One of the Lakers’ most prominent fans seems to be underestimating the success of Monday’s NBA Cup win.
Ice Cube, a rapper and Los Angeles native who currently runs the Big3 Basketball League, criticized the Lakers’ decision to hang a banner celebrating their tournament victory.
NBA Finals Appearing on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Monday, Ice Cube shared his thoughts on the NBA Cup, referring to the banner raised as a “certificate” and a “napkin” commemorating the Lakers’ victory. “”It’s all about winning the real deal,” the Cub said, referring to the NBA Finals. “We usually don’t hang anything but championship banners, so I think it’s nice when we need some extra window display… This is a napkin.
You know we need a real banner.” The story drew laughs, but Ice Cube isn’t the only NBA fan who feels the same way about the league entering a preseason competition before the playoffs for the first time. Fans and players did not like the first stage of the collection, but the NBA Cup had Banna, but competed for the future and had a sleeve of the Los Angeles 2000 final. Despite the NBA Cup victory, Lakeers could not It grows and could not grow in the general classification of Western conferences. Los Angeles lost 17 years in June, while Lebron James, Lebron Lebron, Lebron Lebron and Learry O’Brien can play this year.
The Lakers are 19-21 and in 11th place in the West after Saturday’s loss to the Utah Jazz. Los Angeles sits a half-game behind the Jazz and Houston Rockets in the standings and would need to finish 10th to qualify for the play-ins or better than sixth to make the playoffs. The Lakers are four games behind the Dallas Mavericks for the sixth seed, a huge gap between now and April.
