I’m a Self-Loathing Los Angeles Lakers Fan

I'm a walking heresy. I was born in Randolph, Massachusetts, a few miles south of Boston. I'm a die hard Boston fan who discriminates against Yankees fans to the point that I have to actively avoid them when drunk to keep from getting belligerent. I eat sleep and die Red Sox, Patriots, and Bruins.

But I'm a Lakers fan. And for no good reason. I'm ashamed of it sometimes, and my friends throw out my normally more informed arguments about basketball by pointing out how I openly turn on my city for this one sport.

I've gone through Bill Simmon's article about reasons why you can be a fan of a team from a different city, trying to pigeon hole myself into some excuse. It's pointless. Around the time of my parents divorce, I just became a Lakers fan. And not in a passing w...

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