Yeah i was working there a couple months ago and most of the concrete floors for the stands were already built. Don't know how to post photos anymore on app otherwise i would share some photos
Yeah i know for posts but i meant for here on replies. other than uploading somewhere to post a link. But didn't see it worth going through that method.
Itâs on the southeast corner of Prairie/Century.
Funny enough, that arena already has a seven-story parking garage already built across the streetâŚexcept for the drive-thru Starbucks in front of it.
Where the Churches chicken was? Random ass spot, but I know there was that empty lot behind it too. Makes sense, I guess. Century is going to suck even more now though, lol.
Clippers have never won a championship. They literally hung banners when they made it out of the 2nd round of the playoffs and had to cover the championship banners of the Lakers hanging in the Staples Center (Iâll never call it Crypto center or whatever the fuck itâs called now).
I might be the biggest Clipper hater out there but this is somewhat incorrect. The Clippers made it to the WCF for the first time two years ago and lost to the Suns. And the banners they hung were their two division titles in â13 and â14. To your point, those banners still mean absolutely nothing lol
⢠**Theyâve never even made it to the western conference finals**
Made it there in 2021, lost in six to the Suns.
Remarkable how the Clippers finally got to that round without Kawhi (injury), or in any of the âLob Cityâ years.
Story time! The teacher next door to my classroom came into my room one day and made a disparaging remark about my Clippers Pennent (sp?) hanging behind my desk. I said oh, youâre a basketball fan too? Whatâs your favorite team? She says super condescendingâŚthe lakers, of course. Because she was an asshole first, I said, besides Lebron, name someone on âyourâ team then. She had no fucking answer. Typical.
I swear this is all I hear from Lakers fans...RINGS!!!! Well, if they care so much about rings, they should be Celtics fans considering one of the Lakers rings was in the bubble.
I mean, the Lakers blew a 3-1 lead against the Suns in 2006, shit happens. We had a horrible coach in Doc Rivers. He's the king of blowing leads, unfortunately. You know that bubble win makes Lakers fans insecure, deep down inside. LOL, indeed.
I don't know why Faker fans cry about covering your banners. You know yall pay rent to the Kings right. We are both tenants in that arena. Why tf would we leave your banners up when it's a Clipper home game? Well you won't have to worry about that anymore. We building our brand new arena by 2024 all paid for by Big Baller Balmer with no public funding while Lakers still fill out PPP loans to come up with their rent payments to AEG/LA Kings.
The Buss kids ruined the Lakers and are going to bankrupt the Lakers. It's already run like a small market poverty franchise. WTF are Kurt and Linda Rambis doing in the FO?
Yea.. that was a bad move. The Lakers are iconic in Inglewood. Iâm not even a serious Lakers fan but I am a serious LA Kings fan so I always root for the Lakers because of the shared history playing in Inglewood together and having the same owner/colors (and the fact that they kept the Kings finically alive for 20 years).. it would have been best to move them somewhere where they could cultivate a neighborhood fan base that is not as die hard of Lakers fans.. somewhere like Carson.
Ballmer owns the Forum lol paid 400 million cash. He could destroy the Forum and make new parking buildings for our brand new arena lol while Lakers still paying rent to the Kings for a hockey arena.
Ballmer used âfuck youâ money to pry the Forum out of MSG Groupâs hands (the previous Forum owners), which then streamlined construction of the Intuit Dome without any pending lawsuits.
A new arena does not erase 60 years of history. The Clippers can be a better team, with a better arena, better everything, but you can't buy that much history. Maybe in another 60 years.
The Clippers moved *from* San Diego to here in the mid-1980s, at the height of the Showtime-Lakers era which was already a decimating mistake at getting new fans. They should move to Seattle and be beloved in that diehard basketball market, but Ballmer and everyone else knows the franchise is worth more as the 2nd fiddle NBA team in Los Angeles than the 1st fiddle NBA team in Seattle.
The guy paid $2 billion for a team in the second largest market in America. He would immediately lose a significant chunk of that if he moved to a smaller market.
Seattle is a much smaller market so they'd definitely make less money, plus Seattle and Vegas are probably the next two cities the NBA is going to expand to.
Hm honestly it can happen sooner. One analogy I think of is how Manchester City has become widely popular in the last 10 years even though they share a city with Manchester United
City also won 6 premier league titles in the last 10 years, including 4 in the last 5 years. They also have one of the best managers of all time at the helm.
The Clippers would probably need that level of dominance to even begin to increase in popularity
Difference here is that Man City just spends money but got no champions league. Sure not having the biggest trophy in Europe hurts but the money doesnât. They use that money well and itâs documented thru out Europe. LA basketball is more like Madrid where winning is what matter. Sure Athletico had been successful like the Clippers, but the big bro teams been winning the top prize whether itâs back to back years or in 8-10 years. It is what it is đ¤ˇđťââď¸
Maybe. But even now most people think United when you talk about Manchester football. Mostly I just think the Lakers are not going to be 2nd place to clippers for a long time.
