I became a fan of the Spurs when I first learned how to play basketball.
I am a short statured guy, so obviously it pissed me off when I was always picked last to play. I would spend hours and hours playing basketball, eating enough leather that I would a shoe factory every time I went to the bathroom. Sometimes I would come home at 4am during a school night.
I remember my father taking me to a few Spurs games when I was younger and didn't understand the game at all, and I asked him to take me to help me learn the game better. Needless to say the Spurs inspired me and I worked at my game harder than ever. Soon enough, the tasty leather snack became needles thrown right into the eyes of my much taller defenders. From that moment on I respected the Spurs and admired them for inspiring me to do the impossible. The little market of San Antonio was dominating the much larger franchises and it did my heart good. I soon fell completely in love with the franchise.
My stature as a Spurs fan was solidified after I joined the military with my comrades being mostly Lakers fans. Words flew and at the end of the day, the Spurs toppled the 3peat Lakers. Tears of a Lakers fans are glorious to witness. Especially at the hands of the small market team like the Spurs.
When I was younger our parents made us go the a Baptist church and I was upset I couldn't fine any cool church going famous people. Till I read about David Robinson. The game came next...he just a lovable guy. Then the team.... how they were labled the good guys of basketball.(later the dirty team.) My church going ways have long since passed me. But my love for the spurs hasn't.
2005 finals G5
Last edited by texaskid; 07-31-2010 at 01:53 AM.
I was born.
My dad had been a Spurs fan way before I was born... so I guess I was born a Spurs fan
I have baby pics of Sean Elliott and the Coyote holding meSpurs fan for life
I was born.
I learned how much easier they made riding a horse
just did
I'm not based in the US, I think you guys would be surprise to learn that the Spurs could easily be in the top 5 of most popular NBA franchises overseas. If I could make a call the list would go something like this :
Lakers
Celtics
Bulls (especially during Jordan years)
Spurs
Golden State
A lot of it has to do with legacy Robinson and TD have started and the emergence of Manu ( easily one of the top 10 most popular players overseas) .
A team that actually has following inspite of their poor record suprisiingly is Golden State ( people love the idea of small team , remember Run TMC ) and Nelie's system and similarities to int''l ball . Their upset over Dallas a few years ago captured the imagination of many.
A lot of ball fans are not true fans of any one frachices but of players like lebron, AI etc, and will move allegience where ever they move.
I personally made an investment to root for the Spurs ever since they drafted the Admiral and Sean __. I'm fortunate I chose the right franchice that eventually won. Its easy to root for teams like MJ's bulls and ride on the bandwagon. but it's more rewarding to root for a team in the rebuilding stage all the way to winning it. I'm lucky to have done that.
Believe it or not I became a fan during those bad years before DRob got drafted, the era of Frank Brickowski, Johnny Moore, Cadillac Anderson, Alvin Robertson and others. I saw Jon Sundvold hit a three and I was hooked. I was very young.
When I moved to SA
Grew up in San Antonio. My parents are huge Spurs' fans. They started taking me to games as soon as I was old enough to actually appreciate being there. Was pretty awesome...we used to sit right in front of D-Rob's parents at the Hemisfair arena.
is my home team, I have been a fan since 1985
Tim Duncan
I fell in love with the Spurs while watching guys like Walter Berry, Steve Johnson, Frank Brickowski and Cadillac Anderson from my obstructed view seats at Hemisfair Arena, waving at the bats flying overhead and sitting next to drunkass smoking fans
My other connection with the Spurs , (which is insight you guys might not be aware of is) . I've supported the Philippine National team for many years ( done some scouting for them) . One of the legends of the national team is none other than Spurs shooting coach : Chip Engelend. He played for the Philippines in the 1980's . In one tournament the Philippines played the US in the Jones cup finals. The Philippines frontline had a center of 6'7" and forwards avg 6'3 " in hight. The US was bannered by NCAA stars some of which eventually made it into the NBA. The Philippines won the le in OT on Chip Engelends incredible 3 point shooting , up to this day I have never seen a better display of shooting than what I witnessed with Chip . he must have scored 10 3's that night tightly guarded, It's no surprise to me that he probably now is the most recognized shooting coach in the NBA,
Last edited by analyzed; 07-31-2010 at 01:24 AM.
