What It Means To Win an NBA Championship

As a Lakers fan that bleeds purple and gold for the team and Kobe, this one is sweet. Sweeter than the 3-peat. Sweeter than listening and hearing and watching highlights from the 80's. Sweeter than watching Horry drain a step-up three with the red lights blaring. Sweeter than Kobe-to-Shaq in 2000. Sweeter than 16-1 in 2001.

The Minneapolis championships are irrelevant to me just like the Russell championships should be to Celtics fans. The league was too small then to compare to today's competition and grueling playoff process (the chances of winning today are so much smaller just based on the luck and probability you need).

Those are too long ago to be considered in my historical mind frame, and that's fine with me. The Lakers have enough history in the last three de...

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