Lets talk about team rivalries for a second...

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  1. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    Now that we know the Sacramento kings will relocate to Seattle does that mean the Lakers hatred might die off a bit?
     
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  2. magnifier661

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    Laker hate was still around when the Seattle Supersonics were still around.
     
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    Never.
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    L*ker hatred is a moral imperative, and is not subject to conditional modifiers.
     
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    No true Blazer fan would even pose this question.
     
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    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    Lakers rivalry wasn't as big when the Sonics where here in Oregon. I'm just asking if the new Seattle team may take some of that away.
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    IMPORTANT QUESTION: Do we have to hate the Clippers now that they are relevant?
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Sure it was. If you haven't hated the L*kers your whole life, you're not a true Blazers fan.
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    I can say with adamant fervor, I only cared about the Blazers (and sports in general) starting at age 24.
     
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    The laker hatred was greatest in the late 90's early 00, when both teams were relevant. Nothing will quell that spirit.

    However, I never got the feeling the rivalry was as strong on their end. But there has been great two-way rivalries between the blazers and sonics, and especially blazers and Jazz. But until the Blazers are decent again, it's just one-way-hate. Like the wolves fans thinking there is some rivalry. They just don't matter enough for there to be a real rivalry. For a rivalry to exist, two teams both need to at least be playoff teams
     
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    The rivalry for me was much earlier than that. I started hating the lakers in the late 80's; when they would defeat the Drexler Blazers in the playoffs. What put the icing on the cake was when the Lakers defeated the Blazers in 91; when the Blazers had HCA throughout the playoffs.
     
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    Apparently you don't remember 1991.
     
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    Actually I do remember but I was not a huge fan at that time. I was a fan when I was younger, but in 91 I was going through my fuck-everything stage of teen life and turned away from Blazers, Family, and all things good and holy. But I came back to the loving embrace of the pinwheel a few years later.
     
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    I fucking hated Valdi that series. I hated how he flopped and poked the ball out from Duckworth's hands when he would post him up.
     
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    Does this guy who started this thread even live here? Is he from here? DOes he understand our team's history?
     
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    exactly!

    And no real, knowledgeable Blazer fan would say that the Sonics were more hated.

    I don't think Portland fans celebrated the Sonics leaving Seattle, or them losing in the finals. However, if you ask Blazer fans, TRUE Blazer fans, which they would rather see

    The Lakers losing in the finals or the Sonics losing, they'd say Lakers.

    The Lakers leaving LA or the Sonics leaving Seattle, they'd say Lakers leaving LA.

    The Lakers. Always hate the Lakers more.

    I'm actually excited for Sonic fans and the city of Seattle for the potential return of the Sonics. I could never, would never, WILL never be excited for the Lakers, the Lakers fans, or the franchise as a whole, whenever ANYTHING happens to them.

    this question....seriously....
     
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    If you look at it from the Lakers' perspective, the Blazers are kind of just another team to them at this point. 6 or 7 other teams in the west can claim the same 'rivalry' with LAL, and it happens when those teams are competing with the Lakers at a high level.

    LA fans don't view a Portland 'rivalry' the same way our fanbase views it.
     
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    I think you are just looking at the Lakers usually coming out on top against the Blazers; but if you ask any fan in Los Angeles and they dislike the Blazers almost as much as we dislike them. In fact, only Boston and Spurs are more on their hate list.
     
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    Laker hate never dies, it multiplies!
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    depends on what Laker fans you are talking to. Laker fans who actually know who Jerry West was, or can tell you who Norm Nixon was traded for, consider other teams "rivalries" more than others.

    Boston, obviously.

    But in the Western Conference, they'd probably consider Portland, Utah, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio somewhat on par with each other.

    The front running Laker fans don't even know who Norm Nixon was, or that Jerry West played in the NBA. Plus, they're too busy being "life long" Clipper fans now to care.
     
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