Excited for jan 14

[DrHouse]

Ahead of by like 1-2 games. Don't act as if the Spurs have some big lead at the #2 spot, they drop 2-5 games and they could be out of the playoffs entirely.

And the Hornets beat you already this year.

[Lakers_55]

Geez, I can't believe I read this whole thread. If the Lakers and Spurs meet in the WCF no point in making new threads, it's all been said in here. Topic is about January 14. It will be a fun game to watch and it eliminates no one.

Laker fans, lighten up a bit. Let the team do the talking. Kobe can and will win without Shaq. The only question is when. Spurs are not out of it. If you don't shove the Lakers down the Spurs fans' throats, you will see they are pretty cool people and easy to get along with. And if they beat us in the WCF, cheer them on in the finals. No matter who gets in, the west will beat the east this season.


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[Brazil]

Geez, I can't believe I read this whole thread. If the Lakers and Spurs meet in the WCF no point in making new threads, it's all been said in here. Topic is about January 14. It will be a fun game to watch and it eliminates no one.

Laker fans, lighten up a bit. Let the team do the talking. Kobe can and will win without Shaq. The only question is when. Spurs are not out of it. If you don't shove the Lakers down the Spurs fans' throats, you will see they are pretty cool people and easy to get along with. And if they beat us in the WCF, cheer them on in the finals. No matter who gets in, the west will beat the east this season.


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Lakers 55 is a wise wise man

[DPG21920]

Ahead of by like 1-2 games. Don't act as if the Spurs have some big lead at the #2 spot, they drop 2-5 games and they could be out of the playoffs entirely.

And the Hornets beat you already this year.

We beat the Hornets in the damn playoffs last year. Our team got better. How can you penalize a team for being ahead of a team they beat last year when it mattered this year in the standings? Who cares if they beat us this year, we choked it off and they beat us twice last year in the regular season.

The Lakers are only 5 games ahead of the Spurs and we play you 3 times.

[td4mvp21]

Geez, I can't believe I read this whole thread. If the Lakers and Spurs meet in the WCF no point in making new threads, it's all been said in here. Topic is about January 14. It will be a fun game to watch and it eliminates no one.

Laker fans, lighten up a bit. Let the team do the talking. Kobe can and will win without Shaq. The only question is when. Spurs are not out of it. If you don't shove the Lakers down the Spurs fans' throats, you will see they are pretty cool people and easy to get along with. And if they beat us in the WCF, cheer them on in the finals. No matter who gets in, the west will beat the east this season.


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Wow good post.

[DPG21920]

Ive always pulled for the Spurs when they beat us... they have a clean cut team... sometimes, but their fans. These bas s become fans of other teams whenever the Lakers beat them.

Lakers become fans of the Lakers only when they are winning. Worst fans in the NBA (in general, not all of them of course).

It is a f'ng rivalry. I respect the out of the Lakers, but I will never root for them.

[td4mvp21]

Ive always pulled for the Spurs when they beat us... they have a clean cut team... sometimes, but their fans. These bas s become fans of other teams whenever the Lakers beat them.

I know a lot of Lakers fans who cheered against us when we beat you guys.

[xtremesteven33]

That will be 5 losses.. book it.

SHUDAHO

[DrHouse]

Who the are you calling bandwagon fans? 90% of the Spurs fanbase didn't even exist prior to 1999. I'd bet a large majority of you couldn't name 10 players from your 80's rosters.

[DPG21920]

Who the are you calling bandwagon fans? 90% of the Spurs fanbase didn't even exist prior to 1999. I'd bet a large majority of you couldn't name 10 players from your 80's rosters.

Lakers fans = Bandwagon hollywood d-bags. I would take that bet, largely because 90% of the fans have the ing internet.

[DPG21920]

Notice how I did not say all Laker fans, just many.

[phxspurfan]

Setting recorder now...

[Lakers_55]

Holy Laker fans, calm down. It's not so much what you say it's how you say it. I could probably state some of the points Laker fans have made in here and in a tactful way and no Spurs fan would retaliate. I used to go to the AOL Laker board. Back in summer of 2003, every other post was "Kobe is a rapist!" Just try to find a good read over there. All that place came down to was talking smack with the smackers so I bailed. That place would suit you folks fine. Here, if you guys continue to act as you do, a time will come when you do have a great point to make, no Spurs fan will acknowledge you.

