Thread by @bendreyfuss

The Hulu documentary about the Lakers has reached the Nick Van Exel/Eddie Jones era! This was the Lakers era where I was in elementary school and just had all of these jerseys

I still have jerseys of both these dudes. Then they both got traded away during the Del Harris era as Kobe grew into himself. I was heartbroken when Eddie Jones left.

I was even super sad when Elden Campbell was traded for Glen Rice. “We need Elden!”

Being a sports fan is fun. Gives you lots of #memories

The Showtime Lakers I was just too young to truly appreciate. I have memories of going to some of those later games but I wasn’t really deciding to like them, the Eddie Jones/Nick Van Exel Lakers were like the first team I made a choice to care about.

Also the Lakers are basically the only team I’ve ever supported in any sport that has had any success lol. The Dodgers have finally started winning again but for most of my life have sucked. UCLA won in 1995 but disappoints every other year.