The Los Angeles Lakers (with poll)

Dave, get him!! LOL :-)

 To hate them for some of the earlier things. But they are just evil. Evil.

it’s all in fun. usually the only people making note of it are new

so i am not sure when, i guess always. curse them!

Not that that is a bad thing. One word for me: Kareem. I hated the Lakers before Showtime but I am not old enough to hate Mikan. Kareem was definitely the catalyst since Walton and Lucas were my idols in childhood. Kareem, Jamaal Wilkes, Swen Nater, Norm Nixon, Mitch Kupchek, Bob McAdoo, Michael Cooper, I am moving into Showtime territory now…

But Kareem and his goggles, and his skyhook, and his whinning, and his chip on his shoulder about everything inspite of winning all the time (well, not all the time – 1977), and his standing under the basket on the defensive end resting until needed until he was 40+…

Yeah, it was Kareem for me.

there was a dude wearing a kobe jersey who was walking in front of me. I said loudly, “that dude sure does have some serious balls wearing that here” and he immediately took it off and replaced it with a newly bought BRoy jersey. It was like a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly.

Now we can all see that first post was a preface to this one. Trying to calm the waters before your first real post, newbie?? I like it!!

And, yes, I am just poking you in the ribs a little…

I was 9. They made me cry that evening. That is reason enough for me to hate them.

amid chants of “sweep, sweep, sweep” and “3-peat!!!” after Robert Horry hit a corner three for the win to knock the Blazers out of the playoffs in the first round for the second straight year. The moment sticks out in my mind not so much because of the stinging way we lost the game, but because of the (far too numerous) purple and gold clad fans and their obnoxious antics. Granted, I was a young kid (who took sports very seriously and took insults like the one handed to the Blazers that night very personally) back then and with time my hatred has been tempered somewhat. But even now, reflecting on that old memory, I understand that there is a fundamental difference between fans of the L*kers and fans of the Blazers that goes beyond the obvious (arrogance, rudeness, ignorance, foul breath, etc…) but is immediately noticed by any good-hearted human being. They’re evil. When the pact that Kobe and Phil signed with the devil finally expires and the unholy union of the modern L*kers finally dissolves, perhaps these wayward souls will wake up and see the light in the Oregonian North, repent their sins, and rejoin the world of just and good. But until that veil is lifted from their eyes they remain our sworn enemies, supporters of the most despicable of teams, and we must not let up in our campaign against them, lest our Blazers fall to the 8th seed and get swept again in the first round. I just couldn’t handle that.

the 2000 western conference finals. Every time I see Shaq in those cursed NBA montages running up the court, arms spread wide airplane-like right after throwing down that freaking alley-oop from kobe with three minutes to go, it’s like a fresh dagger in the heart.

I’ve heard people say — this is a true story, not one of those internet stories like the snake that wanted to eat its owner — that they don’t think Shaq is so bad anymore now that he doesn’t play for the lakers. That’s kind of like saying “this guy”Lhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/world/europe/06nazi.html wasn’t so bad after he went to Egypt. I hate shaq and I will always hate shaq. I hate kobe and I will always hate kobe. and I hate the lakers — and i will hate the lakers now and forever, amen.

During the Drexler days when I started getting into basketball for myself, I remember being over at my Grandparents house during many spring time games that featured the Blazers and L@kers going at it.

Both with the playoffs and the regular season, games were always so close that I remember I could never leave for home till the game was over because even if either of us were up by even 10, both teams were more then capable to come back in seconds. And for some reason, I remember the L@kers beating us many times in that manner.

So even as a kid, I could not stand them. As an adult, I cant stand them. My wife used to live near LA and used to be a fan of them, now she hates them. My daughter was born almost 3 years ago, and she will hate them.

I will say I enjoy when both teams are at their peaks. Its hard to hate a poorly playing “bad” team. I am going to enjoy our game tomorrow night. I want us to be in 8th place in the playoffs. And I want us to beat the L@kers in a game 7, off a Brandon Roy 3 point hail-mary play that puts us into the next round.

But should have voted Kareem, Benn a blazer fan since 74. Was in my early twenty’s. Have hated the l@kers since!

