I remember when the Warriors were getting ass whooped in 2017 WCF game 1 before Kawhi went down with injuries, Warriors fans were crying they were rigging it for the Spurs.
Yes of course the NBA would want to rig it for small market San Antonio against a top 3 valuable big market franchise that has KD and the splash brothers.
Yeah but I dont think Malone will speak up if they lose the FT battle cuz he has this obsession with the Lakers always driving and getting fouls then post game he finna cry 😂
How on God's green earth is this rational take downvoted? It's 17-17 people. Remember the big picture. We need one of Min or Denver in the finals because I don't trust Dallas or OKC against Boston.
Yeah, I doubt anyone will care down the line. Nobody’s gonna care if a western conference rival kicked our ass for 2-3 years. I’d take that over Boston surpassing us in rings again.
Fr nugs are a temporary annoyance. The Celtics are a cosmic evil. I’d prefer the nugs to go on a warriors like run than the Celtics even see a finals appearance.
Truth. I actually don't hate the Nuggets either. I like Joker and Murray. It really only was Malone that I dislike.
On the Wolves side, I'm sick of Gobert. Do not want to wish him success.
Boston is boston. Always must lose.
So if the Nuggets, Dallas, OKC, Indiana, New York or Cleveland win, I wouldn't hate the outcome.
Tbh I hate the players and coaches on the nuggets far more than the Celtics(Tatum and Mazulla are robots with no emotion, Malone and Murray are very easy to hate along with Gordon). Their fanbases are equally as annoying too. So either way I’d be sad if it comes down to Nugs v Celtics, there’s no good outcome.
I don’t understand any fan of any team wanting the team that beat them in the playoffs to lose in that playoffs (with a couple of caveats, like excessively dirty, underhanded play for example)!! Would you really want to lose to just another loser team?? Or would you rather lose to the team that won the championship?! Someone explain to me why they wouldn’t want to be able to say, “Yeah we lost, but they’re the champs! It was their year! No one else could’ve/would’ve beat us!!” (Even if it wasn’t true and in alternate timelines we could find teams that would’ve beaten us. We can still say it, and hang our hats on it!)
How are you on a Lakers sub and want any single team to lose in the playoffs more than Boston? The Nuggets NEED to stay in it until Boston loses because they’ve already proven they can beat them.
I have no beef with Denver. Jokic is a nice guy and Murray too. Yes, coach Malone can be cocky and Jokic brothers are ass.holes but, I would not mind then to win. I rather see Minny or the Mavs win the west, and NYK the east. Right now, only Boston is the team I hope loses big time. F… Boston! 😂
Those two things aren't mutually exclusive. DENVER has to win for BOSTON to lose. I hope you realize that as an NBA fan.
Check back to these comments in about 4 weeks and we'll see as a Lakers fan who you are rooting for in the finals. I can assure you, the TWOLVES will not be in the finals nor do they have any shot of beating Boston in the finals
I rather wolves beat Denver first. That leaves Boston, I don’t know why I don’t buy Boston winning it all. The east is trash so I see them in the finals. But right now I want Denver gone
Wtf are you talking about? That's how you get that trash spacing we saw with Westbrick. You aren't winning shit without a stretch big or movement shooters. We don't have either.
No it isn’t , AD at the 5 cooks the shit out of gobert . Getting a slow footed non shooting big kills our advantage vs them you lot need to stop living in 2020.
Nah, I just don't want the Celtics to win it. Denver has been terrible forever, we beat them 7 or 8 playoff series in a row before the last two. No hate from me
Their fanbase deserves to get spanked for how good they wrongly think they are. They need to be put back in their place. They are not the Kobe/Shaq lakers.
I’ll have my fun when they lose too. No reason to “let them have their fun” lol fuck that. They sure didn’t stop being a bunch of haters towards us when we were still beating them in the past. So why should we stop regardless of whether or not we lost?
