The Oklahoma City Thunder just won the NBA title. Would we consider this their first championship or their second? Their precursor Seattle Supersonics won in 1979. They left Seattle in 2008.
This is an opinion question, though there are purported official answers. And it's a setup for me to get snippy.
Update: The answer, of course, is no, or even hell, no. This isOKC's first championship, Seattle is irrelevant. Why, then, do we insist that the five championships of the Minneapolis Lakers count toward LA's total?
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As Steve Sailer would probably say, it's a fight between the Lumpers and the Splitters.
Fans of other teams, especially the Celtics, would say it was a PR move by Los Angeles to make their 12 championships look like 17 back when they were tied with the Celtics (who now have 18).
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