L.A. must go.....

by FryeGuy on Aug 13, 2008 2:08 AM PDT

As a new member I apologize if I am putting this in the wrong spot or if this has been covered before (I did a search for it but didn't find anything, which is not to say it is not there just that I didn't find it.) What I really want to say is that I think it is time for the nickname LA to go. Not just unoriginal and bland but obviously singing I love LA in the Rose Garden is just not right.

I believe it is time for the fans to rise up and say enough. LaMarcus is a unique player and deserves a little more creativity than LA. I suggest LaMarcusaurus Rex. We could hold signs with a picture of a T-Rex body with LaMarcus' head photoshopped over it and instead of that stupid song they play they could play a clip of the T-Rex roar from Jurassic Park, and show a clip of the T-Rex smashing things. They could also do a where's your head at spot with a T-Rex body and LaMarcus head. Think about it, the T-Rex noise and smash would be cool and a dancing dinosaur would be pretty funny as evidenced by clapping Godzilla.

Listen that is just one idea I am sure that anyone who has cringed at the I love LA thing they do (especially during a game against the lakers) has thought of something else they would rather hear, if you have something better I am open to it. I believe we have to be able to come up with something better than LA.

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Is LA a good nickname for LaMarcus?

Yes because secretly I am a Lakers fan.

20 votes

No it is blasphemous.

146 votes

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LA is his nickname

Its what he’s used to.

Its what his teammates call him.

Its what the broadcasters call him.

Its not that hard to keep LA the player separate from LA the city.

You don’t have to use LA if you don’t want to, but seriously its not that big a deal.

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Aug 13, 2008 4:27 AM PDT reply actions

+1

Aldridge says that he likes to be called LA, that’s good enough for me…

RUDY > MJ

by myemic23 on Aug 13, 2008 4:31 AM PDT up reply actions

+1

I remember telling him how impressed I was with a player during summer league. In Avery's unique voice, he replied, "Marc, it's summer league." I

by TwoDeep on Aug 13, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions

-1

"He shoots....................... he scores!!!"

by timbo on Aug 13, 2008 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions

lol

come on, Timbo, maybe I didn’t deserve a +1 but a -1?

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Aug 13, 2008 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions

I like the nickname too.

I say we make the city stop using LA.

"I grab every opportunity to tweak Timbo." - annthefan

by tominhawaii on Aug 13, 2008 4:38 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs

+1 gazillion

by Bskey on Aug 13, 2008 5:20 AM PDT up reply actions

Odenied: Coach, I promise I wasn't running hard ...

by Norsktroll on Aug 13, 2008 4:55 AM PDT reply actions

'Big Smoothie'.

Somebody on here (besides me) had alluded to it last season.
I liked it, and started yelling it at games when he made a great play or was instrumental in one.
I think ‘Big Smoothie’ is a great name and intend on continuing to use it.
Anyone else? = )

We're going to WIN...in RIP CITY! Well, the lights are bright! In the town tonight!

by patrickroy on Aug 13, 2008 5:00 AM PDT reply actions

I don't get it...

Is LMA semi-frozen, refreshing, and comprised of mostly fruit?

RUDY > MJ

by myemic23 on Aug 13, 2008 5:14 AM PDT up reply actions

um ...

not sure.
Let’s call him Jomba Juice!

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by Y5k on Aug 13, 2008 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions

Big Smoothie

I think of Sam Perkins, when he played for the Sonics. He was Big Smooth(y)

LMA is big, and smooth (and possibly even is available in a variety of fruit flavors), I think we can come up with something more original.

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.

-- Unknown

by SloppyJoe on Aug 13, 2008 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions

Brought up countless times

If his teammates know him as that, it’s not gonna change.

Good post though.

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Only thing better is Trout on a stick roasted over an open fire - annthefan
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by Outlaw is Rejector on Aug 13, 2008 7:32 AM PDT reply actions

Oh yeah.....we post this one every so often

I don’t want LMA to get the wrong idea when I chant L-A-SUCKS!!! L-A-SUCKS!!!.

Norsktroll -"Carlos Boozer.............is known in China as "Fan Gu Zai," which, loosely translated, means "Betrayal Skull Guy."

by 92wastheyear on Aug 13, 2008 8:39 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

He's not an idiot

I think he’ll know the difference.

If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Ice cream has no bones!

by Arby on Aug 13, 2008 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

+1

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Aug 14, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions

+1 Zillion!

He needs to get used to the fact that LA sucks and LMA rocks!

LMA>LA!

LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!

by LaMarvelous on Aug 13, 2008 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions

His teammates call him that

I get that and am aware that probably won’t change and obviously it’s not a serious issue but it seems like if enough people referred to him as something else, online, yelled out a games, etc. etc. that maybe it would start to catch on.

straight from section 326

by FryeGuy on Aug 13, 2008 9:51 AM PDT reply actions

I hope so

understandable if his friends call him LA, but I dont like listening to the song in the Rose Garden. That is a song they play in the Stples Cnter and I don’t think it has its place in the City of Roses.

The pictures kinda small, but Im giving the C's a big thumbs down

by Blazermaniac77 on Aug 13, 2008 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions

supposed to be St * ples C * nter

The pictures kinda small, but Im giving the C's a big thumbs down

by Blazermaniac77 on Aug 13, 2008 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah and whenever he makes a basket

we HAVE to stop playing that damn “I love L*” song. If we play that one more time at a game I am going up there and tearing down those speakers and taking them back to my house for the greatest aftergame party sound system ever.

by SpyderRyder on Aug 13, 2008 10:14 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs

True story

That is pretty much my feeling on the situation

straight from section 326

by FryeGuy on Aug 13, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions

WORD!

Best idea on this thread – hands down!

LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!

by LaMarvelous on Aug 13, 2008 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions

I heard his

nickname was L-Train.

My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.

by OCBlazerFan1 on Aug 13, 2008 2:01 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

+1

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll take L-Train over LA any day

rec

LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!

by LaMarvelous on Aug 13, 2008 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I loves me a whole bunch of the LaMonster...

and I just wish that he would understand that he could really get the Portland fans super pumped up if he were to totally renounce the nickname LA, tell his teammates to not call him that, hold a press conference and tell the media that he does not want to be called LA any more because LA SUCKS!!!!

LMA's reign as "LaMonster of the Low Post" has just begun!

by LaMarvelous on Aug 13, 2008 8:46 PM PDT reply actions