but they're vastly superior... as any 7 game playoff series that featured 2 ot's should explain.
I don't know where the Kings fans come up with this rivalry stuff. How can there be a rivalry when The Lakers always won? The Lakers only true rivalry, On the court was against the Spurs. There was a hate between the two franchises but it was off the court only. On the court the kings were no different than any other team not named San Antonio in the league.
I don't hate everyone on the spurs. Just Robert Horry and at times Bruce Bowen. They are a great team and great teams tend to get hated. I think since Dallas finally beat San Antonio you can call it a rivalry but I don't see the hate between the team players with the exception of a couple players.
As a Spurs fan I never really hated the Mavs players before this year. I just used to hate their "fans" and Mark Cuban, even though I thought Mark´s antics were funny when he first got the team. Now I hate everything about them, more so than I ever hated the Lakers. Especially being in College Station where Mavs fans magically multiply after every win and love to talk trash about they know nothing about. I guess I´m just spoiled growing up and always loving the Spurs, and I just hate having to hear from people that only recently found out their city has a basketball team. And for those real Mavs fans who suffered through all those ty years I respect you and like to talk basketball smack with you cause you know what you´re talking about. I just hate the bag following that has become the stereotype for all other Mavs fans.
They have those type fans (bandwagonners) in every city in every sport. I guarantee you there were thousands of new Spur fans when they became good. And there are a lot of long time, hard core fans that really don't know much about the sport (see posts/responses from this forum, Mav forum and any other forum) but that's ok as it's not a prerequisite to know a lot to be a good fan.
Oh I know and I agree. Just for me it always seems that the Mavs bandwagoners are just more visible and obnoxious. A lot of that has to do with me being in a college town filled with tons of fratty idiots who like to be loud. For whatever reason they tend to be Mavs fans, and they piss me off. But I know a lot of spurs fans that are just as obnoxious but since I´m a spurs fan I tend to overlook them
It's not a rivalry, it's envy on one side and contempt on the other. According to the Mavericks, the Spurs haven't legitimately won a game against them since Motta was the coach.
Bingo. I wish I wouldve posted that... .
I definitely feel the contempt.
What Mavericks think that the Spurs haven't legitimately won a game against the Spurs in a long time? What Maverick fans think that? Some of the Mav fans that post here? I'm sure there are a bunch of Mav fans on here that are that way but don't assume all fans are that way. It's amazing that people make judgements based on so little evidence. If I were to choose to judge all Spur fans based on what I read on this board I'd think that most are bitter, hateful people just from reading all the posts since the Mavs/Spurs series, but I know better and know it's not the truth. You can continue to hate if it pleases you but at least try not to lump everyone into some category that you think all Mav fans belong in.
This is the kinda that is annoying, the team won in OT on game seven, but the "Whipped" us. The loss to the mavs was not as bad as .4 mostly because, like the Mavs this year, we choked away the series. Mavs haven't won , "but at least we beat the spurs" at ude will always be a weak argument. I guess they need it to ignore the fact they gave up a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals.
Yeah, it's very weak and I'm a Mavs fan.
AJ and Cuban, for starters. There's the Dairy Queen game, the "Manu flopped into Dirk" series, the "bear hug defense", the "Terry shouldn't be suspended" game. Let's not forget "Timmy gets all the calls" and "Dirk gets no respect" just for good measure. , I remember Sean Elliott hitting two free throws with nothing on the clock to win a game against the Mavs and all they did was complain, and that was before Mark Cuban.
If you'd like not to be lumped in with the other Maverick fans, you could distinguish yourself by not blindly defending all things Maverick. If you can't accept that the majority of the country and the world sees the Mavericks as a bunch of crybaby sore losers, then you have need of some perspective.
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not blindly defending all things Maverick. I just want to know who you're talking about. AJ has done nothing but give credit to the Spurs...where have you been??? I'll give you Cuban but he's a dork and he's the face of the team which is why so many people think that Mav fans think/act like he does. Everything else you said was said by some Maverick fans...which really makes my point for me. If you're going to take what's said by some fans and assume everyone thinks that then you ain't that bright. I could do the same thing with all the complaining that Spurs fans have done on this board about officiating, etc..couldn't I? If you disagree with that then there's not point of going any further with this discussion. Do I assume all Spurs fans are whiners, etc. because so many have posted like that? No! I'm not trying to defend all things Maveick nor trying to be confrontational. I'm just trying to get some of you to THINK through things before you make all-encompassing assumptions.