I have found this board is not as "Spurs are invincible" as you might think. I made a thread comparing the success of the Bulls to the Spurs and most Spurs fans picked Chicago. Anyway, if they don't think their own team's success is ahead of Chicago, how can we expect them to agree when you guys claim we are the best and will beat them? I don't belong to any of the big Laker message boards, just the small msn.com and I rarely post. I am sure LakerGround has plenty of Celtic trolls for example. I'll bet the true Laker fans hate seeing those idiots, but will embrace a good Celtic fan. Same thing goes here at SpursTalk. Note the forum name, it isn't LakersTalk, or NBATalk. It's SpursTalk

I can't change you guys, but I can put you on ignore. So can anyone else. I give up trying to get you guys to be better members. Don't take my ramblings personally. Be professional like our team is. Or do you want to be like a Garnett or a Marbury?

/rant

[IronMexican]

Matter of moments before this place went off.

[Yorae]

Wow I wish every Lakers Fan is Like Lakers 55.

[DrHouse]

Lakers_55 we're all just ing around. That's the beauty of SpursTalk.

The lack of profanity filters sometimes makes it seem like we're more at heads than we really are. Truth be told the only team that CAN challenge the Lakers in the WC is the Spurs......they NEED another piece or two to win a 7-gamer but should they acquire what they are missing they can certainly compete.

[nkdlunch]

at lakaluva getting emotional

[BlackBellamy]

Who the are you calling bandwagon fans? 90% of the Spurs fanbase didn't even exist prior to 1999. I'd bet a large majority of you couldn't name 10 players from your 80's rosters.

Where are these stats taken from? 90%, eh? How could we have kept this team going in such a small market without having extremely devoted fans? I'd say the fervor in which the fans on this board respond towards the issues being raised in this thread might prove us to be a devoted (if not fanatical) fan base. Keep in mind Lakers fans that not every one of us is trashing your team/city/fans. We obviously have a difference in opinion as to who is the most elite, but that should not totally negate the chance for pleasant discourse (this certainly goes for Spurs fans as well). I really love that so many teams are represented on this board. I totally appreciate (entertain) some of the (even Spur critical) issues that a few of the Lakers fans have brought up, and whole heartedly disagree with most. Still I choke back the hostile thoughts and try to rep. my team as best I can. Maybe something trite like 'kill 'em with kindness' (both sides) might work here. No matter what let us bring it down a notch, huh?

[Lakers_55]

Lakers_55 we're all just ing around. That's the beauty of SpursTalk.

The lack of profanity filters sometimes makes it seem like we're more at heads than we really are. Truth be told the only team that CAN challenge the Lakers in the WC is the Spurs......they NEED another piece or two to win a 7-gamer but should they acquire what they are missing they can certainly compete.

Ok, but why around? Internet bullying is for kids.

Back on topic....

Both teams will want to win, but only one can. The best result from a basketball fan point of view is the Spurs step up and bring their A game as the OP pointed out, and I will add this: the Lakers match that intensity. Win or lose, either team will be proud. The final two regular season chapters follow, and a potential WCF encounter. Friggin season series and the playoffs havn't even started yet, lol, clam down everyone.

[BlackBellamy]

Where the is Smelly Feet? Love that guy!

[Yorae]

Nice name too!!!

[DPG21920]

Everyone respects the Lakers, but no Spur fan really roots for them. There are plenty of Laker fans here that people love.

[DPG21920]

I am just saying that I think if you were to ask the Lakers who they would least like to face in the PO, they would say the Spurs. Spurs can beat the Lakers (if they are healthy), but their margin for error is slim.

As I said, it will be our back court vs their front court, but each team has a superstar in their weakest spot (Duncan up front, Kobe in the back court).

[z0sa]

Lakers_55 we're all just ing around. That's the beauty of SpursTalk.

The lack of profanity filters sometimes makes it seem like we're more at heads than we really are. Truth be told the only team that CAN challenge the Lakers in the WC is the Spurs......they NEED another piece or two to win a 7-gamer but should they acquire what they are missing they can certainly compete.

Read all the posts on page 1 and 2 until your "arrogant spurs fans" post on Page 2 and you'll see why you're an asshole. if anything, Spurfan gives the Lakers too much credit, but you couldn't help but provoke people despite the non-bashing we were doing.

[Lakers_55]

I am just saying that I think if you were to ask the Lakers who they would least like to face in the PO, they would say the Spurs. Spurs can beat the Lakers (if they are healthy), but their margin for error is slim.

As I said, it will be our back court vs their front court, but each team has a superstar in their weakest spot (Duncan up front, Kobe in the back court).

I'll welcome a Spurs match in the postseason, just as I would prefer to play the Celtics if we get to the finals. It's destiny that Lakers play Spurs in WCF and Celtics play the winner. We are the only two western teams that can send them back into oblivion. Now the Celtics are the team with the bandwagon fans. Over half their fans weren't even born when they won in 1986. You can't tell me many people under age 30 supported them through all those dismal years. That isn't smack, that's logic.