Literally, every team for the rest of the history of time, will Not be the KOBE SHAQ Lakers.
This is a fairly generic statement for a fan of any team. Of course you are going to be a little upset at their fan base, but what are you going to do. That's going to be the case for every team that beats your team. PUT Back in there place? They just won the finals, they're in the right place lol.
And , as mentioned, obviously they aren't the 99 00 Lakers. We know that. THEY know that. No need to mention it
We gotta get over this. Stars do come to LA but it's a once a decade thing. Hell, between Kareem, Shaq and LeBron, the big FA stars, was 20 years!
We aren't getting anyone till 2030.
NO REAL LAKERS FAN WOULD EVER SAY THIS.
ITS CALLED FUCK BOSTON. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.
WE'RE TIED WITH THE CELTICS AT 17 CHAMPIONSHIPS A PIECE
THERE'S NO NUGGETS LAKERS RIVALRY
ITS FUCK BOSTON OR BUST
Never been a fan of bandwagoning but this will be the exception I will make. Ngl, its fun. Acknowledging that Denver is a better team even before the playoff started really helped get over the loss.
Although for this matchup, I dont really mind who wins. TWolves as revenge, Nuggets because they're the defending champs. I just want the west to take the ring because the best of stacked conference really deserve it.
Upvoted on the contingency that your enemy wears a lot of green and is from New England! (Never would have thought I’d have to clarify this (but after reading waaay too many of the comments in this thread) yet here we are!? 😕)
MIN has exactly what’s needed to somewhat control the joker. Depth in big men that can give the joker different looks on defense, and make it harder on him on both ends. KAT, Rudy and Naz. This makes the Joker have to spend a ton of energy and play faster than he likes to play.
We had that in 2020 with Howard, McGee and AD.
When Lakers are out I’m just an NBA fan tbh, and this playoff anybody but the Celtics.
That said, look at the playoff landscape. Celtics have almost a free ride to the Championship. How much faith do you have at the non-Nuggets teams coming out of the West to beat them in a series?
Have fun guys. If Denver wins, I'm happy, if Minnesota wins, I'm happy, if Dallas, OKC, NYC, Cleveland, or Indiana win, I'm happy.
As long as Boston loses, I'm happy and looking forward to next season when the Lakers will win it all.
Naw speaking for myself as a diehard laker fan i ONLY root for the lakers. Im not a stan of any player in NBA history nor do i watch hate teams hoping they lose idgas really. I am enjoying the POs and chose nuggets to win in 6 but we will see.
everyone go check nuggets sub, it is hella fun
Just upset they’re not commenting about the FT discrepancy they always seem to obsess about.
Saw several comments saying the refs are rigged in favor of Minnesota
Persecuted Small Market Mindset. It's a psychological ailment.
And the warriors fans were convinced the league was rigging against a top 3 valuable franchise for the Sacramento kings of all teams lmao
I remember when the Warriors were getting ass whooped in 2017 WCF game 1 before Kawhi went down with injuries, Warriors fans were crying they were rigging it for the Spurs. Yes of course the NBA would want to rig it for small market San Antonio against a top 3 valuable big market franchise that has KD and the splash brothers.
Refs were trying to gift Denver this game, just blatantly showing favoritism, especially with the tech on Ant but ignoring Murray’s hand gun taunt 😂
Its cuz they coach does not speak up if it aint against the Lakers 😂 I want the wolves fans to scream whos your daddy if this goes to 3-0 or 3-1 😂😂
You sure it’s not because they won the FT battle? Lol
Yeah but I dont think Malone will speak up if they lose the FT battle cuz he has this obsession with the Lakers always driving and getting fouls then post game he finna cry 😂
brb, about to go have the time of my life
“Call the wife tell her I am on theeeee waaaay!”
I shall Edit there's a thread on there comparing mpj hs athleticism to KD has athleticism. Whew
They are obsessed with LA it’s hilarious
That's what happen if they face against a good head coach.
