Referring to Miami as the "cHeat" isn't cool

[timobusa]

You know what isn't cool, calling a Los Angeles basketball team the Lakers.  There hasn't been a lake in the Los Angeles area since the Paleozoic area.  When they left Minneapolis for LA they should have changed their name to the Glitz or the Glamor or the Showtime.

LOL

Besides being potentially juvenile, I'd love to hear a reasonable argument about why referring to the Heat as cHeat or Lakers as Fakers isn't "cool."

Are we hurting the organizations' feelings?  How about the players' or the fans' feelings?

In my opinion, Wade is one of the dirtiest players in NBA history (lest we forget Rondo's elbow or the Collison shove), and I consider being dirty a form of cheating, and he and LeBron are two of the biggest floppers in the NBA, and I consider flopping a form of cheating.  So, the name cHeat accurately refers to them, in my opinion.

And, for the Lakers... come on.  Is there anything genuine about Los Angeles or the Lakers' Hollywood fan base?  Nothing could be more fake, not even Jack Nicholson's peraly dentures.  Fake defines Los Angeles.  So, the name Fakers is apt.

You know what isn't cool, calling a Los Angeles basketball team the Lakers.  There hasn't been a lake in the Los Angeles area since the Paleozoic area.  When they left Minneapolis for LA they should have changed their name to the Glitz or the Glamor or the Showtime.

Because it isn't clever, looks pretty dumb, and offends me

It offends you?

deeply and personally

Did you get cheated on by lebron?

[csfansince60s]

as well as red and black jerseys at the Gah-den. Gimme a break.

9/10ths of my post didn't post.....weird

[sed522002]

You know what isn't cool, calling a Los Angeles basketball team the Lakers.  There hasn't been a lake in the Los Angeles area since the Paleozoic area.  When they left Minneapolis for LA they should have changed their name to the Glitz or the Glamor or the Showtime.

LOL

Besides being potentially juvenile, I'd love to hear a reasonable argument about why referring to the Heat as cHeat or Lakers as Fakers isn't "cool."

Are we hurting the organizations' feelings?  How about the players' or the fans' feelings?

In my opinion, Wade is one of the dirtiest players in NBA history (lest we forget Rondo's elbow or the Collison shove), and I consider being dirty a form of cheating, and he and LeBron are two of the biggest floppers in the NBA, and I consider flopping a form of cheating.  So, the name cHeat accurately refers to them, in my opinion.

And, for the Lakers... come on.  Is there anything genuine about Los Angeles or the Lakers' Hollywood fan base?  Nothing could be more fake, not even Jack Nicholson's peraly dentures.  Fake defines Los Angeles.  So, the name Fakers is apt.

You know what isn't cool, calling a Los Angeles basketball team the Lakers.  There hasn't been a lake in the Los Angeles area since the Paleozoic area.  When they left Minneapolis for LA they should have changed their name to the Glitz or the Glamor or the Showtime.

Because it isn't clever, looks pretty dumb, and offends me

It offends you?

deeply and personally

You can't be serious

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

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Thank you

[The Rondo Show]

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Thank you

That image is hilarious

[SparzWizard]

Man I can build up a whole bunch of negative nicknames for many teams in the NBA.

Most notably the Heat and Lakers! 

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

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That image is hilarious

 

[timobusa]

You know what isn't cool, calling a Los Angeles basketball team the Lakers.  There hasn't been a lake in the Los Angeles area since the Paleozoic area.  When they left Minneapolis for LA they should have changed their name to the Glitz or the Glamor or the Showtime.

LOL

Besides being potentially juvenile, I'd love to hear a reasonable argument about why referring to the Heat as cHeat or Lakers as Fakers isn't "cool."

Are we hurting the organizations' feelings?  How about the players' or the fans' feelings?

In my opinion, Wade is one of the dirtiest players in NBA history (lest we forget Rondo's elbow or the Collison shove), and I consider being dirty a form of cheating, and he and LeBron are two of the biggest floppers in the NBA, and I consider flopping a form of cheating.  So, the name cHeat accurately refers to them, in my opinion.

