I think they are too soft to win it all. I think if they dont pick there game up no way they can get past cleveland and possibly not denver. I think they are the most talented team in the nba, but players like gasol, odom can be outmuscled by rough teams like boston last year and cleveland now.

There’s an arrogance about the whole organization that screams of entitlement. If they don’t do good, It’s everyone’s fault but there’s and if they do great, "see, told you we are great" I just can’t get behind that. This comes mostly from Koby, Phil and this rubs off to the rest of the team. Also the “fans” who have never seen them play live (I’m in Reno and there’s a lot of that up here, won’t even make the trip to Sac to see a game).

Also at the beginning of the game Sunday where Kobe ran up the back of a defender to get a rebound and they called a foul on someone who wasn’t even close to the play and right after that they gave Fisher a 3 when his foot was half way across the line. I’m not saying the Rockets should have won that game but to give a team an advantage that early is a huge bonus, so the officiating has a lot to do with it as well.

When I was a kid watching Magic play was a lot of fun, but ever sense Kobe became the star the team makes me puke a little when I see them.

Shaq I always liked because he is just so fun and goofy and his throwing dudes off him like grains of sand is just cus he’s so big, it can be deceiving just how strong he is.

I hate everything about them especially kobe. I respect kobe’s game but he’s just an arrogant a$$. What makes the lakers even more unbearable are the fans….oooooo i cant stand them! riding around with their laker flags on the window…they can all fall down some stairs. It just seems like they’re rich pompous jerks that figure their team is unbeatable. Even when they do lose, somehow somebody cheated them. whats really sad is that lakers fans will boo their own team if they’re losing. Then they leave when the game is pretty much over in the fourth. To me thats not a real fan. A real fan sticks around for the good and the bad; they dont boo, rather, shout something encouraging.

It sucks being down in LA, because you get a constant reminder how bad your team is when you are surrounded by people who root for a good team.

But I don’t really have anything against the Lakers. All these Lakers fans giving me s**t, on the other hand, I can deal with them winning but they take extra pleasure in making sure I know that my team is not winning.

But hopefully, my day will come.

The Gift.

sam23, we did hate Van Exel and Ceballos, you were dead on with that comment. And 90 percent of Laker fans hate the (brick laying) “machine” Vujacic too. And while a lot of the fans are jerks, there are plenty of real, devoted fans out there. I happen to be one of them. And I have booed the team off the court when they weren’t performing to the standards that we expect. We find that it motivates the front office, you should try it sometime. It’s just coming from a different place. Each organization has its own style, and except for Boston each organization is good in its own unique way. As a basketball fan, I appreciate the Warrior fans’ devotion, but I slept in a purple and gold crib so it’s in my blood.