For all my fellow Laker-haters out there
May. 3rd, 2004 08:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kellinatorFrom today's Daily Quickie on Page 2 at ESPN.com:
Two Words For You:
MEAN. GUYS.
The Lakers are the NBA's "Mean Girls."
Catty, clique-y, back-stabby:
The Lakers' "Fab Four" wear the facade of popularity in the same snotty, self-entitled way the movie version's squad does.
But in the same way high school's "popular" kids eventually implode, the perception that Cool = Chemistry turns out to be just as superficial for these Lakers:
Kobe's reckless shooting; Payton and Mailman, who obviously want a ring so much that they combined to shoot 4 for 18; Shaq back to the old days of wince-inducing free-throw shooting; no D anywhere.
The biggest of all "Mean Girls" lessons is that, in the end, being true-to-self -- even if it means you are a little earnest or dorky -- offers the best chance for success.
Earnest? Dorky? Ladies and gentlemen, your San Antonio Spurs.
Two Words For You:
MEAN. GUYS.
The Lakers are the NBA's "Mean Girls."
Catty, clique-y, back-stabby:
The Lakers' "Fab Four" wear the facade of popularity in the same snotty, self-entitled way the movie version's squad does.
But in the same way high school's "popular" kids eventually implode, the perception that Cool = Chemistry turns out to be just as superficial for these Lakers:
Kobe's reckless shooting; Payton and Mailman, who obviously want a ring so much that they combined to shoot 4 for 18; Shaq back to the old days of wince-inducing free-throw shooting; no D anywhere.
The biggest of all "Mean Girls" lessons is that, in the end, being true-to-self -- even if it means you are a little earnest or dorky -- offers the best chance for success.
Earnest? Dorky? Ladies and gentlemen, your San Antonio Spurs.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2004-05-04 04:43 pm (UTC)The bad thing about all this is that it interferes with my Law and Order. It'll all be worth it if the Heat move on to the next round.
no subject
Date: 2004-05-04 04:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-04 04:55 pm (UTC)It's nice to see another basketball aficionado on the site. And a fellow Lakerhater. LOL!
no subject
Date: 2004-05-06 02:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-06 04:02 pm (UTC)Either way it goes, we had a sweet season.
Did you see how the Lakers ate it last night. SWEET!!!
no subject
Date: 2004-05-11 04:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-11 04:17 pm (UTC)