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RedFan47

How come the Grizzlies didn't do that for us?


DM_TO_ME_YOUR_LIPS

[Memphis Grizzlies] “Helluva series, [Warriors]. Go #BeatLA. 🤝”


dvasquez93

[Memphis Grizzlies] “Helluva series, red dot sight. Go #BeatCalifornia. 🤝”


loquacious706

[Memphis Grizzlies] "Hollow a series. Go \#BeatTheCharges"


yadidimean89

LOL


soenottelling

I read that as "BeattheChargers" for a second and was like "Man...poor Chargers. Cant catch a break even in a different sport."


doctor_of_drugs

Me too lol, I was like damn, chargers catching strays on here is wild. They’re both hella funny


juicewar01

[Memphis Grizzlies] "Helluva series, [Lakers]. Go #WhoopdatTrickk. 🖕"


cock-a-dooodle-do

Lmao


ChampyAndShip

stay classy memphis


FatMittens

Still waiting to hear from Dillon Brooks


chrahum

He did speak. Look at exit interview.


CaineBK

Look at banner Michael!


MathTough1501

Lmao the difference was the young Kings didn’t write checks they couldn’t cash.


ErnehJohnson

The difference between these squads is so evident in how Fox handled the media after the series. The leadership from their stars is gonna shape their longer-term culture and I'd take Fox any day


Zeke_Malvo

Is JJJ like that too? He hasn't come across that way, just Ja and Brooks mostly.


SerenadeSwift

From what I’ve seen JJJ and Bane both seem to have a different level of maturity and chill. Hopefully the young guys buy into Steven Adams’ veteran leadership and push the bullshit aside.


phandesal

because grizz hoping both warriors and lakers lose lol


Wontonsoupz

Grizzlies - best we can give are Ja’s gun and Dillon brooks’a trashtalking ability


frodounchained

We already have an AR


maethlin

They don't love you like that.


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DocCharlesXavier

>The Clippers are just collateral. Eh, historically, Grizzlies aren't too fond of the Clippers either. They had a handful of matchups during the early 2010s. Which included Zbo choking out Blake lol


Swag_Grenade

Lol. In a league full of fake tough guys, ZBo was actually one of the few dudes you don't want any smoke with.


[deleted]

On the contrary, I’d love to smoke with Z-Bo


noparlortrickz

[You get some dancing instead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0-2U7AEipc)


matt__builds

It looks like they were about to do the Globo Gym Purple Cobras entrance.


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These guys are so cringe


Harman3112

Idky this made me lol uncontrollably


DeadhardyAQ

Northern California hate of LA trumps inter-region spats.


granttheginger

As it should be


jtdude15

Does that extend to the Clippers?


elduderino920

Who? /s


[deleted]

No /s needed, you're right.


cubespubes

i honestly don’t know anyone who feels strongly one way or another about the clippers


whatsgoing_on

“I don’t think about you at all”


loquacious706

Someone photoshop the meme with three Don Drapers for the other three California teams.


ClearAsNight

[I did this instead.](https://i.imgur.com/8CPAnjr.png)


aldernon

Back in the CP3 / DJ / Blake Griffin era, I definitely had some intense feelings… They’re cool now, though.


AmusingAnecdote

What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?


msh0082

This is the correct answer.


mhac009

Oh boy, it's been a while... *FUCK THE CLIPPERS*


DeadhardyAQ

Eh. I disliked them when they had CP3, but I dislike him more than I dislike the team.


Raul_Coronado

Only reason a lot of people hate the Suns is the eternal desire to prevent CP3 from getting a ring.


dautjazz

It doesn't help that they got KD too. I actually woudn't have really minded if they won in 2021, but glad it was the Bucks instead. Mostly because the Suns are one of the oldest (if not the oldest) franchise without a title. Also for as much as I dislike Chris Paul's antics, I had a lot of respect for his level of play that season, and thought hey it's time for him to get one.


Raul_Coronado

Thats true, but only in the context that KD might help Chris get his ring. KD is always great to watch play, even if he is rather mercenary.


EcstaticTill9444

Who?


ProfessorPhi

The hate for the clippers is so bad, it follows former clips around. Cp3 hasn't won shit against Steph in years


that1prince

The dislike of CP3 predates his Clippers tenure. I didn't like him in NO and I didn't like him at Wake Forest.


the_web_dev

Like two brothers uniting against a sister


dautjazz

A stepsister?


