Clippers got better this summer, yet in L.A. it’s same old story (all Lakers)

By lo life dun - 08-21-2012, 09:39 AM - Boxden > BX SportsCenter


		The Clippers are a legitimately good team. They went 40-26 last season, one game back of the Pacific Division winning Los Angeles Lakers. Then this summer they went out and added Lamar Odom, Grant Hill and Jamal Crawford. They have the best point guard in the game in Chris Paul — a guy you can argue even today is the single best player in Los Angeles. They have a dynamic and athletic front line with Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. They are fun to watch and may well be the third best team in the Western Conference right now. And in Los Angeles, it’s like they barely exist. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Ever since the Lakers moves to trade for Steve Nash and Dwight Howard, the Clippers have felt invisible in Los Angeles (where I am from). You don’t read much about them in the sports pages, you don’t hear about them on sports talk radio, they don’t get much play anywhere. The Clippers may have turned a corner, they are a quality playoff team, but the dynamic in Los Angeles now with the Clippers has not changed. The only time they get mentioned is when we are reminded the Lakers are still better. Los Angeles is a Lakers town. The NFL moved on from Los Angeles a generation ago (and kind of lost said generation to the X-Games sports). The Los Angeles Dodgers couldn’t seem to get on track, going from an owner where you didn’t think things could get worse — FOX — to an owner who actually was worse. (The new ownership group is working to change all of that.) Through it all, the Lakers kept on winning. They did it with Shaq and Kobe Bryant. Shaq went away and they eventually did it with Pau Gasol. You can trace a lineage of winning back to George Mikan. The Lakers maintained a standard of excellence that no NBA team has matched over the past couple decades. In a Los Angeles that can be transient (a lot of people move here due to the entertainment industry… and the weather), the Lakers are the one generational team right now. The Dodgers are trying to recover that, but it is the Lakers where your grandfather watched Jerry West, your father watched Magic Johnson and you watched Kobe. It is the one constant, the one sporting bond that can be passed down the way Green Bay Packers or Chicago Bears fans pass down season tickets generation to generation And when the Lakers are the story they can drown out everything in L.A.. USC football will get its spotlight this year. But that will not ignite the passions of most Angelenos like the Lakers (half of L.A is still UCLA fans). The Clippers, for all the changes and for all the excitement around the franchise right now, for all the hope they can generate going into the playoffs next year, they are still the other team. The little brother. Lakers fans don’t look on the Clippers as rivals so much as an annoying roommate. That roommate is going to be a very good team this year. There are questions — Can DeAndre Jordan step up? Can Vinny Del Negro really lead them far? — but the Clips should be talking about 55 wins or more and getting out of the first round of the playoffs again. They should be talking about taking the next step or steps forward. They are. It’s just hard to hear them in Los Angeles over the Lakers.

Clippers got better this summer, yet in L.A. itâ€™s same old story (all Lakers) | ProBasketballTalk

08-21-2012, 09:55 AM

!! the Clippers. They need to go back to Sandy.

08-21-2012, 09:58 AM

if the clippers think it's bad now wait til CP3 bounces next summer[pic]

08-21-2012, 10:32 AM

Lakers havnt proved nada . Clippers young gun squad with multiple veterans . Lakers still have a weak[..] bench except antwan . Don't give me no jordan hill .

Can't wait till We get in that[..] ....... Riots will occur

08-21-2012, 10:34 AM

its always gonna be like this. #youalreadyknow

08-21-2012, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by WezLFaCe_KiD

and what have the clippers done? in the last forever? LOL

10:37 AM

Originally Posted by WezLFaCe_KiD

Roomates about to get in yo girls[..] .

Clippers havnt proved anything . Nether has lakers . I'm not talking about the past or if this is a lakers town idc . I like our chances better for right now and the future

08-21-2012, 10:38 AM

^ [pic] exactly the clippers will always be getting sloppy seconds...

08-21-2012, 10:38 AM

[pic] ^^^^^

08-21-2012, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by WezLFaCe_KiD

Where did this come from? And why are you quoting yourself?

08-21-2012, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by WezLFaCe_KiD

do your thing bro. ur entitled to like the clippers all u want. just don't question what the LAKERS HAVE PROVEN. you of all people, prolly from la should know. lakers>clippers

side note: didn't Blake get injured recently again? how the hell are they gonna compete without him? oh I know, just less dunks since that's all he does.

08-21-2012, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by moth818

only !!es who cant !! lakers or already !!ed lakers !! the clippers nicca... Kobe already ran thru all the clippers groupies [pic]

08-21-2012, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by WezLFaCe_KiD

[pic]

[pic] How does it feel looking up at Staples knowing you'll always be second place?
And that your best player wanted to be a Laker and almost threatened legal action against the league just to get here? [pic]

08-21-2012, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by WezLFaCe_KiD

yea A MR GLASS KNEE BLAKE GRIFIN LOL[pic] OLD[..] BILLUPS OLD[..] ODOM OLD[..] GRANT HILL ATLEAST WE GOT SOME YOUTH UNLIKE THE CLIPPERS LOST MO LOST KENYON LOST FOYE LOST YOUNG[pic]

08-21-2012, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by WezLFaCe_KiD

lmao @ Lakers proved nada...we still have Kobe and Kobe > Clippers as a franchise, an basketball team and as a crew

08-21-2012, 11:39 AM

Donald Sterling doesnt even care about the Clippers....why would any1 else?

!!ing young[pic]

08-21-2012, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by WezLFaCe_KiD

Lakers havn't proved?... The F*ck is wrong with you... The Hell has the clippers proved, EVER... A strong bench is only useful in the regular season it's the most overrated !! people talk about; in the playoffs you pretty much run a 6-7 man rotation; Miami's bench was atrocious, who'd the Mavs have coming off the bench doing damage passed their 6th man?... The two years before that, who did the Lakers have coming off the bench that put fear into people or contributed significantly?

The Lakers run LA... No one gives a f*ck about the Clippers, and Chris Paul will be gone after this year

08-21-2012, 12:04 PM

Clippers = NY Mets
Lakers = NY Yankees

the Clips will forever be in the shadow of the Lakers. Before Griffin came around, only reason people went to Clipper games were because of the cheap tickets. Before Griffin signed I only knew 2 Clipper fans, my teacher and the guy from Malcom in the middle. Anyways, !! the LA Griffins

08-21-2012, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by R0R0

also lost goon center reggie evans [pic]

08-21-2012, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Spiffy

i've seen Turtle from Entourage at a clipper game. free tickets (back when gordon, kaman and baron davis were still on the squad) [pic]

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