It's no secret that Snoop Dogg loves the LA Lakers. A native of Long Beach, the Lakers have been in his blood since childhood. Snoop even went as far as to imagine a possible NBA career for himself in his 1999 hit Hoop Dreams. Despite a brief allegiance swap to the Warriors in 2007, Snoop lives and dies by the purple and gold. Snoop has been a regular fixture at Lakers home games since 2009 and even owned a Lakers-themed lowrider.
However, it has been a tough task being a Lakers fan in recent years. This season is a perfect example, with the Lakers failing to post a .500 record until their 74th game of the year. Add in the injuries to AD and LeBron, and there isn't a whole lot for fans to cheer about. For Snoop, things came to a head after the Lakers fell 125-118 against the Clippers on Wednesday. It was a crucial matchup, as the Lakers looked to leapfrog the Clippers and move out of the Play-In tournament. The loss means that the Lakers' fate, with two games remaining, is out of the team's hands.
Snoop Doesn't Hold Back On Roasting Lakers
In a scathing Instagram post, Snoop revealed that he hadn't been to a Lakers game in "2 years" and lambasted the Lakers' dismal 0-11 run against the Clippers in recent matchups. Snoop warned the Lakers to "get this fixed" before he "go bad on y'all on first take with Steven a". The post has received over 81,000 likes but many Lakers fans ran to the team's defense in the comments. However, the post was a truth bomb, surprising many about Snoop's frustrations with his beloved team.
However, Snoop's love for the Lakers isn't completely gone. Furthermore, as a die-hard Lakers fan, Snoop couldn't help but take a dig at their cross-town rivals. "Only thing can make this pain go away is a ring something the clippers know nothing about," Snoop lamented in the post. With two games remaining in the regular season, the Lakers find themselves in the Western Conference Play-In Tournament. They sit one game behind both the LA Clippers and Golden State Warriors.
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