
Originally Posted by
Tymathee
I follow them from a distance, I'm impressed by them and am even a little intimidated because of how strong they are over a course of 48 minutes but I'm just not a fan yet.
They've been so bad, and so poorly run for so long that I just can't get with them. Donald Sterling is still the owner, Vinny Del Negro is still the coach and there are a lot of players (Billups, Paul, Crawford, Barnes), who have been thorns in the Lakers side for so long that I just can't do it even if a few of them (Odom, Barnes, Butler and Turiaf) are former Lakers who I was a fan of.
It's kinda like the Angles in 2002, I enjoyed the run, I paid attention to them but never really became a fan of the team (I wanted the win for Tim Salmon more than anything) but after the season, I was back with my Dodgers.
The Lakers can miss the playoffs this season, I'm not budging, they're my team.
Does anyone else feel like this?