Doc Rivers: "Lakers are the best franchise in the history of sports"

[Sccit]

the Yankees were not the Yankees in 1901, do your research you silly Lakers homer.

it's still the same franchise, phoenix fan

[Hack Wilson - real]

so you celebrate wins based in the midwest before the Lakers ever moved to LA?   you never answered that.


anyways there's a reason why the NBA recognizes the celtics as the team with the most titles.  fact.

[Sccit]

so you celebrate wins based in the midwest before the Lakers ever moved to LA?   you never answered that.


anyways there's a reason why the NBA recognizes the celtics as the team with the most titles.  fact.

yea, because the laker franchise started in detroit, moved to minneapolis, and finally found a home in LA. gotta embrace our past...why wouldnt i? i wouldnt even mention that if i were u, considerin u root for a team that doesnt even play in ur city.


and the reason the nba recognizes baa titles and not nbl titles is because the baa officially became the nba when the baa and nbl merged....thats all technical shit, tho, because they actually absorbed more nbl founded teams than baa founded teams.


if were arguing franchises, lakers have 17 titles as a franchise...and once again, have won titles/been relevant in every era and been champions of 3 seperate leagues. the hat-trick. cant fuck wit it.

[Hack Wilson - real]

17 > 16


surprised your school systems out in Cali don't teach basic math

[whoisthis]

NOT SPINNING ANYTHING...IM STATING FACTS. LEARN THE DIFFERENCE.

Of course you are. Everything I posted was a fact, as well. Learn the difference.

27 Rings > 16
27 Rings > 17
13 Losses > 15
27-13 > 16-15
27-13 > 17-15
27/101 < 16/65
27/101 < 17/65
16/65 < 17/65
17/65 = 17/65
27/101 > 11/102

These are all factual numbers

The most impressive? 27 Rings to 11.

The next best Baseball team needs 16 more rings to even tie the Yankees. The Lakers are behind (or tied depending who [NIK] you talk to) the Celtics. Based on this FACT and all of the other facts: Yankees are the best franchise ever in Sports.

Lastly,

Ruth. Mantle. DiMaggio. Gehrig. Jeter. Berra. Mattingly. Rivera. Jackson. > Johnson. Bryant. Jabbar. West. Baylor. O'Neal. Worthy. Goodrich. Chamberlain.

And when you look at that list for the Yankees, there's still so many players that I haven't even listed.

[Hack Wilson - real]

also the Yankees have 16 more titles than the nearest team. Hard to refute that Nikki.

[Hack Wilson - real]

true, Kobe Bryant has nothing on Mariano Rivera.  Rivera is the best player ever at his position...Kobe?  not even close.

[Chamillitary Click]

I've already spoken countlessly on this forum about the integrity of the NBA. It's embarrassing that two teams (Celtics and Lakers) have combined more titles than the rest of the league in history.

Even more that in theory, the Bulls could of won eight titles in one decade.

[Sccit]

NOT SPINNING ANYTHING...IM STATING FACTS. LEARN THE DIFFERENCE.

Of course you are. Everything I posted was a fact, as well. Learn the difference.

27 Rings > 16
27 Rings > 17
13 Losses > 15
27-13 > 16-15
27-13 > 17-15
27/101 < 16/65
27/101 < 17/65
16/65 < 17/65
17/65 = 17/65
27/101 > 11/102

These are all factual numbers

The most impressive? 27 Rings to 11.

The next best Baseball team needs 16 more rings to even tie the Yankees. The Lakers are behind (or tied depending who [NIK] you talk to) the Celtics. Based on this FACT and all of the other facts: Yankees are the best franchise ever in Sports.

Lastly,

Ruth. Mantle. DiMaggio. Gehrig. Jeter. Berra. Mattingly. Rivera. Jackson. > Johnson. Bryant. Jabbar. West. Baylor. O'Neal. Worthy. Goodrich. Chamberlain.