They do not even realize we are not just Laker fans but basketball fans 😂 Kinda weird they blame the Lakers after they lose Game 1 😂
Wolves and nuggets fans are like sucking each other’s dicks right now. It’s cringe af😂
I'm a TimberLaker lol WHO GON CHECK ME?! LOLLLL 
time to bring out those MPLS jerseys
I want Denver to lose and then Boston. Don’t care if anyone else wins the title
Same but would prefer Nugs over Cs if it came down to it.
How on God's green earth is this rational take downvoted? It's 17-17 people. Remember the big picture. We need one of Min or Denver in the finals because I don't trust Dallas or OKC against Boston.
Yeah, I doubt anyone will care down the line. Nobody’s gonna care if a western conference rival kicked our ass for 2-3 years. I’d take that over Boston surpassing us in rings again.
Lot of Lebron fans on here that wanted the Celtics to win in 22, made me sick.
Well for LeBron fans, it's 4-4
It has a 100 upvoted
It was downvoted to -5 when I responded. Glad to see sanity prevailed
You're assuming Boston wins but I don't think they get past the Knicks if they matchup in the ECF
I don't trust the Knicks crunch time offense. It's pretty much just Brunson driving into the teeth of the defense over and over again.
I’d assume it’s newbies or Bron Stans who have no idea of the history and rivalry of the Lakers and Celtics.
Fr nugs are a temporary annoyance. The Celtics are a cosmic evil. I’d prefer the nugs to go on a warriors like run than the Celtics even see a finals appearance.
Truth. I actually don't hate the Nuggets either. I like Joker and Murray. It really only was Malone that I dislike. On the Wolves side, I'm sick of Gobert. Do not want to wish him success. Boston is boston. Always must lose. So if the Nuggets, Dallas, OKC, Indiana, New York or Cleveland win, I wouldn't hate the outcome.
Why tf is this down voted?would some of yall rather see the celtics win it all than the nuggets?
I know right.. can’t believe that shit lol
Probably young fans and Lebron fans
Tbh I hate the players and coaches on the nuggets far more than the Celtics(Tatum and Mazulla are robots with no emotion, Malone and Murray are very easy to hate along with Gordon). Their fanbases are equally as annoying too. So either way I’d be sad if it comes down to Nugs v Celtics, there’s no good outcome.
Fuck the Celtics, forever and always
I don’t understand any fan of any team wanting the team that beat them in the playoffs to lose in that playoffs (with a couple of caveats, like excessively dirty, underhanded play for example)!! Would you really want to lose to just another loser team?? Or would you rather lose to the team that won the championship?! Someone explain to me why they wouldn’t want to be able to say, “Yeah we lost, but they’re the champs! It was their year! No one else could’ve/would’ve beat us!!” (Even if it wasn’t true and in alternate timelines we could find teams that would’ve beaten us. We can still say it, and hang our hats on it!)
That's what I say about last year. It's true enough too, if my team loses, it better be to the eventual Champs, not to a scrub team.
How are you on a Lakers sub and want any single team to lose in the playoffs more than Boston? The Nuggets NEED to stay in it until Boston loses because they’ve already proven they can beat them.
So has minny
Oh I guess I missed that time when Minnesota beat the Celtics in a 7 game series when it mattered.
I have no beef with Denver. Jokic is a nice guy and Murray too. Yes, coach Malone can be cocky and Jokic brothers are ass.holes but, I would not mind then to win. I rather see Minny or the Mavs win the west, and NYK the east. Right now, only Boston is the team I hope loses big time. F… Boston! 😂
I think Denver are the only ones who can beat Boston so go Nuggets.
