Have you ever changed teams?

[pauls931]

When i was young, I was a Boston fan (80's), then Portland(90-93), and then settled on the suns in 93' (always liked Kj and Barkley going there was too much to resist, bandwagoner at first)... Will go down with the suns ship...

When I was young, I was obviously a bandwagoner until settling on the Suns. My case I grew up where there was no NBA team within 400 miles of me.

So is everyone a lifer here or has anyone else changed teams, why?

[angel_luv]

I changed teams when Rasho was traded. I root for whichever team he plays for.
I also rooted for the Magic simply because Hedo played for them.

I root for the Spurs because I am still a big fan of Manu and Tim.

[Xevious]

No. Have always been a Spurs fan. I was born and raised in SA after all.

There have been other teams that interest me depending on their style of play, the character of their roster, or whatever. But I would never choose them over my team.

[Culburn369]

I remember van Breda Kolff abusing Chamberlain as a child on the B&W television in our basement. I felt bad for him and it just clicked.

I've never looked back.

[Rip-Hamilton32]

Pistons fan since 2002 when i started watching basketball

[resistanze]

Wasn't really a fan of a particular team, until my city got its own franchise. Been a fan of TD since he came into the league, so naturally started following the Spurs as well.

[samikeyp]

Never. Spurs fan since 74

[Culburn369]

Then the first year the asshole sides the Suns they have a victory parade after Paxson lowered the boom on 'em.

[Venti Quattro]

Never changed teams that I root for. LAL and UCLA through and through

[BUMP]

I really think sometimes people take their fanhood too seriously where as I couldn't really give a shit. I mean I always felt that, even when "your" team wins what do you gain? You didn't win anything, they did. Although I won't dog on anybody who is into it saying "we beat you" or anything.

If the Mavs lost to the Spurs in the playoffs are anything, I wouldn't give two shits honestly. I really could care less about sports, as most people know I'm just here to fuck with sensitive people :lol

[BUMP]

Laker til I die. Thinking about finding a new football team, being a Raider sucks.

The Chargers are pretty sick. They're my favorite team to watch.

Uni's are sick, their offense is entertaining, and it seems like a great place to play in Southern Cal

[pauls931]

You have a trend going on here. A soon as Boston went south, you bailed, as soon as the Blazers went south, you bailed.

You're right, the suns have been perfect since 1993. :rolleyes You guys brains must be fried from last night.

[Findog]

I've been a Mavs fan since 1987, when I was a kid watching Aguirre, Blackman and Tarpley do their thing. The Sonics were my mistress in the nineties though. I bet everyone has had a basketball mistress from time to time.

[BUMP]

:lol It would have to be the Chargers or Steelers. I should have done this years ago when Davis yanked the team from LA.

I think Raider fans should just boycott the games until Davis either dies or is forced to step down due to sheer embarassment.

Same thing with Jerry Jones

[baseline bum]

The only time I ever changed teams was in baseball. I was a huge Mets fan as a kid because of Doc Gooden and since San Antonio didn't have a team. Once I found out he was a crackhead, I got pissed and switched to the Dodgers, and they've been my favorite team since.

I take it back; I changed teams in college ball too. Georgetown was always my favorite team growing up, but obviously I'm going to now cheer for the school I went to (UCLA).

[monosylab1k]

:lmao @ Laker fans trying to overcompensate with a bunch of "lifelong, diehard Lakers fan, always have and always will be!" comments. They know they're a part of the biggest, douchiest bandwagoner fanbase on earth.

[IronMexican]

Lakers, Raiders, Dodgers, Trojans since I've followed every sport(NBA 97, NFL 98, MLB 2002, college 2002)

[LnGrrrR]

Fan of the Bruins, Cs, Pats and Sox since I started following sports.

[BadOdor]

Lakers since I started following the NBA.

[lefty]

Spurs is the only team I root for.

Been a fan since 1992, when I "discovered" David Robinson while watching the pre-olympic tournament in Portland.

I'm not from North America, so the only guys I new about were Isiah, Magic, Bird, Jordan, Pippen, Drexler.........

I never jumped on the Bulls/Lakers bandwagon; tough times when those 2 teams were dominating, but I couldn't switch team, it would have been too easy

In other leagues:

- Montreal Canadiens (easy one, I live in Montreal)
- Patriots
- Red Sox

[BadOdor]

Spurs is the only team I root for.

Been a fan since 1992, when I "discovered" David Robinson while watching the pre-olympic tournament in Portland.

I'm not from North America, so the only guys I new about were Isiah, Magic, Bird, Jordan, Pippen, Drexler.........

