OFFICIAL 2020 NBA PLAYOFF THREAD - DISNEY COVID INVITATIONAL EDITION - MAMBA FOREVER - LAKERS WIN THE RONA RAND - ALA FOREVER

[getback]

Supposedly they have more talent than Miami

Talent only gets you so far. Still have to play the games.

 

[206to813]

Lakers won in a blowout . You want him to play 40 mins just cause?

Lol AD and Bron should’ve played less last night... Vogel pulled them with 1:23 to play, really was no reason for them to be out there

 

[MVP]

Lol AD and Bron should’ve played less last night... Vogel pulled them with 1:23 to play, really was no reason for them to be out there

This is also true, but somebody was trying to get their Brodir on. Bron played 11 minutes in the 4th quarter of an annihilation. Didn't make any sense why AD came back in either.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

The non-basketball crappiness of 2020 - particularly the Kobe tragedy - aside, things have pretty much gone just as the Lakers needed them to for them to have a high level of success this season:

Both Bron and AD mostly healthy throughout;

No chemistry issues or drama;

Vogel’s doing a great job;

Collectively, the role players have done what they needed to or even, arguably, overachieved.

Even with the season getting interrupted, 35 year old LeBron having 4 months off prior to the playoffs starting right after probably wasn’t the worst thing.

They’re making the most of all of it.

You forgot to add injuries to the other team in Game 1 of the Finals. Lakers were already favored but now they’re probably favored to sweep.

 

[ssjjfar]

Lol AD and Bron should’ve played less last night... Vogel pulled them with 1:23 to play, really was no reason for them to be out there

Game 2 of that Mav series still haunts Lebron.

 

[lawdog1]

Your team is about to win the NBA Championship. How are you some how sounding salty? Fun guy.

The team I root for is irrelevant, unless we're in the offsseason thread. YOU are the one that keeps mentioning them

There’s a small (but vocal) contingent of Lakers fans for whom the Celtics and Clippers failing seems just as important as the Lakers being good. Beyond just rooting against a “rival”; like really wishing ill on them.

I’ve always found it strange, but this year in particular, I’ve decided I need to not care. Whatever gets them through the day, I guess.

 

[pmatic]

We almost choked away games to Houston and Denver. I get it.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

Wanna bet $1K that the Lakers beat the Celtics in the Finals next year?

There’s a solid chance neither of these teams are in the Finals next year. Nobody knows what Brooklyn will look like and the Bucks are apparently going all in next season. I also don’t think you can write off the Clippers, Nuggets, or even Mavs in the West, even though they all fell short in various ways. Lakers are probably favored to make a return next year but I think it’ll actually be harder for them to do so.

 

[atlsfinest]

Hence "LA." The LA Lakers are onto 12.

I don't know about the psyche stuff. Two basketball teams 3000 miles apart that I'm not on don't exactly affect me beyond watching TV

I'm actually happy for the Lakers, especially as it pertains to the Kobe angle. And Rondo/AB.

Yes, because franchises don't move all the time

 

[206to813]

This is also true, but somebody was trying to get their Brodir on. Bron played 11 minutes in the 4th quarter of an annihilation. Didn't make any sense why AD came back in either.

Stat padding I guess?

 

[MVP]

There’s a small (but vocal) continent if Lakers fans for whom the Celtics and Clippers gaining seems just as important as the Lakers being good. Beyond just rooting against a “rival”; like really wishing ill on them.

I’ve always found it strange, but this year in particular, I’ve decided I need to not care. Whatever gets them through the day, I guess.

Funny considering the bolded is LITERALLY the basis for the foundation of the Losers Club a.k.a. ALA. They've always been more invested in seeing the Lakers suffer and flounder much more so than any of their teams (multiple teams in many of the cases) success. They've gotten off on it for too long, we just in the midst of returning that energy back tenfold. Make no mistake we gone party like it's 2010, or 2000, or 1980 for some of the guys on here.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

There’s a small (but vocal) continent if Lakers fans for whom the Celtics and Clippers gaining seems just as important as the Lakers being good. Beyond just rooting against a “rival”; like really wishing ill on them.

I’ve always found it strange, but this year in particular, I’ve decided I need to not care. Whatever gets them through the day, I guess.

It’s actually pathetic, I’m a Wizards fan so I could care less about these other teams, specifically, but I don’t understand why any of these Lakers fans would feel insecure about the Celtics and Clippers. Like the Lakers are arguably the most iconic NBA franchise the past few decades and are about to win another title-why on earth would you care about these other franchises? I don’t get it, just enjoy the positivity from the moment, it’s been a little over a decade since you’ve won and nothing is promised for the future (just ask Warriors fans).

