spurs have played 50 nba seasons how many have u watched as a fan

[Brazil]

Started following them during the mings, Robinson, Del Negro, Anderson.. era. So that should be the beginning of 90'. Let's say 33 years.

At this time it wasn't easy to follow the results, we only had one weekly newspaper which would give us the score. And from time to time we had a game broadcasted on the French channel Canal Plus.

same here tbh

[JPB]

Started following them during the mings, Robinson, Del Negro, Anderson.. era. So that should be the beginning of 90'. Let's say 33 years.

At this time it wasn't easy to follow the results, we only had one weekly newspaper which would give us the score. And from time to time we had a game broadcasted on the French channel Canal Plus.

Good old George Eddy: BABABABABABOUM! OHLALALALALALALA!

[stnick2261]

Born in San Antonio in '82 so Spurs were always my team, but I didn't watch basketball until around 2000 (so 23 years or so)

[Rocalcio]

Good old George Eddy: BABABABABABOUM! OHLALALALALALALA!

Messieurs DAAAAAMMMEEESS !!

[KobesAchilles]

I always think that the x factor on any Spurs’ championships were their point-of-attack defensive catalyst, Ninja Sean Elliott in 1999, Bruce Bowen in 2003, 05 and 07, and Danny Green/Kawhi Leonard in 2014. After that 1999 championship, Sean had his kidney transplant and was never the same again. Much respect to Kobe, but he got lucky Sean was not there. But once Spurs got Bowen, Lakers couldn’t win again until Bruce slowed down in 2008, and with much help by Gasol.

Elliott was my favorite Spur of all time until Manu showed up. Imma huge fan of the Ninja (even when he missed 2 Fts in game 1 WCF). The Memorial Day Miracle is one of my favorite memories as a fan.

I was jk about the Kobe stuff even though I respect the out of him as a compe or.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Season of 1976...so however long that is. Math is hard.

[spurs10]

About 33...

[jjspur]

Grew up on the west coast watching the Lakers or Blazers. The Blazers usually choked and the Lakers had a few players I didn't like. When we moved to Texas in 78 I became an instant spurs fan. That's 40 plus years rooting for the silver & black and sometimes fiesta colors.

[paperboy77]

I think since 87 so like 36 seasons

[John B]

Reading the various comments, ST posters are from different corners of the world, and following the Spurs however they can. It’s pretty cool.

[Mitch Cumsteen]

The Spurs have 47 seasons in the NBA, and I can almost claim to have been a fan for all of them. But I was 6 years old when the Spurs joined the NBA, and I don't think I really started paying attention until a year or two later. My first Spurs memory is the last day of the season scoring battle between Thompson and Gervin. (I had to look up the numbers, but Thompson scored 73 earlier in the day to take the lead, and then Gervin scored 63 to take the crown.) I had flashbacks 16 years later when Robinson scored 71 to beat Shaq for the scoring le.

There were a lot of entertaining but ultimately frustrating years in the 90's, but there have been very few years when I didn't harbor at least a little bit of hope that the Spurs could contend (maybe the mid-to-late 80's and the last few seasons). So based solely on the duration of entertainment provided, the Spurs have easily been my most rewarding team to follow.

I'm the same age as you. I remember my father taking me to some ABA games, but I don't think I really knew what was going on until they were in the NBA. I do remember going to that first playoff game against the Celtics, and being crushed when they lost. Pretty sure I've hated the Celtics ever since.

Growing up, I never thought they would win a championship. I figured that it was going to be a Cubs-like cursed existence. It was one horrific playoff disappointment after another starting with the Bullets and all the way through the Strickland pass and Run TMC and the Jazz and on and on. If you had told me in 1996 that this team would go on the run that it had, there's no way in I would ever believe you.

[jhfenton]

Growing up, I never thought they would win a championship. I figured that it was going to be a Cubs-like cursed existence. It was one horrific playoff disappointment after another starting with the Bullets and all the way through the Strickland pass and Run TMC and the Jazz and on and on. If you had told me in 1996 that this team would go on the run that it had, there's no way in I would ever believe you.

My father was from the middle of nowhere Texas originally, and we lived near Ft. Worth when the Spurs joined the NBA (before moving to Oklahoma). So I had to cheer for the Spurs from afar. I have George Gervin to thank for my being a Spurs fan, because geographically I could have been a Rockets fan just as easily. But Iceman was a lot more fun than Moses Malone, so my choice was easy. My earliest basketball memories are of listening to Spurs games on the radio in bed. (I’m sure there was no way to watch most of them at the time.)

You are right that the team did feel a bit cursed for a long time. I was in college when the David Robinson era began, and I was so optimistic that they would finally get their breakthrough with the Admiral. 1996-97 was a brutal season at the time. I wish I could go back and tell myself what it was going to mean for the next 20 years.

In recent years, I’ve tried to get over to the Spurs game in Indy every year with my older son (coming from Cincinnati). (He got to see the Big 3 play before he could really appreciate how great they were.) But this year I got tickets to the Spurs game in Cleveland. Older son’s in college, so he wouldn’t be able to go to Indy with me, but he will be on winter break when the Spurs travel to Cleveland.

[Joseph Kony]

we were always the "boring" team during that time so I imagine a lot of the coverage on ESPN at the time was probably anti Spurs.

2003 was a good time to start actively watching, for obvious reasons. I believe Joel Myers was still our color guy at the time. I have this vivid memory of watching a Spurs/Jazz game where Timmy hit a game winning turnaround over Malone at the buzzer and I ran around the house going nuts such simpler times

[GAustex]

Putting dirty Jazz down is always a good thing.

[John B]

So many fun memories of the Spurs while many heartbreakinh losses like the Ray Allen lucky 3, Fisher’s .04, Ginonili’s foul on Dirk, Zaza’s paw on Kawhi’s. I hated Drexler, Porter and the Blazers, Malone and the cowbells, Kobe, Fisher, Dirk and Jason Terry, Ray Allen and finally Zaza. But it’s time to make new memories now with my 10 yrs old boy. I’m sure he’ll look back and reminisce Wemby’s nth ring. Good stuff.

[John B]

So many fun memories of the Spurs while many heartbreakinh losses like the Ray Allen lucky 3, Fisher’s .04, Ginonili’s foul on Dirk, Zaza’s paw on Kawhi’s. I hated Drexler, Porter and the Blazers, Malone and the cowbells, Kobe, Fisher, Dirk and Jason Terry, Ray Allen and finally Zaza. But it’s time to make new memories now with my 10 yrs old boy. I’m sure he’ll look back and reminisce Wemby’s nth ring. Good stuff.

[koriwhat]

Late 80's around 7/8 yrs old. I have some great Spurs memories over the last few decades.

[GoSpurs99]

52 for me

[exstatic]

Spurs have played 46 nba seasons. The 50 years is total San Antonio residency, aba and nba.

[Fizziksman]

started watching full seasons from 2004 and onward. This was mostly because of Manu

[Rosewood]

I have watched since the 06 season. I was around 13 or 14.

[Fizziksman]