What Team Would You Cheer For?

[BeerIsGood!]

Let's say that the Spurs' ownership sells and the team is relocated in the near future. Do you stay a (whatever city) Spurs fan or do you jump ship and turn to another team?


For myself - I think the day the Spurs leave SA is the day I never watch another NBA game again. It's that or become a Mavs fan, and I just don't care for the NBA that much.

[T Park]

Root for the Rockets more than likely.

[50 cent]

Lakers.

[Leetonidas]

They'd still be the same team, just in a different city. I'd still root for them.

[ChumpDumper]

Whatever D-League franchise San Antonio is awarded to play in Freeman Coliseum.

Then the Hornets or Bobcats or Grizzlies or Bucks when they move into the AT&T Center later.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

It's been 24 years since the Spurs and I lived in the same city.

It would be weird, but I'll always be a Spurs fan no matter where they hang their shingle.

[ObiwanGinobili]

Whatever D-League franchise San Antonio is awarded to play in Freeman Coliseum.

Then the Hornets or Bobcats or Grizzlies or Bucks when they move into the AT&T Center later.


agreed. :fro

[dg7md]

I'd always follow them, regardless of where they are located. Could you Spurs fans now really just drop all affilation just because they'd be out of state?

[SAtown]

This thread is going to expose all the closet "insert team name here" fans.

[BeerIsGood!]

I'd always follow them, regardless of where they are located. Could you Spurs fans now really just drop all affilation just because they'd be out of state?

Ask Houston Oilers fans

[alamo50]

They'd still be the same team, just in a different city. I'd still root for them.

Is there another possible answer for a true silver and black bleeder?

[Solid D]

Does this move include the Silver Stars and Rampage?

[VaSpursFan]

as long as the spurs have TD, TP, and The Manu, i'll be a fan. If TD happens to get traded, I'll follow his new team and the Spurs. I'm a TD homer since his frosh year at Wake.

[ChumpDumper]

Yeah, I'd still follow the Spurs as long as there was some continuity. But after a long enough period of player and FO turnover, I might look elsewhere -- especially since SA would probably be getting a team not too long after.

[angel_luv]

They'd still be the same team, just in a different city. I'd still root for them.


Good point.

[angel_luv]

Does this move include the Silver Stars and Rampage?


We could hope. :)

Just kidding! :lol

[Spurminator]

Yeah, I'd still follow the Spurs as long as there was some continuity. But after a long enough period of player and FO turnover, I might look elsewhere -- especially since SA would probably be getting a team not to long after.

:tu

Agreed.

[mFFL03]

If I were a Spurs fan, I'd cheer for the Mavericks.

If the Spurs for some reason relocated, I'd still cheer for the Mavericks.

[valluco]

Ask Houston Oilers fans
Long time Oilers fan right here. I still cheer for the Titans, always will.

I can't imagine the Spurs leaving San Antonio, but if they were to leave I would probably still cheer for them as well.

Fuck Dallas.

[BeerIsGood!]

Long time Oilers fan right here. I still cheer for the Titans, always will.

I can't imagine the Spurs leaving San Antonio, but if they were to leave I would probably still cheer for them as well.

Fuck Dallas.

Of all the Oilers fans I knew it seemed about 50-50 on the issue when the team left. Half cheer for the Titans while the other half cheer for the Cowboys or some other team. Almost none of them cheer for the Texans, and if my team passed on Vince Young and Reggie Bush I wouldn't cheer for them either.

[BeerIsGood!]

If I were a Spurs fan, I'd cheer for the Mavericks.

If the Spurs for some reason relocated, I'd still cheer for the Mavericks.
If Mark Cuban moved the Mavs - who would you cheer for?

[midgetonadonkey]

I'd always follow them, regardless of where they are located. Could you Spurs fans now really just drop all affilation just because they'd be out of state?

That's what I did when the Oilers left Texas.

[valluco]

No true Oilers fan would cheer for the Cowboys.

[BeerIsGood!]

No true Oilers fan would cheer for the Cowboys.

I've converted a few - but they were all Tenn. fans in the "one yard short" Superbowl.

[Bob Lanier]

ЦСКА Москва

I love me some Trajan Langdon!

[mFFL03]

If Mark Cuban moved the Mavs - who would you cheer for?


FC DALLAS BABY! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[valluco]

I've converted a few - but they were all Tenn. fans in the "one yard short" Superbowl.
:pctoss You had to bring that up. What's next the Frank Reich comeback?

[BeerIsGood!]