And when you look at that list for the Yankees, there's still so many players that I haven't even listed.

just because theres more competitive teams in basketball than there is in baseball doesnt change the fact that the lakers STILL have a higher success rate.


and at the end of the day, thats all it really comes down to


i do gota say, arguing baseball players vs basketball players with a ">" sign has to be one of the more retarded things i've witnessed in this sports section lol...and trust me, i've seen a lot of retardation around here. i know hack liked that one, tho


anyways, we just goin in circles...i really dont see the point. ur just gunna say "but the yankees have more titles and are more dominant" again, and im just gunna reply with "but the lakers have a higher success rate".........................................

[whoisthis]

I've already spoken countlessly on this forum about the integrity of the NBA. It's embarrassing that two teams (Celtics and Lakers) have combined more titles than the rest of the league in history.

Even more that in theory, the Bulls could of won eight titles in one decade.

Yeah. Basketball is a Sport where 9 out of 10 times the team with the Best player at that time wins.

In Baseball, I direct your attention the 2011 Dodgers. Kemp was the 2nd runner up to Braun in the MVP race and Kershaw was the NL Cy Young. The team barely played .500. Baseball is a true team sport. You won't win based on the fact that you have a guy hitting 50+ home runs in a season, ask the Orioles. You won't win even if you have the best lights out pitcher.

just because theres more competitive teams in basketball than there is in baseball doesnt change the fact that the lakers STILL have a higher success rate.


and at the end of the day, thats all it really comes down to


i do gota say, arguing baseball players vs basketball players with a ">" sign has to be one of the more retarded things i've witnessed in this sports section lol...and trust me, i've seen a lot of retardation around here. i know hack liked that one, tho


anyways, we just goin in circles...i really dont see the point. ur just gunna say "but the yankees have more titles and are more dominant" again, and im just gunna reply with "but the lakers have a higher success rate".........................................

ANNNNNND now we know you've nothing else to say when the insults come out.

You must not understand Baseball at all if you think there are not that many competitive teams. Sorry, but that's a fact. You cannot sit here with a straight face and tell me you understand Baseball if you think that's true.

But, the fact remains, the Celtics have the same success rate as the Lakers and the Yankees are a mere 1.8% away.

What you fail to understand is that I'm not "arguing baseball players vs basketball players." I'm stating the fact that the Yankees have had many more ICONS/LEGENDS play for their squads, as opposed to the Lakers.

[Sccit]

I've already spoken countlessly on this forum about the integrity of the NBA. It's embarrassing that two teams (Celtics and Lakers) have combined more titles than the rest of the league in history.

Even more that in theory, the Bulls could of won eight titles in one decade.

Yeah. Basketball is a Sport where 9 out of 10 times the team with the Best player at that time wins.

In Baseball, I direct your attention the 2011 Dodgers. Kemp was the 2nd runner up to Braun in the MVP race and Kershaw was the NL Cy Young. The team barely played .500. Baseball is a true team sport. You won't win based on the fact that you have a guy hitting 50+ home runs in a season, ask the Orioles. You won't win even if you have the best lights out pitcher.

just because theres more competitive teams in basketball than there is in baseball doesnt change the fact that the lakers STILL have a higher success rate.


and at the end of the day, thats all it really comes down to


i do gota say, arguing baseball players vs basketball players with a ">" sign has to be one of the more retarded things i've witnessed in this sports section lol...and trust me, i've seen a lot of retardation around here. i know hack liked that one, tho


anyways, we just goin in circles...i really dont see the point. ur just gunna say "but the yankees have more titles and are more dominant" again, and im just gunna reply with "but the lakers have a higher success rate".........................................

ANNNNNND now we know you've nothing else to say when the insults come out.

You must not understand Baseball at all if you think there are not that many competitive teams. Sorry, but that's a fact. You cannot sit here with a straight face and tell me you understand Baseball if you think that's true.

But, the fact remains, the Celtics have the same success rate as the Lakers and the Yankees are a mere 1.8% away.

