The day Andrew Bynum's kneecap left us, the Lakers, to everyone's surprise, had the best record in the Western Conference. Bynum was the missing key, the young bench was stepping up and Kobe was playing at an MVP-make-your-teammates-better level. All us Laker fans were alone on our message boards with everybody cringing at the fact that the Lakers had been rebuilt so fast. With 2 wins against Phoenix, a split with San Antonio and not having played Dallas yet, nobody could say much negative. But two key injuries later, the Lakers drop games to the Suns, San Antonio and Dallas in one week. Not unexpected for a depleted team right? Think again, go into the Lakers board now and it's riddled with Laker-haters, don't blame your injuries for the Fakers' losses. Fakers this and Fakers that. Which got me to thinking? Where does all this animosity come from? When we beat the Suns, never once did I enter the Suns board to talk trash, I was just proud of my team. But the irrelevance of the Suns and Mavericks franchises in the history of basketball has got the fans insecure and hateful. Next time you guys go into your arena's and look up at your division titles, remember that I'm going into Staples looking up at 14 Championship banners. Which is the answer to my question. Why are the Lakers hated so much? Because they're winners, that's why.