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“ The Laker nickname came from the state of Minnesota being the Land of 10,000 Lakes. ”
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Los Angeles Lakers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is why I don’t get sports.
(via nedhepburn)
Heh, yeah they used to be the Minneapolis Lakers back in the day.
The “Utah Jazz” is a funny one too. They were originally in New Orleans, where the nickname made more sense…
(loved Artest’s postgame speech. “I wanna thank everybody in my hood…also my psychiatrist, for keeping me calm during all this…I got a new single coming out next week, it’s called ‘Champion’! I made it last year, but it’s coming out now!” Hugs reporter lady, says something incoherent, wanders off camera)