Comments about ‘Purple and gold: Utahns hate L.A.’

Why hate the Lakers? They are an organization of tradition and relish time of success. History makes up the Lakers to be the team they are now. Every other team, fans, cities are jealous of the Lakers and maybe Celtics because of their constant winning and being on top. Go Lakers!

Hey im in this series deep. I am a die hard Jazz fan always have been. I took a jump this summer and I am now living in Southern California for work. It's terrible being in the land of the enemy. Not to mention both of my roommates are lakers fans. I here people talk bad about the Jazz all the time down here and it makes my blood boil. HELP ME!!!!

i can't believe Rock hasn't seen Laker fans in salt lake. watch a Lakers at Jazz game. gold jerseys are everywhere. i heard that many Los Angeles native college students who attend BYU and Utah drive all the way to Salt Lake to root for their Lakers. i bet, outside of jazz fans, there are more lakers fans than any other team.

hey rock, i dont know anyone who is upset about shaq slapping ostertag. it was hilarious actually.

LA going down. Jazz in 6. -roll one for the jazz-

I hate the Lakers for two reasons. Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant. Both are arrogant punks who disgrace the game of basketball. They represent, more than anyone else in the league, past or present, what is wrong with the NBA. Their emphasis is on individual performance and obscene, (see your new Catholic seven deadly sins list, by the way) financial reward. Coach Sloan is the antithesis of those things. He tries every year to build a great TEAM with whatever players he has. He doesn't whine to Larry Miller or Kevin O'Connor about not having superstars. He works hard and teaches his players to win. I know Sloan is one of highest paid coaches in the league, but look at his demeanor. He'd fit right in at the dinner table of any working class family. Phil Jackson would scoff at such a thought. I say, knock him and his Lakers of their high horse, once and for all. Jazz in 6. I hope Phil brings his earplugs.

You have to read the article to find that he says Utahns hate the Lakers, not L.A. itself. Half of us either come from southern California or have parents or grandparents from there. Plus, we spend most of our vacation money there. Most of us don't hate the city of L.A. by any means.

Finally, there are significant reasons to intensely dislike the Lakers, but anyone who truly *hates* a SPORTS TEAM needs to come back and join reality. And I'd say it's very few Jazz fans who actually hate the Lakers. We just dislike them. A lot.

GO JAZZ!

It's Phil Jackson. I can't stand the sanctimonious pompous zenmeister. It would be profoundly satisfactory to send him and the Lakers packing. However the Jazz will definitely need their A+ game. The article is right; nothing worse then a arrogant blowhard that is able to back it up.

Whey hate the Lakers. You guys embaressed us in 1997 and 1998 in the playoffs. I still remember. Hopefully its payback time. Go Lakers

I love it that you guys hate us. It means we've gotten under your skin, are wrankling your nerves. It means you understand that we're a great franchise, with the best player in the league. It means you're jealous. Muahahahahahh!!!!!!!

On the other hand - as a fan of just the game and not purely a Laker fan - Williams is a phenomenal player. We recognize Utah and their skills, their coach. So as a fan of the game, let me say I'm really looking forward to some great basketball. It could be really, really close, this series.

Hey, Help me!, take solace in the fact that all the talk and fame and national TV time mean nothing. What matters is what happens on the court. The Jazz might not win this series because they don't have home court advantage, but they will certainly give a good accounting of themselves. And if Utah wins, the Lakers will hate Utah, too, just as they did when the Jazz used to beat the Lakers during the Stockton/Malone era. Didn't Utah sweep the Lakers one year?

By the way, some of the ladies I know hate Kobe because he cheated on his wife. And that is something that they don't forget. Every time they see his mug on TV, they see a cheater.

kobe pure plain and simple

After this series, Uthans will have more reasons to hate the Lakers, they are the gift that keeps on giving for your fans.

Lakers in 4.

1988 Bobby Hansen...living in CA and being a Jazz fan is tough, but I cheer for Jazz regardless. It should be noted that we are 2-1 historically in the playoffs against the Lakers...

