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born in s.a. 1969, spurs fan since 1974.....please don't ban this born and bred spurs fan.
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 out of the Lakers when they played the Spurs. One time I was almost thrown out by security
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.
born in s.a. 1969, spurs fan since 1974.....please don't ban this born and bred spurs fan.
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 Antonio
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 out of the Lakers when they played the Spurs. One time I was almost thrown out by security
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.
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.
..........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.
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
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.
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.
Kori Ellis - The original ploto.
Kori Ellis - The original ploto.
Hey .. I stood in line for hours at a shoe store to get my picture taken with him in 1981.
Now he's just an old bald guy.
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.
While we are at it ... how long have you been a Colts fan.
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.
I became a Spurs fan after they signed Barry.
And the occasional division le which meant you stood in line for Midwest Division Championship shirts!!
I thought it was cool when I was a sop re 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!
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 le 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.
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.While we are at it ... how long have you been a Colts fan.
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.
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 ty 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?
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