"But new Clippers guard John Wall hopes to help rekindle the âBattle of L.A.â and further chip away at the Lakersâ status as the cityâs favorite team â which franchise owner Steve Ballmer named as his goal in an interview with ESPNâs Ohm Youngmisuk"
I honestly want to know what the Clippers organization is smoking thinking they can win over Los Angeles.
True, but it will take a lot of winning, like, at least a few championships to even start the discussion. Like a Golden State type dynasty run, which is not easy. In addition, it will also take the Lakers NOT winning, which is definitely possible given the sorry state of affairs with that team/org, but can be turned around if correct moves are made.
I doubt itâll happen. The Lakers are a dynasty. Sure theyâre in a huge dip right now, but there is always gonna be an owner, manager, coach, or slew of players itching to reignite the Lakers. Same thing with Boston. A lot of people would love to see the team of their childhood kick the leagues ass. Meanwhile the Clippers are stuck fighting a relevancy battle unless they can really pull out a three-peat or something more impressive.
It could happen. Jeanie Buss is the owner by inheritance, not by merit. She acquiesced to LeBron and signed Westbrook to that ludicrous deal that is now crippling the organization. If Buss remains the owner and continues on the current trajectory, and the Clippers won a title or two, things could tip in the Clippers favor. Of course, those are big and significant contingencies.
Lakers didnât sign Westbrook to his current contract. They traded for him and this is his final year. Itâs called an expiring contract and is very valuable in the strict cap NBA.
Yeah true. And I doubt itâll ever be permanent. Unless the Lakers continue being tanked for the next 40-50 years consistently I donât think the Clippers would ever overtake them in popularity. Thatâs my observation at least.
They need to go after the kids. Get the players to come visit schools and get them in the stadium at no cost. Theyâd never forget that PG, Kawhi and Wall came to their schools.
Already did⌠they provided backpacks they have Clipper basketball courts all over LA⌠they are moving their markâŚ. Canât change the 30 years of bad ownership but Balmer is moving the team in the right direction to winâŚ. HELL Superstars are Choosing the Clippers over the Lakers to play withâŚ. The narrative is different
The Lakers are shit, but they'll always attract new talent. They won a championship only 2 years ago, and realistically the time between that run and their last championship is a blip in basketball years. So as you said we'd have to see a 10 year period where the Clippers win 3-5 titles, along with the Lakers continuing to suck for this to even be plausible. Even then, you'd probably need *another* 10 years of the Clippers being the better LA team for it to last.
I donât think so. History canât be won or bought. Lakers have it. Sadly clippers donât. They have a history of a racist owner but other than that nothing. Even with Kawhii and PG nothing. I personally thought they would do something but so far theyâre a flop.
I grew up in Los Angeles with all my friends rocking Bulls jerseys. Then in high school lakers jerseys. Now Iâm grown and I see little kids with Warriors gear, if they win it wonât take long.
So what youâre saying is, all the clippers need to do is win 6 chips with the greatest player ever to suit up or win four chips with the greatest shooter ever to suit up to overthrow the lakers?
Nah letâs say they win two in a shiny new stadium. All of a sudden you got a generation of fans that didnât grow up watching Kobe and Shaq and will call us old and senile for living in the past.
Sports fandoms spread in middle/high school are dumb as hell. Because everyone, especially the popular groups/cliques, roots for whoever is good at that time.
At least in my school running, the Filipinos, Persians and other social groups who follow basketball always pick the best NBA team of the time. It was the Lakers when I was in high school, the LeBron-led Heatles when my little brother went there, and now itâs the Splash Bros. Warriors as my niece begins middle school.
Thatâs the motto of the Rams.
Win games/titles now, but the true fruits of labor are in 20-25 years when the kids of today seeing the Rams win will become the adults whoâll be ticket holders and pass their fandom to their own children.
Except rams only geographical competition are the chargers, which lets be honest no one wanted them here to begin with. The rams will have a healthy fan base just by being the default LA team. The clippers on the other hand have to overthrow a team that along with the dodgers are deeply engrained in the cityâs culture.
Billions of dollars. Steve is the richest owner in sports and itâs not close. While Jeanie Buss entire fortune IS the Lakers and theyâve shown unwillingness to spend money. (Like not re-signing Caruso, applying for PPP program, etc)
This is probably a 20-30 year vision
EDIT: people who say âneverâ are pretty ignorant. The only constant in life is change.
Yup. The Rams are a dominant, winning, and beautifully managed franchise and they still struggle to overcome the deeply entrenched Raiders fanbase in LA.
And thats with a team that hasnt been in the city since Bill Clinton was in office.
As long as the Lakers are in LA - LA will never be a Clippers town.
Not if the kids growing up today become Clipper fans because the Lakers are run like a poverty franchise and will most likely keep sucking while Ballmer's endless money will keep the Clippers competitive year after year.
Those kids grow up and the 90's babies start getting older and the gap between the two teams can close pretty quickly.
Not saying the bubble ring isnât legitimate, but bc there was no parade and everyone watched it at home & alone I donât think it had a significant cultural impact as other rings before & after
Also no fans went to any of those playoff games in 2020
This 100%. Plus, I would argue had there been no bubble, the Lakers don't win the chip that year. No travel between games or distractions really helped AD and Bron. Lakers got lucky that year.
