The Los Angeles Clippers Kawhi Leonard cant get no hometown love?

Jedi32 · Post #101 » by **Jedi32** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:26 pm

freethedevil wrote:
norcocredo wrote:
Dominater wrote:It's a Lakers town until the Clipps start winning

It will always be a Lakers town, even if the Clippers win.

That's never been and never will be how it worked. Fans care about the most recent winning, not who own in the past.[/qu

I doubt you even believe this

xinxin · Post #102 » by **xinxin** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:27 pm

lonzo_pelota wrote:

Watch on YouTube

first paul george gets booed at the Bellator fight last night , now kawhi gets booed by the vast majority of fans attending the rams game
starting to notice a similar pattern here
i thought it was a few clippers fans outside in real life outside of the clippsters that post here.

Bwahahah.. clippers needs to leave LA. It’s pathetic already

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Post #103 » by **Cactus Jack** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:29 pm

LoveTheNBA23 wrote: Those from out of town or those who don’t want to be normal root for the Clippers. The outcasts, don’t be offended if you’re one of them.

Being normal is vastly overrated. :wink:

Mylie10 · Post #104 » by **Mylie10** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:35 pm

lonzo_pelota wrote:

Watch on YouTube

first paul george gets booed at the Bellator fight last night , now kawhi gets booed by the vast majority of fans attending the rams game
starting to notice a similar pattern here
i thought it was a few clippers fans outside in real life outside of the clippsters that post here.

Shows the Lakers dominance in overall fandom. The Lakers legacy is top 1 or 2 in this league. You can't really expect, or blame Clipper fans for that.

xinxin · Post #105 » by **xinxin** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:40 pm

The_Hater wrote:
Dominater wrote:It's a Lakers town until the Clipps start winning

I’m not even sure if that will change anything. Giants fans don’t suddenly start cheering for the Jets. Yankee fans don’t start cheering for the Mets.

This

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Lalouie · Post #106 » by **Lalouie** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:42 pm

los angeles likes
ucla basketball
usc football
lakers
dodgers
and whatever teams the transplants used to like

there are some people, probably non-sports minded people, who if asked would say they like any and all los angeles teams......they don't count

Forte IV · Post #107 » by **Forte IV** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:43 pm

Jedi32 wrote:
Forte IV wrote:Also can we stop this "Lakers were still the talk of the town" stuff? They weren't. During the Clippers run EVERYONE talked about the Clippers. Everyone. The only time Lakers were ever mentioned was when people starting spouting "Oh the Lakers have 16 championships though". "Talk to me when the Clippers have 16 championships". That's it. If making back handed comments towards the Clippers about the Lakers history means still being the talk of the town then sure I guess. But the truth, and believe me I'm right, is that the Clippers were very much the talk of the town. It's just people felt the need to mention the Lakers with the Clippers.

Talk is talk, regardless if it is negative or positive, and Los Angeles was talking about the Clippers. Saying Los Angeles didn't care is beyond stupid. They still talked about them. They were still jealous of them. They were still wondering why the Clippers were good and the Lakers were bad.

Where was all this so called clippers talk taking place? Even in bad times the lakers dominate sports radio and casual fan talk. If I'm not mistaken the lakers still had more national televised games when they were bad, so again I ask where was all this clippers talk taking place?

I don't think you read what I said. And I'll leave it at that.

ChiCitySPORTS#1 · Post #108 » by **ChiCitySPORTS#1** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:04 pm

Meh -- to be expected tbh. Although, I agree it in the grand scheme of things a Laker town, but if they win a championship or 2 in the next couple years, I could see LA fans getting behind them. Feel like that was the theme when they were good with Blake/CP3 albeit coming up short and the Lakers sucked at the time.

socal74 · Post #109 » by **socal74** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:07 pm

sfernald wrote:The second he wins a championship for LA, everyone but the staunchest Kobe fans will be wearing his jersey.

I love how all these non LA residents sit here and talk like they know how much LA loves the Lakers. It's funny how the **** ass east coast can be die hard but for some reason LA cant. Southern Cali in general loves the Lakers and Dodgers. Not just LA. Ain't nothing changing that in my lifetime

socal74 · Post #110 » by **socal74** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:10 pm

ChiCitySPORTS#1 wrote:Meh -- to be expected tbh. Although, I agree it in the grand scheme of things a Laker town, but if they win a championship or 2 in the next couple years, I could see LA fans getting behind them. Feel like that was the theme when they were good with Blake/CP3 albeit coming up short and the Lakers sucked at the time.

