How Can You Root Against the Lakers Making the Playoffs?

[SilkkTheShocker]

The Jazz are arguably the most boring team in the league. Would much rather see LA play San Antonio or OKC. No offense to Jazz fans, but odds are it would just be a sweep again. I can legit see LA beating the Spurs. Although, they would probably get raped by OKC.

[GreatHILL]

im rooting cuz the suns get their pick then :oldlol:

[Just2McFly]

I completely agree, the Jazz make me want to sleep. Plus I still think the Lakers are going to make the WCF's.

[KyrieTheFuture]

Because it's funny

[EricGordon23]

Because half this board would be on suicide watch.

[SilkkTheShocker]

Because it's funny

I don't care for the Lakers at all, but for the sake of entertainment, I would much rather see them make the playoffs. I want to see star power. Utah has some nice pieces, but they just don't have much appeal at the moment.

[SilkkTheShocker]

I completely agree, the Jazz make me want to sleep. Plus I still think the Lakers are going to make the WCF's.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised. The west is way more open than people think. I don't think any team is a lock to beat the other.

[SilkkTheShocker]

Because half this board would be on suicide watch.

Im not going to lie, that would be funny. But I want to see some playoff battles. Kobe and Duncan going at it would great television.

[Just2McFly]

I am going to laugh so much I will cry when Duncan gets knocked out by the Lakers :oldlol:

[SilkkTheShocker]

I am going to laugh so much I will cry when Duncan gets knocked out by the Lakers :oldlol:

Yea, im not buying the Spurs this season. I didn't buy into the hype last year either. Regular season juggneraut as far as im concerned. They should be doing everything they can to avoid the 1 seed.

[eSOL]

Guess it could be fun watching the lakers get swept first round.

[Myth]

Because it's funny

This

[Kujo]

I hate the Lakers, but I do want them to make the playoffs just so I can seem them get destroyed by SAS or OKC.

[SilkkTheShocker]

I hate the Lakers, but I do want them to make the playoffs just so I can seem them get destroyed by SAS or OKC.

People really think the Spurs are that good?

[RagaZ]

People really think the Spurs are that good?
Everybody who knows basketball thinks they are the team to beat in West.

But you dont know anything about it, so its okay.

[SilkkTheShocker]

Everybody who knows basketball thinks they are the team to beat in West.

But you dont know anything about it, so its okay.

Best team in the west isn't saying much. The west is very open this season. I dont think the Spurs want anything to do with the Lakers.

[RagaZ]

D'Antoni will never beat Pop in the playoffs, i can guarantee that.

[SilkkTheShocker]

D'Antoni will never beat Pop in the playoffs, i can guarantee that.

Pop got outcoached by Scott Brooks last season. I think Pop is the best in the business. But he might have lost a little off his fastball over the years.

[Draz]

I want them to win. Why would anyone in the world want the Jazz to fcking be in the playoffs unless your a Jazz fan.

[SilkkTheShocker]

I want them to win. Why would anyone in the world want the Jazz to fcking be in the playoffs unless your a Jazz fan.

Im not even trying to hate on the Jazz either. But would you rather see Al Jefferson or Dwight Howard? Kobe Bryant or Gordon Hayward? They got a nice young team. But just aren't fun to watch at all.

[Clutch]

For once this idiot has a point.

Jazz are boring and would lose 4-0. I want to see the Lakers make the playoffs because I want to watch a good series.

Last year's Spurs-Jazz series was the most boring series I've ever seen.

[SilkkTheShocker]

For once this idiot has a point.

Jazz are boring and would lose 4-0. I want to see the Lakers make the playoffs because I want to watch a good series.

Last year's Spurs-Jazz series was the most boring series I've ever seen.

Hawks and Magic in 2010 give that series a run for its money. Orlando won every game by like 25 points

[Maniak]

im rooting cuz the suns get their pick then :oldlol:
yep.

also i hate teams who have biased officiating

[Xiao Yao You]

Im not even trying to hate on the Jazz either. But would you rather see Al Jefferson or Dwight Howard? Kobe Bryant or Gordon Hayward? They got a nice young team. But just aren't fun to watch at all.

I'd rather watch Hayward myself than the douche bags not to mention Burks, Millsap, Kanter, Carroll, Tinsley, Evans.

[DirkNowitzki41]

because its funny seeing the most stacked team in the league not making the playoffs

[BoutPractice]

I'm rooting for the Mavs. If they don't make it, I'm okay with the Lakers making the playoffs for entertainment purposes.

[SCdac]

I can understand wanting the Lakers in from a marketing standpoint, and I don't think the Jazz are a ratings-magnet...