I never jumped on the Bulls/Lakers bandwagon; tough times when those 2 teams were dominating, but I couldn't switch team, it would have been too easy

In other leagues:

- Montreal Canadiens (easy one, I live in Montreal)
- Patriots
- Red Sox

lol bandwagon canadian spur fan.

lol argy bandwagon spur fans.

lol canada.

[lefty]

lol bandwagon canadian spur fan.

lol argy bandwagon spur fans.

lol canada.

I'm not Canadian

I mentioned in the post that I'm not from North America, but you are too retarded to understand that :lmao

[Culburn369]

True, but you did get buttfucked by the Mavs 4-1.

[lefty]

True, but you did get buttfucked by the Mavs 4-1.

Ass :lol

[ffadicted]

Spurs since 01' playoffs, mostly due to the fact my friend was a laker fan and I felt like rooting for the other team in their playoff series lol

Watched basketball very sparingly before, so didn't really have a team, but have been following the NBA and the Spurs religiously since then.

[JoeTait75]

I became a Cavaliers fan during the 1984-85 season when George Karl led them from a 2-19 start to the eighth seed, where they played well in a first-round loss to the Celtics. But I became a fan for life with Price, Daugherty, Nance, Harper and those guys. Before those teams came along I couldn't imagine the Cavaliers actually being good.

I do enjoy watching other teams from time to time when they play a style I found entertaining. I used to like watching the early '90s Sonics, the Kings with Vlade, Webber and Jason Williams, and the Clippers when they had Brand, Darius Miles, Jeff McGinnis, Corey Maggette etc. I've never adopted another team as my own, but I've had my basketball goomars.

I've hated the Celtics and Lake Show for as long as I've liked the Cavaliers. :king

[lil_penny]

I've been a blazer fan in thick and thin as long as I can remember. Howevwer I was also rooting for shaq and pennys magic for a bit but never stopped on the blazers. I was a big magic johnson fan towards his end(I was too young for his prime) but I was just a fan of him, not so much the lakers.. and for football I was for the raiders cause I hate the seachickens so damn much haha

[DPG21920]

The Chargers are pretty sick. They're my favorite team to watch.

Uni's are sick, their offense is entertaining, and it seems like a great place to play in Southern Cal

http://images.eastbay.com/is/image/EB/717929?wid=300&hei=300

My little brother is a huge chargers fan. Got him these shoes for Christmas.

[BUMP]

http://images.eastbay.com/is/image/EB/717929?wid=300&hei=300

My little brother is a huge chargers fan. Got him these shoes for Christmas.

:tu

The Rams also have some pretty sick throwbacks too, as do the Saints but you never really see them

I like the old Cowboys jerseys because they mostly resemble those NFC pro bowl jerseys nowadays
http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/81354063.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1934B869679A269F9CC34D0CC57142E47EF 26FD13ED7B73D4BC

[IronMexican]

chargers are gay

[DPG21920]

:tu

The Rams also have some pretty sick throwbacks too, as do the Saints but you never really see them

I like the old Cowboys jerseys because they mostly resemble those NFC pro bowl jerseys nowadays
http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/81354063.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1934B869679A269F9CC34D0CC57142E47EF 26FD13ED7B73D4BC

Ya, I have some Spurs shoes that are the same style as the Chargers pair. I don't really like jerseys so I just by some shoes and shirts.

But Chargers look the coolest in the NFL IMO.

[JoeTait75]

The Chargers' powder-blues are sweet, but it'd be cool if they broke out their Air Coryell-era uniforms at some point, because those are definitely underrated.

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[Culburn369]

On a Rutigliano Super Bowl Team, da, da, da, da.

[JoeTait75]

On a Rutigliano Super Bowl Team, da, da, da, da.

Dave Logan leaping...

[Culburn369]

Don Cockroft a kickin'.

[JoeTait75]

Both the Pruitts moooooooves...

Okay, that's enough from me. :lol

[Culburn369]

:lol

Good stuff, Joe!

[eisfeld]

Not exactly...
In the early 90's it was easy to watch basketball in Europe via satellite because of the Bulls hype. Still, I didn't like them so I always rooted for the Magic. In the mid 90's basketball was banned from public TV and one was only able to watch it via pay-tv. With the Internet becoming more and more popular I managed to follow the NBA a little. Despite still being a Magic fan, the Spurs became my favorite pretty soon.

I love the Spurs and I like the Magic, so I never really changed teams.
I do have some other teams I like like the Thunder and Bobcats but those teams change based on the player they currently have.

