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omg bandwagoner
:wtf What does it matter how long she has been here?
Kori came when the Jazz stopped being good and the Spurs started being the constant contender in the West. :lol
Tony Parker has been in SA longer.
I have never claimed anything different :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by J.T.
I still wasn't even a Spurs fan after the 99 title. I'm a Duncan fan first and foremost. So I have watched most Spurs games since he came into the league. I grew up a Suns fan. I spent a little time as a Jazz fan. I had Lakers and Clippers season tickets. So, in general, I'm just a basketball fan.
I didn't really start loving the Spurs til 2001 or so.
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Originally Posted by Kori Ellis
And timvp married you with full knowledge of this?
2001? Yikes! Bad postseason to start loving the Spurs. *shudder*
Pffft...I consider everyone who has jumped on the wagon after 1977 a bandwagoneer.
And not being born yet is just a lame excuse.
Then 1974 is ok? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by SouthernFried
This should put to rest any question about why I love Kori so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kori Ellis
All right, there are lots of reasons, but I'm all about Duncan and Kori's articles about him have always been a joy to read.
I guess bandwagoners can smell their own.Quote:
Originally Posted by J.T.
There was nothing to bandwagon prior to 1999 btw.
Kori has done more for the Spurs since 2001 then any Spurs fan I've come across. Even those that have been fans since 1977.
Kori started SpursTalk.
Long enough to create this site and make it kick ass. :toast
sorry, there were some awsome fights, nickle beer, blowing the roof out of the ol' arena, captain late, ice,....Quote:
Originally Posted by whottt
i must disagree
Very true.....the old arena was a blast.Quote:
Originally Posted by my2sons
I knew Kori when...Shaq tried to include her into his posse of "bitches". The then Ms. Townsend, said...UM NO!!!
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Went to a few games out at Staples;Was there the day her and LJ got hitched and try to call whenever I'm in SA. West Coast Spurs Fans are committed.
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Originally Posted by my2sons
Anyone that started following the team for those reasons isn't a bandwagoner.
Remember the time we were at Staples and that 9-year-old Laker fan was staring you down when we cheering on the Spurs and talking smack :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Man In Black
:lmao Yeah, I must be pretty damn good at what I do for him to get over the Jazz part :smokinQuote:
Originally Posted by whottt
The only difference between Kori and most "Spurs fans" is she admits to hopping on the bandwagon. Most other Spurs fans try to pretend they've been on the bandwagon since 1945.
I remember the post-Gervin, pre-Robinson days when you couldn't find a Spurs fan. Even in 1997, the Rockets had like 2,000 times more fans on the internets than the Spurs.
That was almost a deal breaker :madrunQuote:
Originally Posted by Kori Ellis
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Okay ... even though I'm a bandwagoner, I had season tickets by myself to the Lakers/Clippers in 1998-02, and I used to go heckle the hell out of the Lakers when they played the Spurs. One time I was almost thrown out by security :lmao
I also flew to San Antonio in 99 to watch playoff games. So, it's not like I wasn't a Spurs fan a little bit. But I was more rooting for Duncan than anything else.
I did root for the Lakers and Jazz when they weren't playing the Spurs though.
And I did grow up in Phoenix, so I was a Suns fan from when I was young (during Alvin Adams, Gar Heard, Walter Davis, Larry Nance, Kyle Macy, Truck Robinson, etc time).
You can thank Kyle Macy for SpursTalk. Because if I didn't have such a crush, I would have never become a big basketball fan, then eventual Spurs fan, etc. :lol
born in s.a. 1969, spurs fan since 1974.....please don't ban this born and bred spurs fan.
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Originally Posted by timvp
Which is exactly why I said there was nothing to bandwagon prior to 1999.
If this forum had existed back in the 80s through the early 90's there would have been about 10 posters on it.
My entire circle of diehard Spurs friends pre message board consisted of about 6 regulars, maybe 10 if the Spurs were on a hot streak.
Diehard fandom as it exists now is entirely due to the Spurs winning championships.
I was actually made fun of for being a Spurfan at times.
The Spurs got zero media coverage, zero star coverage and zero respect...Gervin being as well known as he was was something of a miracle in itself.
Half the time you didn't even know the score and stats of some of the games until the day after.
On top of all that...there was barely a time when the Spurs could lay claim to being the best team in Texas...the Rockets had all the star power(and finals appearances).
