And when I think of the greatest Laker fan, I think of me.
So humble and not egotistical. But you know who cares what laker fan thinks he's great? "Jack in the box" is a very visible laker fan (since the days of magic) with alot of money, but I doubt he's ever even played bball. He may be a great laker fan, dont know about him really appreciating the game itself. Never saw jack in the stands back when the chamberlain/west lakers were tearing the NBA up, and he's old enough(like dirt) to have been there. These actor types are ****** for self promotion, any way to be visible to advance their careers. Frankly, the best, most knowledgable basketball fans are knicks fans, they have big crowds even on the playgrounds, and know their stuff. The best BASKETBALL fans dont want to win at any cost, they want to win playing the game right, clean, hard, and fair. Things like favorable officiating and flopping put a sour taste in the mouth of the best BASKETBALL fans.
That said, I like the lakers better than their fans. The lakers(this years version) move the ball very well and play a good team game. The celtics play nice team defense, but their offense looks stagnant, its pretty ugly. For the sake of good basketball I'd prefer the lakers to win. The only thing that makes me want them to lose is their fans: "we beat the spurs, we are great". We(fans) dont beat anyone, you get to watch the players, you dont contribute one turds worth of effort in the victories.