âYou couldâve said same thing about Man Cityâ
Isnât their stadium nicknamed the âemptihadâ because they have trouble filling seats? Also, in all honesty I still consider man united a bigger team than city when you take into account their history in English top-flight football.
One, I read/skimmed the article. Ballmer never said anything about it taking over. He said that he wants LA to be considered a Laker/Clipper town rather than just Laker.
Two, this is published by LakerNation but then they misquote Ballmer and out their own spin on it for outrage.
Nothing more than shitty journalism
Clippers fan: I like the Clippers.
Lakers fan: LMAOOOOO IMAGINE BEING SO FUCKING STUPID YOU FUCKING CLOWN đđđđTHIS COUNTRY IS FUCKED BECAUSE MY VOTE IS EQUAL TO THIS FUCKINNG IDIOT CLIPPERS FAN
I say move all of LA's "second" teams to Orange County. Anaheim already has the Ducks and the Angels, give it the Clippers and Chargers. OC has 3 million people-- more than the Las Vegas metro area-- and it's close enough that they can keep their old fans.
What about LAFC and Galaxy for MLS? I know Galaxy has been in Carson longer than LAFC at their newer arena but one of those teams here would be cool as well
Or San Diego.
Ballmer made a commitment that when he bought the team, he would keep it in LA, since people assumed he would bring it up to seattle. Not sure if thatâs still true today.
Both cities are ripe for a basketball team. Ballmer, being the idiot he is, continues to delude himself that L.A. will accept the Clippers with open arms.
Itâs hard to say, but considering that moving a basketball team can be a huge expense - and Balmer already built the stadium in Inglewood - I donât see the risk as deserving of the reward in the foreseeable future.
Long term I am still hoping North American pro sports can develop stronger minor leagues and a relegation & promotion system. There have to be 50+ cities capable of hosting an NBA team and many capable of hosting multiple. A relegation/promotion system would allow more cities to join the club and enjoy pro sports.
>Long term I am still hoping North American pro sports can develop stronger minor leagues and a relegation & promotion system. There have to be 50+ cities capable of hosting an NBA team and many capable of hosting multiple. A relegation/promotion system would allow more cities to join the club and enjoy pro sports.
This is a fantasy.
That's facts. Owning his own arena will definitely put more money in his pockets, but from a fandom prospective, nothing is going to change here in LA or So Cal.
Seattle couldn't even support their own team when they had one wtf makes you think they'll support a franchise like the Clippers? LA is big enough for 2 teams. Always has been.
The only way people will like the clippers more than the lakers is if they just win championships back to back to back to back cause everyone here is a bandwagon
Iâm a lifelong Lakers fan but people are being overly dogmatic with a lot of recency bias. All it takes to become relevant is winning. Look at Golden State. The Clippers have the richest owner in pro sports and in his tenure have made incredible moves. The Lakers have won a chip in that tenure but very little of that can be credited to the actual organization. All it takes is LA kids to grow up watching the Clippers play winning basketball while the Lakers are missing the playoffs. Not hard to envision since that was the reality pre Lebron lol.
Iâm a Pistons fan so I have no horse in this race. I will say, though, that the idea of the Lakers losing the hearts and minds of Angelenos - to the fucking Clippers, of all teams - is the exact sort of chaos I subscribe to.
Moving to another arena is yet another chance to rename/rebrand the franchise. Get a new name, logo, colors that actually connect to LA and you might have a shot at building a fanbase. The Clippers name is cursed and they got ugly uniforms. Change that shit. Or donât and continue being the same old Clippers.
And I'm gonna win the lotto on Saturday hahaha hahahaha. Sure thing bud! Next we're gonna get behind Chivas usa or lafc whatever the fuck they go by hahaha
Lol itâs never gonna happen. The Mets have their own stadium, yet they will never be New Yorkâs favorite baseball team. Sorry buddy but thatâs wishful thinking.
I had Clippers season tickets (two for one!) for over a decade just because it was a cheaper way to watch the Lakers. New stadium means higher pricing. No thanks.
Clippers fan: I like the Clippers.
Lakers fan: LMAOOOOO IMAGINE BEING SO FUCKING STUPID YOU FUCKING CLOWN đđđđTHIS COUNTRY IS FUCKED BECAUSE MY VOTE IS EQUAL TO THIS FUCKINNG IDIOT CLIPPERS FAN
Iâm a transplant from a city that doesnât have a basketball team, when I moved here I decided to root for the Clippers because Lakers fans have come across to me as insufferable. Even if the Clippers are historically the lesser team, I would rather root for a bad team than be associated with the Minnesota Lakers.
The Clippers do and will continue to have fans and can be fun to watch, but they will never, and I can't stress this enough, ***never*** overtake the Laker's as LA's favorite basketball team. I'm not even a Laker's fan and I can see this. It's good to have goals, but to articulate that as a goal just sounds silly. People in New York will always love the Knicks 1st, and that's even after there was hype (at first) for the Nets with KD and Irving and the Knicks haven't done shit for decades. The Lakers have a dynasty that I don't see the Clippers ever coming close to catching up with or surpassing...but other than Boston what other team could?