But objectively speaking, are the Lakers really that exciting? ... Seems like alot of iso, broken plays, and tepid chemistry at best.

[Groovy Kat]

I hope they get in and win just so Nash can have a ring. Don't really care about Kobe or anyone else. I've never been a Lakers fan but I would definetly rather have them in than any other non-playoff team.

[jzek]

On one hand you have the LA making for perhaps one of the best first round matchups. On the other hand, you want to see Kobe fail yet again with 4 Hall of Fame bound teammates.

[nnn123]

Because half this board would be on suicide watch.


This right here is reason enough to root for the Jazz

[DonDadda59]

Plus I still think the Lakers are going to make the WCF's.

We're down to the last handful of games of this abortion of a season for the Lakers and people still think they're capable of winning a playoff series, let alone against the likes of SA or OKC? :confusedshrug:

If the Lakers miss the playoffs, at least their fans and Bean stans can play the 'what if' game and live happily in their delusion. If the Lakers do squeak in somehow, better get those brooms ready.

And to answer the OP's question- I could really care less if the Lakers make it or not, the writing's been on the wall for this team for months now. But it would be funny to see what might just be the most epic failure in NBA history.

[Droid101]

We're down to the last handful of games of this abortion of a season for the Lakers and people still think they're capable of winning a playoff series, let alone against the likes of SA or OKC? :confusedshrug:

If the Lakers miss the playoffs, at least their fans and Bean stans can play the 'what if' game and live happily in their delusion. If the Lakers do squeak in somehow, better get those brooms ready.

And to answer the OP's question- I could really care less if the Lakers make it or not, the writing's been on the wall for this team for months now. But it would be funny to see what might just be the most epic failure in NBA history.
Question: When was the last time a Kobe Bryant-led team was swept out of the playoffs?

No matter what, he'll get hot at least one game and shoot the team to victory, you can't deny that much.

[elementally morale]

Question: When was the last time a Kobe Bryant-led team was swept out of the playoffs?

:oldlol:

[DonDadda59]

Question: When was the last time a Kobe Bryant-led team was swept out of the playoffs?

Should I do it to you?


Fuq it, why not? :oldlol:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/2011.html

http://warroomsports.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Mavs-sweeping-Lakers.jpg

[clayton]

+1 For Lakers Playoff.

I don't want to die yet. :rockon:

[LongLiveTheKing]

Question: When was the last time a Kobe Bryant-led team was swept out of the playoffs?

No matter what, he'll get hot at least one game and shoot the team to victory, you can't deny that much.
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[d.bball.guy]

For once I agree with you, OP. :lol

[LongLiveTheKing]

Droid is nowhere to be found.

[Heavincent]

Question: When was the last time a Kobe Bryant-led team was swept out of the playoffs?

No matter what, he'll get hot at least one game and shoot the team to victory, you can't deny that much.

Did you seriously just say that? :oldlol:

[maybeshewill13]

Goodbye playoffs Fakers :roll: :roll: :roll:

[maybeshewill13]

Question: When was the last time a Kobe Bryant-led team was swept out of the playoffs?

No matter what, he'll get hot at least one game and shoot the team to victory, you can't deny that much.
Hahahaha OMG fail :roll: won't even get a chance to be swept this year. Dat Kobe leadership :lol

[Noob Saibot]

pretty simple.

1. they dont deserve it.
2. jazz are hungrier

[vinsane01]

http://cdn.niketalk.com/d/d6/294x209px-LL-d676bf72_imout_Peace.gif

lol

[vinsane01]

If Parker and Ginobili plays hurt (enough to significantly affect their game) come playoff time, i can see the jazz or lakers making the series very competitive. OKC can still catch SA for the top spot though.

[MMM]

The Jazz will put up more fight in the playoffs than the Lakers can at this point. The Jazz have been better than the Lakers all season except for a stretch of time in early March. The Lakers have had too many injuries and are too worn down to do much of anything in the playoffs. I think the Jazz can upset SAS more so than LAL despite the experience edge the Lakers have had in the past.

[madmax]

LMAO, what kind of ridiculous question is that?:lol
maybe, just maybe some folks are a fans of Utah and Dallas and want to see those teams in the playoffs too? What makes Fakers better than those two franchises? Their rigged championships in the last decade maybe?

[Cali Syndicate]

Lakers vs spurs?

Legend vs legend headliner?

Kobe's career might be coming t an end here. Why not. Give the lakers over the jazz in this scenario.

