Preface to the Laker Hater

Welcome, and thank you for reading the first blog post by me, the Laker Hater.  This blog will cover anything that has to do with the NBA.  I’ve been watching and critiquing everything about the NBA for over a decade and quite frankly, I felt it was time to share my thoughts with the rest of the world.  Let me first give you a bit of background about myself.

I’m 22 years old and am currently a student at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.  Being from Michigan, I’m a HUGE Detroit Pistons fan.  There’s not many of us Pistons fans left right now, and there hasn’t been since Chauncey Billups got traded and the team started going downhill in 2008.  I haven’t given up though; I still think that they can make a push for a 7 or 8 seed in the playoffs this year.  As for reaching the second round, I don’t think even Baron Davis could make that long of a shot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWUEnbPsVfo).  But the Pistons will always be my favorite team in all of sports.  So what’s my second favorite team you ask?  Well, that leads us to where I came up with the title of this blog, because my second favorite team is whoever happens to be playing the Los Angeles Lakers.

Simply put, I absolutely loathe the Lakers.  There’s always just been something about that team that I can’t stand.  Whether it’s listening to Kobe fans who haven’t watched a full NBA game in years try to argue that he’s the greatest basketball player ever or watching Ron Artest (I refuse to use his current name) blatantly take out one player after another, I absolutely hate this team.  Year after year, I have to watch as they pick up more superstars and spend all season beating up on historically bad teams like the Clippers, Kings and Warriors.  All this while still listening to those Kobe fans brag about how he’s winning those games “all on his own.”  Let’s not forget that the Lakers had their own Big 4 before the Celtics or Heat squads ever came around.  Remember when Shaq, Kobe, Karl Malone and Gary Payton joined forces?  That’s 4 future Hall of Famers on 1 team.  I know 2 of them were quite aged when that team came together, but that’ll never take away from my memories of watching the Pistons pound them 4-1 in the 2004 finals.

With that being said, I do still respect the Lakers athletes and their basketball skill.  The "hatred," is intended to be that of any dedicated sports fan.  And in all honesty, Kobe Bryant is the second-best to ever play the two guard.  Just don’t expect to see me cheering for them.  Ever.

But I’ll save the rest of my Laker hate for another day.  I hope you enjoyed this little introduction, and I hope you come back to me for more great reads from a true NBA fanatic.