Umm, is this like elementary kids having an argument when they say "well, you are too." I think both sides have whined, slammed, denegrated, etc. the other team -- the difference somehow is you feel the Kings are justified in their pettiness while the Lakers are somehow vilified for theirs. The only difference is that the Lakers have managed to back theirs up -- the Kings haven't.
Which, for the mentally challenged, is exactly why you have not heard anything about the Lakers coming from the Kings side this year. Nothing. Not one made up sentence or imaginary phrase has been uttered at all this year. Except by the paranoid Lakers, who need to find some solace in getting smacked around earlier in the year.
There is no rivalry because the Kings players, coaches, and fans all know the obvious, which the Laker fans, players, and coaches want so desparately to exploit, except there never is anything coming from up north about it so they have to manufacture it.
Believe it or not, there is never going to be any more crap mentioned about any Laker/King rivalry coming from Sacrmamento for just this reason. We have nothing to brag about. So hearing all the lies and panic from Lakerville is more amusing then threatening because regardless of the non-status of the rivalry, the LA faithful need to keep it going, for some reason.
Sure, Sacramento needs to beat the Lakers, but there cannot and will not be anything said about it for the simple reason we can't say anything about it.
Is this so hard to figure out, or are you Laker idiots that slow?