DIE LAKERS!!!
This is a joyous day for mankind.
Die Kobe you piece of fucking shit.
Bwhahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Go Spurs!
Well, as a Lakers fan, I’m not thrilled about this. But I can’t wait until next year when Shaq and Kobe come back with a vengeance. Woe to the Spurs next year.
And if Dallas beats Sacramento, that will partially make up for the Laker loss. Man, I hate the Kings.
So are the Clippers still in the running?
Even out here on the Right Coast, I could hear a faint whimpering from my old haunts in L.A. County. When I lived out there, it was evident to me that Laker fans were an easy bunch to satisfy–as long as they won every game, scored every point, had all the calls go their way, and had every TV announcer laud Shaq and Kobe as the second coming of Christ and John the Baptist, they would be happy. But, as things were, they sulked at every loss, and even sulked when they won but not by a sufficient margin. (I still remember the column in the LA Times in which the loathsome T.J. Simers whinged, “Why can’t we go 82-0?”)
Like ill-received party guests, Laker fans inevitably arrive late and leave early. At the first hint of potential defeat they flee the Staples Center like a college party when the cops show up. They rail the refs when Shaq is not allowed to back over defenders and when Kobe is not given his customary five steps.
But I sense the three-year party has come to a crashing halt. Phil Jackson will likely retire now. Kobe is a free agent. Shaq needs more surgery than an aging film star. The bench is filled with seat warmers like Pargo and Madsen. Eventually, the celebs who now fill the front row will find a new place to be seen. (Arrowhead Pond, perhaps? Nah, they’d never be seen dead in Orange County.)
Bring on the Spurs-Mavs conference finals.
Any day in which the Lakers lose is a good day.
Duke that was your problem you were reading TJ Simers. He is the WORSE sports writer I have ever read. He thinks he is writing humor but is only a sorry hack who can find no joy in the world and he should [deb tries to find a nice adjective here which does not include death of him] get his ass fired. I have never heard of anyone liking him, so his fan base is only himself. He is such an asshole whose knowledge of sports could be put on a pinhead with 12 point font. Remember to eschew page 2 of the LATimes, life is better that way.
As a longtime Laker & Dodger fan, I must admit this is true. I was once at a Dodger game and Fernando Valanzuela had a no hitter in the 7th and people were leaving early “because they were cold”. IN LOS ANGELES!
And once back in the 80’s I was at a Laker/Celtic (Magic/Bird) regular season game (they only play each other twice unless they are in the finals) and people were streaming out of the Forum with about 4 minutes left and the Lakers only winning by 7!
Bird could score 7 by himself in one play! (don’t ask me how)
Many (not all) LA fans are pathetic.
LAKERS in 2004!! With our new forward, KARL MALONE.
Whooohoo! Go Spurs!
Three pointer, a foul, a made free throw, a steal, another three?
In all fairness, have you ever tried to leave the Staple’s Center parking lot when the whole stadium is leaving? It’s like LA traffic in a microcosm, where you use up entire lifetimes of karma just getting out of the parking lot.
I’m normally a very polite driver, take my turn when it comes and some such, but when we got out of the Paul McCartney concert (note: nobody left early), it was a different story. We sat without moving for a good 10 minutes before I said ta hell with it, cut over to another aisle, and simulataniously cut off two limos, and Excursion, and a Jag in my Ford Focus so I could leave in one of three parking lot exits that all emptied into a single lane of traffic. Why was it a single lane of traffic you ask? Why, because they BLOCK OFF the other two lanes, and then don’t turn off the traffic light at the intersection of that one lane and a three lane road, so that the fucking PARKING LOT would be ALLOWED to FUCKING CLEAR OUT.
I got on the first freeway entrance I could see and never looked back.
-lv
When I read the recap of the Spurs/Lakers game tomorrow, I fully expect the headline to say “Spurs Win Series- But Don’t Count Lakers Out Yet.”
The article will contain some more of Phil Jackson’s mind games (“Sure they’ve won 4 games, but that means the pressure is all on THEM now.”) and Kobe’s confident predictions (“We’re the defending champs, we’ve been down 4 games to 2 lots of times, and we know how to bounce back.”).
One rumor I heard tonight has the Lakers coaxing MJ, Pippen, and the Mailman to LA…
Yeah, right. Just what they need.
That would work for a few months… until MJ traded Shaq and Kobe for Kwame Brown.
Heh, somewhere Reggie Miller is laughing.
Not to mention, “Don’t worry - we’ll win when it counts!”
No shit. Who was the first player that ABC interviewed after the series was over? I’ll give you a hint – he was crying, but they weren’t tears of joy.
Oh god please let this happen. I would love for Pippen to be…well, anywhere but Portland. We’ll even pay you to take 'Sheed too.
I wouldn’t worry about Pippen, he’s too crippled to be any good. Now if they pick up the Mailman, then I’d start to worry.
I have been a Laker fan for 30+ years. Loyal to the core, even through the dark days of Divac.
Having said that, I will go on record right now as saying that if the Lakers sign Scottie Pippen, I will get never, ever root for them again.
Now, to all the Laker haters on this thread-- call again when your team has won three in a row (Celtic and Bulls fans excluded, of course).
Kobe and Shaq? Knowing Wes Unseld, MJ could get Kwame for Mark Madsen and some magic beans.