Flea blogs about his Lakers, his Fanhood, and Burning Red Auerbach's Book

Flea: Don’t Question My Fanhood!

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“Anyways, my attitude now, is to love always, to not waste energy on
anger and hatred,” he writes. “Recently, a few months ago, I was playing golf with my two main golfing
buddies one of them said to me, ‘Man I read this really great book about Red Auerbach, how he used to meet with his like minded friends each week, and how to put together a great team, it is a really brilliant book, Red Auerbach was an amazing and innovative guy. I want to give it to you, it will inspire you.’ I said to him, ‘If you give me that book I will burn it.’ He was offended, told me I was close minded, blah blah blah. He doesn't understand! The guy is from Colorado by the way, he just doesn’t know.

"What is the point of being a Laker fan if you don't hate the Celtics? Lakers fans hate Celtics and Celtics fans hate Lakers. I am a very loving person, but this is a time [the Finals] when it is fun to hate.”

Call me old fashioned, but Flea has a point; there’s nothing wrong with developing rivalries. Oscar the Grouch gave Sesame Street the counter-punch it desperately needed to reel in the 3-5 year old demographic back in the early 80’s.