[024]

i liked the jazz over the bulls during the jordan era. i didn't live in the U.S. at the time, so i just got mostly bulls game because networks outside the US hadn't yet widely broadcast NBA games. i remember waking up at 4am just to watch one of the finals games live but i couldn't really follow any NBA teams. then it's been pretty much the spurs since i received two shiny tim duncan rookie cards and moved back to the US.

[poop]

:lmao @ Laker fans trying to overcompensate with a bunch of "lifelong, diehard Lakers fan, always have and always will be!" comments. They know they're a part of the biggest, douchiest bandwagoner fanbase on earth.

haha best post ever by a mavs fan.

it must be so very hard, and take such unconditional loyalty, to be a fan of a team that the league wont allow to go more than a couple years without making the finals :lmao

[Culburn369]

We got nothin' on you, poop. They won't allow you to repeat.

[DPG21920]

I especially love the "until I die..." :lol

Lakers por vida..........

[poop]

We got nothin' on you, poop. They won't allow you to repeat.

this is actually true.

see the 2006 playoff officiating/fixed game travesties for proof.

you guys beat us fairly in '08 btw.

but '06 was a lock for a spurs-detroit rematch so the league had to intervene.

[Culburn369]

I think I fucked up, Poop. This has not worked out like I envisioned. I think I just helped ya's. GD it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cobbler]

:lmao @ Laker fans trying to overcompensate with a bunch of "lifelong, diehard Lakers fan, always have and always will be!" comments. They know they're a part of the biggest, douchiest bandwagoner fanbase on earth.

...and yet we keep winning and you have never. :toast

[Culburn369]

Cobb is correct here, Mono. You guys are O & Forever.

[cobbler]

http://images.eastbay.com/is/image/EB/717929?wid=300&hei=300

My little brother is a huge chargers fan. Got him these shoes for Christmas.

Did you buy him a little cheerleading dress and some pom poms to go with those? :lmao

[DPG21920]

Did you buy him a little cheerleading dress and some pom poms to go with those? :lmao

People who laugh at their own joke are widely considered the most annoying people on earth. Plus, you are Lakerfan. That is two major strikes against you.

[Culburn369]

DPG on the rag again. Christ, you won last nite and yer still PO'ed.

[DPG21920]

Laker fans on the rag again. You won the 2010 title and you still throw stuff onto the court and riot. Then you come onto ST and start numerous threads about other fans and their teams.

[Culburn369]

This ain't ST. This is the NBA Forum, DPG.

[cobbler]

This ain't ST. This is the NBA Forum, DPG.

He has a hard time getting past that. Even with Kori's excellent explaination. Some people just cannot grasp certain concepts... no matter how many times it has to be brought up. :bang

[cobbler]

People who laugh at their own joke are widely considered the most annoying people on earth. Plus, you are Lakerfan. That is two major strikes against you.

Odd. I have always found it to be the people that pass judgement are the most annoying.

[Strike]

I'm Portland born and raised so I was a Blazers fan when I was young. Then I saw a Spurs/Bulls game during David Robinson's rookie year and I became interested in the Spurs. Over the next couple years, I became more of a Spurs fan and less of a Blazers fan to the point where I hated the Blazers for most of the 90's. I'm still a Spurs fan first and foremost but I do root for the Blazers and/or the Lakers so long as they're not playing the Spurs.

[Muser]

Firstly i'm a fan of the game, I will watch any game. Celtics/Lakers or Nets/Knicks. Became a Spurs fan when I saw them for the first time over here in the 94/95 season on video tape.

[cobbler]

People who laugh at their own joke are widely considered the most annoying people on earth. Plus, you are Lakerfan. That is two major strikes against you.

Come on DPG... I wasn't laughing at my joke. I was directly laughing at YOU! And even though you may think i have 2 strikes, it takes 3 to get an out and we LA people can always pull out a Kirk Gibson on ya!

[DPG21920]

Come on DPG... I wasn't laughing at my joke. I was directly laughing at YOU! And even though you may think i have 2 strikes, it takes 3 to get an out and we LA people can always pull out a Kirk Gibson on ya!

If you were laughing at me, then there is no need to quote my post twice to defend yourself. Just let it be.

[Flintstones32]

started really getting into sports when I was 9 in 1984 when the tigers won the world series. I root for every single Detroit team. Always have. Always will. I am also a spartan fan for life. will never change no matter what.

[cobbler]

If you were laughing at me, then there is no need to quote my post twice to defend yourself. Just let it be.

Nothing to defend DPG. Just setting you straight.

When you say "widely considered the most annoying people on earth"... please define "widely condisered". You have factual data to prove your point or are you once again just flappin the lips and projecting your own opinion as one of the masses? I'm guessing the latter.

