Two Questions for Lakers Fans

[cobbler]

What a ing moron.....You try to compare a terrible incident of racial violence, which caused that riot, with what occurs in L.A. on a weekly basis just because people feel like destroying the city?

Weekly basis? Link?

And no, I wasn't at all comparing. I was just pointing out that riots happen everywhere. Even in Houston. In fact, the cir stances surrounding the 1917 riot are much much worse than anything some idiot fans do after a championship and they shine a terrible light on your cities ancestors. That you choose to put down our city due to the actions of a few idiots is a tad hypocritical don't you think when your cities public officials and police contributed to such an incident?

"To guard the construction site for Camp Logan, on July 27, 1917, the army ordered the Third Battalion of the black Twenty-fourth United States Infantry to travel by train with seven white officers from the regimental encampment at Columbus, New Mexico, to Houston. From the outset, the black contingent faced racial discrimination when they received passes to go into the city. Those individuals responsible for keeping order, especially the police, streetcar conductors, and public officials, viewed the presence of black soldiers as a threat to racial harmony. Many Houstonians thought that if the black soldiers were shown the same respect as white soldiers, black residents of the city might come to expect similar treatment."

Class act there Houston cause as we all know, destroying lives is so much more commendable than destroying a storefront.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Riot_(1917)

[picc84]

But this year's Lakers are a 70-win team, right?

I mean, they already have Gasol, Bynum, and Odom alongside Bryant. And then they added Artest.

Geez, that's unstoppable. They're definitely going to win 70 this year.

Book it.

Don't forget the greatest coach in NBA history.

[spursfan09]

Dallas doesn't even have that le. See: 1999 playoffs. Miami Heat - 1st seed, lost to 8th seed New York Knicks.

I think he means since switching to a 7 game series in the first round. Back then it was only 5 which means the lower seed had a better chance at an upset.