What you fail to understand is that I'm not "arguing baseball players vs basketball players." I'm stating the fact that the Yankees have had many more ICONS/LEGENDS play for their squads, as opposed to the Lakers.

insults? where did i insult u?? thats just how i speak mayn...if it offends u, im sorry, but my opinion stands. that shit is straight retarded. joe dimaggio>magic johnson...lmfao. what have we come to?? as far as them bein more iconic/legendary, magic, kobe, kareem, wilt etc have been just as important to their sport than the cats u mentioned were to baseball. if u like baseball better, dimaggio, ruth, etc. etc. are better...but if u like basketball better, then u goin with magic, kareem, etc. etc. all day. theyre all the best at what they did....like i said earlier, magic, kobe, shaq, kareem etc are more recognizable on a global scale. i bet kobe has sold more jerseys world-wide than babe ruth...can some1 look into that?

and what i was sayin was that just because the lakers have a franchise almost as good as them in the nba, while the yankees dont, should not take away from what the lakers accomplished. celtics are also better than any mlb franchise outside of the yankees, so that point is moot.

[whoisthis]

You still don't get it though. I'm not comparing Joe DiMaggio's 56 Game Hitting Streak to Magic's career APG still being the highest in the league. That's exactly what I'm NOT doing.

What am I saying is: The amount of Legendary/Iconic Players on the Yankees > Lakers

They are all equally as important to their sport, but we're talking about some of these Yankee legends came before TV was showing Baseball, or just plain before a majority of people had TV.

We can't compare a "Global Impact" like Jersey sales. Of course Kobe is selling more jerseys than Babe Ruth. How are you even asking that? Kobe has played on TV his entire career, Babe Ruth was just a name on the Radio and a picture in the Paper. Is that what we've come to?

My entire point of listing players was to show the sheer amount of top notch players that graced a Yankee uniform for longer than a season or 2. Look at the Yankees list, it never falls off. The Laker list with names like Worthy and Goodrich doesn't stand as tall. 2 great players, sure, but they're not Mariano Rivera or Reggie Jackson in their sport. Hell, I don't think they're even Munson or Maris of their sport.

[Sccit]

You still don't get it though. I'm not comparing Joe DiMaggio's 56 Game Hitting Streak to Magic's career APG still being the highest in the league. That's exactly what I'm NOT doing.

What am I saying is: The amount of Legendary/Iconic Players on the Yankees > Lakers

They are all equally as important to their sport, but we're talking about some of these Yankee legends came before TV was showing Baseball, or just plain before a majority of people had TV.

We can't compare a "Global Impact" like Jersey sales. Of course Kobe is selling more jerseys than Babe Ruth. How are you even asking that? Kobe has played on TV his entire career, Babe Ruth was just a name on the Radio and a picture in the Paper. Is that what we've come to?

My entire point of listing players was to show the sheer amount of top notch players that graced a Yankee uniform for longer than a season or 2. Look at the Yankees list, it never falls off. The Laker list with names like Worthy and Goodrich doesn't stand as tall. 2 great players, sure, but they're not Mariano Rivera or Reggie Jackson in their sport. Hell, I don't think they're even Munson or Maris of their sport.

lol yes they are..i personally knew of james worthy way before any player on ur yankee list not named babe ruth. seriously, how many rappers have rapped the name james worthy? it's gotta be more than any yankee player.

but the point is, the names magic johnson, shaq and kobe bryant are easily globally as recognized as any yankee player EVER and then some...i bet the lakers also sell more merchandise than the yankees globally. lakers are simply a bigger brand, synonymous with coca-cola and mcdonalds..with merchandide and marketting, no one's touching the lakeshow..a straight empire. in about 20 years, a lot of kids probably wont even know who joe dimaggio was...baseball is seriously phasing out and is slowly becoming nothing more than a past-time, while basketball is rapidly growing internationally. it wont be long before the entire world officially recognizes the lakers as the GOAT sports franchise.

[M Dogg™]

You still don't get it though. I'm not comparing Joe DiMaggio's 56 Game Hitting Streak to Magic's career APG still being the highest in the league. That's exactly what I'm NOT doing.

