Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
You'd think it was a contradiction, but I guess not.
I think that to an extent, it's just fandom. A lot of Lakers fans, especially on twitter but also on Instagram and the handful who have come here following Ingram, Ball, and Hart*, are very attached to their players. Which is cool, there's nothing wrong with that, but it makes them feel a little defensive when someone like myself or you criticises them relatively harshly: who do we think we are? Those are their boys, who they've been fans of for years; we should feel lucky to have them, frankly. Then they come into contact with a Pelicans player with no sentimental attachment to someone like Ingram, and is just evaluating a prospect we've been handed, and the difference between the statistical evaluation and their sentimental attachment is jarring.
*Not saying there's anything wrong with being a big fan of a given player.