:pctoss You had to bring that up. What's next the Frank Reich comeback?
:lol - Nah, that one hurt me too because I wanted the Oilers to lose to the Cowboys in Superbowl XXVII. Instead, we had to settle for smacking the Bills around.

[mardigan]

I would turn a cold shoulder to the NBA, just the thought of this thread makes me feel ill

[midgetonadonkey]

:pctoss You had to bring that up. What's next the Frank Reich comeback?

May God damn Frank Reich and let him burn in fiery hell for all eternity!!!

And screw you for bringing it up!!

[valluco]

I wanted the Oilers to lose to the Cowboys in Superbowl XXVII
:makemyday

[angel_luv]

Sort of on the subject, I was thinking the other day about Timmy and when they retire his jersey.

I wonder what his ceremony will be like. Tim is such a no fuss guy; I hope he lets the city go all out for him though. :)

[tlongII]

All of you would root for the Blazers and YOU KNOW IT!

http://www.nba.com/media/blazers/blazers_logo.gif

[jn77]

If the Spurs moved, I would follow them, wherever they go! The only other option for me would be the Wizards, because I am from DC.

[Darkwaters]

If the Spurs moving was also coupled by the immediate retirement/trading/or restricted free agency of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Bruce Bowen all at once then I would likely move on. Although, if the team were moved to Austin or some other local city then I would likely remain a fan. But if they became (for instance) the Vancouver Spurs or the Las Vegas Spurs then I would have to cheer for the Hornets alone.

[clambake]

The Anaheim Spurs. yuk

[BeerIsGood!]

The Anaheim Spurs. yuk

You mean the "Los Angeles Spurs of Anaheim"

[midgetonadonkey]

:pctoss :pctoss:pctoss :pctoss

God damn you Frank Reich!!!!

:pctoss :pctoss:pctoss :pctoss

[samikeyp]

I'd always follow them, regardless of where they are located. Could you Spurs fans now really just drop all affilation just because they'd be out of state

If you grew up with them...yes. They would no longer be the San Antonio Spurs.

That is the appeal to a lot of us.


Is there another possible answer for a true silver and black bleeder?

I have bled silver and black as true and as long and as passionately as anyone here...my answer remains the same.

When a team came back here, that would be my team.

[clambake]

OK. If the spurs left, they would take the spurs name with them. What would be the name of the newcomers?

[Amarelooms]

If Mark Cuban moved the Mavs - who would you cheer for?

Spurs and Rockets

[midgetonadonkey]

Fucking Oilers. That shit hurt me more than the fucking .4. Maybe not more but as much.

[remingtonbo2001]

Ask Houston Oilers fans


Very, very true!.....I remember when they were just beginning to turn things around right after the Moon Era, with Steve McNair and Eddie George. Then the ONE YARD FALLOUT...that was tough...maybe not as bad as .04, but still pulls in a close 2nd or 3rd.

[remingtonbo2001]

OK. If the spurs left, they would take the spurs name with them. What would be the name of the newcomers?


The San Antonio ROUGH RIDERS..... :downspin:

[theroc5]

spurs no matter what, better or for worse GO SPURS GO but if they were just wipped out as an nba team for some reason..i would go for the rockets..possibly the raptors or nets.

[dg7md]

I'd only root for another team if the Spurs franchise was turned into something incredibly different (new name, new city, new players), and even then I'd probably be a fan of that new team, if not, Rockets for sure.

[clambake]

How about the Dallas Spurs. Could you root for that? A new 2 team town?

[timvp]

I'd follow this team. San Antonio isn't hungry for championships anymore, anways.

:smokin

[twincam]

No hometeam, no cheers for any team in the NBA for me.

[valluco]

Fucking Oilers. That shit hurt me more than the fucking .4. Maybe not more but as much.
same here. biggest fucking choke job in the history of the NFL.

[Texas_Ranger]

For the team in which Duncan would play.

[mavsfan1000]

Phoenix Suns

[lefty]

Suns

[dav4463]

There would be only one way I would not root for the Spurs. That would be if Mark Cuban bought them!

[Fillmoe]

all yall bandwagon fans would pull out the bulls jersey from the back of the closet

[Russ]

When someone steals your home team it's like someone stole your homeland. I would cheer for no one. I would become an NBA terrorist until my team/homeland was returned. :)

[mffl89]

If Mavs were moved, I think I would still go for them. But if I don't, then probably Suns and Rockets.

[gtownspur]

Seattle Supersonics