Pure Laker Hate (3 Viewers)

[Shooter]

I've had it. First the Lakers get Steve Nash, and now they land Dwight Howard. Are you kidding me? Why the hell should the rest of the NBA teams even show up this year? I say everybody should stage a boycott and refuse to play.

I've never said this before, but I'm actually hoping that something bad happens to the Lakers this year. Screw karma. I want to see Howard or Bryant or somebody get injured. I'm sick and tired of Portland having all the bad luck. I'm sick and tired of the small market teams struggling along year after year, trying to fool themselves into thinking they actually have a chance to win an NBA title.

This is a rigged game, and the Lakers and the Heat and the Knicks will continue to get the best players every year. I'm so pissed right now. I could actually walk away from being an NBA fan tonight.

 

[ironcrotch]

I'm hoping Dwight gets so caught up in his movies and commercials that he gets distracted from basketball.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

look on the bright side. if the L*kers don't win it all, chances are D12 bolts to greener pastures.

 

[Chuck Taylor]

I've had it. First the Lakers get Steve Nash, and now they land Dwight Howard. Are you kidding me? Why the hell should the rest of the NBA teams even show up this year? I say everybody should stage a boycott and refuse to play.

I've never said this before, but I'm actually hoping that something bad happens to the Lakers this year. Screw karma. I want to see Howard or Bryant or somebody get injured. I'm sick and tired of Portland having all the bad luck. I'm sick and tired of the small market teams struggling along year after year, trying to fool themselves into thinking they actually have a chance to win an NBA title.

This is a rigged game, and the Lakers and the Heat and the Knicks will continue to get the best players ever year. I'm so pissed right now. I could actually walk away from being an NBA fan tonight.

I would REALLY be pissed if we were in a championship window - like OKC is. The NBA seems to be more and more of a recruiting game and a popularity contest.

 

[Shooter]

look on the bright side. if the L*kers don't win it all, chances are D12 bolts to greener pastures.

I don't care about that. The point is that the Lakers have Dwight Howard and Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol on the same team this year. It's horrendously unfair that teams like the Lakers and the Knicks and the Heat can "reload" like this with regularity, while the Portland's and the Sacramento's of the NBA are left with the table scraps.

 

[illmatic99]

I'm hoping for a Kobe v Shaq redux.

 

[illmatic99]

I wouldn't lump the Knicks into that mix. They're horribly inept, and have had just as much playoff success as we have in the last decade (ie., none).

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Meh.

I'm not worried. They'll be good but their window is obviously short with the age of Nash and Kobe.

Kudos to their GM for making big moves though. Hopefully Neil will have the guts of Mitch in the future.

 

[Shooter]

I wouldn't lump the Knicks into that mix. They're horribly inept, and have had just as much playoff success as we have in the last decade (ie., none).

Yes, but the Knicks can snag a great player like Stoudamire or Anthony because they are New York, and because they are the media capital of the world. The best players keep going to three or four teams, and everybody else is left out in the cold.

 

[KingSpeed]

I would REALLY be pissed if we were in a championship window - like OKC is. The NBA seems to be more and more of a recruiting game and a popularity contest.

This. We are not hurt by this. This isn't our window. I feel bad for OKC. This is their window and they can't compete with this.

 

[KingSpeed]

Yes, but the Knicks can snag a great player like Stoudamire or Anthony because they are New York, and because they are the media capital of the world. The best players keep going to three or four teams, and everybody else is left out in the cold.

We have Aldridge and Lillard and they're pretty good. Would rather have them than Amare/Melo. They were a lottery team last year if it weren't for Jeremy Lin.

I've had it. First the Lakers get Steve Nash, and now they land Dwight Howard. Are you kidding me? Why the hell should the rest of the NBA teams even show up this year? I say everybody should stage a boycott and refuse to play.

I've never said this before, but I'm actually hoping that something bad happens to the Lakers this year. Screw karma. I want to see Howard or Bryant or somebody get injured. I'm sick and tired of Portland having all the bad luck. I'm sick and tired of the small market teams struggling along year after year, trying to fool themselves into thinking they actually have a chance to win an NBA title.

This is a rigged game, and the Lakers and the Heat and the Knicks will continue to get the best players every year. I'm so pissed right now. I could actually walk away from being an NBA fan tonight.

The Heat aren't such a magnificent market or anything. They got LeBron and Bosh because Riley masterminded it so that they had enough money to sign all three. I bet all three of them come to Portland if we had done the same. They wanted to play together. Didn't matter that it was in Miami.

 

[Shooter]

I'm not worried. They'll be good but their window is obviously short with the age of Nash and Kobe.

Their window??? Who cares about their window? They just made themselves into a championship team!!! And when Kobe is gone, they'll replace him with another great player. When Howard is gone, same thing. Haven't you noticed the trend?

 

[illmatic99]

Kudos to their GM for making big moves though. Hopefully Neil will have the guts of Mitch in the future.

You think it takes guts to trade away Bynum for Dwight Howard? Life of a GM is a lot easier when superstars openly want to play for your team, and only your team. Kupcake didn't do shit.

 

[KingSpeed]

Furthermore, we could've had Nash. He wanted to play with us, but we went with Lillard instead. Nash will retire in a couple years and Lillard will be a top 5 PG in the league by then.

