@BigMakAtk@WITNESSKJ@TheFanLA It was ring chasing when Malone and Payton joined la back then imo and I do agree it is more popular now. The whole league thing ring chasing thing is a bit of reach imo
The discourse about whether or not LeBron was “appreciated” in LA is very exhausting. You guys need to understand this app isn’t the real world. It’s filled with trolls and attention-seeking grifters.
I believe he was very much appreciated by the majority of LA fans. Are there a minority who probably wish he never chose LA because of the whole Kobe/Bron debates? Maybe.
But there also Heat fans that’s been beefing with him since we left and Cavs fans who are upset Bron keeps spurning them. They’re not the majority.
But real LA fans appreciated that he came to a franchise that was floundering, delivered a title, and kept them afloat for nearly a decade.
And if it’s a matter of him not being treated like Kobe, we’re talking a guy who built 20 years of equity and five banners. For someone who’s Laker career started at 34, that was always an impossible benchmark. But he was still great in his own way.
If I’m wrong, so be it.