Originally Posted by
Phila_Chamberlain
Well they used to be the bleacher bums at baseball games and they got that name because they would bring bear to the baseball games by hiding the bottles in their baby's dippers.
Also they calmed down quite a bit after the ABA merger. The owner of the Spurs needed something to entertain people so they basically gave away great seats behind the visitor bench and sold cheap beer.
Now you already brought up the Larry Brown thing, but when Brown was later named the Spurs head coach some of the bums came to the press confrence and brought guacamole for Larry.