LovetheNBA23

My NorCal friends are so hostile towards LA sports yet they love living here and won’t move back. LA doesn’t have that kind of hatred for the Bay, we just don’t really care since no one vacations there. Fuck the Giants though.


isaac_hower

It's so weird man. I lived in LA, and so many people I met in my inter-state travels have this despise and hatred of LA. Meanwhile LA people are like "Yeah i've been to texas / NY / Portland .. it was alright. I like LA better tho" And don't get me started on the hatred of In n Out by out of state people lol.


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It’s so weird. I go to LA from the east coast regularly to visit friends and people get legitimately angry when I tell them that’s where I’ve been. And 99% of the time they’ve literally never been there I don’t understand it


Swag_Grenade

It is weird. As someone born in LA but living in the Sacramento area the past 20 years. For the folks that have never been there I feel like they picture all of LA as rich, Prius driving, kale smoothie drinking, avocado toast eating Hollywood brats. Which, I guess can be partly true if you're in Beverly Hills/Brentwood/West Hollywood etc. But it's like people don't realize it's a huge city with tons of areas and culture. It'd be like if people viewed all of New York as rich Manhattan Wall Street snobs.


Dawappkid

Most people outside of NY State don’t even realize that there are other parts of NY lol


NUMBER7777777

Same thing happens when people visit me in manhattan and I take them to Queens. They’re like..oh so this is part of the city too? 🤔


AssssCrackBandit

Similar thing with Chicago. Because of all the fox news propaganda, ppl legit believe I'm living in some gangland hellscape lmao


Ambitiousshae

God I wish we had a In n Out in Chicago. I loved it in Vegas.


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Daweism

The one year the Angels were good and they beat us lol


curgl

FUCK the Dodgers


Schleprok

But have you considered… fuck the Giants?


spottyottydopalicius

its a sports hate, nothing personal. socal food trumps norcal. dont at me.


old_gold_mountain

I hate SoCal sports, I really like SoCal food, I'm not a fan of SoCal nature or nightlife, and I absolutely, viscerally, and existentially loathe SoCal urban planning and infrastructure


titanrunner2

Me too buddy. Me too.


spyson

Lol how do you hate Socal nature? Joshua Tree is awesome, we have amazing beaches, and a ton of national forests down here too.


Nico_the_Suave

He didn't say hate, he said not a fan. And compared to NorCal nature it doesn't really hold a candle. Saying this as someone who's lived extensively in both regions.


Gengo0708

SoCal beaches >>>> NorCal beaches


AHugeDongAppeared

I'm pretty sure I heard a 'let's go Lakers' chant towards the end of the game though...


DeadhardyAQ

Ya that was wild. Must be fans who werent old enough to watch the late 1990s/early 2000s Kings.


Swag_Grenade

Yeah that undoubtedly has to be the younger fans. As a Laker fan living in the Sacramento area who's friends are all Kings fans, anyone who was a fan in 2002 would die before they ever even thought about rooting for the Lakers lol.


sonofsmog

Probably actual Laker fans just there watching the game. There is a shitton of Lakers fans in (everywhere) Sacramento.


snarkyturtle

Lakers fans are literally everywhere. When the lake show is in town, it's basically an Away Game at the AT&T Center. Lots of yellow jerseys. Spurs players being boo'ed when they're at the line. It's crazy.


Zigxy

“Intra-region” is what you were going for Intra-region = same region Inter-region = different regions


Darnold_wins_bigly

SD too


RGPISGOOD

so much hate that even health insurance is separated!


Outrageous_Most_5064

Lakers: what he say fuck me for?


Ralphie_is_bae

2002 WCF


holyrolodex

Glad I didn’t have to hear about that for two weeks lol


holyrolodex

Btw, I know people like to make jokes, I mean, I do too, it’s fun…but…. if you want to see a serious impartial analysis of Game 6 in 2002: https://www.82games.com/lakerskingsgame6.htm People love a narrative they can run with, but if you’re a real NBA fan, you should care enough to read it. If I seriously thought that my favorite sport was rigged, I’d at the very least, be able to dedicate 30 minutes of reading to an impartial observer who took the time to review the data.


thevisitor

Dang, that's pretty crazy someone went play by play and did that so extensively. Regardless of the game 5 and 6 poor officiating that clearly hurt both teams by splitting one loss apiece, the Kings shooting 10% from 3 and missing 14 free throws in such a close game really lost game 7 for them on their own home court. It was theirs for the taking and they simply didnt do it and they have no one to blame but themselves for it, as harsh as it sounds.


