You Know You're A Laker Fan If...

Jellojigglin · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 6:12 pm Post subject:

You start watching Croatian FIBA games scouting Zubac
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fiendishoc · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 6:51 pm Post subject:

Inspector Gadget · Retired Number Joined: 18 Apr 2016 Posts: 46638

When you watch YouTube highlights the first moment you wake up in the morning.

panamaniac · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 6:53 pm Post subject:

mirak · Star Player Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 5238

You're still pissed we didn't get Jonathan Bender and the 17th pick.

lakerlove123 · Starting Rotation Joined: 07 Jul 2015 Posts: 361

...you're wondering why people keep talking about the Dodgers TWC TV shutout? Don't they mean the Lakers?

adkindo · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 9:57 am Post subject:

when you realize your house is in the direct path of a Category 4 (maybe 5) hurricane, and your most upset that your likely going to miss a Lakers preseason game.

No electricity, no wi-fi, no cell towers equals Lakers blackout for Central FL Laker fan.....

70sdude · Star Player Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 4567

You know you're a Laker fan if ...

... you treasure the mental images of Elgin Baylor at his best above almost all other basketball things. I love recalling his style and power when finishing a stutter-step drive with long hang time. He could do a hand change of the ball in the air, and yes it was a highly difficult move when a guy was permitted only one step off the dribble. No running start by palming the ball as it comes off the floor, no jump-stop, no carrying-over, no Euro step. Laker beauty.

... you're still surprised when you see pictures of the new kid all grown-up, Jerry West, in a suit and tie without a flat top haircut.

... you completely can love a Laker team which doesn't win a championship but manages to make an impressive run at one.

Chickybaby4ever · Rookie Joined: 06 Oct 2016 Posts: 4

I think a true Lakers fan should want to see the team do well as a whole and not fall in love so much with individual players. Yes I enjoyed Kobe, Shaq etc but when the team started to lose I became depressed. I just wanted to see the team compete and win championships.
So for me I cannot sleep when the team loses, and I've been an insomniac for the last three years.

venturalakersfan · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:50 pm Post subject:

You watched every game that you possibly could the past 3 seasons.
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Great One · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:53 pm Post subject:

quick notes Byron Scotts motivational book
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AFireInside619 · Franchise Player Joined: 11 Dec 2015 Posts: 11447

You felt a sharp pain in your midsection when Lebron beamed a pass into DLO's groin... But then asked God to make sure DLO can get up and play basketball again after he shakes it off. Russell having kids or not is a distant 2nd and not any concern of mine. Well unless we could see into the future and DLO's son will bring many more championships to the Lakers. Then we pray to God that his future children were okay too...

Or you have too much time between preseason games to write something completely ridiculous like I just did...

slavavov · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 3:27 pm Post subject:

You were born in the 80s and weren't old enough to start following the Lakers until 1993, yet you feel an emotional attachment to the Showtime teams.

You daydream about the sights and sounds and what it would've felt like for the Lakers and Kobe to win one more world championship vs Lebron a few years ago.
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textbook · Star Player Joined: 27 Mar 2015 Posts: 2181

When you watch every game at least twice, the second time more relaxed. This dating back to VHS...Oh, and when you go to sleep thinking about different line ups to relax and fall asleep.

textbook · Star Player Joined: 27 Mar 2015 Posts: 2181

And when you carved out a lakers logo in wood shop in the 7th grade in the 80's.

Flyingplayer77 · Starting Rotation Joined: 26 Dec 2011 Posts: 417

When you have Spectrum on your channels.
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ExPatLkrFan · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:11 pm Post subject:

If you know what 17505 is.

kikanga · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:14 pm Post subject:

You know who Pig Miller is.
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55 · Franchise Player Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Posts: 12092

... you've always wanted to give someone the Heimlich because we never traded for him.