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3 hours ago, David Dennison said:

Wasn't Shaq a free agent?

Yes as noted flip Shaq w/ Kobe but yes this franchise is the luckiest of any franchise in pro sports in my lifetime.

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3 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

Yes as noted flip Shaq w/ Kobe but yes this franchise is the luckiest of any franchise in pro sports in my lifetime.

An NBA player is the most marketable athlete in all of American professional sports.  They are naturally going to want to be with the most marketable franchise.  You've got to deliver on the court to reach those heights, but a star for the Lakers is going to earn more than a star for Orlando.

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17 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

An NBA player is the most marketable athlete in all of American professional sports.  They are naturally going to want to be with the most marketable franchise.  You've got to deliver on the court to reach those heights, but a star for the Lakers is going to earn more than a star for Orlando.

Which is why I don't think you can count Shaq.  He just did what was best for his brand at the time. 

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On 2/2/2025 at 1:50 PM, Kermit said:

Don’t forget alleged rapist and NowThis enthusiast Kobe’s bitch ass demands that landed him in LA. 

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Been to some Lakers games at the Staples Center.  They're not my favorite team but I'm a fan.
My best ever seats were three first-row, lower bowl courtside freebies when Tracy McGrady, Mutumbo and Yao Ming came to play against Kobe.

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Being so close was like being at the HEB center, sitting right behind the card tables.  
Jack was on the opposite side.  If you're paying, then always pay to be on Jack's side of the arena!

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18 hours ago, ATXbronco said:

Been to some Lakers games at the Staples Center.  They're not my favorite team but I'm a fan.
My best ever seats were three first-row, lower bowl courtside freebies when Tracy McGrady, Mutumbo and Yao Ming came to play against Kobe.

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Being so close was like being at the HEB center, sitting right behind the card tables.  
Jack was on the opposite side.  If you're paying, then always pay to be on Jack's side of the arena!

That's badass.

I went to one laker game there, got to hang in a suite, it was pretty dope.

Lakers were just the Kobe show at this point, changed his number to 24 that year.

 

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5 minutes ago, ATXbronco said:

He's smiling now, Motherfuckers

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2 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Fuck me I guess I’m a lakers fan for the foreseeable future 

I wish you both nothing but pain and misery for as long as you attempt to be Lakers "fans".

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I grew up in NOLA and was a New Orleans Jazz and Pete Maravich fan. Then the pussy asshole mormon Sam Battistone of Sambo's Restaurants moved the Jazz to Utah because he was offended by tits and booze.

I became a Laker fan with Magic. It's now 45 years later. That's insane.

I loved AD but for whatever reason, the Lakers couldn't compete with top Western Conference teams. I feel bad for Mavs fans that Cuban sold them out to that Vegas bitch and here we are. But damn, Rob Pelinka is a badass GM. I was worried how the trade would impact Austin Reaves, but they all showed out tonight. I also hated to see Knecht go, so I'm glad he's back. He was a steal in the draft last year. Maybe having remorse over moving Knecht was why they nixed the trade.

The floor spacing is off the charts now.

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Damnyourefuckingold

 

But the Jazz being in Utah instead of NOLA is one of the great travesties of modern history.

 

Even with some of the greatest NBA teams actually having come out of Utah/Jazz.

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On 2/22/2025 at 6:37 PM, NWAustinDude said:

I grew up in NOLA and was a New Orleans Jazz and Pete Maravich fan. Then the pussy asshole mormon Sam Battistone of Sambo's Restaurants moved the Jazz to Utah because he was offended by tits and booze.

I became a Laker fan with Magic. It's now 45 years later. That's insane.

I loved AD but for whatever reason, the Lakers couldn't compete with top Western Conference teams. I feel bad for Mavs fans that Cuban sold them out to that Vegas bitch and here we are. But damn, Rob Pelinka is a badass GM. I was worried how the trade would impact Austin Reaves, but they all showed out tonight. I also hated to see Knecht go, so I'm glad he's back. He was a steal in the draft last year. Maybe having remorse over moving Knecht was why they nixed the trade.

The floor spacing is off the charts now.

I’m not too far behind you. This is 38 years of being a fan of the Purple and Gold. I still have the Magic jersey I got back in 1988. He made me love the sport by how he orchestrated things and the joy he played with.

I was also glad to see Knecht back. The biggest puzzle piece is getting a serviceable starting center in the off-season that Luka will feel good throwing lobs to. He can do that with Hayes, but Hayes is not my idea of a starting center and probably no one else would think that either. Still this is a fun time to watch The Lakeshow. I’d love to stick to the JV team in the playoffs because of Ballmer running his mouth nonstop with nothing to show for it aside from a pretty cool arena it seems.

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