I say we bury the hatchet when Kobe is no longer a Laker. Because he in his youth (…and this past offseason) represented everything bad about the arrogant, me-first, drama queen attitude of so many of today’s athlete, i find it hard to “like” the Lakers until he no longer wears their uniform. As long as he is in L.A., he will be the Lakers. He will be their ambassador, representative, and heart and soul. So until he’s in Milan, BEAT L.A. will be the warcry of this Kings fan for each and every Lakers game.

And you bring up this nonsense? Have you gone mad?

“longtimelistenerfirsttimecaller” detailed out the policy nicely.

Learn it
Know it
Live it.

You always hate the Lakers. Always. During the Spurs series you know who I was cheering for? A plane to hit the arena.

when California is divided into North California and South California, when they stop taking our water, when the Clippers win a championship. In other words it ain’t gonna happen any time soon.

You can’t root for the Lakers. Maybe, maybe you can root for the Celtics to lose, but the thought “I want the Lakers to win”…. that can never cross your mind.

Rabid fandom makes that statement logical.

…would be if, GOD FORBID, K-Mart became a Laker. My admiration and respect for him is too deep now to ever turn my back on him. So, in that scenario, I may become a Lakers supporter in certain circumstances (but definitely not against the Kings). Btw, I was born and raised in L.A. so it’d only come naturally if I saw Kevin Martin in those putrid colors after all these years of bombardment.

Well-written, boss.

But yeah … no rooting for the Lakers. You are forgiven, but don’t let it happen again.

(As some of the folks around here might now, I wrote columns for FanHouse after each Finals game. My financial interest would have been for the series to go seven. I was upset when the Lakers won Game 5 and thrilled when Boston clinched in Game 6. THRILLED. I lost money on the ordeal, and I couldn’t have been happier.)

“Where” do we bury the hatchet?

Twasserm,

There are certain things that cannot be done. I cannot fly, I cannot pass Clueless anytime I see it playing on cable, and I cannot bury the hatchet with the Lakers.

I understand the conflict you faced. When it became clear that the Finals were going to be Celtics versus Lakers, I was conflicted. I disliked both teams. For many of the reasons you listed, I found myself disliking the Lakers less than I disliked the Celtics. Pay close attention to my words, though. I was not a matter of rooting for the Lakers, or liking the Lakers (shudder), but rather that, in that series, I disliked them slightly less. The differentiation in my hatred was barely measurable by scientific instruments. It was so miniscule that basically I did not care who won. My joy would be derived from the fact that, either way, a team I disliked would lose. If both teams could have lost, it would have been ideal.

You mentioned the difference between Utah and the Lakers. You bring up a great point. I hated those Jazz teams. But I would say it was 95% because of Stockton. The Lakers are an evil entity unto themselves. As soon as he left the Lakers, I found Shaq’s antics to be funny and endearing. It was the dark cloud of being a Laker that made me despise him for so long. I’ll probably dislike Kobe even if he leaves the Lakers, but he can be the exception.

I agree with longtimelistener, ask for forgiveness, and it shall be given. But talk of moving on, and burying the hatchet shall not be permitted.

Rivalries are so important in sports, because they allow an outlet for our angst and frustrations. We need to have a villain. I hope that when the Kings win the championship, it is preceded by a dominant victory over the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. Nothing would be more fitting or more satisfying.

Keep writing on here, even if you received a bit of backlash on this first post. There’s nothingwrong with stirring up a little controversy and discussion. In fact,I’ve rec’d this post because of the great responses it inspired.

In order to form a more perfect transition game, establish justice, insure home court advantage, provide an atmosphere for more than just common defense, promote the general feeling that youth is to be served and leadership is to be valued, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our team’s posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for Sacramento Kings fans throughout the world.

OK, who’s got the legislative branch?

going to stop my hatred of the Lakers.

cheer for Greg Ostertag, so I know how to suck it up and cheer for someone I’ve truely dispised in the basketball world.

Root for the Lakers when Hillary becomes President.
Root for the Lakers when Sean William Scott wins an Oscar
Root for the Lakers when Kobe pleads “Guilty”
Root for the Lakers when Britney Spears wins Mother of the Year
Root for the Lakers when Michael Jackson becomes black, again.

If for some reason all 29 other NBA teams became deathly ill and the only thing left to watch this NBA season was the Lakers scrimage themselves, I would suggest watching Ricky Rubio highlights on Youtube all season. I’m a man in saying that my team was beat straight up by the Los Angeles Lakers………………………………………………………… and Tim Donaghy.

This rivalry is like Chargers vs. Raiders, Yankees vs. Red Sox, Hogan vs. Flair. Wait, what?

I’ll bury the hatchet when…
- Laker fans stop shouting “81 Points” whenever the topic of Kobe vs. Jordan comes up.
- Laker fans recognize the TRUE champs of the 2001-2002 season.
- Laker fans keep those stupid Laker flags on their cars YEAR ROUND instead of only when their team is winning the Western Conference finals.
- Laker fans can name at least 2 other players in the NBA not named LeBron or Yao.
- When the Staples Center is full of real basketball fans before the opening tip and not half empty, only to be filled in the 3rd quarter with shades wearing celebu-tards on their cell-phones.
- Laker fans give Shaq the respect he deserves and realize he is the only reason they won their last 3 championships.

The likelihood of any of these events happening is .000189 percent chance.

Like someone said earlier, “Rooting for the Lakers – UNACCEPTABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES”

I will never bury the hatchet. I hated the Lakers before the Kings came to Sacramento, and I’ll hate them long after they’re gone. They’re just so darn hate-able. A Kings fan rooting for the Lakers in any situation is the height of tackiness.