No one supported the clippers during that time besides their small loyal fanbase. The local tv ratings showed that. The

Forte IV · Post #111 » by **Forte IV** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:20 pm

socal74 wrote:
ChiCitySPORTS#1 wrote:Meh -- to be expected tbh. Although, I agree it in the grand scheme of things a Laker town, but if they win a championship or 2 in the next couple years, I could see LA fans getting behind them. Feel like that was the theme when they were good with Blake/CP3 albeit coming up short and the Lakers sucked at the time.

No one supported the clippers during that time besides their small loyal fanbase. The local tv ratings showed that. The

I mean that's not true at all lmao. Stop spreading false information. Explain the hundreds of sell out arenas? Explain the countless times Chris Paul and Blake Griffin had high selling jerseys and got voted into all star games. Stop living in your bubble and experience the world we live in.

And to use tv ratings as a measurement for "fan support" is laughable. Especially when there are articles and stats out there that show Lakers viewership was also not that great during that time. When "lob city" first began, ratings increased drastically. When the Lakers started to play poorly, ratings decreased drastically. Clippers ratings only began to dip during the whole flopping stage and they became hard to watch. Not because "no one cares about them".

lakerz12 · Post #112 » by **lakerz12** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:26 pm

Forte IV wrote:
socal74 wrote:
ChiCitySPORTS#1 wrote:Meh -- to be expected tbh. Although, I agree it in the grand scheme of things a Laker town, but if they win a championship or 2 in the next couple years, I could see LA fans getting behind them. Feel like that was the theme when they were good with Blake/CP3 albeit coming up short and the Lakers sucked at the time.

No one supported the clippers during that time besides their small loyal fanbase. The local tv ratings showed that. The

I mean that's not true at all lmao. Stop spreading false information. Explain the hundreds of sell out arenas? Explain the countless times Chris Paul and Blake Griffin had high selling jerseys and got voted into all star games. Stop living in your bubble and experience the world we live in.

And to use tv ratings as a measurement for "fan support" is laughable. Especially when there are articles and stats out there that show Lakers viewership was also not that great during that time. Cable tv made watching teams hard.

The Clippers were hot for a season or two when they had "lob city" with CP3, Blake, and DeAndre.

But that was a bubble. It popped and no one cared anymore.

It's not like LA became a Clipper town or they ever had more fans than the Lakers.

NPZ · Post #113 » by **NPZ** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:41 pm

Clemenza wrote:B*tch azz fanbase.. F*ck the Lakers!! Ya'll gonna pay for that sh*t!!

Damn, hittin us hard like Kawhi's bearded sister.

ejftw · Post #114 » by **ejftw** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:46 pm

NPZ wrote:
Clemenza wrote:B*tch azz fanbase.. F*ck the Lakers!! Ya'll gonna pay for that sh*t!!

Damn, hittin us hard like Kawhi's bearded sister.

You mean, the same bearded sister that was saying he was going to sign with the Lakers?

NPZ · Post #115 » by **NPZ** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:46 pm

ejftw wrote:
NPZ wrote:
Clemenza wrote:B*tch azz fanbase.. F*ck the Lakers!! Ya'll gonna pay for that sh*t!!

Damn, hittin us hard like Kawhi's bearded sister.

You mean, the same bearded sister that was saying he was going to sign with the Lakers?

I don't know, how many bearded sisters does he have? Doesn't surprise me that he has someone who would murder an 83 yr old lady in his family. He's duplicitous and we learned not to trust him earlier than you guys will. That's all that happened. Raps learned it too. Spurs learned it before them.

theforumblue · Post #116 » by **theforumblue** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:17 pm

most LA sports fans like complaining and griping about the lakers more than they like the clippers. LA sport radio will spend time badmouthing the lakers rather than talking good about the clippers. why do you think that is? when clippers come up it's often in context of lakers. decades and generations of fandom don't turn just like that.

yeah lakers got bandwagoners and they might even outnumber some actual nba team's entire fanbase, but there are dedicated fans in LA/OC area that wouldn't think of switching teams and they absolutely outnumber all of clipper fans, hardcore and bandwagon, by a margin that won't be overcome even with another decade of clipper winning seasons.

win a championship and we can start to talk about what kind of inroads clippers are making in fanbase size. that's about it. maybe some of you guys are young and don't truly realize what "Clippers" brand used to represent for decades in LA/OC area not too long ago. Yeah it's great ownership changed hands and all that. but Clippers organization wasn't just laughed at, they were looked down upon and in some ways for good reason. "Losers" personified. Sterling may not be around anymore but his legacy hasn't been completely erased. In any other town the winning seasons of recent years and certainly winning seasons to come in the future may be good enough. Unfortunately the other team in town has too many rings. winning seasons are not enough.

i personally don't like ballmer at all and do not want to see him succeed, but lakers FO do suck hard and ballmer did manage to put a better FO together. i'm curious what the LA basketball landscape will be like in 10 years.