Well I guess it is really up to the individual..... Good to see someone from the show here to represent................
kobe has said it.......... SO has Phil.... So I guess I/ we are in good company...
Yeah, that was always annoying about the Lakers. I totally didn't blame them but they did a great job, at least on the surface, of not caring about their opponent. I never felt that they ever had a rivalry with any team. It was all about how they played which was really the truth with those Shaq/Kobe teams for the most part. I don't recall a team before or since that with that type of "it's all about us and it doesn't matter who we're playing" at ude. Many teams probably felt that way but never exuded it like those Laker teams.
Thanks.
Kobe, Phil and Shaq probably said it to sell tickets. I vaguely remember that but it never materialized. That's one of the things the Lakers never get credit for. They have carried this league for years. Everybody hated us and everybody watched us!
Imo,, Our rivalry with the Kings was strickly verbal. Some thought the Kings disrespected our accomplishments in this league, so Myself and others would dislike them for that reason only. Much like some of the Mavs fans disrespecting the Spurs and Heat fans and their accomplishments. We Never feared them on the court although I thought they played well in 2002.
I would say there is or should say @ least was a bit more to it than that but it certainly "ain't what it use to be".......... Then it was on par to rival dodger - giants hate @ least up here......
Well in 2002........... They should have won and you know it.......LOL. The mavs seemed to suffer from a little bit of that when they got off the plane in Miami.... The Kings were a better team in the reg season..... 2 bad that don't mean anything in the playoffs............
Who you all hoping to bring on board this summer???
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The Lakers hate the Queens...??? ROTFLMAO....We didn’t even realize that you were in the NBA!
Is everyone from Sacra-mental as delusional as Rick Adelman?
The only rivalry that Los Angeles has with Sacramento is between The WNBA Monarchs & the Sparks....
Funny @ sackings.com half the regulars are fans of theThe Lakers hate the Queens...??? ROTFLMAO....We didn’t even realize that you were in the NBA!
Is everyone from Sacra-mental as delusional as Rick Adelman?
The only rivalry that Los Angeles has with Sacramento is between The WNBA Monarchs & the Sparks....
BOth phil and kobe have said it............ BUt I guess if sportcamper says there isn't, what else needs to be said....lol
Well Rick Adelman isn't from sactown.......... Kinda like phil ain't from la.....
Monarchs & the Sparks....???? WTF??? I guess ti is good to know @ least soemone is watching womens basket ball..........
The fact of the matter is... Nobody from Southern California EVER thinks about Northern California, the Queens, the Giants or what ever...Yet you folks insist that WE have some sort of a rivalry...
The Lakers have won 14 NBA les & the Kings have what? Three banners for 2nd or 3rd place in the Pacific Division?
Your Monarchs at least have won a real le...After all they had to beat the LA Sparks & Lisa Leslie....I don’t think the current Kings roster could do that....
LOL......... OK enjoy the WNBA............ I may go to a game some day... or not???
So I guess you are the sole representative speaking on behalf of the 14 million or so "South Californians"............???
Props to the show for winning all that, back in the day…. What they won lately???
Mark Cuban is somehow involved
The Mavericks are the only Texas team I don't pull for, and that will change the day Cuban sells the team. (Provided he doesn't sell it to another head like himself).
The Kings only challenged the Lakers one year and they still lost. I can understand the Kings hating the lakers. I can understand why EVERY team hated the Lakers.
Well in 2002........... They should have won and you know it.......LOL.
No disrespect but that is the phrase that fueled our hate for the Kings. For everything that the Kings say went wrong for them in that series, they still had a winner take all game 7 in Sacramento. The game was officiated well and it was one of the best playoff games in the history of the game. The Lakers prevailed! The Kings fans took away from that series with the constant whining that they were robbed. That is when the hate for the kings began.
Right now there is a bunch of fantasy trades going around, KG being at the center of it but I do know they're in the market for a PG and PF.
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