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Originally Posted by Riq
OMFG I love this, post of the Basketball year. This whole post reminds me of everyone on Espn msg boards. Wow! As well as everyone not from Boston or NY (The only real rivals of the Heat, Chicago doesn't count as much as they want to) that hate the Heat and their fans  |
Thanks. It was posted by someone during the Warriors vs Nuggets series and it seemed funny and true since the Warriors are strangers to playoff teams (Warriors don't really have any real rivalries since they are rarely in the playoffs) and, at the time, you can visually see how Denver and GS players seem to be annoyed/frustrated/hated each other as the series progressed.
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Originally Posted by zooopreme
There are forums for teams? O_O I wonder how much those are moderated. Must be a cock fight over players that don't acknowledge their existence and are far beyond their reach...
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I don’t know about the ESPN forums since I’m not familiar with them, but I did check it out once years ago and ESPN actually has a forum for each team on their site. It also seemed dead, but that was many years ago.
I occasionally visit various team forums and most are pretty much similar. Fans usually post hypothetical, but realistic trades and how they benefit both teams or how they think some of their own players have potential or are what they are after being given years to develop and need to be traded.
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Originally Posted by zooopreme
And to that Playoff Hate post, I'll never understand why people hate the Lakers THAT much.
-The org as a whole is revolutionary for not only LA but for the NBA
-They've had a winner's mentality where getting to the Playoffs was step one and not the ceiling
-They've developed players into strong figures in the sports world and typically give back to the org/league/causes
-They were once a smart organization in terms of team building
-Championships speak volumes
I don't expect people to be fans but you just got to respect what the org has been able to achieve. You can hate the fans but not the org.
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Just thought I’d share because it was funny and seemed true to me, but it is just regarding teams in general. Don’t take it seriously, there are references to hate of the Heat and Boston also. (The Ninth stage being specifically the lakers is probably just a NorCal reference/joke since it was posted on a Warriors forum).
I’m sure the Lakers organization is well respected for its accomplishments by everyone. It’s probably more about the fans and pride. I think there’s just always been a rivalry between Norcal and Socal things in general and I don’t really know why either (Warriors fans hate the Lakers, Kings fans hate the Lakers, Dodgers and Giants, Nortenos vs Surenos, etc.).
Not too long ago, I was out at a restaurant near SFO that had a Warriors game playing and some SoCal tourist was talking loudly on his phone telling his gf/wife about how homesick he is, SF is lame, I hate all bay area teams and they have a shitty Warriors game on. I also flew back from LAX to SFO last December and when we landed the pilot announced “Welcome to San Francisco, home of the World Champion San Francisco Giants” and a bunch of SoCal people were booing so I don’t think it’s exclusive that Norcal hates SoCal.