Fan of the team or fan of the game? [Archive]

benefactor

10-15-2009, 03:43 PM

I thought about this when I saw some fans talking about not wanting to pay for League Pass because they only cared about following their home team.

So which are you? I personally have loved basketball most of my life and have played it more than any other sport. Besides football it is the only other sport I can watch without a vested interest in either team as long at it is a good game.

JoeTait75

10-15-2009, 03:45 PM

Both. Back in the late '90s and early 00's I had to be a fan of the game, because the Cavaliers were so tough to watch. NBA basketball is my second-favorite sport after football.

DUNCANownsKOBE2

10-15-2009, 03:48 PM

Yeah I'll watch anything. Being a student I don't have money to get league pass, but if the Bobcats are playing the Raptors, I'll still watch.

BlackSwordsMan

10-15-2009, 03:48 PM

team, basketball is boring to watch otherwise

bostonguy

10-15-2009, 03:49 PM

I am both as well. It wasn't easy during the Antoine Walker days. I saw the Bulls and Rockets win their titles in the 90's. Being a Celt fan wasn't easy during those years either.

xellos88330

10-15-2009, 03:51 PM

Both. I prefer playing basketball over watching it. But if I watch it, it will definitely be my Spurs.

bostonguy

10-15-2009, 03:52 PM

I'll watch all the various matchups. Even after losing to Orlando, I still watched the playoffs. I will bandwagon certain teams once mine is out and root for them the rest of the way. I rooted for Orlando/LA in the conference finals. I was fine with whoever won the finals.

DPG21920

10-15-2009, 03:54 PM

Both. I love the Spurs and I watch all of their games, but I also watch as many games as I can from all teams.

Xylus

10-15-2009, 03:59 PM

I used to be a fan of the team, but in the last 4 or 5 years, I've started playing basketball on almost a daily basis. It's by far my favorite sport. If the Suns ceased to exist, I'd still follow the sport closely.

duncan228

10-15-2009, 04:03 PM

Both. I watch every Spurs game, and on nights they're not playing I'll watch the best match-up that's on. It's cliche, but I love this game. :)

JamStone

10-15-2009, 04:40 PM

I'm a fan of the actual basketball. Big, round, orange synthetic dribbling in between my legs, palming it, spinning it, caressing it, then releasing it from my fingertips to watch it explode into the air and through the hole.

I love the basketball.

JamStone

10-15-2009, 04:40 PM

Wait... what?

NRHector

10-15-2009, 04:56 PM

Girasuck

10-15-2009, 05:02 PM

I can't watch an NBA game for more than 10 minutes if the Jazz aren't playing in it so I guess I'd go with the team.

Morg1411

10-15-2009, 05:06 PM

Both. I watch every Spurs game, and on nights they're not playing I'll watch the best match-up that's on. It's cliche, but I love this game. :)

This.

DPG21920

10-15-2009, 05:29 PM

I can't watch an NBA game for more than 10 minutes if the Jazz aren't playing in it so I guess I'd go with the team.

That is just crazy to me. I don't really watch tv unless it is basketball. I try and watch as much as I can from every team. I even try and watch all of the preseason games from other teams and leagues overseas when I can get a stream, lol.

Other than that, I just watch some football and soccer.

anakha

10-15-2009, 05:58 PM

Outside of the Spurs, I mostly tend to watch teams that look to be contending in the postseason - partly because I like the way most of those teams play, partly because they're competition and I wanna see how they would stack up against the Spurs.

So mostly the former, I guess.

crc21209

10-15-2009, 06:02 PM

Both. I'm a Spurs fan till the day I die but I love the game a whole bunch as well. Its the one sport I can watch no matter what team is playing, and the one sport I enjoy playing the most. :tu

Culburn369

10-15-2009, 06:08 PM

Good thread. Stout postings.

Thunder Dan

10-15-2009, 06:13 PM

I'll watch any game as long as the Cavs are playing in it

Mavs_man_41

10-15-2009, 06:17 PM

Both, unless the spurs are playing, then i'd rather kill myself

Allanon

10-15-2009, 06:19 PM

I'll watch NBA, D-League, College, Olympic, Euro and even the WNBA if there's no other pro basketball going on.

I like watching any West team but I generally do avoid watching sucky East teams.

Dex

10-15-2009, 06:38 PM

Foremost, probably a fan of the team. I loved the team before I really understood everything about the game. They are the reason I came to learn and love basketball.