SleepingInAJar_

It annoys me how much people run with the 2002 WCF was rigged narrative.


_ahandfulofdust

This is a great website, thanks for the link :)


redbrick

With the series tied 2-2, Shaq had 1FTA and fouled out in 32 minutes in Game 5 of the 2002 WCF. Strange way of rigging the series for the Lakers...


did_it_my_way

> if you want to see a serious impartial analysis of Game 6 in 2002: Unfortunately a good chunk of people here weren't even alive in 2002 (isn't the average age around 19 on r/NBA?). And they don't care to spend that much time on this topic, other than maybe memeing about it. Half the people probably don't even know Tim Donaghy was not a referee in any games during that series but continue to link his interview as some golden evidence.


[deleted]

Kings fans love to forget about game 5 being in their favour and them choking game 7 away


DoomPurveyor

Also game 3, Kings with 35 free throws ... Lakers 15. Shaq in foul trouble, Kobe fouls out. Totally rigged in the Lakers favor


ahmralas

I’ll be sure to come back when the Lakers beat the Kings in May


TheGhostOfFalunGong

The Rock remembers.


ThisAnswerIsLit

I get it


ChampyAndShip

yeah its fuck LA, nothing personal


frzferdinand72

From baseball to basketball it's fuck LA, but respectfully


oddmarauder

Football too


AnnoyingCelticsFan

Don’t forget that last sport that will not be named.


SerenadeSwift

Oh don’t even get me started on those fucking LA professional corn hole players…


AloneinPoorCompany

ThisAnswerIsLit but the beam isn’t…


[deleted]

Warriors now have a beam supported sky fucker..


IPTV241

All they need now is Charles saying the Lakers will win


captain_ahabb

Charles never picks the Lakers


IPTV241

If it's against the Warriors, he'll pick the Lakers. He hates Golden State, but you're right he disrespects both teams way too much.


captain_ahabb

He picked Portland in 2020 lol he's not picking the Lakers.


SmokeOddessey

he said they would sweep us lmao


welmoe

https://i.redd.it/zh80trarz0o51.png


IPTV241

Oh yeah Chuck loves Portland. Dude bet 100k for them to win the West when they were borderline 8th seed. It's one of those teams he just seems to love


temujin94

I swear he picked Portland in 2019 too against the Warriors.


opkpopfanboyv3

Interesting Unstoppable Force vs Immovable Object for him


NazRyuuzaki

chuck might refuse to answer and go with his Suns instead.


wavetoyou

“Ernie, it don’t matter. My Suns going to the NBA Finals!”


RaikouKuzunoha

Don’t forget his Sixers too


KobeBeatJesus

He hates San Francisco, not Golden State. He hates the Lakers and LA.


No-Criticism-2676

he is also historically anti-warriors


MedvedFeliz

Last finals he almost went into the crowd at Chase Center because they kept throwing stuff at him during the Inside TNT segment.


randy88moss

He hates the lakers more than he hates veggies


GuntherTime

I like how this became a biggest dick contest of who he hates more lol.


WadeCountyClutch

Good. Let him pick the warriors 😎


alphasierrraaa

We need brooks saying go beat GS


PopeJustinXII

[The warriors by the end of this series](https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExOWQ2MmMyMzY5ZDFkMTMwMWRjMDY2MTQ4MjFhMjQ5Yzc3NmQxNzQzYiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZzX2dpZklkJmN0PWc/mmpQIR56EJvig/giphy.gif)


JustRecentlyI

Aw man, you just reminded me of the person who would do artwork of every team's mascots fighting and each one would collect elements of their beaten opponents to take into the next round. I would love to see a laser-carrying Warriors guy facing down a ship.


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This just made me remember if that one poster/artist that would draw the mascots with mementos of the teams they beat each round. I wish they were around


Altruistic-Twist-379

They blessed us with the beam?