It's not like there was anything to brag about back then...other than George Gervin and David Robinson. That was it...
in 1997, teh internets had yet to hit San AntonioQuote:
Originally Posted by timvp
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Originally Posted by Kori Ellis
If it makes you feel any better the Showtime Lakers were my second favorite team...I lived in Hermosa beach during the 87, 88 seasons and part of the 89 as well they were the team I followed, when the Spurs were sucking.
Keep in mind that the Showtime Lakers were pure class and fun to watch, and they should forever be kept apart from the stank that was the Shaq Kobe Lakers.
http://www.thegoogleontheinternets.com/georgebush02.jpg
..........he has heard that there are "rumours on the internets"
Yeah once upon a time, the Spurs online message board community consisted of about five people: Spurs Fan, timvp, Ghost Writer, exstatic and Flava Flav.Quote:
Originally Posted by whottt
Yeah being a Spurs fan was a joke. Even Mav Fan could pull the Cowboys card. Spurs fans had regular season wins to hang on to :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by whottt
I really don't care if a Spurs fan became a fan yesterday, as long as they are on the bandwagon now I'll gladly take them.
However, Spurs fans who date back to at least the '90's are generally better able to keep things in perspective compared to Spurs fans who have just lived the glory years. And they generally are able to be a fan of the whole team instead of just one or two players.
you forgot cs292......back in the dusty garza days.
i was a celtic fan back then. more accurately, a bird fan. didn't become a duncan fan until i saw a clip of timmy kneeling on the free throw line for missing a game winning free throw.Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
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Originally Posted by Kori Ellis
:lmao "original ploto"
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Originally Posted by timvp
Hey .. I stood in line for hours at a shoe store to get my picture taken with him in 1981. :lol
Now he's just an old bald guy. :lmao
Somehow my bandwagoner joke was construed as trolling/me being a jerk. I think I'm going to quit posting here because I fail at forums.
I knew you were joking. :lol And I don't care if people think I'm a bandwagoner.Quote:
Originally Posted by J.T.
While we are at it ... how long have you been a Colts fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by J.T.
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:dramaquee
If I quit the forum every time someone posted a stupid reply to one of my posts, I'd have quit the forum a bunch of times. Instead I start arguments with these people...it's cathartic.
True.
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Originally Posted by whottt
And the occasional division title which meant you stood in line for Midwest Division Championship shirts!!Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
I thought it was cool when I was a sophomore in high school and got to use some floor seats at the Arena...I know now that I got them because nobody really wanted them! Believe it or not, there were some people who didn't want to see Marc Iavaroni start for the Spurs! :lol
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Originally Posted by timvp
See, to me you guys were some kind of new fangled fan...the idea that there would even a be a message board/ newgroup devoted to the Spurs never even crossed my mind, in fact the first time I encountered one was the night that the Spurs won the title when I found the MySantonio site....I think I visited it and some of the others about 10-20 times prior to the 2001 season.
And that site was dead.
Then again, I didn't even own a PC until 1997.
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this thread is hilarious!
Since 2001 when I took a high school trip to Indy and hung out at the mall all day, wandered into the food court and had lunch with some Colts fans who converted me.Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
I have never claimed to have been a pre-Manning Colts fan but I have been around for the whole Dungy era. I'm nowhere near as lame as monosylab1k who probably trolled google and wikipedia for a week before deciding to out himself as a Pats fan so he could play the "I've loved them forever!" card.
True. That was a dark time in Spurs fandom. It was amazing how many Celtics, Lakers and Rockets fans became Spurs fans about 1990.Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
All of you are post 99 bandwagoners. The only thing you remember was Avery's shot against a team that was going to get their ass smoked anyway. Nevermind the other shitty years he was here.
so you must remember that ass whooping the niners put on you guys before the famous "playoffs" speech
Off topic, but I have to ask...WHY would your high school take a trip to Indy when there are so many other places to go?Quote:
Originally Posted by J.T.
And I have to ask, how are you a Colts fan? JT take a lot of shit about bandwaggoning, but you never seen to get questioned ...Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursFanFirst
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Originally Posted by J.T.
Do you think you will be a post-Manning Colts fan?
