I know, it's shocking really that the majority if videos that popped up are primarily videos of highlight reels and news stories related to the Lakers and their players.  But, there were some fan videos that were created by amateurs that I thought were rather entertaining. 

This one highlights a former player, Shaq, and a player that was just traded to our team, Dwight Howard.  It is essentially a highlight reel, but it serves more to tell a story than it does to show great plays.  It is meant to pay homage to a Lakers great and showcase what he did to help out our team.  It also shows Howard and all that he has done in the past to show what he will be bringing to the team.  While the video itself has many flaws, I think it does a great job to show how important something that seems so trivial to many, can actually be something that many of us are passionate about.  The creator showed some of the elements of evolution that the team is undergoing and I rather enjoyed it!

Now this next one has a more humorous tone.  Like many of the "S**t people say" videos, this one pokes fun at the stuff that Lakers fans say but is done by a Magic fan.  It's really quite funny because he has a lot of things dead on.  If you're not a basketball fan you wouldn't get most of it, but I was laughing really hard and related because embarrassingly, I have said a few of these things in the past.

I really do find it so interesting that this era in media development has really become a time where ordinary people can create new "documents" that are widely shared all over the world.  129,890 people viewed this last video and that is actually pretty low for most youtube videos.  I just think that it is such a great way for inexperienced people who are not in highly paid media jobs are creating projects that allow them to showcase their talents as well as talk about things that really matter to them.  It used to just be highlight reels and news clips but now you can find homemade clips that fans like me tend to relate to even more!