 

[KingSpeed]

You think it takes guts to trade away Bynum for Dwight Howard?

Considering Howard is hurt and he has not agreed to re-sign with them, yes it takes a little guts.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Furthermore, we could've had Nash. He wanted to play with us, but we went with Lillard instead. Nash will retire in a couple years and Lillard will be a top 5 PG in the league by then.

I agree.

This is another reason why I think we should build the future.

 

[RR7]

You think it takes guts to trade away Bynum for Dwight Howard? Life of a GM is a lot easier when superstars openly want to play for your team, and only your team. Kupcake didn't do shit.

When did Dwight openly want to play for LA and only LA? He can still walk. Very very unlikely. Who gives a shit. They weren't handed anything. They drafted and developed a very good asset, and were willing and able to turn that asset into something better at a low value.

 

[KingSpeed]

When did Dwight openly want to play for LA and only LA? He can still walk. Very very unlikely. Who gives a shit. They weren't handed anything. They drafted and developed a very good asset.

Yes and it took 7 years. It is now our time to do the same with Lillard and Leonard.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Kudos to their GM for making big moves though.

Oh, yes, this move was all about the Laker GM having guts. Yes, Milwaukee's GM or Sacramento's GM or Portland's GM could have landed Howard if they only had enough gumption and grit.

Are you fucking insane?

 

[RR7]

Oh, yes, this move was all about the Laker GM having guts. Yes, Milwaukee's GM or Sacramento's GM or Portland's GM could have landed Howard if they only had enough gumption and grit.

Are you fucking insane?

Portland probably could have landed him if we parted with both lotto picks, since it's better than anything else they got offered. Sacramento could have offered up Cousins and a lotto pick if tey wanted to. Miwaukee's GM sucks. not gonna bother

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'm probably being wildly optimistic, but frankly I think the Lakers are on some pretty thin ice with this lot as the pillars of their title hopes.

Dwight -- coming off back surgery
Pau -- still good but getting a little long in the tooth, and how much will he have in the tank after an olympic year?
Kobe -- magical German knee therapy aside, how long do his knees hold up? (plus see Pau comment above) and he's not the player he used to be.
Nash -- still good, but has had a history of back problems and now he doesn't have Phoenix's voodoo training staff to keep him going.

Don't get me wrong, I think they're definitely a top 3 team in the West and should be in the mix for the WCF, but there's a lot of health related questions with these guys.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

This is another reason why I think we should build the future.

There's no future. This is what you can't get, right? There's no future for a non-elite small market team. None. The Rich get richer and stay rich and that's the way it's been for the NBA for 40+ years. Or have you been living under a rock?

If I was LaMarcus Aldridge, I would be demanding a trade yesterday. To a team that will actually be given an opportunity to win. Same with Lilliard in 6 years. Wash, rinse, repeat. I seem to be one of the only fucking people around here with a memory.

 

[Nikolokolus]

There's no future. This is what you can't get, right? There's no future for a non-elite small market team. None. The Rich get richer and stay rich and that's the way it's been for the NBA for 40+ years. Or have you been living under a rock?

If I was LaMarcus Aldridge, I would be demanding a trade yesterday. To a team that will actually be given an opportunity to win. Same with Lilliard in 6 years. Wash, rinse, repeat. I seem to be one of the only fucking people around here with a memory.

Well good luck to LMA in three years when he joins the Heat and same for Lillard when he goes to Dallas.

 

[RR7]

I seem to be one of the only fucking people around here with a memory.

You quit on this team after every loss. Fuck you. just stop watching already.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Portland probably could have landed him if we parted with both lotto picks, since it's better than anything else they got offered. Sacramento could have offered up Cousins and a lotto pick if tey wanted to.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

So what you are saying is that small market teams NEVER, and I mean NEEEEEEEEEVVVVERRRRRRRRRRRRR land one of these top-tier free-agents/trades because they are SCARED?

Oh man, that is the funniest fucking thing I have read in a long time.

 

[RR7]

Did I say anything about never neeeevvverrr? no. SlyPokerDog is an idiot. read.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

You quit on this team after every loss. Fuck you. just stop watching already.

No, what I've come to realize is that the Blazers as an organization and a business, and the NBA as well, quit on fans like ME a long, long fucking time ago, and I was just too stupid to realize it.

 

[Nikolokolus]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

So what you are saying is that small market teams NEVER, and I mean NEEEEEEEEEVVVVERRRRRRRRRRRRR land one of these top-tier free-agents/trades because they are SCARED?

Oh man, that is the funniest fucking thing I have read in a long time.

You should read more. I suggest the late, great Douglas Adams

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Did I say anything about never neeeevvverrr? no. SlyPokerDog is an idiot. read.

Yeah? Tell me the last time a small market team landed a top 10 NBA player in their prime through free agency or trade. I'll wait.

 

[The Professional Fan]

It's definitely getting more difficult to remain an NBA fan when knowing your team doesn't stand a chance of ever winning a championship. I've honestly never felt further away from the Blazers winning a championship than I do right now. And yes, that includes the KP coached 22 win team. There were no "dream teams" then.