Sounds odd but yes. Another reason is that we dont want the Lakers to get the #1 pick either, they should be bad forever.
Exactly... Lakers aren't a factor of worry unless we play them in the regular season. As long as they are beating the western conference playoff teams, I will be happy. Every other game they can lose!
I hate the lakers as much as ever, but due to current circumstances I just don't care about them today. But, I hate the rockets. So I root for the rockets to lose, and don't care about their opponent.
If you hate the Lakers , and I do, then you have to root for them to finish around 6th. I think they are top 5 protected? Anyways for long term suckage we do not want them drafting a super star. So they need to win just enough......So root for them to beat the teams we are battling for playoff positions.
Well on paper there are. But I have not seen them play yet. Right now the Lakers are on target to get Okafor or Mudiay
I want a septuple-overtime game to end in a tie because every player on both teams sustains a painful injury and are unable to continue. Furthermore, I want both coaching staffs we ejected in toto. Rockets/L*kers to me is like the Iran/Iraq War. I simply wanted it fought to bloody stalemate that ground both countries to dust.
I get the whole moral obligation thing, but I think its also imperative to keep and eye on the current threat more so than the non threat "moral" angle. And truly if you want that franchise to suck long term... Then you want them to be good enough to not get top picks and bad enough to not threaten for the playoffs, bottom end of mediocrity.