I was born.
David Robinson
Discovered him while watching the 1992 pre-olympic tournament (I think in Portland)
I'm a lefty and so is Robinson, so I liked him; sure Mully is a lefty too but Robinson was such an impressive athletic Center
I started following the Spurs during the 1992-1993 season
Seriously rooting for them at the beginning of the 1993-1994 season
Never looked back, never jumped on the Bulls and Lakers bandwagons (I did like the 94-95 Rockets though, but not as much as San Antonio of course)
Man, I have suffered for so many years
Now it's the Spurs and the San Antonio Heat
I actually live in Florida...I was always a big sports fan and listened to alot of AM radio at nite..especially WCAU 1210 in Philly...one night while scanning the dial I came upon WOAI 1200..this was late 1976..Spurs had just entered the NBA...then Spurs announcer Terry Stembridge caught my ear..BEST ANNOUNCER EVER..I became a big fan..I believe James Silas sat in on a few games..he was sidelined with a leg injury..became a HUGE George Gervin fan..really liked Larry Kenon as well...
David Robinson
Discovered him while watching the 1992 pre-olympic tournament (I think in Portland)
I'm a lefty and so is Robinson, so I liked him; sure Mully is a lefty too but Robinson was such an impressive athletic Center
I started following the Spurs during the 1992-1993 season
Seriously rooting for them at the beginning of the 1993-1994 season
Never looked back, never jumped on the Bulls and Lakers bandwagons (I did like the 94-95 Rockets though, but not as much as San Antonio of course)
Man, I have suffered for so many years
Now it's the Spurs and the San Antonio HeatI felt the suffering also and I'm not scared to feel it again
When I was a kid...my older brother collected baseball/basketball cards. So when I was around 10 years old...my mom bought me my first pack of cards at a Flea Market. I opened up the pack, looked through the cards, and gave them to my brother because I had no idea who anybody was. He then told me there was a card worth $50 in this pack. I thought I had just won the lottery. It was David Robinson's Hoops rookie card. Been a Spurs fan ever since that day.....and I couldn't of picked a better organization.
When Walter Berry tried to cut Alvin Robertson. I have been hooked since.
2003 WCF Game 1. The first that caught my eyes was TP, because he looked like my schoolmate. TD is the reason why I didn't chose the Mavs even though Spurs lost Game 1. Manu is the one who made me stay a Spurs fan.
i got two shiny tim duncan rookie cards as a kid. my brother said i could either have the tim duncan or keith van horn rookie cards, not both. suffice to say life would be much more disappointing if i had chosen keith van horn.
I loved watching Gervin play. But it was in the 78-79 playoffs that I became a die-hard fan. The Spurs went up 3-1 on the Bullets and, as everyone knows, eventually lost the series. In the seventh game, the Spurs were playing well and looked like they were in control. Then the lights in the arena mysteriously went out, and killed the Spurs' momentum. (Remind anyone of New Orleans a couple of seasons ago?)
The score got really tight, and near the very end the refs made a terrible call against the Spurs. And by terrible, I mean "turrible Kinny". It seemed to me that the deck was just stacked too strongly against the Spurs. It was the first time I was ever really outraged about a basketball game.
The Spurs coach, Doug Moe, looked at the film and it was a truly horrible call. He raised about it in the press, and drew a big fine from the league. The Spurs fans came together and collected money to pay the fine, which I thought was great. Then Moe had the bank send the money to the league office... in pennies. That pretty much capped it for me. The underdog team, the loyal fans, and the coach that paid his fine and said "screw you" at the same time. I said, "Thats MY team."
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