How long and how did you become a Spurs fan?

[Slippy]

It was way back in 1992 that I started dating the woman who would later become my wife. She had gone to high school with David Robinson and was a huge Spurs fan. The rest, as they say, is history.

BTW, we celebrate our 20th Wedding Anniversary next month.

You are lucky mate, no wonder she a keeper. Having a wife thats a hardcore spurs fan. I think most male spurs fans would love that in their partner. At the least if they loved the game.

Thankfully my wife doesnt waste any of her time on the spurs so she wont be reading this. Lol

Congrats for next month

[hater]

I remember David Robinsons bad ass and playing him in Sega NBA game in the 90s. Then I remember watching highlights of a 19 year old French PG going coast to coast in the playoffs, and the analysts being impressed at his cold bloodedness. Then I remember rookie Manu and that year I fully became a spurs fan. Yes I used to like Evita back then

[hater]

This one time I won tickets at a poker game to the 2002 playoffs. Alamodome.

That was back when there were battle blogs and legit posts.
Back when Duff was jewing JimCS out of 1000's of dollars on a weekly basis and that one older blonde chick was blowing dudes at GTGs

good times.

Kori or Spurswoman?

[RD2191]

Good thread and I will be opening up a bit here.
My dad had an accident in '78. Alive, but... not a human.
My ma... she did what she could to raise three kids all of a sudden with no education. She was very pretty though and had men around her all the time.

She was dedicated to me, (my brother and sis were 11/10 years older and took off ASAP) but needed help which wasn't a reliable thing so while she turned to the guys that wanted to do things for her, I turned to other things to replace the void I had.
It was 1989: I had never watched basketball in my life, living in Austin, Texas, but my mother was working her bartending position at the Driskoll and I had nowhere to go, but watch TV.

A station was showing the San Antonio Spurs and I was sitting there thinking: This is GREAT! I forgot about my worries. I forgot about all of it.
I watched the Dave Rob era where his teams just couldn't get it done, year after year.

I was one of the few fans, at the time, that fully supported Pop taking the team fully from Bob Hill because I knew he didn't have the defensive chops.
I learned that much already, by the time it happened.

This team is now my family.
When Duncan goes, I'm going to cry.
Ginobili too. It will be a true loss in the Family.

But here we go, we got Kawhi leading the way with some unbelievable play and a supporting cast we hope can be improved upon, but even if they can't- I'm going to be there, brother.

Damn, that's some deep . And yeah, the Spurs have always been a little get away from lifes problems.

[hater]

Good thread and I will be opening up a bit here.
My dad had an accident in '78. Alive, but... not a human.
My ma... she did what she could to raise three kids all of a sudden with no education. She was very pretty though and had men around her all the time.

She was dedicated to me, (my brother and sis were 11/10 years older and took off ASAP) but needed help which wasn't a reliable thing so while she turned to the guys that wanted to do things for her, I turned to other things to replace the void I had.
It was 1989: I had never watched basketball in my life, living in Austin, Texas, but my mother was working her bartending position at the Driskoll and I had nowhere to go, but watch TV.

A station was showing the San Antonio Spurs and I was sitting there thinking: This is GREAT! I forgot about my worries. I forgot about all of it.
I watched the Dave Rob era where his teams just couldn't get it done, year after year.

I was one of the few fans, at the time, that fully supported Pop taking the team fully from Bob Hill because I knew he didn't have the defensive chops.
I learned that much already, by the time it happened.

This team is now my family.
When Duncan goes, I'm going to cry.
Ginobili too. It will be a true loss in the Family.

But here we go, we got Kawhi leading the way with some unbelievable play and a supporting cast we hope can be improved upon, but even if they can't- I'm going to be there, brother.

[dbestpro]

The first Spurs game I went to was a playoff game against the Washington Bullets.

[DMC]

The day I opened up a pack of NBA Hoops cards and got David Robinson's rookie card.

Damn, that was a long ass time ago. Still got the card though.

I have an unopened pack that you can see that rookie card through the wrapper. It's mint until it's opened lol.

