What type of shit is this?????!!!!!!!! jump on the clippers bandwagon???????!!!!!!!
Hell naw!!!!!!!!!!!
Ive been a laker fan since day 1, I felt the pain when we lost to Michael in 91 and the joy of winning those 3 championships the last few years. But jump on the clippers bandwagon???!!!!
Most laker haters dont remember the mid90's, when Sedale Threat was our franchise player,then later Cedric Ceballos was our All Star. I remember alot of peeps liking the lakers because of Van Exel, Eddie Jones, Cedric Ceballos, Anthony Peeler. We had a "Good" but not great team in those days.
Now fastforward a few years later,we get rid of flopping Vlade to Charlotte for their pick, and yes we were not stupid enough to past on Kobe Bryant(12 other teams did). We had no center so we sign the Shaq Diesel. We get rid of players that didnt fit the puzzle (Van Exel, Eddie Jones etc...) and we keep and sign some good role players (Fisher, Fox, Horry) and finally we sign the great Phil Jackson.
How can anybody hate on "BUIDING A TEAM" and Kobe bryant's superstardom development. In fact most teams around the league should take notes from Laker management on how to build a team. I agree though that the signings of Payton and Malone were not the best but guess who wasnt here to oversee that JERRY WEST!!!!!!!!!!!!! If he was still here he would not have signed them and would have signed some other players.
Regardless, according to most of you Laker Haters on this board, they werent even suppose to get past the Spurs loo loo lol loll but they did, what about minnessota loo loolo llol they did now Detroit has one thing that can counter us and that is AWESOME DEFENSE.
DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS
But still anyways you look at it, this was a successful season for the lakers with all the injuries, conflicts, and off court problems. and Karl Malone can barely walk, I feel especially bad for him. AND NO THIS TEAM DID NOT BUY THEIR CHANCE AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP YOU IDIOTS, MALONE AND PAYTON SIGNED FOR BASICALLY MILLIONS LESS.