Los Angeles Lakers legend Jerry West stated this week that Golden State Warriors fans are "much better" than the current group of supporters that cheer on his former organization at Staples Center.
Matt Moore of CBS Sports passed along comments that West, who currently serves as an executive board member for the Warriors, made during an appearance on the Jim Rome Show. He made a point to highlight the differences between the fanbases:
Oh, much better than LA fans, OK? They don't ever leave the game. Once we moved into Staples Center, our fan base changed, I thought. It's a completely different kind of fan than Los Angeles. Los Angeles has a lot of corporate fans there, whole different people sat in different seats. You can go up to Oracle right now and you'll see the same fans in the same seats every night. The fans in Los Angeles are great, but I've never seen fans like this here.
Staples Center opened in 1999 and replaced the Forum, which is where the Lakers played for more than three decades, including the second half of West's career. Clearly he doesn't think the move had a positive impact on fan involvement.
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Jerry West Comments on Differences Between Warriors, Lakers Fans
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