Building a new "state of the art" facility to help recruit free agents...but I
thought they didn't need to recruit anyone? People should be honored to wear the
purple and gold. Lol.
That said, I still feel like the clippers facility will remain the nexus of off season
life for players
cleepers CNS MVP X3Posts: 11039votes: 157
04/02/2014 - 06:57 PM
Makes a lot of sense for them. Playa Vista was among the first rungs on our ladder to the
upper echelons.
Looks like the lakers are following the Donald Sterling model for building a winning
organization.
Writing that was just too much fun... I have to do it again!
The lakers are following the Donald Sterling model for building a
winning organization.
tense2 CNS MVP X3Posts: 14209votes: 32
04/03/2014 - 11:50 AM
cleepers wrote:
Makes a lot of sense for them. Playa Vista was among the first rungs on our ladder to
the upper echelons.
Looks like the lakers are following the Donald Sterling model for building a winning
organization.
Writing that was just too much fun... I have to do it again!
The lakers are following the Donald Sterling model for building a
winning organization.
That could be true, but until we actually win
something...
^ Under their current owners, the Clips have been more successful than the
lakers.
Jimmy Buss did not inherit his daddy's track-record. They're not the same franchise
anymore. I've never understood why things that happened in past decades in other
cities or under different owners has any bearing on what a team is today. Attendance
figures and national viewing numbers for laker games this year would seem to agree
with me. They're not the draw they once were.
I give the Thunder credit for unashamedly "starting over" in their new
city and not trying to claim Seattle's honors as their own. We are still tied to the
Clippers awful recent history because we are still in L.A. and Donald is still the
owner, but he deserves no credit or blame for anything that occurred during the
Buffalo days and if some other billionaire buys the team tomorrow, he deserves no
credit or blame for what came before him.
Dinosaurs used to rule the planet, but their pigeon descendants don't particularly frighten
me. Rome used to be the most powerful nation on earth... these days, they're taking
handouts from the EU. History is quaint and all... but it's not
power.
As far as I'm concerned, the lakers name is all their fans have left to cling
to.
To paraphrase the great William Shakespeare: "What's in a name? That which we
call a turd by any other name would stink just as bad."
^ Under their current owners, the Clips have been more successful than the
lakers.
Jimmy Buss did not inherit his daddy's track-record. They're not the same franchise
anymore. I've never understood why things that happened in past decades in other
cities or under different owners has any bearing on what a team is today. Attendance
figures and national viewing numbers for laker games this year would seem to agree
with me. They're not the draw they once were.
I give the Thunder credit for unashamedly "starting over" in their new
city and not trying to claim Seattle's honors as their own. We are still tied to the
Clippers awful recent history because we are still in L.A. and Donald is still the
owner, but he deserves no credit or blame for anything that occurred during the
Buffalo days and if some other billionaire buy,s the team tomorrow, he deserves no
credit or blame for what came before him.
Dinosaurs used to rule the planet, but their pigeon descendants don't particularly frighten
me. Rome used to be the most powerful nation on earth... these days, they're taking
handouts from the EU. History is quaint and all... but it's not
power.
As far as I'm concerned, the lakers name is all their fans have left to cling
to.
To paraphrase the great William Shakespeare: "What's in a name? That which we
call a turd by any other name would stink just as bad."
*Chuckle*....I agree, but with that said (with your usual sharp wit and all) still won't mean squat
until we win "something".
P.S.
Wonder what the great Christopher Marlowe would have said.
MrHill Clipper StarterPosts: 690Location: In the heart of Clipper Country votes: 3
04/04/2014 - 12:07 PM
Have you seen the Lakers' practice facility in El Segundo? Ours look a palace compared to
theirs.
cleepers CNS MVP X3Posts: 11039votes: 157
04/04/2014 - 02:42 PM
tense2 wrote:
*Chuckle*....I agree, but with that said (with your usual sharp wit and all) still
won't mean squat until we win "something".
P.S.
Wonder what the great Christopher Marlowe would have said.
How about: "Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position
- at least, it did under the old CBA"
That sounds pretty relevant to the lakers
As long as we keep moving forward as we have been, a championship will
come.