The Lakers officially hung their in-season tournament championship banner on Monday, and fans had plenty of jokes.
The Lakers announced shortly after winning the inaugural tournament their plans to add a banner to the rafters to commemorate the championship, with room on the banner to accommodate all future in-season tournament titles.
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They officially unveiled the banner in a brief ceremony prior to the team’s game against the Knicks, and while it was certainly a more muted celebration than after winning a NBA championship, it didn’t stop fans from cracking jokes at the team’s expense.
Here’s a brief look at the celebration.
Lakers raise their In-Season Tournament banner 🏆 pic.twitter.com/5dcEMtfRB2
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 19, 2023
Maybe in the future the in-season tournament crown will be seen as a big deal, but for now, fans had a hard time seeing one of the NBA’s most storied franchises adding a banner for an upstart tournament to the rafters alongside some of the greatest championship teams in NBA history.
Here’s some of the best roasts from the internet on the matter.
IST banners, stolen Minnesota banners, bubble banners, the Lakers really got it all folks!! https://t.co/AGqoPKoJyW
— Curt (@CelticsCurt) December 19, 2023
The participation trophy of banners. https://t.co/4LLzFn6Wn2
— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) December 19, 2023
That’s LA’s 3rd consecutive fake championship, that’s actually kind of impressive. https://t.co/9I4R91PJK4
— Space City Sports (@LiveSCS) December 19, 2023
https://t.co/f6SiA6p4Fg pic.twitter.com/SZ6EY16g5K
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) December 19, 2023
Congratulations to whatever used to be the dumbest thing in pro sports. https://t.co/aXa8WrNpvd
— Sean Cuthbert (@seanyhockey) December 19, 2023
This is gonna be a meme when they lose in the playoffs https://t.co/gPHfg0MaKo
— Bennie Mac - Single Dad Era (@BenMcC1908) December 19, 2023
Kobe would never https://t.co/dfc8jSI9TU pic.twitter.com/YdOpPZOAIV
— Based Windu 🦅🦅🦅 10-4 (@BrockPierre_) December 19, 2023