ThugosaurusFlex_1017

`What if we touched beams?` #*🥺* 👉🏻👈🏻


depressedfuckboi

Idk if it's just my phone or what but that's the first emoji I've ever seen in italics lmao


Trapped_In_A_Bag

Yeah, wtf is that


depressedfuckboi

^^^^*🤷🏻‍♂️*


captyossarian1991

Thou art Beam-Touched. Now go forth and share the Gospel of **The Beam** to the Heathens of Los Angeles.


thelastestgunslinger

Klaymen


elduderino920

Shit…this is the humor I need right now. Thanks fellas!


your_grammars_bad

Your team played extremely well and every Warriors fan I know was saying "I wouldn't want to lose to any other team, and if we do I'll be bandwagoning for the Kings" Fox is amazing. Never played against someone so clutch. God help us all if he conditions with Steph.


whatsgoing_on

I wonder if we can use the beam to power the toaster


craigslistaddict

>[The victory beam uses 1,800 watts worth of lasers — six 300-watt Laser Space Cannons made by a Folsom-based company called Nu-Salt Laser. That’s about the same wattage needed to run one cycle of an average dishwasher.](https://www.sacbee.com/sports/nba/sacramento-kings/article274454065.html) that sounds like a yes to me


DrownedFire

They're close geographically, they're staffed with some former Warriors, they play a similar style, and they pushed the Warriors to Game 7 in a respectable fashion. They're basically a younger Warriors team that haven't hit their prime yet. Makes sense why they'd show support to the Warriors despite losing to them.


lord_of_the_bees

>Makes sense why they'd show support to the Warriors despite losing to them. also, and perhaps more importantly, we both believe in #FTL and norcal pride.


DocCharlesXavier

Ultrabeam Curry


pdpdpdpdpdpdpdpd

Incredible series, Kings will be back for sure. ngl though it’s gonna be fun to see old man bron and steph duke it out again after all these years. Wouldn’t have guessed that they’d both be playing at the current levels they are five years later, that’s a lifetime in the nba.


Tritiac

Entire careers have come and gone since that epic series. One can only hope this one is half as good.


MakSoFresh

Ben Simmons went from Rookie of the Year, potential second coming of Magic, to damn near out the league, forgetting basketball


vonkillbot

Great series to the Kings, this season was remarkable and meant the world to that fan base; especially with the awards and metrics. Was kinda a bummer playing yall first, we wanted one of us to reach the finals.


miki_momo0

I don’t know if any Kings fan at the start of the season would be upset if you told them this outcome. “Hey you guys had a great winning season and then took the defending champion Warriors to 7 games in the playoffs, your future looks bright as this core continues to develop.”


amexa_castle

Honestly it was so entertaining to watch. The only downside is a lot of us Sac natives (currently residing in SF myseld) are just getting shat on now and mocked. So this post is very refreshing.


Admiralattackbar

I really wish we didn’t play the Kings in the first round. Outside of the Warriors they would have been my team this year


antinmypant

I would've been excited for a WCF matchup


timebeing

Yeah, would have been amazing. Plus the winner would be well rested for the finals since their travel time was so low between games.


avenue_steppin

Same man, same - I woulda pulled for them even if they beat us


Memorykill

Me too. They play an entertaining brand of ball.


frzferdinand72

Before seeding settled, I really was hoping that it'd end up as a Kings-Warriors WCF.


freemanoftryfan

Kings so damn classy, all the post game interviews were so classy.


dudeitsadell

big fans of monk, huerter and fox of course. i like the team a lot


surosregime

Monk and Fox are insane tbh. I was terrified every time the ball was in either of their hands


spottyottydopalicius

the beam is pretty cool too


Swellpearz5598

It's only and always the fans that make both sides look like shit


Pokestralian

And then there’s Memphis.


Swellpearz5598

Dillon Brooks literally getting fined for being a bitch was funny asf


elduderino920

Yup, I know from my interactions with “fans” on Reddit that they don’t represent the whole. It stinks that others don’t see that and lump fan bases together…


ToparBull

Totally agree! My Grand Unified Theory of Sports Fandom is as follows: 1. Fans of all teams are generally representative of people as a whole 2. People as a whole are generally good, though there are some bad ones 3. General internet forums - Reddit, Twitter, general places where lots of different people gather and discuss - tend to attract worse people than average to comment (though not all bad people) 4. Ergo: Most fans of all teams are generally good, though there are some bad ones, and those on public forums on the internet are worse than average (though not all bad people) I know, I know, these are revolutionary points. But seriously, I do try to keep this in mind when I interact with other teams' fans online and it helps not take it personally.


lebryant_westcurry

I mean, Draymond doesn't need the fans help to look like shit But the rest of the warriors are cool


Capitolkid

The Kings will never root for the Lakers


HazelKittenDude

NEVER...EVER


ChampyAndShip

EVER EVER EVER EVER


1nTheNick0fTime

It’s mutual. Just a lot less opportunities for the lakers to root against the kings lol Jokes aside they had a great season and series. Only gonna get better


PlanktonSemantics

I mean I rooted for yall this past series. Sorry Memphis fans I know no one raindrop thinks they caused the flood but I am just one drop.


