Am I the only one who has found myself rooting for older teams, in spite of team rivalries?

LittleToke · 2012-05-24T10:09:05.499908+00:00

The Lakers were the only team that could match our success in the last decade. Kobe. Shaq. Zen Master. The Lakers were the team the world cheered for. Celebrities, Purple & Gold, Sportscenter. The Spurs have been in the shadow so long, they became THE shadow. The other team, the one that would quietly and methodically break your team into pieces and move on to the next one.

I don't think Lakers/Spurs was ever as intense of a playoff rivalry as Suns/Spurs or Lakers/Kings, but the Lakers and the Spurs compete on another level - rings. We're the two most dominant teams of a generation approaching its' end. Only so many chances to complete legacies.

It's time to even the score. Drive for five.

shrance84 · 2012-05-24T05:08:54.243451+00:00

This is the correct answer. About an hour and a half away, worth the drive.

MathGrunt · 2012-05-24T03:08:38.471083+00:00

Seven games against an eight seed.

Crunketh · 2012-05-24T03:05:52.825527+00:00

Watching the Mavs play the Lakers in the playoffs is just plain emotionally confusing.

Nathaaan · 2012-05-24T02:59:56.395934+00:00

Cheerleading is just one of many White Mamba talents.

blindtheskies · 2012-05-23T22:53:33.281474+00:00

Damn. I was even planning on driving up there for game 3. Oh well.

nba4722 · 1 day

Texadelphia

Focalist · 1 day

No worries, tagged.

Focalist · 1 day

I was literally using sarcasm.

Focalist · 1 day

That was literally basically how that happened.

Shneeg11 · 2 days

I don't think so.

They made it here last year, and were denied by a Texas team playing on another level. If they win more than one game but still lose, I guess you could call that 'progress' but if you really want to call this season an improvement, you have to at least advance to the Finals.

Stay_see · 2 days

More local NBA player commercials

edit: Splitter & Neal "Gary what you do in there?"

everythingcritic · 2 days

The trophy needs to stay in Texas.

MaynardJayTwa · 2 days

Hopefully the crowd in OKC won't be too pumped up after winning in SA.

NO JINXING FOR YOU SIR

LifelongRedditor · 2 days

I wish you the best of luck next year.

ninelives1 · 2 days

He meant age 71, genius.

LifelongRedditor · 2 days

Good.

If the Thunder defeat the Spurs

Go0n will change his flair to the Los Angeles Lakers until the beginning of the 2012/13 season.
Go0n will make a self post in /r/nba declaring the superiority of the Oklahoma City Riverwalk and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

If the Spurs defeat the Thunder

HansBriggs will change his flair to the Seattle Supersonics until the beginning of the 2012/13 season.
HansBriggs will make a self post in /r/nba declaring the superiority of the San Antonio riverwalk and the San Antonio Spurs.

Do you agree to this bet?

LifelongRedditor · 2 days

Would you like to make a gentleman's bet about the outcome of the Spurs/Thunder series?

LifelongRedditor · 2 days

I think the most interesting games are going to be in OKC - we have a great road record and they have an amazing atmosphere. Gonna be intense.

LifelongRedditor · 2 days

I trust Pop to make the defensive adjustments needed, and I have faith in Kawahaie to at least slow down Durant. Look for Pop to rotate Green, Kawhi, and Ginobili.

berrics94 · 2 days

I was rooting for yall to extend the series another game tonight.

We'll do our best.

BluntMastermind · 2 days

I hire Stan Van Gundy as head coach. Secretly.

I trade Bynum for Dwight Howard. Secretly.

I then schedule a press conference, telling each of them they are going to be announced as a new member of the Lakers organization. I bring them in through seperate entrances, turn off all the lights in the room, and have them sit down next to each other.

Lights on, cameras rolling.

sick_transit · 2 days

How you doin'

Scabdates · 2 days

Timberwolves.

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