Are Spurs more popular abroad than in US?

[ShoogarBear]

To give you an idea, Maradona, way before Ginobili started playing for the Spurs, dedicated his biography ("Yo soy el Diego") to "the Twin Towers of San Antonio", among others.

Really? Why was he such a big Spurs fan?

[Nbadan]

...4 out of 5 Italian hookers prefer the NY Knicks.

[carina_gino20]

Philippines is a basketball-crazy nation, more so, I think, than any country in Southeast Asia. I think people here though, buy more into the hype so you'd hear people saying their favorites are LeBron, Kobe, Dwyane, T-Mac. I'd have to agree though that the Spurs are very well respected as a team.

[pwilliam]

In Hong Kong, in China, I am sure the Spurs are one of the top 5 teams we like.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

Easy answer. Yes.
11 million USA viewers and 50 million world viewers watched last year's final each game.
8 million USA viewers and 105 world million watched the finals this year each game.
NBA sales are up 30% this year's finals worldwide. SPURS equal big bucks for NBA world wide period.

Prolly this is the main reason.

[medstudent]

The Spurs will never be popular in the US because to appreciate their play requires too much mental effort.

[Cherry]

In Argentina:

We love Manu and Fabricio

We love the Team

We appreciate Pop

We appreciate the organization

We pray for Luis Scola