Dear Chris Paul: I never realized I was a laker fan....

[macaroni tony]

Until now.

He almost came to the Lakers...I was driving back from San Diego and heard it over the radio. I was exited!

Side note...there is a running joke in my family that he is related to me. His first name is my first name, his last name is my brother's first name. His dad's name is my dad's name. He plays ball the way my brother and I do (short guy, kinda hefty but quick, gets a lot of steals & assists).

CP3 is a great player, so I was super stoked to have him come to LA. Deal gets nixed by the commissioner, and I was thoroughly pissed. A whole buttload of crap that was! How do you nix a deal that three GMs agreed on??????

Chapter 3, he signs with the Clippers. I think cool, he's still in LA! This should be fun. Until I plop down and watch the preseason game last night. And watched Chris Paul quarterback the Clips to a thorough sin vaselina-ing of the Lakers. It felt unnatural. Made meh sad

So here I am. I am an official LA guy. I am a Laker fan. A sad, sad Laker fan

[MJ5150]

Your attempt at creating a funny word in chapter three blew the whole post. Sorry bro.

-Mike

[macaroni tony]

Originally Posted by MJ5150

Your attempt at creating a funny word in chapter three blew the whole post. Sorry bro.

-Mike

That's something I say already. And yeah, I know I'm not very funny. Thanks for noticing me!

[MJ5150]

It's OK, looks aren't everything.

-Mike

[MakiSupaStar]

Pfft. Time to hunker down for a few years I guess. Maybe the Clips will get good. I'm not counting on it though

[MatticusMania]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Pfft. Time to hunker down for a few years I guess. Maybe the Clips will get good. I'm not counting on it though

No one is counting on it.

[macaroni tony]

I don't know man...they got a pretty dang good roster; I mean, dang good, not Sam Cassell good. They will have at least a couple of seasons or so of excitement, while the Lakers try to figure something out. Then they will find a way to Clipper it up again

[GregC]

I suspect the Lakers' fanbase includes a lot of casuals/frontrunners. Kudos to you, Chris, for sticking by them (I think ).

I'm torn when it comes to the Clips. They should be very exciting to watch, and it's hard not to like CP3 and Blake. They also have a long-suffering fanbase, it would be cool to see a franchise that's sucked for so long rise from the dead.

OTOH, they're still owned by Donald Sterling, a vile, racist slumlord and all-around jerk. This guy is disgusting: Donald Sterling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[macaroni tony]

Si senor, Sterling is a dooooossshhhh Through and through

And you don't have to suspect Laker fans to be mostly frontrunners....they are. 'Tis LA, after all...

[Funky Ghost]

I was hoping they'd not reach a deal and the players would make their own league. I can't watch NBA. It's become as corrupt as boxing in many ways.