Los Angeles Lakers: Winners and losers in loss to Spurs
By Jason Reed
Winners: LeBron James haters/ Kobe Bryant stans
You could make the case that LeBron James is a loser on this list and I would not be willing to argue with you about it. However, due to the great box score that he put together and the fact that the team would not be in overtime to begin with without him, James is not a loser in my book.
However, there are winners that stem from LeBron’s missed free throws and that is the so-called Lakers fan that hate LeBron James.
I am in no place to question someone’s fandom and respect however a fan wants to feel about their own team. One thing I just have never been able to wrap my head around is why some fans are still against LeBron.
Those are the same fans that will be the first ones to celebrate if he brings a ring to LA.
Most of that hatred stems from a Kobe Bryant fandom that has somehow developed into hate against LeBron James despite the two never being rivals or playing each other in the NBA Finals. You can be a fan of Kobe and a fan of LeBron, some don’t seem to realize that.
Anyway, one of the most popular tweets after LeBron’s two missed free throws were “Kobe Bryant would have knocked those down.”
He probably would have but LeBron didn’t. Now, LeBron James haters, that call themselves a Lakers fan still, can have all the fun they dreamed when LeBron joined LA.