[Culburn369]

started really getting into sports when I was 9 in 1984 when the tigers won the world series. I root for every single Detroit team. Always have. Always will. I am also a spartan fan for life. will never change no matter what.

Hey, Flint, have you visited that room the Spurs built here for ya, AFTER they built that shoe store in your ass in the Finals? Go on in there, kid.

[Bukefal]

I've always been a Spurs fan, but I do had a time when Glen Rice was my favorite player, back in the days when he was with the Hornets.

[jag]

Born in PA and then moved to Bulverde, Texas (like 30 min outside of SA) when i was 2. Had season tickets till I moved to TN for highschool. I was actually a huge Dallas Stars, Cowboys and Astros fan as well. I pretty much grew up just watching and playing sports. It was tough moving away and never getting to see those teams...but it's been nice that the Spurs get their ESPN/TNT games.

[DieMrBond]

Been a Spur fan ever since i discovered basketball in year 6 of primary school... I believe i caught 'NBA Action' on Saturday/Sunday and they possibly had a feature on DRob... also, i received a subscription to an Australian NBA Magazine around the same time for my birthday, and they had another feature on him. Strangely, i was hooked ;)

So, it's been 17 years of Spurs fandom... and loved every minute of it.

[pauls931]

LOL, I bet people are more comfortable with admitting they've gone through a divorce than changing their sports team. :rollin

[Chieflion]

Nope. Never. Became an NBA/Spurs fan in 04.

[O.J Mayo]

Memphis Grizzlies for life, bitches. I am sure many of the current Laker fans change their favorite teams when it seems fit.

[pauls931]

Memphis Grizzlies for life, bitches. I am sure many of the current Laker fans change their favorite teams when it seems fit.

remember when the clips were good and stars all off a sudden started showing up for games?

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

spurs fan ever since following sports back in 03-04 (but i root for whichever team thats playing the lakers )

[benefactor]

I started following football and basketball in the early/mid 90's. Because of my location, you were a Mavericks/Cowboys fan by default. I was a fair weather of both of these through my childhood, but things changed after I got into middle school...when my cousin moved up here from Houston. Since we were very close and spent a lot of time together I started following the Rockets and Oilers.

Watching the Dream developed my love for the game and the dominant big man...so I was naturally drawn to the Spurs after Duncan was drafted. I pretty much had dual fanship for a while but I found myself more and more of a Spurs fan as I loved the way they played the game and the way the organization carried themselves with humility and class. Seeing them fall short in the early 2000's and then tasting the championship in '03 sealed me as a fan forever.

Though it's not popular among my brethren, I still like the Rockets. They are the only other team I would want to win a title if the Spurs could not.

[Flintstones32]

Hey, Flint, have you visited that room the Spurs built here for ya, AFTER they built that shoe store in your ass in the Finals? Go on in there, kid.

What the hell is with the hostility? Was just answering the thread.

[Kori Ellis]

Yes.. all the time :)

I was a Dodger fan growing up, but I've been a Yankee fan for about the last 10 years or so.

I was a Cowboys fan during Troy Aikman years, but a Steelers fan before that and after that.

I was a Suns fans when I was a little girl. I was a Jazz fan for a while during Hornacek's time. I had Clippers and Lakers season tickets. And obviously I'm a Spurs fan.

I don't really have any loyalty to sports teams, except UCLA :lol

[mojorizen7]

So is everyone a lifer here or has anyone else changed teams, why?

Nope, been with the SUNS for 22 years.
I'm very close to kicking them to the curb though....if they don't begin to do the things required to win titles very soon I'm done with this franchise.
Fuck jumpshooting small ball garbage teams.
Things like defense,rebounding and toughness are NOT a part of the culture here.....thus (cue Cubby)..........>>>>>>0-41

[jacobdrj]

I have never changed teams. I have always been an NBA fan and will defend them to the grave. Can't stand the NFL/NHL/MLB.

[Culburn369]

What the hell is with the hostility? Was just answering the thread.

Your excuses are your own.

[pauls931]

Yes.. all the time :)

I was a Dodger fan growing up, but I've been a Yankee fan for about the last 10 years or so.

I was a Cowboys fan during Troy Aikman years, but a Steelers fan before that and after that.

I was a Suns fans when I was a little girl. I was a Jazz fan for a while during Hornacek's time. I had Clippers and Lakers season tickets. And obviously I'm a Spurs fan.

I don't really have any loyalty to sports teams, except UCLA :lol

One honest post so far. :)

[LakasRool4eva]

been with da Lakas since da beginning.............

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

been with da Lakas since da beginning.............


You should climb back into your mother's pussy. I'm sure she has a clothes hanger laying around somewhere.