I'm Already Nauseated

[SRJ]

I am a lifelong, proud Laker hater. Whenever the Spurs lose in the playoffs, my favorite team is the ABL (Anybody But Lakers). That is doubly the case when the Lakers are the team eliminating the Spurs.

That said:

What in 's name do I do?

On the one hand, I've got the Lakers. Everything that the Lakers are is reprehensible to me. The phony s. The smog. The D-List celebrities hoping to be seen at the game while pretending to care about it. The perfect-weather fans, literally and figuratively. If the Lakers win, the media's swoon over Kobe will go on for months and reach new, incredibly stupid heights. He's put it all behind him. The rape allegations, the locker-room infighting, the trade demands, and he won a championship! they'll say as if Kobe had nothing at all to do with those situations. They'll credit him ad nauseaum for being a great leader and a good teammate. It hasn't even happened yet and I'm already sick of it.

On the other hand, I've got the Celtics. Now, because I'm an ABL fan, that makes me a bit of a Celtics fan by default. And Larry Bird was the , love that guy. But Kevin Garnett. Oh my God. If the Celtics win the le, Garnett will cradle the trophy and cry and sob, pound his chest till it's black and blue, mutter all sorts of stupid pla udes about winning, complete with ill-considered analogies. The media will eat that up and suck him off for the rest of the year. The long-put-to-bed debate of TD vs KG will be reopened and evaluated in favor of Garnett. Bill Russell will mug dramatically all the way through. Red Auerbach will be invoked over and over and over and over.

Detroit, could you please win six more playoff games? If only for me?

[atxrocker]

as much as i'd favor a detroit/lakers final, i don't see it happening. a lakers/boston final is more convincing in favor of the lakers. celts have looked weak in the postseason and would need everybody on their team to really catch fire, especially allen. i just don't see it playing out that way, as much as i'd love to see the ing lakers lose in the finals.

[balli]

The Lakers are more enjoyable to watch. Plus they aren't going anywhere for awhile so you might as well get used to them now.