[Hoopz2332]

I think it will be funny if Kobe doesn't make the playoffs with that roster considering they were picked to go the finals and had Kobe stans already claiming title # 6 for Kobe:oldlol: but I rather seem them in the playoffs over the Jazz. Jazz are boring as hell as are the lakers but atleat the Lakers have star power:coleman:

[3LiftHeatCurse]

http://blog.lakers.com/lakers/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/lakers_si150.jpg

[chips93]

im rooting cuz the suns get their pick then :oldlol:

im rooting for them to make the playoffs, so the cavs get thier pick :lol

[comerb]

I don't care for the Lakers at all, but for the sake of entertainment, I would much rather see them make the playoffs. I want to see star power. Utah has some nice pieces, but they just don't have much appeal at the moment.

I want to see them make it just so they can get shat on by whoever. Even if by some miracle they did beat the Spurs, OKC will absolutely demolish them. That way I can watch in glee as all the god awful Lakers fans on this board rage.

[niko]

I kind of agree, if you really hate them and want to see them out i get it, but to me it would still be more fun to see them play SA in the first round.

[thabisyo]

Im rooting cause they spent so much money assembling the team....


Multi-million dollar team that struggling to qualify for playoff with 4 possibly future HOF:lol :lol :lol


:roll:

[esiotrot]

I kind of agree, if you really hate them and want to see them out i get it, but to me it would still be more fun to see them play SA in the first round.

Did you curse them with your Howard trade prediction before the season?

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[TheBigVeto]

Of course we can. Good people always root against the Lakers. The failure of the Lakers = mass suicide of Kobetards = good thing.

[nashwade]

outside of Utah fans, nobody wants to watch Jazz vs Spurs/Thunder in the first round

Lakers better get that 8 seed

[Djahjaga]

I would root for the Lakers to miss the playoffs every year even if the bottom 4 seeds were all Jazz-like teams.

I would sit through Wizards-Bobcats games for weeks if it meant the Lakers were sitting at home when the playoffs came around.

[Clutch]

outside of Utah fans, nobody wants to watch Jazz vs Spurs/Thunder in the first round

Lakers better get that 8 seed
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[Nero Tulip]

Pop got outcoached by Scott Brooks last season. I think Pop is the best in the business. But he might have lost a little off his fastball over the years.

... No. You obviously know nothing about basketball. Stop embarrassing yourself and don't post anything that doesn't end with a question mark.

[WayOfWade]

Well, I live in Utah, so that's how I root against them.

[pegasus]

Well, not everybody wants the WC winners to go through the toughest route possible prior to facing the cHeats in the finals.

[pinhead]

Was going to start a thread but can't.

I have on good authority from a British based NBA writer that OKC are going to lie down to Utah tomorrow to hopefully avoid the Lakers in the playoffs.
It may be a load of rubbish but this guy knows his stuff and is rarely wrong.

[The Choken One]

Was going to start a thread but can't.

I have on good authority from a British based NBA writer that OKC are going to lie down to Utah tomorrow to hopefully avoid the Lakers in the playoffs.
It may be a load of rubbish but this guy knows his stuff and is rarely wrong.
Location: England
Credibility: None

[raptorfan_dr07]

Maybe because Utah deserves it? :confusedshrug:

The Jazz have been better than the Lakers all season long. They have no superstars/big names, they just go out and play hard each night. They don't have a $100 mill payroll. They don't have the stupidest and most delusional fan base in the league. They're a bunch of likeable guys. I love watching their young front line of Hayward/Kanter/Favors. I love watching Jamaal Tinsley's streetball passes. It would be a damn shame if the Lakers got in over them, they haven't earned it.

On the other hand, it would be incredibly entertaining to see the Lakers get swept by OKC or SA in the first round while watching Kobe b*tch and cry shooting 40% while blaming everyone except himself.

[senelcoolidge]

Jazz or lakers they are both sweeps in the first round. It just better that the sleazy lakers don't make the playoffs. Plus the Jazz have young players it would be great for their development. The lakers are just a bunch of old and washed up guys.

[pinhead]

Location: England
Credibility: None

You absolute cretin. If it wasn't for England inventing netball then Basketball would not exist.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Was going to start a thread but can't.

I have on good authority from a British based NBA writer that OKC are going to lie down to Utah tomorrow to hopefully avoid the Lakers in the playoffs.
It may be a load of rubbish but this guy knows his stuff and is rarely wrong.

Location: England
Credibility: None
Jaw: Glass

[daily]

Was going to start a thread but can't.

I have on good authority from a British based NBA writer that OKC are going to lie down to Utah tomorrow to hopefully avoid the Lakers in the playoffs.
It may be a load of rubbish but this guy knows his stuff and is rarely wrong.Total and utter BS on your part. Stop making up stories

They're the second seed. They'll want home court throughout the playoffs

[pinhead]

Location: England
Credibility: None
Jaw: Glass

Good one bitch.