[AztecSpur]

2011 - A benevolent Spurs VIP season ticket holder sold me a pair of $400 baseline tix for $300. So we made the trip to SA to see our beloved rookie Kawhi Leonard. We fell in love with your city and the fans gave me a thumbs up when they saw my Aztec T. You guys knew he was going to be great before I did. It was so exciting to see him on the floor with HOF TD, Manu & TP. I will support the Spurs through thick and thin, ups and downs. I know Kawhi isn't a born leader, as few of us are, but he sure can play hoops and has the heart of a lion.

I'm so grateful to SA for filling my otherwise boring days waiting for the next Spurs game. Sports bars here in San Diego are especially grateful.

[EVAY]

Good thread and I will be opening up a bit here.
My dad had an accident in '78. Alive, but... not a human.
My ma... she did what she could to raise three kids all of a sudden with no education. She was very pretty though and had men around her all the time.

She was dedicated to me, (my brother and sis were 11/10 years older and took off ASAP) but needed help which wasn't a reliable thing so while she turned to the guys that wanted to do things for her, I turned to other things to replace the void I had.
It was 1989: I had never watched basketball in my life, living in Austin, Texas, but my mother was working her bartending position at the Driskoll and I had nowhere to go, but watch TV.

A station was showing the San Antonio Spurs and I was sitting there thinking: This is GREAT! I forgot about my worries. I forgot about all of it.
I watched the Dave Rob era where his teams just couldn't get it done, year after year.

I was one of the few fans, at the time, that fully supported Pop taking the team fully from Bob Hill because I knew he didn't have the defensive chops.
I learned that much already, by the time it happened.

This team is now my family.
When Duncan goes, I'm going to cry.
Ginobili too. It will be a true loss in the Family.

But here we go, we got Kawhi leading the way with some unbelievable play and a supporting cast we hope can be improved upon, but even if they can't- I'm going to be there, brother.

Congrats to you and your mom and for your loyalty to the Spurs all this time.

[GSH]

This subject comes up every couple of years.

1979 - the Spurs got blatantly screwed by the refs in the Finals. I had no particular attachment to the Spurs, but I was pretty indignant at watching a team get a championship taken away from them by the damn zebras.

Doug Moe was the Spurs' coach, and he made some comments about the refs screw-job. The league fined him $3K. I heard on the radio that Spurs fans were taking up a collection to pay his fine - in pennies. And I said, " , yeah. These are my kind of fans." I collected up a few big jars of pennies and drove from Victoria to donate them to the cause.

I'd donate again if Pop would just get himself a fine.

[tonight...you]

Congrats to you and your mom and for your loyalty to the Spurs all this time.

Thanks man. She passed: March 14, 2014. She was a full blown fan with me by then. I would drive an hour and a half to her place with my wonderful, supportive wife and we would go hog wild on game nights and it was a real (but irrational, obviously) feeling that they were going to kill Miami, because she wanted it so.

Silliness, but - aren't we all at times?

- this actually is getting me hype for tomorrow night. I'm going to do a shot with my woman in me ma's name and for tomorrow night right now.
Miri! One for the One's!
Salud!

[dav4463]

76-77 season ... as a kid, I could pick up WOAI radio out in west Texas and listened to almost every game of the Spurs first season in the NBA. I became a huge fan then and still a huge fan to this day.

[All Mighty Janitor]

I used to watch a lot of basketball when I was little mostly just because it was on the TV. During that time Tracy McGrady was my favorite player, but I stopped watching completely in like the 6th grade. I only started paying attention to basketball again when Kobe (and the refs) were trying to will the Lakers into the playoffs in 2012-13. After a crazy comeback win from Kobe, I started looking up some comebacks by individual players. I stumbled across McGrady's 13 points in 33 seconds which I had never seen before and decided to look into how he was doin. As the playoffs were getting started the Spurs picked up McGrady so I started watching the Spurs games to see him play. Me being completely out of the loop, I didn't know McGrady was washed up (especially after watching Kobe and them being close in age). I was watching the games from the beginning thinking he was gonna start (only at first) and when I saw he wasn't even playing I started watching who was starting instead; Kawhi.