Still, as the years roll along, I find myself more and more willing to sit and watch two teams that I don't even care about duke it out. But usually, it's still all coming back to how they'd match up against the Spurs.

benefactor

10-15-2009, 06:51 PM

That is just crazy to me. I don't really watch tv unless it is basketball. I try and watch as much as I can from every team. I even try and watch all of the preseason games from other teams and leagues overseas when I can get a stream, lol.

Other than that, I just watch some football and soccer.
Me too. I have a bit of a hard time understanding how people can be die-hard for a team and not love the sport. I love every aspect of the game...from run and gun high scoring offenses to defensive juggernauts. The sheer ability and skill that resides within the players truly leaves me in awe at times.

As 228 said, it might be cliche...but I really do love this game.

NoOptionB

10-15-2009, 06:53 PM

Both but Team > Game.

tlongII

10-15-2009, 06:55 PM

Both. The Blazers are obviously my favorite team in all of sports, but I love hoops. Probably the only sport I like better is college football.

Lars

10-15-2009, 06:57 PM

Team

Inconsistant officiating destroys the pureness of the game.

benefactor

10-15-2009, 08:30 PM

If I am being honest though, I am a fan of the game at certain level. I enjoy high level basketball like the NBA and international ball...but I don't really get into college until it gets close to the tournament. I like going to local high school games though. It's fun watching the kids play so hard and be so competitive.

KidCongo

10-15-2009, 08:41 PM

Both. Being in Australia we usually only get the ESPN or TNT games and last season there was only two games a week as one broadcaster stopped televising games. Now on free to Air I think there will be at least two games a week on that plus the two games ESPN will choose to show (usually Friday and Wednesday night games in America). More games means more fun.

Lakers and Celtics get the most air time but I'll still watch them play.

Seventyniner

10-16-2009, 06:59 AM

Both, to an extent. I'll usually watch the Spurs over any other game, but I'd probably tune in to a good matchup if the Spurs are in a blowout.

mystargtr34

10-16-2009, 07:32 AM

Sup Phil....

Im definately both, il watch any game on TV - just cant get enough NBA.

The Franchise

10-16-2009, 07:37 AM

DaDakota

10-16-2009, 09:17 AM

Both - Rockets first, but will watch other NBA games with a style of ball I like.

DD

Culburn369

10-16-2009, 09:54 AM

About 90% Rockets fans are only in favor of Yao rather than the Rockets team according to a recent survey, then literally those idiots are more deserving to be called "Yao fans" instead.

Yes, it's a phenomenon.

lefty

10-16-2009, 09:54 AM

I used to be a fan of the game.

But David Stern has ruined it for me in the last recent years

So I'm just following (mostly) Spurs games

Culburn369

10-16-2009, 09:55 AM

I used to be a fan of the game.

But David Stern has ruined it for me in the last recent years

So I'm just following (mostly) Spurs games

...& enjoying the fruits of David Stern's efforts.

lefty

10-16-2009, 10:07 AM

...& enjoying the fruits of David Stern's efforts.
Elaborate

Chieflion

10-16-2009, 10:12 AM

Elaborate
Don't even let him start.

Culburn369

10-16-2009, 10:35 AM

Elaborate

You've benefited as much from Stern's calculations & machinations as any other team, Lefty.

DUNCANownsKOBE2

10-16-2009, 10:43 AM

Elaborate

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/images/photos/2006/04/28/xu3hepg.jpg

dirk4mvp

10-16-2009, 10:45 AM

Elaborate

http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/2006/06/wadealoneatline.jpg

lefty

10-16-2009, 11:19 AM

You've benefited as much from Stern's calculations & machinations as any other team, Lefty.
How?

Facts?

Gasol trade?

Culburn369

10-16-2009, 12:05 PM

How?

Facts?

Gasol trade?

Lefty, we've done this countless times. I ain't doin' it today.

You just don't want to admit it because you think it makes your rings of lesser quality. You can't live with the reality. Whatever trips your trigger.

lefty

10-16-2009, 12:07 PM

Lefty, we've done this countless times. I ain't doin' it today.

You just don't want to admit it because you think it makes your rings of lesser quality. You can't live with the reality. Whatever trips your trigger.
No I'm serious

I really don't know what you are talking about

Culburn369

10-16-2009, 12:12 PM

No I'm serious

I really don't know what you are talking about

Well, I'm not airing your dirty laundry this morning.