Laker FO Skipped a Few Moments for their 60th Celebration

By Craig Kwasniewski

Got my Laker season tickets in the mail today. Despite all the crap this summer, it's still really cool when I get them.... it's sorta like Christmas in October.

I gotta admit, the whole ticket package is really slick this year. The booklet is bound at the top (ring binder) with two tickets to each page with a dedication/memory to the last 60 years for each page. It definitely gives you this big game feel for the season (despite the heavy sucking this year). Needless to say, I am pumped that the season is right around the corner... no seriously.

Anyway, the Lakers are really playing the 60 year anniversary angle. As Jerry Buss ghost-writes:

As we celebrate our 60th season as an NBA franchise during the upcoming 2007-08 season, we've chosen to acknowledge some of the most significant moments in Lakers history, as depicted in the images on the tickets in your season ticket book.

Here's a few "moments" that the Laker brass shockingly omitted:

-The Shaq Trade
-Colorado Rape Case
-Radmanovic's snowboarding injury
-The Devean George Era
-A.I. walking over a prone Tyronn Lue after hitting a clutch jumper in 2001
-The Rudy T Era
-AIDS
-The 1981 firing of Paul Westhead courtesy of Magic
-AC Green NOT having sex
-The Rodman Era (my favorite non-Phil Jackson era of all time… all 4 weeks)
-The Kurt Rambis as a Head Coach era
-"Cancun!!!"
-The Samaki Walker Era
-Club Ced
-Isiah Rider referring to "Coach Philip"
-The Chucky Atkins Era
-The Lakers blowing a 3-1 lead over PHX
-The Rudy T Era (worth noting twice… it was very Greise-esque)

(This is a good time to mention that as a Bears fan, will the Buccaneers, Broncos and Dolphins fans please remind Lovie Smith that Brian Greise is worse than Rex Grossman. BRING BACK THE NECKBEARD!!!)

ANYWAY, maybe the Lakers will honor these "moments" in their playoff season ticket package. That brings up a good point, should they print playoff tickets for a below .500 team?

Comments

[coach]

the lakers' p.r. man should make sure the writers of Entourage is aware !

[basketbawful]

Don't forget:

*Losing in the NBA Finals SIX TIMES during the 60s.

*Losing the '69 Finals to an ancient Celtics team despite having the three best players on the planet.

*Losing the '70 Finals despite the fact that the Knicks' best player was essentially crippled.

*1974-75's 30-win season when the team featured a motley crew of Gail Goodrich, Lucius Allen, Elmore Smith, Brian Winters, Happy Hairston, and Cazzie Russell.

*Getting busted up by Bill Walton and the Portland Trailblazers in the '77 WCFs (Walton totally dominated Kareem).

*Getting swept in the '83 Finals.

*The Kurt Rambis clothesline.

*Choking up the '84 Finals.

*Getting upended in the '86 WCFs, robbing the Celtics of a chance to pummel them in the Finals.

*Getting swept in the '89 Finals after Magic and Byron Scott got hurt.

*Magic's aborted comeback, highlighted by Karl Malone saying he wouldn't want to play on the same court as the HIV-infected Johnson.

*Letting Phoenix off the hook in the first round of the '93 playoffs, after building a 2-0 lead in the best of five series.

*The Magic Johnson-as-head-coach Era.

*Magic's second comeback, during which he weighed 500 pounds, fueded with teammates, and got ejected for bumping a ref before bowing out to a flawed Houston team in the first round of the playoffs.

*Getting pummeled by the Jazz (4-1) in the '97 WCS's, highlighted by Kobe's hot-dogging airballs.

*Winning 61 games but still getting swept by the Jazz in the '98 WCFs.

*Misdiagnosing Karl Malone's ligament tear in 2003.

*Getting absolutely embarrassed by the Pistons in the 2004 NBA Finals after assembling a team that should have won 70 games.

*Letting Kobe play GM starting in the 2004-05 season.

There's more, but even I feel a little sorry for the Lakers at this point.

[Craig]

How did I forget the Magic Johnson comeback in 1996? Hell, I went to a few of those games. Obviously I'm still in preaseason mode.

I'm glad Basketbawful is there to add to the Lakers woes. Good stuff.

[BigPoppaPump]

Walton did not dominate Kareem in '77 -- it was the other way around. Kareem outscored him by a decisive 30-19 average shooting 61 percent from the field compared to Walton's 52 percent effort, he outrebounded him by around a 16-14 average and outdid him in blocks by a near 4-2 margin. Portland won in a sweep because w/out Lucius Allen the Lakers couldn't come close to competing with the Trailblazers in the backcourt and w/out Kermit Washington they had no one to nuetralize Lucas. The Walton dominated Kareem story is complete revisionist BS -- Kareem just owned him

[one dollar clocks]

yeah,i like it very much,so glad to see it

[nike air max 90]

how many times do the Spurs have to win the championship to get respect? How many of their players have to win international championships? I know you guys are Mav's fans but come on! Give respect where its

[dollar shops]

Expenses are at every step and you are the only one who spend money without much thinking!

[jerseysusa]

We felt our start last year put us in a rough spot all year long," coach Joel Quenneville told the Blackhawks' official website. "We know the value of where they are. Teams are ready for you coming off that type of season."They've been busy but they are still a dangerous team.