Lakers Rant!

by adamsite on Nov 12, 2009 9:24 PM PST

I know...I know...I shouldn't even bring up the Lakers in this forum, let alone in the the headline but I do have a gripe to vent and my wife is unwilling to understand, let alone listen. As I am watching the Lakers game (er...the Suns game) on tv tonight I can't help but think, man....the Lakers are playing at home again. Again, I know...I know...every team plays the same amount of home and away games, but their schedule seems a bit absurd. Of their first 21 games only 4 are on the road!!! Talk about an incredible head start to begin the season! I always hold the belief that the first month of the season is critical to setting a tone for the remainder of the season. Therefore, I consider the Lakers schedule an unfair advantage on their behalf. I guess the real reason why it stings so much is the fact that the Kings have started, what seems like, every season in memory on a road trip. Does anyone else find this a little hard to swallow??

(This is a FanPost from a member of the Sactown Royalty community. The views expressed come from the member, and not Sactown Royalty staff.)

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The Lakers get a favorable schedule when they're one of the 3 best teams in the NBA

And can beat anybody any given night. Boo fucking hoo.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Nov 12, 2009 9:43 PM PST reply actions

alright guys

I’m more than happy to bash on all the spamhogs out there, but this guy almost explicitly states in the title what he was going to do, then made a post about it. If you don’t want to Laker-bash, get out of this post :) This was a rant, if instead he promised a three page essay on why the Lakers marginalization of competitiveness via an unfair cohesion of location, guilty loyalties throughout the NBA, and a commitment by higher up NBA officials, then I’d be pissed all I got was this paragraph about home game scheduling.

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by iashwash on Nov 13, 2009 7:05 AM PST up reply actions

Gotta agree here

(Even risking the Wrath of Pookie) It was a fair rant. I know stars get star calls. I know big money/good location teams have a better shot at getting star players. I know the national media focuses on tehir darlings. But schedules should not favor anyone. of course, you’ll have the Christmas/New Year’s games. But that’s for the media. A great team should not be given a better schedule just becauyse they’re great. Good call.

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by SavageBeast on Nov 13, 2009 10:17 AM PST up reply actions

Okay IW here's the flip side

The Lakers get this schedule to end the season. Everyone says they have an unfair advantage getting a cushy schedule to put themselves right headed into the playoffs. Everyone at times has an unfair advantage and everyone at times is at an unfair advantage.

It doesn’t matter what it is; it’s the Lakers and that will bring complaints no matter how realistic it is. Until you banish the Lakers out of the NBA, the complaint will be stupid and unrealistic no matter how much the person said so in advance.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Nov 13, 2009 11:07 AM PST up reply actions

+1. Yep.

33 Wins. Yeah, I said it.

by JETisKing on Nov 13, 2009 9:50 PM PST up reply actions

Seems more than a little unfair,

considering they will have already secured a playoff spot by the end of the season when they play more on the road.

by nothingbutnet on Nov 12, 2009 9:50 PM PST reply actions

Do you consider it unfair that they're also better at every position than most teams?

Come on, I have nothing nice to say about the Lakers, but that’s a solid team, and if you think their road record will stand in stark contrast to their home tally, you’re nuts.

Rocks are free, and slingshots easily stolen.

by andy sims on Nov 12, 2009 10:44 PM PST reply actions

The only high quality team that won 60 games that won alot of games on the road than at home

was the 2004-05 Phoenix Suns when they won 31 games on the road. Still that same Suns team was considered “soft” because they only won 33 times at home.

Go figure.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Nov 12, 2009 11:23 PM PST up reply actions

Did Peaches said that?

"Even when I’m old and grey, I won’t be able to play it, but I’ll still love the game." — Michael Jordan

Go Kings!

by Panzerfaust on Nov 13, 2009 3:06 AM PST up reply actions

No

I think he was too busy trying to argue Steve Nash for MVP over Shaquille O’Neal (shockingly he was right).

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Nov 13, 2009 11:05 AM PST up reply actions

80 of the Laker's games are at home

the other 2 are against the Clippers. Damn that Stern.

by ElRonToro on Nov 13, 2009 10:57 AM PST reply actions

Lakers do have more home games than everyone else except the clips

Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica

by kangsfan on Nov 14, 2009 12:18 AM PST reply actions

The Clips only have 39 home games

by betweentheeyes on Nov 14, 2009 12:59 PM PST up reply actions

I thought every team was supposed to be equal..Whats up with that?

Judgment day is coming!

by Widowwolf on Nov 14, 2009 9:16 PM PST up reply actions

it's a joke

The Lakers and the Clippers share the same arena(The Staples Center). So Lakers road games at the Clippers are in the same building. Have to figure there will be a lot of Laker fans in attendance.

Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott

by Kfan in Korea on Nov 14, 2009 11:10 PM PST up reply actions

Blame Donald Sterling and the management that runs Staples

The Clippers have one of the sweetest lease deals in all of the NBA.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Nov 14, 2009 11:50 PM PST up reply actions

If you own an NBA team as a business and not as a fan

Donald Sterling’s approach is pretty much the way to go about it.

Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott

by Kfan in Korea on Nov 15, 2009 12:39 AM PST up reply actions

Yep.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

Oh, hes in the laegue two and Jayson Thomson and that Boggins dude on Milwokee, and Occur for the Jizz. Its a talented laegue.--Kfan in Korea

by pookeyguru on Nov 15, 2009 1:45 AM PST up reply actions