The LA Clippers fan is the basketball equivalent of the New York Mets fan – a misguided soul who, for whatever reason, feels compelled to differentiate himself by rooting for the “other” major metropolitan sports team.  Yet, being “different” than a Lakers fan means not talking on your cell phone the entire game, but only emailing from your Blackberry twice per quarter.  Or instead of jockeying for seats that will position yourself in Jack Nicholson’s direct eye-line, you just hope to be “discovered” by an independent director upon exiting the Staples Center.  In any case, it is a shame that you constantly have to endure years of losing seasons as well as the humiliation of being kicked around by your bigger yellow and purple brother just so you can feel “different.”
-Winter Hand