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Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (24) and Pau Gasol (16), of Spain, celebrate the Lakers' 99-86 win over the Orlando Magic in Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals Sunday, June 14, 2009, in Orlando, Fla. AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green
Let’s make something clear, I don’t like the LA Lakers. I hate them with a passion. They are a bunch of show ponies, led by the most pretentious one of them all. What makes it so much worse is that they keep winning.
For the last two years, everything has fallen into their lap and a path to the Finals has been paved.
Last year, when I was at least hoping they would beat the Celtics, they couldn’t manage that.
Now they are benefiting from an Orlando side who knocked out Cleveland for them and is now playing without a coach. The Magic basically gifted Game 4 to the Lakers, due to a number of coaching stuff-ups.
Go back a little bit and a horrible Portland collapse in 2000 in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals helped them on their way to their first NBA title in twelve years.
In 2000-01 they were the best team, and as much as I’d like, I can’t whinge about that title.
But this leads us to 2002, where the Sacramento Kings were dudded in one of the biggest sporting scandals of all time. You probably don’t know that much about it due to the efforts of the NBA to cover it up. But go look it up.
All the glory and glitz of the Lakers should only belong to the Showtime Lakers. No other Lakers side should be the beneficiary of it, because they don’t deserve it.
The team consisting of Kareem, Magic, Worthy, AC Green, Byron Scott, Michael Cooper, the one and only Kurt Rambis, and led by Pit Riley, was special. It made the Forum the place to be and the celebrities were the cherry on the cake.
This current Lakers side has none of the personality or soul of its predecessor. It isn’t a team but a number of mercenaries all wearing the same uniform.
There are 30 teams in the league. Why couldn’t it be anyone but them?
Or the Celtics. Or the Spurs. Or the Pacers.
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