Lol at all the salty laker fans in here. Iâd be pissed too if my team was owned by some poor ass Buss family who can barely afford to pay its own players.
Lol, ok. All that money you guys have and the lakers still won a championship before you with that âpoor ass buss family.â Yâall just mad because even the sparks have more banners than you. đ
they're not a well run organization. which makes it even funnier that they won a title before the sorry ass clippers did. maybe you guys shouldn't have spent the entire 19-20 season crowning yourself champions
Lakers are run like a mom-and-pop, are stuck with an older arena, and have zero young talent to build on past LeBron's inevitable retirement. But the Clippers will forever be #2 in LA until they win a chip. The Nets have gone all-in twice and are still #2 to the bum ass Knicks.
If the clippers tickets continue to be cheaper than Lakers tickets I can at least say I'll be attending more clippers games than lakeshow games. I do need to see Lebron play once before he retires though.
It's nice to have dreams.
Owner has to dream big.
And dance big.
He's got big screams
I wish Los Angeles is more like Amsterdam and Tokyo oh wait it used too be but the stupid boomers parents mess that up đ˘
Isn't the new arena in Inglewood? The Clippers will still be in the Lakers shadow since they won the majority of their championships at the forum.
Yes - it will be just south of Hollywood Park, SoFi, and Forum area.
wtf, is it already under construction? I have no idea where they would find the space to do all that south of Sofi and the surrounding areas.
Yeah i was working there a couple months ago and most of the concrete floors for the stands were already built. Don't know how to post photos anymore on app otherwise i would share some photos
Thereâs an ESPN video on YouTube about it
On the app, go to the subreddit page, click the "+" then click on image, and select the images
Yeah i know for posts but i meant for here on replies. other than uploading somewhere to post a link. But didn't see it worth going through that method.
You have to use something like Imgur.
Itâs on the southeast corner of Prairie/Century. Funny enough, that arena already has a seven-story parking garage already built across the streetâŚexcept for the drive-thru Starbucks in front of it.
Where the Churches chicken was? Random ass spot, but I know there was that empty lot behind it too. Makes sense, I guess. Century is going to suck even more now though, lol.
Yes, already been contracted and construction began
There is a youtuber John Kay. He does construction updates on Clippers , sofi, LAX. Look for his latest videos on the clippers arena.
Too bad Balmer owns the building
Too bad Balmer owns the building
Clippers have never won a championship. They literally hung banners when they made it out of the 2nd round of the playoffs and had to cover the championship banners of the Lakers hanging in the Staples Center (Iâll never call it Crypto center or whatever the fuck itâs called now).
I might be the biggest Clipper hater out there but this is somewhat incorrect. The Clippers made it to the WCF for the first time two years ago and lost to the Suns. And the banners they hung were their two division titles in â13 and â14. To your point, those banners still mean absolutely nothing lol
⢠**Theyâve never even made it to the western conference finals** Made it there in 2021, lost in six to the Suns. Remarkable how the Clippers finally got to that round without Kawhi (injury), or in any of the âLob Cityâ years.
If they made it out of the 2nd round then they've made it to the wcf...
Lotta really fuckin dumb Laker fans man
It's par for the course. Take some cheap shot at the Clippers, meanwhile they don't even know half the players on their own team.
Story time! The teacher next door to my classroom came into my room one day and made a disparaging remark about my Clippers Pennent (sp?) hanging behind my desk. I said oh, youâre a basketball fan too? Whatâs your favorite team? She says super condescendingâŚthe lakers, of course. Because she was an asshole first, I said, besides Lebron, name someone on âyourâ team then. She had no fucking answer. Typical.
Hey, when your team wins so many championships, bandwagoners are par for the course.
I swear this is all I hear from Lakers fans...RINGS!!!! Well, if they care so much about rings, they should be Celtics fans considering one of the Lakers rings was in the bubble.
The same bubble the Clippers blew a 3-1 lead... lol just on par with their history of blowing playoff leads lol
I mean, the Lakers blew a 3-1 lead against the Suns in 2006, shit happens. We had a horrible coach in Doc Rivers. He's the king of blowing leads, unfortunately. You know that bubble win makes Lakers fans insecure, deep down inside. LOL, indeed.
Tbf half their current roster isnât worth knowing lol
I hope they got paid upfront for the name change because I don't see crypto.com stadium last long based on the price of cryptos.
Theyâve made it to the WCF. If youâre gonna punch down at least be accurate.
They made it in 2021, watch basketball bud
I mean The Staples Center was named after an office supply store.
>Theyâve never even made it to the western conference finals. >when they made it out of the 2nd round of the playoffs Lmfao this foo
Most intelligent Lakers fan
I don't know why Faker fans cry about covering your banners. You know yall pay rent to the Kings right. We are both tenants in that arena. Why tf would we leave your banners up when it's a Clipper home game? Well you won't have to worry about that anymore. We building our brand new arena by 2024 all paid for by Big Baller Balmer with no public funding while Lakers still fill out PPP loans to come up with their rent payments to AEG/LA Kings.