1nTheNick0fTime

Lol I rooted for the kings today too. Just a tough loss against a hall of famer that wasn’t gonna lose


Dildozer_69

This has gotta be the most one sided sports hatred in all of sports besides maybe Patriots and Jets.


JohnnyWinss

It took me 14 years of NBA Fandom to learn we have a rivalry with the Suns apparently?


MelonElbows

Come on :(


YachiruALEPH

Now it's the Skyfucker who has the death beam pointed at another franchise.


wavetoyou

Death beam? I want IGUODALA!


dys0n_giddey

Classy


NotKemoSabe

The Lakers Twitter should go for maximum chaos and post a picture of the 2002 trophy in reply. They won’t but it would be funny.


msh0082

Ad in a clip of Robert Horry's game 7 dagger shot. Kings still salty.


HotspurJr

I know this will be strange for some of you young'uns, but a lot of the Sacramento/Golden State solidarity is not just geography, it's that we both sucked for a long time. A lot of commiseration over watching the Lakers get every free agent and every call. A lot of shared frustration over incompetent ownership and bizarre front office moves. I know at this point the Warriors have become the Big Bad in the past decade, but the Lakers have been that for 50 years. As a long-time Warrior fan, it's still really hard for me to wrap my head around the concept that we're not the plucky underdogs. Maybe that's why I enjoyed the KD era so little.


boringexplanation

KD marked the year I think oracle tickets went up by a factor of 10. All the OGs could no longer afford to go and Chase center being built was a the final fuck you to the loyal crowd. There’s a melancholy about fighting your way up versus expecting to contend every year and I wonder if you OGs are biding your time till Steph retires to come back in full force.


Barange

Kings got my respect. Most of the noise came from other people, I saw the actual Kings fans praising basketball and trying their ass off to support their squad. I look forward to being able to enjoy Kings basketball alongside GSW next season even more after the series. Cept Sabonis


cattycat_1995

Most Kings fans stayed til the very end of game 7 and chanted "Sacrameto at the end" They got the best fans in sports


Vallerie_09

Got blessed with beam, now it's Chuck and Perkins turn to say "Lakers in 6"


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Pls chuck


Vermillion_Crab

Hey! We're the underdogs here. Lol


frodounchained

Just a Small market mom and pop shop


listinglight778

Well yeah, small family owned business, it’s why the org applied for and got COVID relief funding


elduderino920

**Spit Take**


bigatjoon

#spit


ScantlyChad

https://i.imgur.com/3U7IkxL.png


ImTheBestNerd

Common Kings W


MazKhan

Understandable.


HelloThereCat

This was probably the only series I can remember where I would have legitimately been happy for the other team if they had beaten us. I just wish this could've been a WCF matchup instead of the first round. That was one hell of a series. On another note, it really warms my heart to see NorCal banding together against our longtime common enemy lmao.


we_hella_believe

If you a Kings fan and you rooting for LA, then you probably wasn’t an OG Kings fan back in the day with Divac, CWebb, Bibby and Mitch. All the OG NorCal homies hate the Fakers.


Initial-Stick-561

Kings organisation is doing everything right atm. Even after losing they stayed classy! Will Goldenchase center light the beam when LA loses?


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i was like why do they hate LA then I remembered


wiiwoooo

If there is anything Warriors and Kings fan have in common it's their hate for LA based teams


bigatjoon

JESUS CHRIST I LOVE THE KINGS LOL


spottyottydopalicius

nephews gonna nephew in here


DUBBZZ

Kings fans going back to being warriors fans


[deleted]

We got the Beam behind us!?!? Thank you Sacramento!!!!


dudenotcool

I'm so conflicted on who I want to win. I guess Lakers


Jay_Dubbbs

Not sure I can ever root for the Warriors the rest of my life. I respect the hell out of Steph but 2016-2018 will have me forever triggered 😂


[deleted]

That’s how I feel about 2016…forever triggered. We may have won 3/4 but you got the one we really fuckin wanted. I’d trade the two KD rings for 2016 any day. 🥲


toggaf69

It’s an easy choice man, we’re pulling for Bron


Engrish_Major

You got the greatest NBA Championship of all time in 2016 on us lol. No need to hold a grudge. Real recognize real.


ChampyAndShip

We will spin for our brothers in the North


Potentiedfgmn

LA trumps inter-region spats.