When Magic rolled the ball down the court to run out the clock in a game against us is(I think it was in the Playoffs, but I was real young).

That is when my hate started. However, looking back I realize how genius that play was and transfer my hate to the 2000’s Lakers. Not for the 00’ WCF, but the love they got(get) from the ref’s. Shaq could literally stab someone and they would call a foul on the victim. THAT is why I hate them.

BEAT LA!

It doesn’t matter if it was Kareem in 70’s, Magic throwing that ball in the air WCF in 92, 2000 and Shaq, Phil in his throne or even Kobe and co not getting done against the Suns 2 weeks ago…..somehow…..some day….the cold fingers of hate will start to tickle….and then firmly grasp your heart….forever!

GO BLAZERS!!! BEAT LA!!!

It turned to something near hatred when the supporting crew (Phil Jackson, Rick Fox, etc.) joined them. The 2000 WCF set it all in stone.

I think that what really makes me dislike the L*kers are L*ker fans. Incredibly obnoxious bandwagoners that I had the misfortune of living among in L.A. for three years earlier this decade. The way they blindly, unquestioningly supported K*be from the very beginning of the rape case reminded me of the equally blind Cincinnati Reds fans’ attitude toward Pete Rose. The worst thing about going to the RG for L*ker games is seeing L*ker fans.

I made a t-shirt to wear to tomorrow’s game that reads: “I Love the L*kers As Much as the Pope Loves Sin.”

Go Blazers!!!!!! Must. Beat. The. Hated. Ones.

I think it was around the same time as the riots. I remember that was the only year I cheered for the Bulls to win the whole thing.

Vujacic, Odom’s dumb plays, Pau’s beard, Kobe’s bitching to everyone who can’t get out of sight quickly enough, Laker fans proclaiming every role player the next super- if not megastar, …

then my sister’s (ex)boyfriend was a Laker and then it became “friendly” rivalry. We watched Kobe’s hit 3(?) threes miraculously to keep the Lakers playoffs hopes alive, Kobe’s 60+ at Staples 2 years ago (he pushed off of Roy for that dagger 3 dammit), and other infamous Laker-Blazer moments.

Best one of all was Portland’s demolishing of the Lakers and their long winning streak cause we went to the Rose Garden to see that one live.

but only because of his role in Airplane.

When we lost to them in the WCF. That was the only year I actually rooted for MJ to win any of his championships. I was 6 years old.

but the 1991 WC finals, the 2000 WC finals, and some other times they’ve beaten us are painful for me not because it was the Lakers who benefited but because we handed them those wins on a silver platter. In 2000, we fell behind 3-1 by losing a game on our home floor that we should have won. We clawed back and had them on the ropes in game 7 and then choked it away. In 1991, we were beating them until the infamous four-on-none fastbreak in which we overpassed the ball and turned it over. That play rejuvenated the Lakers and dispirited us and the Lakers capitalized. My biggest fear is not anything the Lakers will do to us if and when we meet in the playoffs, it’s what we might do to ourselves. I give the Lakers a lot of credit for always playing at a high level in the playoffs. The only time I can recall them not doing so was in 1994 when Kobe refused to pass the ball to Shaq against the Pistons.

If you’re going to hate the Lakers, I can see doing so because they are a big, glamourous NBA market that attracts the finest free-agents and gets more TV time than a paddy wagon full of Law-and-Order reruns. Hate ‘em because they’re arrogant — though we Blazer fans are already being accused of that same crime. Hate ‘em because they have 14 titles to our one, though they won all those titles because they deserved them. Hate them for game six against the Kings, though that was on the refs. Hate them because they are lucky. But don’t blame them for those times that we had the brass ring in our grasp and dropped it into their lap.

well really really hating the L*kers, when Shaq showed up. I couldn’t stand the arrogance of him and then Kobe, the inablility of an NBA official to recognize an offensive foul (which still happens) when Shaq made any of his “moves”, and then the 2000 WCF happened.

Now they have a whole new group of arrogant whiners led by Kobe and topped off by a guy that looks, acts, and has a name that could qualify him for the WNBA and another big dude that looks like he smokes three packs a day. Now I’m just getting upset…..stupid L*kers….