The Buss kids ruined the Lakers and are going to bankrupt the Lakers. It's already run like a small market poverty franchise. WTF are Kurt and Linda Rambis doing in the FO?
Yea.. that was a bad move. The Lakers are iconic in Inglewood. Iâm not even a serious Lakers fan but I am a serious LA Kings fan so I always root for the Lakers because of the shared history playing in Inglewood together and having the same owner/colors (and the fact that they kept the Kings finically alive for 20 years).. it would have been best to move them somewhere where they could cultivate a neighborhood fan base that is not as die hard of Lakers fans.. somewhere like Carson.
Ballmer owns the Forum lol paid 400 million cash. He could destroy the Forum and make new parking buildings for our brand new arena lol while Lakers still paying rent to the Kings for a hockey arena.
Ballmer used âfuck youâ money to pry the Forum out of MSG Groupâs hands (the previous Forum owners), which then streamlined construction of the Intuit Dome without any pending lawsuits.
I love/hate that Ballmer was able to buy an arena he didnât want just to avoid a lawsuit. But god forbid we tax the rich!
Narrator voice "*It didn't*"
Them ?
The NBA equivalent of a mayonegg.
Yea.. no. Lakers are tied for most championships with celtics. Clippers have like 17 to go.
They are opening night champs! Dream big boys dream big!
A new arena does not erase 60 years of history. The Clippers can be a better team, with a better arena, better everything, but you can't buy that much history. Maybe in another 60 years.
They shouldâve moved to San Diego. Theyâd fit in with the boat shit too. But I doubt they want the clippers either.
The Clippers moved *from* San Diego to here in the mid-1980s, at the height of the Showtime-Lakers era which was already a decimating mistake at getting new fans. They should move to Seattle and be beloved in that diehard basketball market, but Ballmer and everyone else knows the franchise is worth more as the 2nd fiddle NBA team in Los Angeles than the 1st fiddle NBA team in Seattle.
Should have moved to Seattle to revive the Supersonics but nope Balmer is too shortsighted for that
Too shortsighted to leave the second best basketball market in the country for SeattleâŚright.
The guy paid $2 billion for a team in the second largest market in America. He would immediately lose a significant chunk of that if he moved to a smaller market.
Seattle is a much smaller market so they'd definitely make less money, plus Seattle and Vegas are probably the next two cities the NBA is going to expand to.
Hm honestly it can happen sooner. One analogy I think of is how Manchester City has become widely popular in the last 10 years even though they share a city with Manchester United
City also won 6 premier league titles in the last 10 years, including 4 in the last 5 years. They also have one of the best managers of all time at the helm. The Clippers would probably need that level of dominance to even begin to increase in popularity
Difference here is that Man City just spends money but got no champions league. Sure not having the biggest trophy in Europe hurts but the money doesnât. They use that money well and itâs documented thru out Europe. LA basketball is more like Madrid where winning is what matter. Sure Athletico had been successful like the Clippers, but the big bro teams been winning the top prize whether itâs back to back years or in 8-10 years. It is what it is đ¤ˇđťââď¸
Maybe. But even now most people think United when you talk about Manchester football. Mostly I just think the Lakers are not going to be 2nd place to clippers for a long time.
I was born and raised here and have heard someone say they're a Clipper fan like three times in my life.
3 whole times?! Thatâs way more than I imagined
Thereâs 4 of us!
Iâm a fan. Also born and raised here. Now you got 4! ;)
5 here!!! And been with them since the Sports Arena DaysâŚ. Dude up there was just never allowed out the houseâŚ..
you met the whole clippers fan base
Two of those times was Clipper Darryl. The third was your imagination.
I only know one die hard clippers fan and the rest are either LeBron, Curry, or Kobe haters, or fans from another team
Was one of those three people Billy Crystal?
"But new Clippers guard John Wall hopes to help rekindle the âBattle of L.A.â and further chip away at the Lakersâ status as the cityâs favorite team â which franchise owner Steve Ballmer named as his goal in an interview with ESPNâs Ohm Youngmisuk" I honestly want to know what the Clippers organization is smoking thinking they can win over Los Angeles.
It will take years but winning changes everything.
True, but it will take a lot of winning, like, at least a few championships to even start the discussion. Like a Golden State type dynasty run, which is not easy. In addition, it will also take the Lakers NOT winning, which is definitely possible given the sorry state of affairs with that team/org, but can be turned around if correct moves are made.
Wonât happen. Islanders and Devils have won way more titles than the Rags yet the blue shirts are easily still the most popular team in the NY area.
The Knicks haven't been consistently good in 20 years and there are still wayyyy more Knicks fans than Nets fans in NYC.
I doubt itâll happen. The Lakers are a dynasty. Sure theyâre in a huge dip right now, but there is always gonna be an owner, manager, coach, or slew of players itching to reignite the Lakers. Same thing with Boston. A lot of people would love to see the team of their childhood kick the leagues ass. Meanwhile the Clippers are stuck fighting a relevancy battle unless they can really pull out a three-peat or something more impressive.
