Lakers series
 

Well, sombody had to post it ;)

as of now, Lakers are down 0-1 to Spurs... and things aren't looking any better.

As some of you may know, Rick Fox was put out for the season with a foot injury in the Minnesota series, and in game one his replacement Devan George went down for the season with a foot injury too!

Not that they are important to any true laker fan :rolleyes:

But either way I hope they get destroyed by the Spurs.

I hope that the Spurs win as well... I love Duncan... And Robinson.. Both outstanding players. This will be a good series, though.

I am not going to get excited until the spurs have 3 wins.
I am not going to get excited until the spurs have 3 wins.
I am not going to get excited until the spurs have 3 wins.
I am not going to get excited until the spurs have 3 wins.
I am not going to get excited until the spurs have 3 wins.
I am not going to get excited until the spurs have 3 wins.
I am not going to get excited until the spurs have 3 wins.
I am not going to get excited until the spurs have 3 wins.
I am not going to get excited until the spurs have 3 wins.

God I hate the lakers.

0-1, is no big deal to me. More important is how fox is out, his replacement george is out, and now its up to his replacement shaw...Not a good way to start...IF it gets to 3-0, Ill worry.

0-2

:)

I agree with Stonecutter.Unless they got the Lakers 3-0 i aint gonna get too excited.The Spurs are boring anyway, but if they put away the Lakers it'll just make it easier for my Kings.

Even if the Lakers are down 3-0, I wouldn't get too excited because these are the Lakers. Remember how they beat Minnesota by 30 after they lost Rick Fox?



Until they are officially eliminated, I don't care.

Hmm, there is a huge difference... when have the Lakers in these three years EVER been down two games to an opponent?

They were down 2-3 to Blazers, and down 2-3 to Sacremento, and down 1-2 to Minnesota... those were thier three hardest series. They have yet to be down two games, and even worse, they haven't even won one game in this series, so they don't know if they can even beat them in one game, let alone 4.

From the begining of this season I have been barking that last year was the end of thier streak.

Spurs are the perfect team to beat them too, they are much deeper, and much more fundementally sound... The difference between these Spurs and the Kings of 2002, Blazers of 2000, and T'Wolves of 2003, is that Spurs are simple deeper and better. Much like the Lakers, they are a well defined team and they know who thier leader is, but at the same time thier leader has WAY more support from the rest of his team than Kobe and Shaq have... They are almost like a version of Sacremento where Webber is the best player in the leauge.

http://www.nba.com/games/20030507/LALSAS/recap.html

Go spurs.... I really enjoyed the game last night... Good stuff.

Ah, screw all Laker haters.

Lakers own, just because they're good doesn't mean you have to hate them. They lost 2 of their best forwards. Even if they lose this year (which I am sure they will), I am still happy. 3 years in a row (2000, 2001, 2002) was good enough for me.

Some people just throw bull**** excuses and say they hate the Lakers. If you hate a team, have a good reason, don't just throw out **** like "all Lakers have to depend on is Kobe or Shaq." I am sorry, but that's just wrong. I've been watching and playing basketball for over 12 years now. I hate when I see stuff like this.

PS: I think Spurs are an awesome team, but as for Tim Duncan goes, hell no does he deserve to be MVP again. Kevin Garnet worked his ass off. And if Kobe or Garnet didn't get it, then what about Tracy McGrady? He deserved it more. I am not saying Tim Duncan's not a good player, but there were better players this year.

Who the **** are you to tell people why or why not they shouldn't like a team? I don't think anyone here said anything about hating the Lakers because they depend of Shaq or Kobe anyway... How about hating them for the fact that they're cocky as hell? Some people get sick of seeing the same team and players win every year, but not everyone who hates them hates them because they're good. It seemed like a lot less people hate(ed) the Bulls when they were the best, for a reference in other sports, not as many people hated the Oilers in hockey when they dominated. Maybe the Lakers are just a very hate-able team...

Not to be chicago biased, but with jordan in his prime, it was hard to hate the bulls. They were SO much better than any other team you didn't hate them because there was no chance that they'd lose, only that that would win and that it was going to be fun to watch.

