1. The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.
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n.
1.One who attempts to equal or surpass another, or who pursues the same object as another; a competitor.
2. One that equals or almost equals another in a particular respect.
n.
1.One who attempts to equal or surpass another, or who pursues the same object as another; a competitor.
2. One that equals or almost equals another in a particular respect.
The Lakers have completed a series in which they defeated a competitor that Utah fans argue are a heated rivalry.
According to the above definitions, as my dear friend and Laker fan extraordinaire Jeff Tibbitts pointed out this morning discussing the upcoming Spurs face off, the Jazz and Lakers are hardly "equal" competitors.
According to the above bar graph proudly displayed at game 3, clearly the Lakers have won more NBA titles than the Jazz. However, one might argue that the Jazz's birth was in 1979, while the Lakers first title was won in 1949, an older franchise therefore an unfair advantage. FALSE. Let's begin then, at the inception of the Jazz. The Lakers are still ahead with 8 titles, and according to that bar graph...the number for the Jazz...let's see...my calculator seems to be stuck...uh...hehe...fuzzy math here...ah, zero.
So...
LAKERS OVERALL TITLES: 14
SINCE JAZZ BIRTH: 8
JAZZ: 0
Now let's look at closing ratios...
The Lakers have been to the Playoffs 56 times and won 14 - 25% closing ratio. Pretty damn good. And the Jazz...23 times and 0 close. Wow that's a guy you'd fire in the sales world. That's your best sales guy and your worst. Let's look at their close since the Jazz joined the franchise...29.6%. Even better.
Are these guys "equal"? That would be like Robin - a Batman sidekick, having a rivalry with the Joker. Jokes on you Robin, you're just a little poser who follows around the big guy, trying to be cool with your neat costume but you merely end up becoming the butt of all gay jokes. Meanwhile Batman does all the dirty work and has the REAL rivalry, because those two are of EQUAL minds. One day though Robin might be strong enough to play with the "big boys". He'll earn his keep. Keep dreaming.
And tonight's rivalry? A bit more of a match up - 14% close with 3/4 Titles in the last 5 years. Not exactly a historic rival, but definitely a recent terrorist nipping at the heel of the Lakers. Who do I hate more than redneck Jazz fans and Masshole Red Sox/Celtics fans? That would be TEXANS! Californians may have had the "attitude" when in UT, but we never had our state flag posted on everything we owned. Weirdos. Bring it lone stars.
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Thank you for my shout-out. Awesome posting.
Tea
Bree you are freak'n awesome.
ummmm . . . Celtics 16 titles!!!
And if you want to talk rivals . . . Lakers - Celtics.
That's totally fair. That looks like a believable match up that I will be willing and wanting to watch. Although I was excited by the Piston's win on Thursday - shows for a fun series. The Spurs 30 pt loss last night was utterly pathetic and I only wish the Jazz had been the victims of such a great embarassment.
My brother's brother-in-law is here in Jersey and he is a Jazz-bo fan. When Derick Fisher got the ball he called him a trader.
Are these people for real? The only places that he could have gone were LA or NY, and who would want to play for the Knicks. I hate Jazz fans, they are morons!
Lakers-Celtics...haha, that would have worked decades ago. Unfortunately they've done nothing but suck ever since. We'll see how the Finals go and maybe we'll allow it to be considered a rivalry again. For now, however, they're totally on ours nuts...
correction "our nuts"
thank you
This last week has been amazing. Nothing but Laker wins with one fluke and Jazz fans keeping their pie holes shut.If I recall correctly, most of them are just plain jumping on the bandwagon. That's fine. Slowly but surely they will be completely coverted.
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