I think anyone who knows me knew that I wasn't going to end up picking the Lakers as my team when this was all said and done. However, the least I could do was give the Lakers the respect of letting them survive past the Clippers. So now that the Clippers are gone, I feel free to eliminate the team that shares the Staples Center with them.
The reason I knew I wouldn't end up a Laker fan? I hate frontrunners.
I think the worst thing about sports are people who just cheer for the teams that win championships. Sure I don't get nearly the joy out of winning all the time, but trust me, the victory is oh so much sweeter when you have to wait and you can claim you've been cheering for a while.
During All-Star weekend I heard an interview with LeBron talking about how he was honored to play in Cowboy Stadium because "he loved" the Cowboys while growing up. The interview made me sick. We already know that LeBron is a Yankee fan so he's frontrunning in baseball and we now know that he did it for football as well.
Really LeBron? Were the Browns and the Indians just not on TV in Cleveland growing up?
I'll make a leap here and say this has something to do with why LeBron hasn't won a championship yet. The guy doesn't know how rare championship opportunities really are. All of his championships came often and he never really had to wait for them. So while I respect the heck out of LeBron, I can't respect his choices for sports teams.
So therefore, you will not find me rooting for the Lakers. In fact, in almost any situation I end up rooting against teams like the Lakers, Yankees and Cowboys. It's not really a knock on their teams, I really respect any players and team management that can continuously win championships. It's the fans of these teams that make me root against them.
From my experience fans of teams like this seem to think they are entitled to things. I don't know any Laker fans, but I've heard stories and I think I can easily compare them to teams like the Yankees and even St. Louis Cardinals who's fans can never fathom rooting for a team like the Royals.
Losing sucks. Anyone will tell you that, but it also makes you stronger and often a better fan for it. I can appreciate a good struggle. I can appreciate a good underdog. I can't appreciate bandwagoners.
Be a Laker fan! Everyone's doing it!
Jeez, LeBron is a douche.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing is that the general reaction to this elimination has been that LeBron is impossible to root for.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the actual article was supposed to be a bash on the Lakers and I think most people would still root for the Cavs over the Lakers.