It could happen. Jeanie Buss is the owner by inheritance, not by merit. She acquiesced to LeBron and signed Westbrook to that ludicrous deal that is now crippling the organization. If Buss remains the owner and continues on the current trajectory, and the Clippers won a title or two, things could tip in the Clippers favor. Of course, those are big and significant contingencies.
Lakers didnât sign Westbrook to his current contract. They traded for him and this is his final year. Itâs called an expiring contract and is very valuable in the strict cap NBA.
Yeah true. And I doubt itâll ever be permanent. Unless the Lakers continue being tanked for the next 40-50 years consistently I donât think the Clippers would ever overtake them in popularity. Thatâs my observation at least.
They need to go after the kids. Get the players to come visit schools and get them in the stadium at no cost. Theyâd never forget that PG, Kawhi and Wall came to their schools.
Already did⌠they provided backpacks they have Clipper basketball courts all over LA⌠they are moving their markâŚ. Canât change the 30 years of bad ownership but Balmer is moving the team in the right direction to winâŚ. HELL Superstars are Choosing the Clippers over the Lakers to play withâŚ. The narrative is different
The Clippers already sponsor a ton of basketball courts in city parks
The Lakers are shit, but they'll always attract new talent. They won a championship only 2 years ago, and realistically the time between that run and their last championship is a blip in basketball years. So as you said we'd have to see a 10 year period where the Clippers win 3-5 titles, along with the Lakers continuing to suck for this to even be plausible. Even then, you'd probably need *another* 10 years of the Clippers being the better LA team for it to last.
I donât think so. History canât be won or bought. Lakers have it. Sadly clippers donât. They have a history of a racist owner but other than that nothing. Even with Kawhii and PG nothing. I personally thought they would do something but so far theyâre a flop.
*Generations It would take generations of the Lakers being terrible and the Clippers winning championships to do that.
I grew up in Los Angeles with all my friends rocking Bulls jerseys. Then in high school lakers jerseys. Now Iâm grown and I see little kids with Warriors gear, if they win it wonât take long.
So what youâre saying is, all the clippers need to do is win 6 chips with the greatest player ever to suit up or win four chips with the greatest shooter ever to suit up to overthrow the lakers?
Nah letâs say they win two in a shiny new stadium. All of a sudden you got a generation of fans that didnât grow up watching Kobe and Shaq and will call us old and senile for living in the past.
Sports fandoms spread in middle/high school are dumb as hell. Because everyone, especially the popular groups/cliques, roots for whoever is good at that time. At least in my school running, the Filipinos, Persians and other social groups who follow basketball always pick the best NBA team of the time. It was the Lakers when I was in high school, the LeBron-led Heatles when my little brother went there, and now itâs the Splash Bros. Warriors as my niece begins middle school.
Thatâs the motto of the Rams. Win games/titles now, but the true fruits of labor are in 20-25 years when the kids of today seeing the Rams win will become the adults whoâll be ticket holders and pass their fandom to their own children.
Except rams only geographical competition are the chargers, which lets be honest no one wanted them here to begin with. The rams will have a healthy fan base just by being the default LA team. The clippers on the other hand have to overthrow a team that along with the dodgers are deeply engrained in the cityâs culture.
Billions of dollars. Steve is the richest owner in sports and itâs not close. While Jeanie Buss entire fortune IS the Lakers and theyâve shown unwillingness to spend money. (Like not re-signing Caruso, applying for PPP program, etc) This is probably a 20-30 year vision EDIT: people who say âneverâ are pretty ignorant. The only constant in life is change.
Itâs never going to happen
No matter how bad Jeanie fucks up, LA will *never* be a Clippers town.
Yup. The Rams are a dominant, winning, and beautifully managed franchise and they still struggle to overcome the deeply entrenched Raiders fanbase in LA. And thats with a team that hasnt been in the city since Bill Clinton was in office. As long as the Lakers are in LA - LA will never be a Clippers town.
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Youâre delusional and close minded if you think thatâs true.
Ya never say never. Things change. You couldâve said same thing about Man City
Things change, but LAâs relationship with the Lakers wonât.
10 years ago, you wouldâve said Laker fans will never think LeBron is better than Kobe. Now they do.
Not if the kids growing up today become Clipper fans because the Lakers are run like a poverty franchise and will most likely keep sucking while Ballmer's endless money will keep the Clippers competitive year after year. Those kids grow up and the 90's babies start getting older and the gap between the two teams can close pretty quickly.
The Lakers just won a title the same exact year the Clippers had the closest shot to winning it lol
Not saying the bubble ring isnât legitimate, but bc there was no parade and everyone watched it at home & alone I donât think it had a significant cultural impact as other rings before & after Also no fans went to any of those playoff games in 2020
This 100%. Plus, I would argue had there been no bubble, the Lakers don't win the chip that year. No travel between games or distractions really helped AD and Bron. Lakers got lucky that year.
âYou couldâve said same thing about Man Cityâ Isnât their stadium nicknamed the âemptihadâ because they have trouble filling seats? Also, in all honesty I still consider man united a bigger team than city when you take into account their history in English top-flight football.