ChiCitySPORTS#1 · Post #117 » by **ChiCitySPORTS#1** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:18 pm

lakerz12 wrote:
Forte IV wrote:
socal74 wrote:No one supported the clippers during that time besides their small loyal fanbase. The local tv ratings showed that. The

I mean that's not true at all lmao. Stop spreading false information. Explain the hundreds of sell out arenas? Explain the countless times Chris Paul and Blake Griffin had high selling jerseys and got voted into all star games. Stop living in your bubble and experience the world we live in.

And to use tv ratings as a measurement for "fan support" is laughable. Especially when there are articles and stats out there that show Lakers viewership was also not that great during that time. Cable tv made watching teams hard.

The Clippers were hot for a season or two when they had "lob city" with CP3, Blake, and DeAndre.

But that was a bubble. It popped and no one cared anymore.

It's not like LA became a Clipper town or they ever had more fans than the Lakers.

Well, thats kind of the point. They were at least fairly popular locally (and nationally) when they were a 2nd round exit. They're now favored to win the championship. LA may not be a Clippers town today or tomorrow, but the support will obviously grown once they win at a high level.

And FWIW -- I do recall a handful of start-studded crowds at LAC games during the lob city era.

Forte IV · Post #118 » by **Forte IV** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:19 pm

theforumblue wrote:most LA sports fans like complaining and griping about the lakers more than they like the clippers. LA sport radio will spend time badmouthing the lakers rather than talking good about the clippers. why do you think that is? when clippers come up it's often in context of lakers. decades and generations of fandom don't turn just like that.

yeah lakers got bandwagoners and they might even outnumber some actual nba team's entire fanbase, but there are dedicated fans in LA/OC area that wouldn't think of switching teams and they absolutely outnumber all of clipper fans, hardcore and bandwagon, by a margin that won't be overcome even with another decade of clipper winning seasons.

win a championship and we can start to talk about what kind of inroads clippers are making in fanbase size. that's about it. maybe some of you guys are young and don't truly realize what "Clippers" brand used to represent for decades in LA/OC area not too long ago. Yeah it's great ownership changed hands and all that. but Clippers organization wasn't just laughed at, they were looked down upon and in some ways for good reason. "Losers" personified. Sterling may not be around anymore but his legacy hasn't been completely erased. In any other town the winning seasons of recent years and certainly winning seasons to come in the future may be good enough. Unfortunately the other team in town has too many rings. winning seasons are not enough.

i personally don't like ballmer at all and do not want to see him succeed, but lakers FO do suck hard and ballmer did manage to put a better FO together. i'm curious what the LA basketball landscape will be like in 10 years.

I agree with a lot of what you said, but I'm curious why you don't like Ballmer?

ejftw · Post #119 » by **ejftw** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:44 pm

NPZ wrote:
ejftw wrote:
NPZ wrote:
Damn, hittin us hard like Kawhi's bearded sister.

You mean, the same bearded sister that was saying he was going to sign with the Lakers?

I don't know, how many bearded sisters does he have? Doesn't surprise me that he has someone who would murder an 83 yr old lady in his family. He's duplicitous and we learned not to trust him earlier than you guys will. That's all that happened. Raps learned it too. Spurs learned it before them.

It doesn't surprise me that someone in his family is a Laker fan, the same franchise that signed someone whom knowingly impregnated a 12-year old.

And you learned not to trust him? Ha! Is that why majority of Laker fans were quoting that imbecile on Twitter who claimed Kawhi to the Lakers was a done deal?

TheDoors24 · Post #120 » by **TheDoors24** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:48 pm

norcocredo wrote:
Dominater wrote:It's a Lakers town until the Clipps start winning

It will always be a Lakers town, even if the Clippers win.

This is the correct answer. Even Clipper fans know that it's a Lakers town regardless of what happens.