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markjay
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 Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 6:47 pm Post subject: Blake Griffin obsessed with how much Clipprs are hated in L.A. |
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rwongega
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lakersken80
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Thats not the team he should be worrying about right now if he actually wants to leave behind a legacy in the NBA.....but then it goes to show you how much of a loser legacy the Clippers have rubbed off on him. |
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Steve007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| He is right about one thing though. People on this forum weren't (bleep) about the Clippers in 2009. The Clippers were irrelevant. They weren't even worth talking about. Nobody said they should move out of LA because nobody even talked about them. |
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AllorNothing
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| That team would probably get more respect if cp3 would stop flopping, Blake stop punching smaller guys, and Doc rivers just shut his piehole. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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My takeaway from this is that perhaps Blake has a little too much pride in beating the Spurs 2 years ago and getting booed in his own city.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Steve007 wrote: | | He is right about one thing though. People on this forum weren't (bleep) about the Clippers in 2009. The Clippers were irrelevant. They weren't even worth talking about. Nobody said they should move out of LA because nobody even talked about them. |
Uh....the first time I heard of the Clippers going to play at the Pond, I thought they would build up the momentum for an actual move there when the Lakers moved into Staples Center only to be real pissed when they were also going to share Staples with the Lakers. I wanted them out of LA.
Bye.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| gumby wrote: | | Steve007 wrote: | | He is right about one thing though. People on this forum weren't (bleep) about the Clippers in 2009. The Clippers were irrelevant. They weren't even worth talking about. Nobody said they should move out of LA because nobody even talked about them. |
Uh....the first time I heard of the Clippers going to play at the Pond, I thought they would build up the momentum for an actual move there when the Lakers moved into Staples Center only to be real pissed when they were also going to share Staples with the Lakers. I wanted them out of LA.
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The city of Anaheim badly wanted the Clippers in the mid 90's considering they had lost the Rams to St Louis. Donald Sterling kept the team in LA because they were trying to get a new arena at the time plus he wanted to keep his hands on the LA fanbase. Nevertheless,when the Staples Center was finally built they offered him a sweetheart deal to be the 3rd team which he couldn't turn down since it appealed to his cheap side....rent was something like 1 million/yr which is a bargain even in 2016...you don't see Steve Ballmer eagerly trying to move the Clippers out of Staples Center either. That was how good the deal was for the Clippers. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| Steve007 wrote: | | He is right about one thing though. People on this forum weren't (bleep) about the Clippers in 2009. The Clippers were irrelevant. They weren't even worth talking about. Nobody said they should move out of LA because nobody even talked about them. |
I've HATED them since they moved to Staples. I didn't like them before that because they were celebrating like they won a title late in '92 when they thought they had kept us out of the playoffs. Thank you Sedale Threatt.
Until they get their own zip code I shall hate them. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 7:28 am Post subject: |
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If Blake wants respect from laker fans they need to move out of la. Even than that respect still might not be there from LA fans. Because quite frankly Blake griffin or the clippers do not deserve any type of respect what so ever. Even if Blake cured cancer and became MVP he still won't get any respect because he is a clipper.
Go to Seattle Steve. No one wants the clippers in Los Angeles and Los Angeles is rightfully belongs to the lakers |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 9:01 am Post subject: |
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won't get boo'd on the Lakers Blake..
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What a knucklehead:
| Quote: | To this day, I’ll tweet out something like, “So good to be back home.”
And the first 10 replies are like, “Make sure you don’t punch anybody.” |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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| VegasLakerFan wrote: | | Steve007 wrote: | | He is right about one thing though. People on this forum weren't (bleep) about the Clippers in 2009. The Clippers were irrelevant. They weren't even worth talking about. Nobody said they should move out of LA because nobody even talked about them. |
I've HATED them since they moved to Staples. I didn't like them before that because they were celebrating like they won a title late in '92 when they thought they had kept us out of the playoffs. Thank you Sedale Threatt.
Until they get their own zip code I shall hate them. |
Exactly, idk what Steve007 is talking about. I wasn't a member here in 2009, but I certainly hated the Clippers and wanted them gone lol
The Clipper as a team and an organization have earned ZERO respect from me. And if Blake wants to cry about it, that's fine. What else is new? Is water still wet?  |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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I mean the obvious solution is to demand a trade to the Lakers for "basketball reasons"
insta love! |
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| 22 wrote: | | VegasLakerFan wrote: | | Steve007 wrote: | | He is right about one thing though. People on this forum weren't (bleep) about the Clippers in 2009. The Clippers were irrelevant. They weren't even worth talking about. Nobody said they should move out of LA because nobody even talked about them. |
I've HATED them since they moved to Staples. I didn't like them before that because they were celebrating like they won a title late in '92 when they thought they had kept us out of the playoffs. Thank you Sedale Threatt.
Until they get their own zip code I shall hate them. |
Exactly, idk what Steve007 is talking about. I wasn't a member here in 2009, but I certainly hated the Clippers and wanted them gone lol
The Clipper as a team and an organization have earned ZERO respect from me. And if Blake wants to cry about it, that's fine. What else is new? Is water still wet? |
Yeah, the Lakers have been predominantly disliked and unwanted here since they were playing the old Sports Arena in the 90's. This is hardly a new thing.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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Blake Griffin's face while he was writing that piece:
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I liked the read.