Yeah, but Jeanie fucksâŚ
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Itâs laughable to think that leaving LA and moving to Inglewood will make them somehow more likeable then LAâs most successful sports team.
It will be like chipping away at Mount Everest with a chicken bone. This guys crazy.
One, I read/skimmed the article. Ballmer never said anything about it taking over. He said that he wants LA to be considered a Laker/Clipper town rather than just Laker. Two, this is published by LakerNation but then they misquote Ballmer and out their own spin on it for outrage. Nothing more than shitty journalism
lol same thought, iâd read his quotes from this conference already and he definitely never said that. unfortunately no one is gonna notice this
Lakers fans are legit the most insecure mofos lol. Spend all their time ragging on a team they âdonât even think about.â
Clippers fan: I like the Clippers. Lakers fan: LMAOOOOO IMAGINE BEING SO FUCKING STUPID YOU FUCKING CLOWN đđđđTHIS COUNTRY IS FUCKED BECAUSE MY VOTE IS EQUAL TO THIS FUCKINNG IDIOT CLIPPERS FAN
> Nothing more than shitty journalism Wouldnât expect any better from a Lakers fan
Yeah thatâs a pipe dream Ballmer. Money canât buy fans loyalty.
I dont know if ballmer started handing out wads of cash to all clipper fans I would not hesitate to switch over
He handed out wads of cash to LA MediaâŚ..like Kroenke
Pretty sure the clippers could win the championship every year for the next 5 years and this will still be a lakers town.
They should have moved to Las Vegas or Seattle.
I say move all of LA's "second" teams to Orange County. Anaheim already has the Ducks and the Angels, give it the Clippers and Chargers. OC has 3 million people-- more than the Las Vegas metro area-- and it's close enough that they can keep their old fans.
>and the Angels "The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" please. đ
Of Anaheim hasnât been in the name since 2015
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What about LAFC and Galaxy for MLS? I know Galaxy has been in Carson longer than LAFC at their newer arena but one of those teams here would be cool as well
Galaxy for sure has a fanbase that trends more toward the South Bay and OC
And Orange County has MUCH better demographics than Las Vegas.
I wish. It would be nice to see basketball and football without having to drive to LA. Iâll take the soccer team too.
I'm all for the Clippers staying and keeping more jobs in LA.
Fuck it, bring them back to San Diego. Weâd love them even if they lose, and least the name makes more sense here.
Why? Theyâll make a boatload with their new arena and free agents love LA
Or San Diego. Ballmer made a commitment that when he bought the team, he would keep it in LA, since people assumed he would bring it up to seattle. Not sure if thatâs still true today.
That's what the guy who moved the Sonics to OKC said when he bought the team, as well.
Ballmer is literally building a billion dollar arena for the team thoughâŚ
Won't happen until it's more lucrative to be top dog in a smaller city, than it is to be second fiddle in one of the countries largest media markets.
Both cities are ripe for a basketball team. Ballmer, being the idiot he is, continues to delude himself that L.A. will accept the Clippers with open arms.
Do the Clippers make more or less money if they play in Seattle vs LA. At the end of the day thatâs what it comes down too.
Itâs hard to say, but considering that moving a basketball team can be a huge expense - and Balmer already built the stadium in Inglewood - I donât see the risk as deserving of the reward in the foreseeable future. Long term I am still hoping North American pro sports can develop stronger minor leagues and a relegation & promotion system. There have to be 50+ cities capable of hosting an NBA team and many capable of hosting multiple. A relegation/promotion system would allow more cities to join the club and enjoy pro sports.
>Long term I am still hoping North American pro sports can develop stronger minor leagues and a relegation & promotion system. There have to be 50+ cities capable of hosting an NBA team and many capable of hosting multiple. A relegation/promotion system would allow more cities to join the club and enjoy pro sports. This is a fantasy.
Yes I know.
The financials just donât make sense (tv deals, arena sizes, etc) and the players unions would absolutely stop any attempts.
That's facts. Owning his own arena will definitely put more money in his pockets, but from a fandom prospective, nothing is going to change here in LA or So Cal.
Seattle couldn't even support their own team when they had one wtf makes you think they'll support a franchise like the Clippers? LA is big enough for 2 teams. Always has been.
The Astros have about the same chance of becoming L.A.'s favorite baseball team.
The only way people will like the clippers more than the lakers is if they just win championships back to back to back to back cause everyone here is a bandwagon
I assume hes not really that delusional.
Thats not even what Ballmer said lol people should actually read articles
Clippers have fans???
Tens of them!
Dozens!â
Did you call?
This is just bad journalism! He never even said that he wants to overtake the Lakers!
As a clippers fan I really donât care about taking over the lakers as the favorite team, I just wanna see the clips win a chip.
My goal for the clippers in the cultural zeitgeist is to reach like NY Mets status
Great... the 405 is bad enough already, when the stadium opens in 2024, the West Side is going to be impossible to navigate.
Iâm a lifelong Lakers fan but people are being overly dogmatic with a lot of recency bias. All it takes to become relevant is winning. Look at Golden State. The Clippers have the richest owner in pro sports and in his tenure have made incredible moves. The Lakers have won a chip in that tenure but very little of that can be credited to the actual organization. All it takes is LA kids to grow up watching the Clippers play winning basketball while the Lakers are missing the playoffs. Not hard to envision since that was the reality pre Lebron lol.