Who the **** am I? I never told them they can't hate a team. I simply said that to hate a team they need to have a good reason. You can't just hate someone or something, there has to be a good reason to hate that person or thing. Get that right.

You don't think...? I know over 50 people who hate the Lakers because they think it's all about Kobe and Shaq. What about Fisher, Horry, George, and Fox? And what's this about the fact about them being cocky as hell? Can you explain why they're cocky as hell? Just because they're good? Just because they won 3 rings in a row? Just because they try like every other team in the league? Yes, so I guess every team in the NBA are as "cocky as hell"...

Yeah. Whatever, like I said, I've watched basketball for a very long time, and through out the years, it was all about the Rockets, Bulls, Celtics, Spurs. I was fine with that. When the Bulls won 3 in a row, and even when they took out the Lakers, I still liked them. When they won 3 in a row, I didn't get sick of it. Jordan was my favorite player but the Lakers still stood as my favorite team.

And there are some people in this world who hate a team for a good reason, I respect that. But hating a team just because they were unstoppable for nearly 3 years isn't a good reason to hate them.

I liked the Bulls, I didn't become a hater just because they whooped Van Exel, Eddie Jones, and the rest of the Lakers back in 95. But yes, Lakers are a very 'hate-able' team and some people dislike them for the most biased reasons ever. That pisses me off. You have to understand that.

Also, when you said "who the **** are you to tell people why they shouldn't like a team", that's pretty stupid, Chris... Because I am not telling anyone who they should like or dislike. This is the Internet, and even if it was real life, I still can't and won't tell people to change their opinions. I am just making a positive statement, so don't think just because I am pretty new around here means I am a nobody with no privilege to post.

Who says there has to be a good reason to hate a team first of all? It's a damn sports team, people can hate them for whatever reason they want.



I never said there weren't people who hate the Lakers because it's all Kobe and Shaq, I said there weren't any HERE in this thread that you replied to. Thanks for putting words in my mouth on why I think they're cocky... How about because every interview I ever see with Kobe, Shaq, Fox, etc. they're acting, you know, COCKY AS HELL? The way they act and talk comes across as very cocky to me, and a lot of other people.



Not everyone's the same as you. I follow hockey more closely than I do basketball, and the Dallas Stars beat the Oilers in the play-offs every damn year. You're telling me this isn't a reason to hate them? I think hating a team because they were unstoppable for 3 years is a GREAT reason to hate them. Should we all love a team that continues to beat our favourite teams and win championships every year?



I actually didn't even notice you were new around here, I figured you've been here for a long time actually. I would have said the same thing to someone who has been here since the beginning though anyways... You never told anyone who to like or dislike, but you're telling people why they shouldn't dislike a team. Maybe I'm the only one, but (even though there are other reasons imo) does anyone else find that hating a team because they win all the damn time is a good enough reason to hate a team?

lol... you want a reason for me disliking the Lakers? well, there are two main reasons:

1) I don't like Phil Jackson, he is the cokiest coach in the NBA and his attitude is rubbing off on his players.

2) Lakers fans are the most ignorant, cocky, uneducated fans on the face of the earth. I live in Cali and I see them and talk to them every day, I want lakers to lose so I can shove it straight up thier asses.

Another reason I don't really like the Lakers is because they use lame excuses to make up for thier regular season preformance... I couldn't stand when LA fans said Lakers didn't have to (aand aren't trying to) work hard in the regular season to win a championship... I think that's either BS on the fans part, or a terrible reflection of the players on the Laker's team if they aren't trying.

Also, the comparisions to the Bulls... that really pissed me off. Bulls worked thier asses off 100+ games per season, and Lakers may have... they are either 1) like I said before, being half assed in the regular season, which is enough to make me hate any team.. or 2) simply not as good... I don't know how Lakers fans can even fix thier mouths to say that LA is better than Jordan's Bulls.

This is why I hate the Lakers, and the only thing I hate more than the Lakers is thier fans. (even though my best friend is a Lakers fan in general I hate them)