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Steve007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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| 22 wrote: | | VegasLakerFan wrote: | | Steve007 wrote: | | He is right about one thing though. People on this forum weren't (bleep) about the Clippers in 2009. The Clippers were irrelevant. They weren't even worth talking about. Nobody said they should move out of LA because nobody even talked about them. |
I've HATED them since they moved to Staples. I didn't like them before that because they were celebrating like they won a title late in '92 when they thought they had kept us out of the playoffs. Thank you Sedale Threatt.
Until they get their own zip code I shall hate them. |
Exactly, idk what Steve007 is talking about. I wasn't a member here in 2009, but I certainly hated the Clippers and wanted them gone lol
The Clipper as a team and an organization have earned ZERO respect from me. And if Blake wants to cry about it, that's fine. What else is new? Is water still wet? |
When I grew up in California in the 90's I can't count the number of times people talked about the Lakers. The only time I remember anyone mentioning the Clippers is when someone said he watched the Clippers. I thought that was very strange because he was the only Clipper fan I ever met.
The Clippers were like a minor league team. They were irrelevant. They weren't even worth hating. Sure they would borrow our building sometimes, but that also gave us two extra home games on the schedule and we would kick their ass. I really wanted a Lakers-Clippers series in 2006 because we would be the home team in every game. I'll never get over the loss to Phoenix that year. |
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Steve007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| VegasLakerFan wrote: | | Steve007 wrote: | | He is right about one thing though. People on this forum weren't (bleep) about the Clippers in 2009. The Clippers were irrelevant. They weren't even worth talking about. Nobody said they should move out of LA because nobody even talked about them. |
I've HATED them since they moved to Staples. I didn't like them before that because they were celebrating like they won a title late in '92 when they thought they had kept us out of the playoffs. Thank you Sedale Threatt.
Until they get their own zip code I shall hate them. |
I didn't start watching the Lakers until the 93-94 season. Curious how many posters here remember that in 92 (I'm sure some do though). |
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Steve007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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I don't remember many threads about Clippers players until the last few years. Talking about them so much gives them more credibility.
As for Staples, it isn't just the Lakers and Clippers using the stadium. The LA Kings use it. Even the LA Sparks use it. Should those teams move out too? Staples also gets used for other events. We can't expect the stadium to only be used for Laker games and nothing else. And it's not like LA isn't big enough for 2 teams. The Chargers or Raiders might join the Rams really soon.
There will be a time when we get a Lakers-Clippers playoff series and I'm going to want the Clippers to be the road team in every game. If you guys think Griffin is (bleep) now imagine if that happened. Griffin, Paul, etc. getting booed on their own home floor in a playoff game would be interesting to watch. |
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| Clippers werent hated till they started walking around like they own the city and began covering up laker banners. I honestly loved watching Q/Odom/Miles young team adn were rooting for them to actually become something. The smugness of Blake and DJ really rubbed laker fans wrong way. I still remember 2010 we were at the Wilshire Blake and Dj walk in and everyone is just talking smack to them |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Steve007 wrote: | I don't remember many threads about Clippers players until the last few years. Talking about them so much gives them more credibility.
As for Staples, it isn't just the Lakers and Clippers using the stadium. The LA Kings use it. Even the LA Sparks use it. Should those teams move out too? Staples also gets used for other events. We can't expect the stadium to only be used for Laker games and nothing else. And it's not like LA isn't big enough for 2 teams. The Chargers or Raiders might join the Rams really soon.
There will be a time when we get a Lakers-Clippers playoff series and I'm going to want the Clippers to be the road team in every game. If you guys think Griffin is (bleep) now imagine if that happened. Griffin, Paul, etc. getting booed on their own home floor in a playoff game would be interesting to watch. |
Most pro sports teams don't share an arena or stadium with another team from the same league with the notable exception of the Jets/Giants. Before the 1999/2000 season there were separate arenas for the Lakers and Clippers so each of them had their own home court advantage. With them sharing an arena that is no longer the case. I expect the Clippers to eventually build their own arena but probably not before the 2024 season when their lease on the Staples Center expires. |
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Steve007
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| lakersken80 wrote: | | Steve007 wrote: | I don't remember many threads about Clippers players until the last few years. Talking about them so much gives them more credibility.
As for Staples, it isn't just the Lakers and Clippers using the stadium. The LA Kings use it. Even the LA Sparks use it. Should those teams move out too? Staples also gets used for other events. We can't expect the stadium to only be used for Laker games and nothing else. And it's not like LA isn't big enough for 2 teams. The Chargers or Raiders might join the Rams really soon.
There will be a time when we get a Lakers-Clippers playoff series and I'm going to want the Clippers to be the road team in every game. If you guys think Griffin is (bleep) now imagine if that happened. Griffin, Paul, etc. getting booed on their own home floor in a playoff game would be interesting to watch. |
Most pro sports teams don't share an arena or stadium with another team from the same league with the notable exception of the Jets/Giants. Before the 1999/2000 season there were separate arenas for the Lakers and Clippers so each of them had their own home court advantage. With them sharing an arena that is no longer the case. I expect the Clippers to eventually build their own arena but probably not before the 2024 season when their lease on the Staples Center expires. |
That's a good point. Not sure how significant it is but The Forum was shared with the LA Kings (not the same league or even the same sport though).
I guess these threads get on my nerves a little because I feel like you have to be good to be hated. You know who else was hated a lot? Kobe. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:26 am Post subject: |
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| dont_be_a_wuss wrote: | What a knucklehead:
| Quote: | To this day, I’ll tweet out something like, “So good to be back home.”
And the first 10 replies are like, “Make sure you don’t punch anybody.” |
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Written from his safe space. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 4:31 am Post subject: |
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Serio. Grow a pair, big guy.
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