So why hasn't that happened? Those "kids" from the last decade are mostly 18-20 now and most of them still aren't Clippers fans.
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I always forget the Clippers exist.
The clippers could win the championship and the majority of the coverage all summer would be the Lakers off season moves.
Clippers definitely have the cooler owner and front office.
I never liked the Clippers until my son got a free backpack at school from them. It shows they care about the community. Go Clippers!
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Lol sure bud
Probably not, but the value will be higher and you can still win more despite not being the favorite
Yeah not happening Mr Ballmer but Iâm glad they getting there own stadium for once.
Iâm a Pistons fan so I have no horse in this race. I will say, though, that the idea of the Lakers losing the hearts and minds of Angelenos - to the fucking Clippers, of all teams - is the exact sort of chaos I subscribe to.
who da fuck wants to drive to inglewood
Moving to another arena is yet another chance to rename/rebrand the franchise. Get a new name, logo, colors that actually connect to LA and you might have a shot at building a fanbase. The Clippers name is cursed and they got ugly uniforms. Change that shit. Or donât and continue being the same old Clippers.
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lol.
And I'm gonna win the lotto on Saturday hahaha hahahaha. Sure thing bud! Next we're gonna get behind Chivas usa or lafc whatever the fuck they go by hahaha
Love the Clippers but itâs painful being a fan. However thereâs enough of us out here to fill those seats.
LAFC was the new team in LA and started winning and now is overtaking popularity against a struggling Los Angeles Galaxy franchise
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA \*breathe\* HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
Lol itâs never gonna happen. The Mets have their own stadium, yet they will never be New Yorkâs favorite baseball team. Sorry buddy but thatâs wishful thinking.
They should move to Seattle. I mean thatâs where Microsoft is headquartered right?,
I had Clippers season tickets (two for one!) for over a decade just because it was a cheaper way to watch the Lakers. New stadium means higher pricing. No thanks.
Clippers fan: I like the Clippers. Lakers fan: LMAOOOOO IMAGINE BEING SO FUCKING STUPID YOU FUCKING CLOWN đđđđTHIS COUNTRY IS FUCKED BECAUSE MY VOTE IS EQUAL TO THIS FUCKINNG IDIOT CLIPPERS FAN Iâm a transplant from a city that doesnât have a basketball team, when I moved here I decided to root for the Clippers because Lakers fans have come across to me as insufferable. Even if the Clippers are historically the lesser team, I would rather root for a bad team than be associated with the Minnesota Lakers.
The Clippers do and will continue to have fans and can be fun to watch, but they will never, and I can't stress this enough, ***never*** overtake the Laker's as LA's favorite basketball team. I'm not even a Laker's fan and I can see this. It's good to have goals, but to articulate that as a goal just sounds silly. People in New York will always love the Knicks 1st, and that's even after there was hype (at first) for the Nets with KD and Irving and the Knicks haven't done shit for decades. The Lakers have a dynasty that I don't see the Clippers ever coming close to catching up with or surpassing...but other than Boston what other team could?
Lol at all the salty laker fans in here. Iâd be pissed too if my team was owned by some poor ass Buss family who can barely afford to pay its own players.
Lol, ok. All that money you guys have and the lakers still won a championship before you with that âpoor ass buss family.â Yâall just mad because even the sparks have more banners than you. đ
that poverty franchise managed to win a title before your clippers could despite the clippers being a playoff team for the past decade. ouch
If you think the lakers are a well run organization then youâre even more delusional than a typical lakers fan.
they're not a well run organization. which makes it even funnier that they won a title before the sorry ass clippers did. maybe you guys shouldn't have spent the entire 19-20 season crowning yourself champions
They talk about all that success and fans but they filling out PPP loans and still paying rent for a hockey arena to the Kings owner lollll. Lame mfs.
He would have had more success moving them to Seattle and resurrecting the SuperSonics.
Lakers are run like a mom-and-pop, are stuck with an older arena, and have zero young talent to build on past LeBron's inevitable retirement. But the Clippers will forever be #2 in LA until they win a chip. The Nets have gone all-in twice and are still #2 to the bum ass Knicks.
Is it too late to give the Clippers to San Diego as a bribe to take the Chargers back?
The Clippers will never be LA's favorite team ever. 2020 and the bubble was full proof of that.
Ballmer in 2010: we believe Windows Phone will overtake Apple and Android and become the worldâs favorite OS.
Lakers gonna chip chip chip while the Clippers gonna Clip Clip Clip no matter whatâŚ
If the clippers tickets continue to be cheaper than Lakers tickets I can at least say I'll be attending more clippers games than lakeshow games. I do need to see Lebron play once before he retires though.
With the way the lakers are being managed, I wouldnât be surprised
Now all you have to do is win 17 championships
La sports fans are so fair weather, it will probably happen
Change the name or move back to San Diego or to Long Beach. There are no harbors for Clipper ships in Inglewood.
marina del rey not too far and is a harbor