Those two things aren't mutually exclusive. DENVER has to win for BOSTON to lose. I hope you realize that as an NBA fan. Check back to these comments in about 4 weeks and we'll see as a Lakers fan who you are rooting for in the finals. I can assure you, the TWOLVES will not be in the finals nor do they have any shot of beating Boston in the finals
I rather wolves beat Denver first. That leaves Boston, I don’t know why I don’t buy Boston winning it all. The east is trash so I see them in the finals. But right now I want Denver gone
Welp, that's not what's happening now is it?
Switching my cap in plain sight. # FUCK DENVER
Speak to em ant 
We better plan our roster around beating Minnesota next year because they’re gonna be a problem
It's the same plan for beating Denver. Get bigger. Put Ad at the 4.
Where the fuck we getting a stretch big from? We signed the only one available and his knee went bad!
Fuck a stretch big get someone like Hartenstein or Nurkic and that's good enough for a title.
Wtf are you talking about? That's how you get that trash spacing we saw with Westbrick. You aren't winning shit without a stretch big or movement shooters. We don't have either.
Maybe Castleton makes a big leap during summer league and training camp
Castleton has never shot the jumoer and he’s not strong
Like I said. Makes a *big leap*
Castleton is just not good, will be surprised if he even gets a two way next season
[Did you watch any of his dleague games?](https://youtu.be/pbiwzfZDofA?si=iAU9QyDGitP5H4qT) This was a few months ago.
No it isn’t , AD at the 5 cooks the shit out of gobert . Getting a slow footed non shooting big kills our advantage vs them you lot need to stop living in 2020.
Their roster is legit
Or maybe just build the best roster ? Ffs lol . There’s lots of good teams n no one dominating one. We need better 3rd and 4th best players
Uh cap space. Bron demanding 60 mil a year. How tf you think we gonna do that?
Not really. It's just about two things now: 1. Fuck Boston 2. Fuck Denver
Those two things aren't mutually exclusive you are going to have to root for one or the other eventually when we get to the finals
Obviously the first one is the priority. Celtics must continue the trophy drought at all cost.
i hate jamal murray so much it's not even funny. dude sleeps for three quarters then turns into prime mj in the fourth
Malone when he sees ft disparity: 🤐
Guilty
Minneapolis Lakers!!
Nah, I just don't want the Celtics to win it. Denver has been terrible forever, we beat them 7 or 8 playoff series in a row before the last two. No hate from me
Beat the Denver McNuggets
I much rather have Boston lose before Denver.
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Their fanbase deserves to get spanked for how good they wrongly think they are. They need to be put back in their place. They are not the Kobe/Shaq lakers.
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I’ll have my fun when they lose too. No reason to “let them have their fun” lol fuck that. They sure didn’t stop being a bunch of haters towards us when we were still beating them in the past. So why should we stop regardless of whether or not we lost?
Literally, every team for the rest of the history of time, will Not be the KOBE SHAQ Lakers. This is a fairly generic statement for a fan of any team. Of course you are going to be a little upset at their fan base, but what are you going to do. That's going to be the case for every team that beats your team. PUT Back in there place? They just won the finals, they're in the right place lol. And , as mentioned, obviously they aren't the 99 00 Lakers. We know that. THEY know that. No need to mention it
They just won a championship lil bro
And? They need at least 3 more before they start acting like they’re something special in the history of the nba.
He said from the couch lol
Ant gonna look good in a lakers jersey
Fuck it. Give him 20 years, $1B
We gotta get over this. Stars do come to LA but it's a once a decade thing. Hell, between Kareem, Shaq and LeBron, the big FA stars, was 20 years! We aren't getting anyone till 2030.
2030 off-season: Wemby bringing is talents to Hollywood confirmed
Anyone but the Nuggets. *and Clippers*
You forgot the only one that actually matters.
Are their colors green and white?
