Personal Narrative: The Los Angeles Lakers
Beloved, loathed, and prestigious; what do all these three words have in common? They all describe one of the most highly-marketed and globalized franchises in sports history, the Los Angeles Lakers. The glamorous team with sixteen championships to its name has had its head flushed down the toilet for the majority of this decade; ironically enough, this team was the one that looked most promising at the decade’s start, as those Lakers were coming off back to back titles. These Lakers have one sole player remaining from that last championship roster and he is riding the deepest depths of the bench, a la Juwan Howard’s role for the Big 3 era Miami Heat.
Now don’t get me wrong, I love Metta World Peace as much as the next guy, but it’s been safe …show more content…
What predictions can a video game make that are going to be any better than mine? Hell, I’m sitting on my couch five years deep into the future just trying to figure out why I haven’t replaced Jim Buss yet.
What do I think will happen? I don't know, man. I've always made lists of predictions since I started keeping up with the league, but something about Lakers basketball this year has just been so erratic and unpredictable. The idea of growing up in LA, the city kept safe by the watchful eyes of Kobe Bryant, for all my 18 years to wind up watching a young and budding team with dreams of making their own names a household name is an idea that I’m slowly growing accustomed to.
What it seems that most people fail to understand, including me, at first is the idea of providing these young players with the benefit of the doubt. Julius Randle is three years older than me, averaged a double double in his ‘sophomore’ season coming off a broken foot , and I’m sitting on my couch complaining about the fact his handle on the ball is a little too reckless. D’angelo Russell is fucking two years older than me, starting for one of the most ubiquitous teams in all of sports, and I’m on my couch whining about the fact that this kid missed a couple of open threes. Brandon Ingram is one year older than I am, coming off the deepest bench in the league, and I’m bitching about the fact that he’s not getting 10-points a
Now don’t get me wrong, I love Metta World Peace as much as the next guy, but it’s been safe …show more content…
What predictions can a video game make that are going to be any better than mine? Hell, I’m sitting on my couch five years deep into the future just trying to figure out why I haven’t replaced Jim Buss yet.
What do I think will happen? I don't know, man. I've always made lists of predictions since I started keeping up with the league, but something about Lakers basketball this year has just been so erratic and unpredictable. The idea of growing up in LA, the city kept safe by the watchful eyes of Kobe Bryant, for all my 18 years to wind up watching a young and budding team with dreams of making their own names a household name is an idea that I’m slowly growing accustomed to.
What it seems that most people fail to understand, including me, at first is the idea of providing these young players with the benefit of the doubt. Julius Randle is three years older than me, averaged a double double in his ‘sophomore’ season coming off a broken foot , and I’m sitting on my couch complaining about the fact his handle on the ball is a little too reckless. D’angelo Russell is fucking two years older than me, starting for one of the most ubiquitous teams in all of sports, and I’m on my couch whining about the fact that this kid missed a couple of open threes. Brandon Ingram is one year older than I am, coming off the deepest bench in the league, and I’m bitching about the fact that he’s not getting 10-points a