Why don’t the L*kers have a blog on SBN?

In my mind I like to think that they were verbally embarassed into unlisting themselves..

Any merit?

when the Blazers beat a team, the fans (except for a very few) are very respectful of the other teams fans. But not the l*ker fans, they could care less that you have any feelings what so ever. Even when they lose they are still very arrogant.
I am a gentle man except when it comes to someone acting like they are better than the whole world, then I become very angry and want to pick them up (being 6’5" and a big guy) by the throat and ring there little necks.

OK I better calm down.

Quick get me on to a different topic that doesn’t include the l*kers.

      I can tell most internet fans/posters are Gen Xer’s.

     I hate them so much that I can’t even say the name.
That’s why they are the TFFM. (Team formerly from Minneapolis)
      When & why
1. Once I became cognizant of them.
2. Post Wilt & Jerry.
3. Since I became a Blazermaniac.
4. Since So. Cal transplants started showing in So. Oregon.
5. Since I worked those transplants on the court and they cried !
6. Blowtime !!
7. It’s a cesspool ! Sorry Morty !
8. Since I won’t even drive through in the daytime ! (2 or 3 AM)
9. Clyde & crew got robbed and the Tragic rollout.
10. 15 pt meltdown.
11. Hollywood buying championship (Akin to the Yankees -2nd most hated)
12. Arrogance !!!! (I loved Sheed & the Pistons ending their little run !!!!)
13. Incessant whining and Stern/NBA wanting them to win. (Boston 07-08 ok)
14. Home of Hollywood elitist snobs who sit at courtside. Where’s my scope ?
15. They should have stayed in Minnesota !!
      . . . The list is endless . . .
                                                      and COINCAST loves TFFM !!!

When was the last time LA beat us in the RG? I know we do well, against them and saw us beat them last year. It’s like a playoff game in the RG when the Lakers come to town..

My highschool was filled with California transplants who all claimed to be crips from the LBC, that were actually white boys from Pasadena. All year long they spent every waking moment telling anyone within hearing range how sucky Oregon was and how much the Blazers sucked and how the Lakers were the greatest team of all time, etc. etc. By the time the playoffs rolled around, all I wanted was for the Blazers to destroy the Lakers and put an end to the endless mockery. When they botched the first game and ultimately the series, I was crushed, and the so. cal posers made sure the rest of my highschool career was abject misery after that.

My hatred only grew with each subsequent playoff meeting, until finally I became the twisted mockery of a man, lurking beneath the bowels of the Memorial Colloseum and appearing with my face hidden by a mask of human flesh only to provide singing lessons to my imaginary lover, who still rejects me even in my fantasies.

All this, I put on the hands of the Lakers, and all who support them.

This is like one of those rivalries that the other party doesn’t care about.

Yawn.

I can’t recall a definitive moment that the hatred consumed me.

My father had season tickets in the 80’s/90’s and he took me often, but I don’t have any memories of the F*kers from that time.

My father was a passionate fan. He hooted at the opponents and hollered at the refs. I remember we’d always get a Tillamook Ice Cream Cone at the end of the 3rd quarter… Jamocha Almond Fudge.

I never liked them… it must have been part of his teachings. I never liked the stoopid F*kers.

I never realized this before, but I was raised to hate the F*kers.

The Western Conference Fina… Game That Shall Not Be Mentioned left a scar… you know how people remember exactly where they were during highly traumatic events, such as when Kennedy got assassinated or when Pearl Harbor was getting bombed or when airliners slammed into the Towers in New York? I’ll never forget the day of The Game That Shall Not Be Mentioned. For someone with a less than stellar memory, I remember very peculiar things about that day. I remember the weather. I remember the sound of the infant that was crying a few apartments away. I remember the color of my buddies couch that I was sitting on and the ugly painting he had mounted on his wall. I remember feeling like I was in a dream after that game… it wasn’t real, was it?

i remember every team gave kareem some kind of memento or gift; what did portland give him?

When Magic hucked the ball down court and the clock ran out on the 1990-1991 (non-Finals) Blazers. – Elgin