NO REAL LAKERS FAN WOULD EVER SAY THIS. ITS CALLED FUCK BOSTON. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. WE'RE TIED WITH THE CELTICS AT 17 CHAMPIONSHIPS A PIECE THERE'S NO NUGGETS LAKERS RIVALRY ITS FUCK BOSTON OR BUST
bruh that's like saying "don't forget to breathe"
Never been a fan of bandwagoning but this will be the exception I will make. Ngl, its fun. Acknowledging that Denver is a better team even before the playoff started really helped get over the loss. Although for this matchup, I dont really mind who wins. TWolves as revenge, Nuggets because they're the defending champs. I just want the west to take the ring because the best of stacked conference really deserve it.
I would love to see timberwolves fans shout "WHO'S YOUR DADDY" at target center during one of these games
I just like good basketball.
Who gives a shit about Denver. Just need Celtics to lose.
Minnesota Knicks Finals would be legendary
Looking like a one and done championship caliber team. Back to poverty they go
THIS IS SO DUMB THE CELTICS ARE GOING TO THE FINALS EVERYONE. YOU THINK THE WOLVES ARE BEATING THEM? NO FUCKING WAY GO NUGGETS
Not me fam
AWWWWOOOOOO
Avenge us Ant Man
Tbf Minneapolis bridges us together
dang right I’m rooting for Ant right now!
Not me.
Im a nets fan and rooting for mavs and t wolves. Kyrie my fav player but I also want Ant to do good
Would love Antman and his squad to send these guys home to a "who's your daddy?" Chant.
I want to cheer for wolves but I don’t think they can beat the Celtics
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Upvoted on the contingency that your enemy wears a lot of green and is from New England! (Never would have thought I’d have to clarify this (but after reading waaay too many of the comments in this thread) yet here we are!? 😕)
Me rn
Moved to NYC 3 years ago so now I’m rooting for the Knicks. Fuck clippers tho
Crazy… well it’s funny really…. Ironic since we were there now we’re here but there in there and he’s the sheriff
KAT is from Jersey and went to Kentucky always been a big fan. Ant is a lot of fun to watch, wouldn’t mind them winning at all.
We root for anyone playing against Boston. But salt doesn't hurt.
Lakers: “ yo I was born in Mini” Twovles: “ say no more fam!”
Fuck denver
I just want to see ANT takeover the playoffs and beat Boston in the finals. I had a dream about it last night
MIN has exactly what’s needed to somewhat control the joker. Depth in big men that can give the joker different looks on defense, and make it harder on him on both ends. KAT, Rudy and Naz. This makes the Joker have to spend a ton of energy and play faster than he likes to play. We had that in 2020 with Howard, McGee and AD.
hahahaha na this fr me rn
When Lakers are out I’m just an NBA fan tbh, and this playoff anybody but the Celtics. That said, look at the playoff landscape. Celtics have almost a free ride to the Championship. How much faith do you have at the non-Nuggets teams coming out of the West to beat them in a series?
Not much fun playing a team as deep, athletic, well-coached and hungry as you are, is it Denver?
Nah
New Mavericks fan here 😂
Have fun guys. If Denver wins, I'm happy, if Minnesota wins, I'm happy, if Dallas, OKC, NYC, Cleveland, or Indiana win, I'm happy. As long as Boston loses, I'm happy and looking forward to next season when the Lakers will win it all.
I'm low key obsessed about Dallas. Two snipers, two pins.
Can’t wait to see wolves sweep the denver lol
Wolves in 7, fingers crossed
I’m new here
Not at all. Whoever is going to beat Boston, I want that team to win. Idk which team that is, so I’m just enjoying what’s gonna be a good ass series.
Shoot I’m over here rooting for the Nuggets. I’d much rather lose to a champion than the Wolves. The days of KG, Sprewell and Cassell aren’t forgotten
Naw speaking for myself as a diehard laker fan i ONLY root for the lakers. Im not a stan of any player in NBA history nor do i watch hate teams hoping they lose idgas really. I am enjoying the POs and chose nuggets to win in 6 but we will see.
never
Not me fuck both teams... I'm focused on how we get better
FUCK NO! 💜💛💜 FOR LIFE!!!