I hate the Lakers
Through my stupor of fatigue, I have managed to catch a couple of hours of the NBA playoffs on TV. I don't really like the NBA much any more, but with the Blazers not in the playoffs this year (I fiendishly enjoyed jogging around an empty Rose Garden last evening), I'm naively hopeful that the league might one day become more likeable once again.
There's one eternal truth that won't be changing any time soon, though: I hate the Lakers.
I hate Shaq. I hate Kobe. I hate Phil "Col. Sanders" Jackson. I hate Derek Fisher. I hate Gary Payton. And although I'm occasionally tempted to respect him, I hate Karl Malone the worst. So many future NBA Hall of Famers, all on the same team. I hate them all.
On Friday night, the Houston Rockets made me extremely happy by beating the schmucks from Staples and narrowing their seven-game series to 2-1 in favor of the Lakers.
For me the defining moment came in the fourth quarter, when, with one referee sidelined with an injury and neither of the other two watching, Malone punched the Rockets' star center, the Chinese sensation Yao Ming, in the kidney.
Nice, Karl. You've made a career out of crap like that. Enjoy your arthritis. I pray that you and your loathsome teammates are eliminated as soon as possible.
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Comments (8)
I'll second that emotion.
Posted by Wm | April 25, 2004 3:51 PM
ps--they're a bunch of tossers, the Lakers.
Posted by Wm | April 25, 2004 3:52 PM
Gah! I third that emotion, HATRED.
I have always preferred me some Kings....(with sometimes the Blazers in second.)
Posted by pdxkona | April 25, 2004 7:57 PM
Yes. Sadly the Lakers have never been the same since "power forward" #99 Irwin M. Fletcher left. (Photo here)
Late Lakers legend Chick Hearn and his partner Stu Lantz said it best with "He's 6-5, but 6-9 with the Afro!" "You know this gritty kid from the streets of Harlem really creates excitement."
IMHO, Fletch was well worth the $4 million a season.
Posted by Evil_Dave | April 25, 2004 11:03 PM
Unlike today's brutes, the Lakers of the 1980's were a joy to watch. And Chick Hearn was a joy to listen to - the best radio basketball announcer ever.
Posted by Gordo | April 26, 2004 11:32 AM
Wow, someone from Portland complaining about the state of things in the NBA. Now THAT's rich. At least this season began the process of exporting all the jailblazers to points east rather than keeping them all in the Rose Garden penal colony.
:-)
(settle down people; we Laker fans have a sense of humor, too. of course, it's easier to come by with all those banners hanging from the rafters...)
Posted by crockmeister | April 26, 2004 8:02 PM
I HATE THE LAKERS....PERIOD...THE LAKERS SUCK, KOBE SUCKS, SHAQ SHOULD BE PLAYIN FOOTBALL OR SOMETHIN INSTEAD OF BEIN A SISSY IN THE LEAUGE WHERE HE IS 2X THE SIZE OF EVERYONE ELSE.
Posted by Chris | May 4, 2004 9:03 AM
sacramento sucks balls. the lakers are better than them because of shaq. you guys are hatin because he dominates your ass so bad. i hate the lakers, but kings fans piss me off. you probably like malone in utah, and the glove in seattle. shaq will still beats sacramentos ass over c webb or brad miller anytime, anywhere
Posted by dylan | May 6, 2004 6:36 PM