Neither. The whole fact some folks would actually root for LA because they are a west coast team is disturbing. What does what coast they are from have to do with anything? Enemy=Enemy.
I know right? Where is the option of I would disembowel myself before rooting for either one? Silly poll with no FUCK BOTH OF THEM option.
I'm really looking forward to watching the Heat play. Yeah, LeBron was a total dick in how he handled his departure, but whatever. I'm not a Cleveland fan. Why should I care? LeBron is the most fun player in basketball to watch. His combination of size, speed and skill is just so amazing. I'll probably catch several Heat games this year just to see how the experiment plays out. The interesting thing to me is in seeing how this plays out in the long-term. Of the big three, it seems to me that Wade is the one who fits least. I see this team winning a championship or two, them underperforming for a season, and Wade gets shipped out for some very nice pieces that fit better. Which will be ironic, given that it was originally "his team." Anyway, I don't see how as a Blazer fan I should really resent the Heat. The Lakers deprived my guys of a championship. Shaq got away with countless fouls on his way to three rings. I hate that team. What have the Heat, or LeBron/Wade/Bosh, ever really done to earn my hatred? Bosh/Wade/James decided to work together to be far better than any one could be on their own. That level of cooperation isn't terribly common in America, so I guess it's easy to vilify. But the NBA is a team game, and they clearly are going into this to try to create the most utterly dominant team ever. I don't know that they'll succeed, but I don't dislike them for trying.
I'd actually like to see fans boycott their games. It would be so cool to see them play in half empty arenas. But that's not going to happen. Between the front-runner fans (like LeBron himself), the fans who will love to hate them, and the fans who want to see allstars playing basketball, they will pack the house.
Ya, I would like to see them play and see how they do. The only reason I may disklike the teaming up in the future is if they beat the Blazers for the title and we would have finally won a title if not for those three teaming up. OTOH I hate the Lakers!
Exactly how I feel. Also with what mgb said... until they beat the Blazers in the Finals, I have no reason to root against them.
Why should it? I see them all play repeatedly, and all of them are playing against the same team (The Blazers). An ideal arrangement for unbiased, even comparison of talents and abilities in a nearly identical environment. Most likely the reason I'm always right.
So watching a player between 2-4 times a year is enough of a sample size to judge? Then again, your the same guy who think Sergio, Khryapa and Ha are the greatest players to wear a Blazers jersey. Enough said.