What am I saying is: The amount of Legendary/Iconic Players on the Yankees > Lakers

They are all equally as important to their sport, but we're talking about some of these Yankee legends came before TV was showing Baseball, or just plain before a majority of people had TV.

We can't compare a "Global Impact" like Jersey sales. Of course Kobe is selling more jerseys than Babe Ruth. How are you even asking that? Kobe has played on TV his entire career, Babe Ruth was just a name on the Radio and a picture in the Paper. Is that what we've come to?

My entire point of listing players was to show the sheer amount of top notch players that graced a Yankee uniform for longer than a season or 2. Look at the Yankees list, it never falls off. The Laker list with names like Worthy and Goodrich doesn't stand as tall. 2 great players, sure, but they're not Mariano Rivera or Reggie Jackson in their sport. Hell, I don't think they're even Munson or Maris of their sport.

lol yes they are..i personally knew of james worthy way before any player on ur yankee list not named babe ruth. seriously, how many rappers have rapped the name james worthy? it's gotta be more than any yankee player.

but the point is, the names magic johnson, shaq and kobe bryant are easily globally as recognized as any yankee player EVER and then some...i bet the lakers also sell more merchandise than the yankees globally. lakers are simply a bigger brand, synonymous with coca-cola and mcdonalds..with merchandide and marketting, no one's touching the lakeshow..a straight empire. in about 20 years, a lot of kids probably wont even know who joe dimaggio was...baseball is seriously phasing out and is slowly becoming nothing more than a past-time, while basketball is rapidly growing internationally. it wont be long before the entire world officially recognizes the lakers as the GOAT sports franchise.

Man, Not according to Forbes. Forbes has the Yankees as #3 and the Lakers at #48 on value. Knicks are #1 selling merch of basketball teams, Yankees are #1 in baseball and #3 globally. So merch sales is a very BAD way to judge GOAT franchises.

[Sccit]

You still don't get it though. I'm not comparing Joe DiMaggio's 56 Game Hitting Streak to Magic's career APG still being the highest in the league. That's exactly what I'm NOT doing.

What am I saying is: The amount of Legendary/Iconic Players on the Yankees > Lakers

They are all equally as important to their sport, but we're talking about some of these Yankee legends came before TV was showing Baseball, or just plain before a majority of people had TV.

We can't compare a "Global Impact" like Jersey sales. Of course Kobe is selling more jerseys than Babe Ruth. How are you even asking that? Kobe has played on TV his entire career, Babe Ruth was just a name on the Radio and a picture in the Paper. Is that what we've come to?

My entire point of listing players was to show the sheer amount of top notch players that graced a Yankee uniform for longer than a season or 2. Look at the Yankees list, it never falls off. The Laker list with names like Worthy and Goodrich doesn't stand as tall. 2 great players, sure, but they're not Mariano Rivera or Reggie Jackson in their sport. Hell, I don't think they're even Munson or Maris of their sport.

lol yes they are..i personally knew of james worthy way before any player on ur yankee list not named babe ruth. seriously, how many rappers have rapped the name james worthy? it's gotta be more than any yankee player.

but the point is, the names magic johnson, shaq and kobe bryant are easily globally as recognized as any yankee player EVER and then some...i bet the lakers also sell more merchandise than the yankees globally. lakers are simply a bigger brand, synonymous with coca-cola and mcdonalds..with merchandide and marketting, no one's touching the lakeshow..a straight empire. in about 20 years, a lot of kids probably wont even know who joe dimaggio was...baseball is seriously phasing out and is slowly becoming nothing more than a past-time, while basketball is rapidly growing internationally. it wont be long before the entire world officially recognizes the lakers as the GOAT sports franchise.

Man, Not according to Forbes. Forbes has the Yankees as #3 and the Lakers at #48 on value. Knicks are #1 selling merch of basketball teams, Yankees are #1 in baseball and #3 globally. So merch sales is a very BAD way to judge GOAT franchises.

u tellin me yankees sell more merchandise world-wide than lakers? thats hard for me to believe..u got a source on that?