Game Time Chat Rules

.... or more frequently.

 

Pretty much why I don't participate in chat too much. I would just get to the point where I would want to block the negative people on the regular board too. Rules are right on. None of these young fans ever had to put up with a losing franchise. Like I have said elsewhere, I was a hard core fan during all the years that Jerry West lost to the C Bags and they were totally soul sucking. To see Lakers fans b****ing about our team right now, is pretty absurd. It's like spoiled rich children yelling at their parents for not buying Strottarga Bianco Caviar for their 12 year old birthday party!!!

Just remember everyone, winning is not easy, perfection is not possible. We have already won one ring with Lebron and Davis, might win 2 or 3, might not, but we are right there trying. Honestly, if these nagging injuries keep on occurring, can't see us getting by the Nets, unless of course, they are injured too.

 

Agreed mostly except for the none of these “young” fans (not really the case in GT) “ever had to put up with a losing franchise”. The 6 or 7 years prior to last season’s championship certainly sucked did they not? Horrible win-loss records and not even reaching the playoffs. And those years with West and Baylor the Lakers were not a losing franchise like the period prior to last year. Gut wrenching losses in the finals of course.

 

But the reason that is different is that the team was in a rebuilding mode. I grant you, Jimbo Buss handled that absolutely horrible. But the Lakers in the 60's were at the top of their game, they had put together an incredible squad that was the best in the NBA yet still managed to lose year after year. It was much like the Clippers are today but way worse.

One last point I will make is without suffering, accomplishment is hollow and meaningless. Life is about the journey, winning is about the journey. I lot of people just do not understand this concept because their life has been relatively easy. Their parents provided for them and they have been lucky enough to have a decent job most of their life. They don't understand hardship and digging out. While the promised land is an awesome thing, it is not guaranteed for anyone. You have to fight to get there. That fight is what makes getting their sweet!

Appreciate the ride folks, you only get to ride it once!

 

i've been on this a lot the past couple of years, i think. you can't win all games or all titles. as a fan, you just hope to watch a good product on the floor that it's easy to root for. the current lakers squad is that. the ones from the previous half decade plus were neither.

maybe as i get older, i'm just less invested in the outcomes and more interested in the process, as wino indicated. ironically, it's why i hated "the process". i know everyone's pointing to philly's current outcome as evidence it was great, but i think that's missing the point in the same way that it always missed the point.

if you only watch sports to witness your team winning, maybe you're really not that into sports?

 

This seems, to me, like such .... common sense? Versus “the ring is the ‘only’ thing” mentality and the season a failure if not achieved.

 

would you say such "common sense" is pervasive here and elsewhere in sports fandom?

 

I would argue that the injuries are the league's fault. This schedule has been F'ing ridiculous. Pretty much every team that made it past the first round last year has experienced harsh injuries this year. Except the Clippers. Unless you count mental illness!?!?

That being said, not sure what they could do about it as I am sure they would have run into scheduling problems and income problems had it not been rebooted so quickly. It is literally happening similarly in other industries as we speak. It just hurts the NBA more than others. This league is so competitive and the athletes are so physical, I think it is maxed out in terms of wear and tare on the human body. It makes it very hard to repeat, especially hard to have an actual run of rings with 3 or more. Doubt we ever see more than 3 ever again. 3 is going to become increasingly difficult.

 

Good question re here anyway. I think it outweighs the ring is the only thing type posts by some good margin from those who post frequently or semi frequently. Elsewhere “in general”?



Maybe? You’d hope so or too many fans would be perpetually frustrated and disappointed.

 

I agree that name calling and personal attacks should be a no go, however with some members of our team really clanking it up in the series right now, I think clanking is OK. I know the team can't give perfect performances every game but let's even up the averages from outside the curve