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Two Teams, One City (Part 1 of 2)

There is an air of finality which pervades over this Spring’s NBA Playoffs. Looming behind record television ratings lie the uncertainty of the new collective bargaining agreement, which has the potential to alter the league’s economic and regional power balance. On the court, the time for the heirs of Jordan seems to be coming to a close—as Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce, and Kevin Garnett—the men who once played against his aging Airness, prepares to leave the stage. Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, and Dirk Nowitzki are poised to seize the throne, and right on their heels are the league’s youngest stars; Durant and Rose, eager to jump the line. For most Angelenos, the annual Spring basketball fever that grips the city have come to a premature and inglorious end with the Lakers embarrassing meltdown. And for some Clippers fans, the end of Phil Jackson’s era one week after Blake Griffin’s unanimous selection as Rookie of the Year has instilled hope that the ground is finally shifting between LA’s two NBA franchises.

But the relationship between the Lakers and Clippers and their coexistence in Los Angeles have been always been more complex than a simple intra-city rivalry. Even in a large metropolitan center like LA, there might not be enough contrarians and underdogs to constitute a fan base for the woebegone Clippers franchise. Though it would pain many Clippers fans to admit, the refracted glory of all those Lakers championships might have done more to fill the stands at the Sports Arena and Staples Center than their team’s performance through the years. In a way, it might be said that the Lakers success has made the viability of a second or third team in the city possible. As the career of Kobe Bryant winds to a close, however, just as Blake Griffin’s star is ascending, the Clippers find themselves in an unfamiliar position of having the city’s most electrifying athlete, and quite possibly, the league’s next marquee player. What happens in the next few years; how the franchise handles the growth and development of Blake Griffin, and how they assemble a team worthy of his immense talents, will determine if the Clippers can change their franchise’s trajectory once and for all. Heading into this summer of transition, it is perhaps worthwhile to look back upon the men who have defined both teams, and how it came to be that more people in Los Angeles now identify themselves as basketball fans more than any other sport.

Subversions (Contemporary Theatre Review) by GRIFFIN 903 ...

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