Custom Phoenix Phoenix Suns #4 Chasson Randle MenNo, it is never ok for Lakers fans to root for the Celtics
Last week, we wondered aloud whether some Lakers fans would be torn on who to root for should the Warriors and Celtics meet in the NBA Finals. After a long weekend and a lengthy cNBA Tank Topsonversation with some fans, it appears the disappointments from last year just keep on coming.
Shocking as this might be that this somehow requires explanation: No, under absolutely zero circumstances whatsoever, it is not OK for any Lakers fan to root for the Boston Celtics. An alien civilization could come to earth and play that team and even as the fate of humanity rests in the balance, I would be team alien. BecNBA Dresses and Skirtsause I am a Lakers fan.
Maybe you’re concerned a championship and Finals MVP would bring Stephen Curry that much closer to Kobe Bryant’s legacy. This would make you a Kobe fan, not a Lakers fan.
Perhaps Curry checking those boxes means his fans might have further ammunition in the LeBron James-Curry rivalry. Cool! If you’re willing to put those interests above your hatred for the Celtics, you’re a LeBron fan, not a Lakers fan.
Maybe you’re a Magic Johnson fan and you’re nervous about Stephen Curry coming for the greatest point guard ever title. Well, you’re probably old, but what’s crazy here is even thNBA Swimming Trunksis hypothetical person likely has their priorities straight an Nike Phoenix Suns #3 Chris Paul Men 2021 NBA Finals Bound City Edition Jersey Black Mend would still prefer the Warriors win.
As Aaron Larsuel and I learned over the course of an hour-plus of this the valley suns jersey chris paul week’s “Anthony Irwin Show Live,” this is a generational issue where once again the kids are letting us down.
And hey, those are perfectly fine stances to take. The NBA has long been a star-driven league and fans of players above teaBlake Griffin Jerseysms was likely the natural evolution of fandom as said stars jumped from team to team every few years. But what you cannot do is claim to be a true Lakers fan as you don Celtics green for the next couple weeks.
Normally, I’m not one to te cameron johnson suns jerseyll people how to be fans. In almost any other situation I just step aside and let people do their thing. But on this specific subject, there is a wrong answer, and it’s rooting for the Boston Celtics.
This week on the live edition of the “Anthony Irwin Show,” I was joined by Aaron Larsuel as we learned together about this new generation of “L devin booker orange jerseyakers fans” who were failed by their parents.
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