And, for the Lakers... come on.  Is there anything genuine about Los Angeles or the Lakers' Hollywood fan base?  Nothing could be more fake, not even Jack Nicholson's peraly dentures.  Fake defines Los Angeles.  So, the name Fakers is apt.

You know what isn't cool, calling a Los Angeles basketball team the Lakers.  There hasn't been a lake in the Los Angeles area since the Paleozoic area.  When they left Minneapolis for LA they should have changed their name to the Glitz or the Glamor or the Showtime.

Because it isn't clever, looks pretty dumb, and offends me

It offends you?

deeply and personally

[Bahku]

I really don't get this one ... most who use it do it in fun, and tongue-in-cheek. This is truly much ado about nothing, IMO ... I personally try to be immature at least once-a-day. As Fred Flintstone would say, (to Wilma), "Loosen up the bone a bit!"

[lightspeed5]

I live in miami and I EXCLUSIVELY call them the Cheat when speaking to these bandwagon fans. No heat fan can name more than 1 player on the bucks. Most couldnt name 1.

[csfansince60s]

Judas Shuttlesworth
Benedict Allen
LeBroid James
Queen James (LeQueen)
cHeat
Fakers

I use all regularly and will continue to use these names as they are clever because they bring in some element of truth/opinion to people/teams who are our enemies.

The primal, tribal, "us against them" element of sports that is so compelling and seductive, engenders this disrespect and amplifies the negative actions of our competition from often what may be slightly dishonorable to onerous and contemptible.
 
Calling our enemy mean names isn't cool....BooHoo!!
 
Pretty soon these PC police will make us have a quota of purple and gold and red and black jerseys in the Gah-den.

Silly.

(this was the post that didn't post earlier.)

[CelticConcourse]

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I feel bad that people still use the term "cHeat" in a thread which you specifically made to speak out against it. I guess I'll apologize for that, since I know how it feels when other people completely ignore you 

But most of us Celtics fans strongly dislike the Heat (for rather obvious reasons) and it's only the letter "c"... I feel bad that it may get on your nerves, but unfortunately some things you can't change. Sorry.

I'll try to limit my own use of "cHeat" though. 

[GreenFaith1819]

Judas Shuttlesworth
Benedict Allen
LeBroid James
Queen James (LeQueen)
cHeat
Fakers

I use all regularly and will continue to use these names as they are clever because they bring in some element of truth/opinion to people/teams who are our enemies.

The primal, tribal, "us against them" element of sports that is so compelling and seductive, engenders this disrespect and amplifies the negative actions of our competition from often what may be slightly dishonorable to onerous and contemptible.
 
Calling our enemy mean names isn't cool....BooHoo!!
 
Pretty soon these PC police will make us have a quota of purple and gold and red and black jerseys in the Gah-den.

Silly.

(this was the post that didn't post earlier.)

You left out Dwyane "Kung-Fu Fighting" Wade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kasTHolwOwI

Out of respect to OP I'll make sure I limit cHeat use.

I think Celtics Fans HAVE to have an edge, though...I'm sure MIA fans call BOS a LOT worse.

[timobusa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZpGKC62qvs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM7sIEZTFYk

add this to the list.

[SparzWizard]

Judas Shuttlesworth
Benedict Allen
LeBroid James
Queen James (LeQueen)
cHeat
Fakers

I use all regularly and will continue to use these names as they are clever because they bring in some element of truth/opinion to people/teams who are our enemies.

The primal, tribal, "us against them" element of sports that is so compelling and seductive, engenders this disrespect and amplifies the negative actions of our competition from often what may be slightly dishonorable to onerous and contemptible.
 
Calling our enemy mean names isn't cool....BooHoo!!
 
Pretty soon these PC police will make us have a quota of purple and gold and red and black jerseys in the Gah-den.

Silly.

(this was the post that didn't post earlier.)

Nick names for individual players that I hate...

Queen James, LeBtch James, LeBroid James, LeBrick James
Judas, Gay Allen, Traitor
Dwyane Fade, Dwyane Lame...
Kobrick, KoMe, Kobtch, Ballhog
Pau Gasoft, Pau Gaysol
Derek Btcher
Marshmelo

I need to think more...