I wonder how many who claim to be Spurs fans when TP, TD and Manu are gone. There may be about 5 of us left. :lol
Some national marching band competition that's held at the RCA Dome. I wasn't a participant so I pretty much just got to hang at the mall and hotel the whole time. I had a good time.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursFanFirst
At least you didn't pull the pre-Manning card. My BS detector would have exploded :tuQuote:
Originally Posted by J.T.
I used to be a fan of the Spurs, Oilers and Expos. I only got one left. Luckily, it's a pretty good one.
:smokin
Actually, I in Indy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Melmart1
*um, that would be..."Actually, I LIVE in Indy."
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Originally Posted by timvp
Holy shit! You're a jinx! :lol
kings fan since j will was drafted.... 98!
So why aren't you a Pacers fan?Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursFanFirst
I will. When you spend several years rooting for one team, it becomes a part of you. And I feel like part of my soul dies every time I touch something with a Cowboys star on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by samikeyp
Shit, I will be one of those five. If I haven't given up on the Rangers, what makes you think I would ever give up on the Spurs? :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by samikeyp
Then it balances out because my soul is enhanced when that happens. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by J.T.
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Originally Posted by Melmart1
You and me against the world, baby!
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Originally Posted by Melmart1
I don't mind the Pacers, and I'd like to see them do well...I just wish they weren't an embarrassment to this city. But, if I didn't work nights/weekends, I'd probably have tickets.
Long story short, I grew up in San Antonio; still consider it home. I've been a Spurs/Cowboys fan since I was a child.
Now, I live in Indy. I wasn't a Colts fan until I moved here, but it's hard not to get caught up in being a fan of a team when you live in that city.
Oh, and I also lived in South Bend for several years...the Irish grew on me.
Unless you live in Lions country, then its pretty easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursFanFirst
:lol Well, I did live in Minneapolis too, and never latched on to the Vikings...but then I only lived there a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by samikeyp
After this run is over, Spurs fans disappear and the Spurs move, I'll know who is to blame.Quote:
Originally Posted by samikeyp
This time I'll just follow them.
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Originally Posted by timvp
Cool...I'll drive.
Does it really matter when a person becomes a fan of a team. I became a Spurs fan when i moved here in 95, and you can't blame a someone from out of town knowing much about the Spurs. The media doesn't exactly hype them up. I must admit thou that i was a bandwagon bulls fan in the late 90's as well as a spurs fan.
Funny story about the Lions...Quote:
Originally Posted by samikeyp
Ryan Diem and Jeff Saturday come into the station every Sunday to do a round table with our sports guy, and one weekend, they were asked which stadium is their favorite to play in.
The answer? Ford Field because it's the only stadium where fans of the home team will root for the visitors. :lol
Unfortunately it matters a lot because rooting for an out-of-state team to some people is tantamount to cheating on your wife.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tek_XX
I'm all hey! She started the best forum for Spurs on the whole interent. She doens't need to prove herself! Fuck that! yeah I'm drunk/Quote:
Originally Posted by Kori Ellis
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Originally Posted by SpursFanFirst
:lol
I don't think its necessarily when you start being a fan of a team but when you leave a team that bothers people. To me, and this is just a personal opinion, you stick with a team no matter what happens. When people bail on a team that starts losing, some tend to see that as a bad thing.
I agree with you JT, as a Spurs fan up here, I hear the whole "you're in Michigan, root for the Pistons" thing.
I understand the sentiment. I can't stand local Laker fans, especially when there's really nothing to Bandwagon for.Quote:
Originally Posted by J.T.
Punk kid:madrun ...Spurs should've won that particular game, I should've spit in that kid's coke :smokin lucky for him...I'm civil.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kori Ellis
I was a Spurs fan all my life but I wasn't a die-hard til 97 when we drafted Timmy. Before then I liked Rockets (when Horry was there, I also liked Hakeem) and the Bulls (because of Michael Jordan) as well.
Yeah, I used to root for Michael too. But I think everybody rooted for Michael in some capacity.
Yeah, I was gonna say, probably a lot of people liked the Bulls in some sort cause of him.Quote:
Originally Posted by J.T.
I did in Barcelona and at UNC...oh and when he was beating Utah. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by J.T.
Him, Worthy, Perkins were the reason why I became a North Carolina fan. I am probably more of a North Carolina basketball fan than Texas basketball fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by samikeyp
I am still waiting for Lebron to follow in Micheal's footsteps and make Space Jam 2 where the aliens steal the talent of Kobe, Nash, Duncan, D12, and Melo... but I think Hollywood knows there's no way Lebron wins that game.