 

[getback]

There’s a small (but vocal) continent if Lakers fans for whom the Celtics and Clippers gaining seems just as important as the Lakers being good. Beyond just rooting against a “rival”; like really wishing ill on them.

I’ve always found it strange, but this year in particular, I’ve decided I need to not care. Whatever gets them through the day, I guess.

I've peeped

It's weird to me, because at the end of the day we're all only fans. The accolades don't belong to us.

I noticed it back in the early 2000's with the Red Sox and Yankees. Like FANS really dislike one another beyond just jokes.

It's a microcosm of how American human relationships are past and present. The division is sad.

 

[lawdog1]

Funny considering the bolded is LITERALLY the basis for the foundation of the Losers Club a.k.a. ALA. They've always been more invested in seeing the Lakers suffer and flounder much more so than any of their teams (multiple teams in many of the cases) success. They've gotten off on it for too long, we just in the midst of returning that energy back tenfold. Make no mistake we gone party like it's 2010, or 2000, or 1980 for some of the guys on here.

I could see how you would feel that way, but I’d argue that ALA was formed in reaction to the kind of Lakers fan attitude I‘m referring to my previous post and seems to me to be more about jokes than anything else.

 

[whitemamba27]

might be the last finals bron is in. Got to get them numbers for the all time leaderboard

 

[getback]

Yes, because franchises don't move all the time

Course they do. Doesn't change anything though. One city has x amount of championships, the other has the rest. No different than Brooklyn and LA. Or Boston and Atlanta.

 

[MVP]

Even though the Celtics have largely been irrelevant during most of our lifetimes, they are our chief rival historically basking in their misery is not something that's beyond the pale.

The Dippers entire organization this year in particular were obsessed with the Lakers and taking shots every chance they got. And for them to collapse in the embarrassing fashion they did after popping all that big ****, you damn right we gone return the energy.

As for y'all in particular (ALA) you've had your laughs, circle jerks and fun at our expense for a while now and thought you weren't going to get that smoke returned? Nah, you brought it on yourselves.

 

[QU!K]

I fell asleep at half, both Jimmy and Dragic out?

 

[getback]

Even though the Celtics have largely been irrelevant during most of our lifetimes, they are our chief rival historically basking in their misery is not something that's beyond the pale.

"Basking in the misery" of someone else is such a weird human concept.

Seems like It's largely an American or Western European phenomenon and transcends sports.

Crabs in a bucket and it's more relevant than ever.

 

[nick.]

The Lakers just won an NBA Finals game and there's STILL Clippers talk from some fans.

Why?

 

[lawdog1]

Even though the Celtics have largely been irrelevant during most of our lifetimes, they are our chief rival historically basking in their misery is not something that's beyond the pale.

The Dippers entire organization this year in particular were obsessed with the Lakers and taking shots every chance they got. And for them to collapse in the embarrassing fashion they did after popping all that big ****, you damn right we gone return the energy.

As for y'all in particular (ALA) you've had your laughs, circle jerks and fun at our expense for a while now and thought you weren't going to get that smoke returned? Nah, you brought it on yourselves.

Don’t think anyone is saying you guys shouldn’t be celebrating hard right now - you should. But

I’m just puzzled why it needs to include, for example, Brosizzlew30.23 up in here talking about the Celtics failing next season. But as I said, whatever floats one’s boat.

 

[storm2006]

I've peeped

It's weird to me, because at the end of the day we're all only fans. The accolades don't belong to us.

I noticed it back in the early 2000's with the Red Sox and Yankees. Like FANS really dislike one another beyond just jokes.

It's a microcosm of how American human relationships are past and present. The division is sad.

Because a lot of Americans are lonely so the only real sense of community they have in their lives so they take results and rivalries personally.

Couldn’t be me.

 

[MVP]

"Basking in the misery" of someone else is such a weird human concept.

Seems like It's largely an American or Western European phenomenon and transcends sports.

Crabs in a bucket and it's more relevant than ever.

Tell that to ALA. That's all they do. Many of them don't even have teams they root for or even worse got 5-8 different ones they do.

But I tried to warn them...

The chickens coming home to roost.

 

[pums]

You posted all that after landing Bron. Yet you won’t give him credit for saving your franchise

 

[Maximus Meridius]

I could see how you would feel that way, but I’d argue that ALA was formed in reaction to the kind of Lakers fan attitude I‘m referring to my previous post and seems to me to be more about jokes than anything else.

It really don't matter which came first. If you talk **** expect to get it back. That's just how it works, whatever team you root for/against. It's funny to see Lakers haters crying now all of sudden like "well ya'll started it". Sit down. So now that the Lakers are winning ya'll wanna be quite and peaceful