[pinhead]

Total and utter BS on your part. Stop making up stories

They're the second seed. They'll want home court throughout the playoffs

Home court advantage would be meaningless against a rejuvenated Lakers.

[Doranku]

Maybe because Utah deserves it? :confusedshrug:

The Jazz have been better than the Lakers all season long. They have no superstars/big names, they just go out and play hard each night. They don't have a $100 mill payroll. They don't have the stupidest and most delusional fan base in the league. They're a bunch of likeable guys. I love watching their young front line of Hayward/Kanter/Favors. I love watching Jamaal Tinsley's streetball passes. It would be a damn shame if the Lakers got in over them, they haven't earned it.

On the other hand, it would be incredibly entertaining to see the Lakers get swept by OKC or SA in the first round while watching Kobe b*tch and cry shooting 40% while blaming everyone except himself.

Speaking of what we all deserve, a cry baby, whining, immature brat like yourself has no justification in continuing to post here.

Or have you forgotten your complete and utter MELTDOWN after Game 1 of the 2010 NBA Finals after Kobe dominated the Celtics and you sensed that #5 was inevitable.

Your b!tch ass wrote a novel about how you were done watching NBA basketball because you were so butthurt that Kobe was about to win b2b rings/FMVPs. Yet here you are, spewing a bunch of bullshit that the Jazz are entertaining to watch.

So either you're a Grade A b!tch who lashed out like a little baby about never watching NBA basketball again, or you're a lying scumbag.

Nice options. :roll: :roll: :roll:

[pinhead]

Maybe because Utah deserves it? :confusedshrug:

The Jazz have been better than the Lakers all season long. They have no superstars/big names, they just go out and play hard each night. They don't have a $100 mill payroll. They don't have the stupidest and most delusional fan base in the league. They're a bunch of likeable guys. I love watching their young front line of Hayward/Kanter/Favors. I love watching Jamaal Tinsley's streetball passes. It would be a damn shame if the Lakers got in over them, they haven't earned it.

On the other hand, it would be incredibly entertaining to see the Lakers get swept by OKC or SA in the first round while watching Kobe b*tch and cry shooting 40% while blaming everyone except himself.

What a dumbass post. The Lakers are a respected sports name all around the world. Ask anyone who Utah Jazz are outside North America and nobody would have a clue.

If the Lakers had to play SA in the 1st round of the playoffs I am sure the Lakers would win in 5/6. The Jazz would get rolled over in 4 and it would be completely crap.

[SwayDizzle]

Speaking of what we all deserve, a cry baby, whining, immature brat like yourself has no justification in continuing to post here.

Or have you forgotten your complete and utter MELTDOWN after Game 1 of the 2010 NBA Finals after Kobe dominated the Celtics and you sensed that #5 was inevitable.

Your b!tch ass wrote a novel about how you were done watching NBA basketball because you were so butthurt that Kobe was about to win b2b rings/FMVPs. Yet here you are, spewing a bunch of bullshit that the Jazz are entertaining to watch.

So either you're a Grade A b!tch who lashed out like a little baby about never watching NBA basketball again, or you're a lying scumbag.

Nice options. :roll: :roll: :roll:
god dang, pwnage if I've ever seen it loool

[Xiao Yao You]

What a dumbass post. The Lakers are a respected sports name all around the world. Ask anyone who Utah Jazz are outside North America and nobody would have a clue.

If the Lakers had to play SA in the 1st round of the playoffs I am sure the Lakers would win in 5/6. The Jazz would get rolled over in 4 and it would be completely crap.

They are bigger Kobe dickriders than those on this board over here but they know who the Jazz are. Lakers aren't beating anyone in the playoffs! Jazz won't get swept again.

[pinhead]

They are bigger Kobe dickriders than those on this board over here but they know who the Jazz are. Lakers aren't beating anyone in the playoffs! Jazz won't get swept again.

Maybe basketball fans do but ask the average person on the street who the jazz are and they wouldn't have a clue. Even if you don't follow basketball people round the world know who the Lakers are. For the sport to grow worldwide the Lakers are needed in the playoffs.

[K]

Because I enjoy seeing the Lakers fail and their entitled fan base and Kobe jockers :cry:.

Do I need more reasons?

[Xiao Yao You]

Maybe basketball fans do but ask the average person on the street who the jazz are and they wouldn't have a clue. Even if you don't follow basketball people round the world know who the Lakers are. For the sport to grow worldwide the Lakers are needed in the playoffs.

The sport is growing rather Kobe makes a brief appearance in the playoffs or not.