{"id":125,"date":"2011-01-05T23:21:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T23:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/?p=125"},"modified":"2011-03-11T00:42:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T00:42:23","slug":"can-you-be-both-a-suns-fan-and-a-lakers-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/2011\/01\/can-you-be-both-a-suns-fan-and-a-lakers-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You be Both a Suns Fan and a Lakers Fan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script> <fb:like href=\"http%3A%2F%2Fjoe-mangum.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fcan-you-be-both-a-suns-fan-and-a-lakers-fan%2F\" show_faces=\"false\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 15px 0px; clear:both;\"><\/fb:like><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Suns vs. Lakers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fishabble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Lakers-vs-Suns-Game-3-NBA-Playoffs.jpeg\" alt=\"Suns vs. Lakers\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/>Yes!!! However, you walk a very fine line and you basically have to be able to take criticism from both sides as opposed to just one or the other. Most will disagree, but I for one will be happy regardless of the outcome of tonight&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who knows anything about Suns basketball knows that we notoriously hate the LA Lakers. I am probably one of very few though, that likes the Lakers and have for a very long time. I&#8217;ve been a Laker fan since the first year Kobe was brought on. He&#8217;s the best player in the NBA and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bryanko01.html\">has been for years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That said, I just recently started liking the Suns in the past 4-5 years. Since I live in Arizona, I have the right to like my hometown team. I can&#8217;t find it in me to hate the team I&#8217;ve always routed for though. So what do I do when the two teams play each other? Well, I&#8217;ll tell you what I&#8217;m doing tonight&#8230; I&#8217;M GOING TO THE GAME OF COURSE!!!! My first NBA game and what a game to attend! Look for <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/joemangum\/\">tweets <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/joekmangum\/\">fb updates<\/a> throughout the game! See you there!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scores.espn.go.com\/nba\/preview?gameId=310105021\">Suns vs. Lakers 01\/05\/11<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/2011\/01\/can-you-be-both-a-suns-fan-and-a-lakers-fan\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script> <fb:like href=\"http%3A%2F%2Fjoe-mangum.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fcan-you-be-both-a-suns-fan-and-a-lakers-fan%2F\" show_faces=\"false\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 15px 0px; clear:both;\"><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes!!! However, you walk a very fine line and you basically have to be able to take criticism from both sides as opposed to just one or the other. Most will disagree, but I for one will be happy regardless &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/2011\/01\/can-you-be-both-a-suns-fan-and-a-lakers-fan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/joe-mangum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}