i wanna start this off by declaring that i am a new jersey nets fan first and foremost. however, if my team is not gonna even make it to the playoffs, i enjoy playoff basketball too much not to root for anyone.
you'd think being a nets fan that i'd HATE the lakers since they stood in the nets way of ever winning a championship. and for a couple of years, i hated.
but i got over it.
the catalyst was 2 years ago, the season the celtics beat the lakers in the finals. i started off the season with a fresh belly full of hate for the boston celtics. they had an awful season the year before. but in the offseason, they made monster trades to get kevin garnett AND ray allen on their squad. i was mad. i was mad cuz i'm a nets fan and the celtics are in the same division as the nets. i was also mad cuz it just plainly sucks to watch the celtics go from a suckfest to champions in ONE YEAR!
so it was those finals when i decided to root for the lakers. i also had grown to respect kobe's game. and i felt like he was being overlooked. he no loger had shaq. guys like lebron james and dwayne wade were doing their thing, and mvp awards were going to the likes of nash and nowitski. i thought that in the mainstream, kobe was getting dissed.
unfortunately 2 seasons ago, the lakers lost and the celtics won. and that made me wanna despise the celtics even more.
so here we are two seasons later... celtics make it to the playoffs, but not as the best team in the league or even in the east. they were unexciting and had no buzz....
....until they beat the cavs. not only did they beat the cavs, but lebron looked like a punk towards the end of that series (i'm in no way saying that lebron james is a punk, but towards the end, it just seemed like he wasn't his regular, awesome self).
the celtics then go on to beat the orlando magic. AND i had picked the magic to go all the way this season after their loss to the lakers last year. and all of the sudden here are the celtics, just as awesome as they were 2 seasons ago.
other reasons:
-lebron got the mvp award this season, but kobe played more like an mvp during the playoffs, when it matters most.
-phil jackson. the zen master is awesome. he's probably the best coach of all time.
-the celtics have 3 of the biggest mouths i can't stand in all of sports:
kevin garnett
rasheed wallace
(saved the bet for last) paul pierce
-derek fisher rules:
he's been on every team that kobe's been on that won a ring.
when he was on the jazz, he flew back from nyc (where he was visiting a doctor for his sick daughter) to utah during a game, suited up, and went bonkers and helped his team win.
he took a paycut to go back and play for la because he would be closer to a doctor who specializes in his daughter's illness.
he's clutch.
-how can you not root for the team that jack nicholson roots for?
-how can you root for the team that dane cook roots for?
-the lakers are the true underdogs. the celtics have historically owned the lakers throughout the history of the nba finals. pretty sure the celtics are out of space for championship banners in their arena.
-i'm not rooting for a big baby.
-ron artest needs a ring. no one wants to retire with 'punching a fan' as their only claim to fame.
-the patriots suck and tom brady looks like a douche
-so i can one more time tweet, 'hey shaq, how does kobe's ass taste?'
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