LAKER HATER!!!

The reason most people dislike LA & Boston is because of envy. My reason is somewhat different because I do appreciate good basketball and talent, but I can't absolutely stand whinners and crybabys that think the world owes them something. Kobe cried all off-season and pre-season about wanting to be traded to a contender or insisted the Lakers immediately get some new players to satisfy his need for the limelight. All the web sites, print and broadcast media just dwelled on this crap daily. Its like the Knicks have been all season- nothing but ink and exposure all year. Who cares? Certainly not this blogger. And people wonder why we hate these prima-donnas? Give me a break.

Thats not true I live in utah and i love the lakers. The MVP is on this team. They don't even have their full power on this team. Andrew Bynum will be back next season and the lakers will be even better. This lineup gives me chills- Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom,
Pau Gasol, and Andrew Bynum. But i love the jazz too. So it will be an interesting series

B has it right. I loved the Lakers when they had Magic. There was a fantastic tradition. I still love the Celtics.

Sadly, that tradition is gone. And it has nothing to do with envy, it has everything to do with money.

Now with Kobe and Jackson, foul.

And all the bragging this year about how they were able to pull it off when no one expected them to. Ummm, that would be because of a ridiculous fire sale of Gasol. Rather than thanking the Grizzlies, they take the credit (How ever did we do it, we even amaze ourselves).

When there was tradition, I loved the Lakers. Now it is a money thing, and L.A. has the money. Part of why I love the Jazz is because they do what they do without spending money for huge name players. They are number 26 out of 30 for salaries, yet they ended the season with the league's 8th best percentage (and the league's best since getting rid of that guy that no one even remembers for Korver).

Thank you, Jerry Sloan, for consistent class and instilling that within the players.

What a surprise that the petty envious Jazz fans hate another team especially one that is rich in tradition. Stop your crying and start winning championships. Maybe the problem is that many of the great athletes do not want to play for the Jazz because of the people in Utah who are haters. Stop your hating and maybe more players will want to play and live in Utah. Good luck in the playoffs and may the better team win.

Jazz fan or not, Kobe just isn't a likable person. Up until this year, he has been a horrible teammate as well. Just last summer, the guy is trashing up and coming Laker center Andrew Bynum & GM Mitch Kupchak to anyone in the greater LA area that cared to listen to him.

Why? Because Kobe was so selfish while Shaq was there that he forced the organization's hand just so he could try to show the world that he could win by himself. When things didn't go well the first few years, Kobe starts whining and lashing out at management, teammates, etc. instead of looking at himself in them mirror.

He is the epitome of the self centered, egotistical, and arrogant player that has made the NBA distasteful to so many fans over the past decade.

If the guy had any character or decency, he would have made a public apology for his words and actions over the past several years to him teammates and Mitch Kupchak. Of course, Kobe is to self absorbed and arrogant to every humble himself to the ponit where he could admit he is wrong and apologize. He just isn't a good human being.

Ya like Karl Malone didn't cry every season he didn't get a raise and like John Stockton wasn't a complete jerk when asked for a simple autograph. You hate the Lakers because they win period. That's why all teams in every sport are hated. No one hates a loser except their own fans. "Reason" get a clue.

Hate! That's down right scary. To feel such animonsity for anyone or anything is pathetic to say the least. I would put individuals with such deep emotional hatred as the same people you see in road rage or getting in someones faces and threatening physical harm. What is it with people today who harvest such anger that they detach themselves from any compassion or empathy. Ok, there are sports teams who obviously have great fans and who support them and cheer them on, but to HATE another team is a deterioration as human beings. Common people, what happen to sportsmanship. No wander our youngins are learning that hatred and violence is the norm. Ya know usually when a team wins or is ahead in the finals it's because they are the better players at the present and it's up to the other team to step it up a notch. Negetive feelings and ranting and raving only hurts the individual. Take control of your emotions people. HATE?