After the playoffs ended, I decided I was gonna keep watching basketball, but I didn't consider myself a Spurs fan yet. I picked a few of teams to keep track of to see if I even wanted to keep watching basketball. Those teams were The Spurs(I liked Kawhi), Blazers(I liked LMA and Lillard), and Kings(I like Isaiah Thomas). Kawhi quickly became my favorite out of the 4 so I payed more attention to the Spurs. There was just something about Kawhi that made me think he could be really good and the way Pop talked about him made me more confident in those beliefs. I watch the whole 2013-14 season and tried not to overreact from the Championship and Kawhi winning FMVP. I told myself I wouldn't decide if I was a Spurs fan until the end of the 2014-15 season. If I cared about the outcome then I would call myself a Spurs fan. Even though I'm a calm person, the lost to the Clippers really bothered me so that was that.

tl;dr: I was a player fan of Kawhi after the 2012-13 playoffs and grown to care about the Spurs since then.

[nowitzkikopf]

loyalty has been with the dubs since i was young, but during our years and years of irrelevance, always wanted #21 to take home the ring ever since i first saw him at wake forest in '93. class of the league and player of his generation.

[ducantillog]

I began to watch the NBA in 1.997 but I didnt like Michael Jordan so i rooted for the Utah Jazz in the finals in 97 and 98. I continued rooting for the Jazz until 2.000 so I hated Shaq and Kobe. One day at the TV Spurs was playing against Dallas in 2.001 playoffs. That day Tim was a beast. It was maybe game four but i couldnt remember exactly. Commentators said that this kid could stop Shaq and Kobe some day, so I began to pay atention to Spurs games. I was disappointend with the WCF this year, but I liked Tim game and I knew some day he will kick Shaq and Kobe in the a**. In Colombia it wasnt easy watch the games in this time but normally in the playoffs ESPN showed various games. So again we lost against LA in 2.002 until finally in 2.003 we could destroy them. I was so happy seeing Kobe and Fischer crying.

[z0sa]

I thank my one horse home town for my lifelong fanhood, but I didnt start watching 70+ games a season til Tim was drafted. After the then historic 99 run i was hooked for life.

2001 was the toughest beatdown I ever experienced as a fan. It was the one time i questioned whether being a fan at all was worth it. 0.4 was the most difficult play i ever experienced, nothing holds a candle to the way i felt after it. These OKC losses hurt but they cant cut me as deep as 2001 or 2004 did.

IOW, FTL.

[Skoobz]

Since 91 when I was 19 and we visited my aunt who lives in fortworth TX and she took me to a mavs vs Spurs game (I'm from Australia). In 99 I quit my job and flew to SAT for the finals.....one of the best times of my life!

[Skoobz]

Dude pls get rid of that Vinny AV and go back to the chopper!?!?

[Skoobz]

*long ago. My bad.

Yo Rob the above was meant for u dude!

[bdictjames]

It was actually a funny story. I lived in the Philippines for most of my life. My uncle was from California and a die-hard Lakers fan. Anyway, back in '01, all I knew about NBA or basketball in general were two (or three) things: Michael Jordan, and Shaq/Kobe. I come into my grandparents' room and see my uncle watching a basketball game. It was the Spurs against the Lakers. My uncle was like "Hey, I'll give you 20 pesos if the other team wins. If the Lakers win, you shine my shoes". We agreed on that principle. And I was watching basketball, watching this 7-foot behemoth of a Tim Duncan guide his team to winning, through great defense and great offense. I thought Shaq/Kobe was invincible, but Timmy proved me wrong. Since then, I have the 20 pesos, and I'm a Spurs fan.

[RD2191]

Dude pls get rid of that Vinny AV and go back to the chopper!?!?

I will soon. Lol. On the road right now.

[Skoobz]

I will soon. Lol. On the road right now.

My man Diaz! I'm going to bed.....hope I'm not disappointed when I wake in the morning.

[RD2191]

My man Diaz! I'm going to bed.....hope I'm not disappointed when I wake in the morning.

let's hope for a win

[Gervin44Silas13]

1979 ....been through the good the bad and the ugly.......................Something these fairweather Spurs fans dont know about!

[polandprzem]

1995 - my friend had a video game and the 2nd team I picked to play was kinda good and I was winning, so I stayed ...