting both. i live in Dallas now though so why would i stop rooting for the cowboys?
BTW What have the Cowboys won since 95? We have sucked ass ...if i wanted a bandwagon I'd be a steelers or Pats fan since i have no "home team" in L.A.
Killia, I believe means losing a guy your team drafted and played for your team for several years is a sentimental loss like Eddie Jones for example.
I'm pretty sure the Lakers losing Shaq set them back further than when they lost Eddie Jones
As for laker fans ... we love the hardworking guys. Fans with Rambis glasses, the chants of COOOOP ...fans have always supported those guys more than shaq or Kareem (at the arena) even though shaq was GREAT with fans off the court.
L.A. though built on glitz we appreciate guys that give you 100% and Coop, Rambis Eddie jones and even fisher does that shaq did not always do that.
But his less than 100% = 3 les so No, I'm not trying to diminish that but facts are facts.
kobe is loved mostly, though an arrogant prick ...he plays hard. and even the Bynum ship his ass out "video" shows he cares about being great and winning.
kobe love by laker fans is far from unanimous or universal some dont forgive him for the Shaq stuff, others prfer Lamar, pau or Fisher. Who is the better player has nothing to do with who someone's favorite player is sometimes ...
Last edited by Killakobe81; 02-25-2011 at 07:43 PM.
Yeah game 7 of the 2006 series against Phoenix was playing hard at its finest.
no one denies that KO. Did you READ the article? It closes with (paraphrasing Simmon's dad) I dont want to root for just the laundry (jersey) sometimes winning doesnt matter when it's family. I would rather lose with Perk and give this team a chance to go down fighting then win with Green ...that is a fan ...sometimes it's sentiment, not just who is better or more talented.
And TBH (though I liked Glen rice in college) I felt the exact same way when the eddie jones/Rice trade first happened. I knew Kobe would be better than eddie and needed to start. I also knew eddie was too skinny to be a SF but I did not care I wanted to find a way to get Eddie a ring too ...Iwatched him at Temple saw him drafted why would I not root for a quiet borderline all-star? BTW he did not suck.
Last edited by Killakobe81; 02-25-2011 at 08:01 PM.
LOL that is true and I cant deny it looked liked he quit ...
But Im talking about the committment to staying in shape and improving ...that to me was ridiculous (kobe in the game 7 vs. Phoenix) and part of why I favor Magic over Kobe ...but even that doesnt mean what I said is not true ...
Last edited by Killakobe81; 02-25-2011 at 07:40 PM.
TBH the trade (jones) actually helped the lakers win ...but at the time we did not know that and many fans did not care ...I know I did not.
Last edited by Killakobe81; 02-25-2011 at 07:33 PM.
Good read.
Annoying and unreadable. Anytime I see a so-called professional writer employ trite phrases such as "wait for it," and "really? REALLY?" I can't be bothered. "Too clever by half," as the brits say.
Simmons sounded pretty butthurt over the people who predicted that the Knicks would still suck with Melo. And I think he prematurely blew his load with the A minus he gave the Knicks...
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