But North Carolina is the only college I root for outside of Texas in any sport. It is North Carolina and Texas for basketball and every other sport it is Texas all the way.
Remember all that whole section of people that were booing us from above :lmao That was a fun day even though the Spurs lost :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Man In Black
I kept telling those fools that win or lose, wherever I go...I'm dressed appropriately for I AM THE MAN IN BLACK!!!
i was rooting for the lakers, trailblazers and the suns against the bulls. never liked kemp, so fuck sonics. fuck utah too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Horry For 3!
Sometimes i dream, that he is me, i just wanna be like lebronQuote:
Originally Posted by J.T.
great..... JT!!! THIS IS YOUR FAULT!!! :ihitQuote:
Originally Posted by Behold The KING
I was hardcore in the mid 90s. I didn't really know my shit (cue Timvp linking me talking about trading Elliot pre 97) cut I loved this team big time.
It's gonna be funny to see what happens to this forum when/if the Spurs have to rebuild after the Duncan era. If there's a drought of losing seasons, I'm guessing at least half of the posters here disappear. But I won't be one of them. I suffered through those dark years in the mid-to-late 80's and stuck with them. Jumping on the bandwagon of another team was never an option.
This thread is cool, reminiscing old times with their present and former favorite sports and players. As for me and as far as I could remember I started liking basketball back in 1986. That time I like the Detroit Pistons, Lakers, and the Chicago Bulls. My favorite players were Bill Laimbeer(spelling?) Magic Johnson, James Worthy and the most recent-before finally committing to MANU and the SPURS- was Toni Kukoc. So, I just hope that Manu will stay with the Spurs until he retires or else another story of a next team is yet to tell and the rest is history. :dramaquee :dizzy I don't even want to think about it. :nope :nope :nope :nope I rather :bang :bang :bang :bang
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Originally Posted by IceColdBrewski
I am pretty much a frontrunner...if my team sucks I generally don't follow them as closely. I get no enjoyment from bad sports. I usually won't bangwagon another team but it just depends if I liked the players on that team at that particular time...I will root for a team I like to win it if my team won't. I bandwagoned the Baltimore Ravens the year they won the Superbowl...because I liked their intensity. I bandwagoned the Showtime Lakers during the Spurs last down era...they weren't my favorite teams, they were just the teams I rooted for to win since my team wasn't going be winning anything.
If the Spurs go 21-61...I probably won't be following them near as closely. Because that will suck. Losing sucks. Bad teams suck.
30 years as a Texas Ranger fan has taught me this...ironically enough, I've never followed another baseball team, not for one instant.
Plus if there are great players I liked a whole lot, once they retire it's kind of melancholy watching the team try and replace them. Not a fun feeling.
It was full 2 years before I could really get into the Cowboys again after Emmitt retired.
The Spurs are on a near 20 years streak of being title contenders in one form or another though...I won't say I've followed them closely every year of that time...but most of the time I have, more than any other team in any other sport, longer than any other team in any other sport, and ironically enough basketball is probably my third favorite sport after football and baseball
It's not just that the Spurs have won most of that time...it's that David Robinson is my all time favorite pro athlete...in a landslide. No one else even comes close.
First thing I am going to want to do when the Spurs run is over is catch my breath. I'll be taking a break from basketball for a while...
All you guys that will live and die with lottery/bad teams...
I give you props...you're better fans than I am...you're also masochistic.
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Originally Posted by J.T.
Way before I was born, my Mom's egg was a half spurs fan and my dads sperm was a half spurs fan and when they combined they made a 100% grade spurs fan. I was a spurs fan when I was first concieved and didn't know what light was, but knew what the Spurs were. [/best story]
I think E20 may be the one person out there who sucks more at forums than I do.
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That's the sign of a good entertainer, always leaving them wanting more.Quote:
Originally Posted by m33p0
or wanting less.... :lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by E20
If you're saying "online" = "World-Wide Web", maybe.Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
There were a few of us on USENET back in the late 80s.
I'm not gonna claim I was a hardcore Spurs fan during this time. But I did watch Spurs games because I was a fan of Alvin Robertson. I was hanging on the hope he would turn things around for the Spurs.Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp