Why are you a fan?

[SpursWench21]

Born in the Mid 80's in Laredo, Tx. When my uncle and his family moved to San Antonio around 1990, he bought a box at HA and that allowed us to take trips up and watch a whole lot of games. Ever since i set my eyes on a Spurs game and the man they call "The Admiral", who in my opinion symbolizes Spurs basketball, ive been a fan ever since. I guess you could say i was lucky to be born into it, living so close. Moved up to SA in 95 with my folks and although my uncle lost his box later on in the 90's, that didnt stop me from going to countless games. Thanks to D-Rob, Sean, Avery, my old fav Willie A., Chuck P, and coupled with Tim, Pop, Manu, Tony, and Bruce...and last but not the least the Coyote, I would not trade my San Antonio Spurs Bball experiences for any other NBA experience in the world and will continue to be a fan the rest of my life.

[de Soto]

Nothing to do w/ Robinson. My very first Spurs game was at the Alamodome against the Lakers. The Spurs lost and a bunch of bag poser fans from Austin who were sitting behind me were cheering wildly for the Lakers after the game ended. I turned around and asked them if they were Bulls fans until Jordan quit. They went red as lobsters. I hate those kind of suckers. So I became a Spurs fan although I still lived in New England at the time.

[jag]

Lived in SA when i was really young and remember seeing the Spurs in the HemisFair Arena and then in the Alamodome. Robinson is the reason the San Antonio Spurs even exist at this point. He built the foundation...then Tim Duncan came in and took over the rest.

[z0sa]

Nothing to do w/ Robinson. My very first Spurs game was at the Alamodome against the Lakers. The Spurs lost and a bunch of bag poser fans from Austin who were sitting behind me were cheering wildly for the Lakers after the game ended. I turned around and asked them if they were Bulls fans until Jordan quit. They went red as lobsters. I hate those kind of suckers. So I became a Spurs fan although I still lived in New England at the time.

There's another Alamodome in new england?

I was born here, thus I became a spursfan. Which is actually pretty crazy, considering my parents arent basketball fans and my family is filled with Bulls and Lakers fans.

[spursfan09]

Tim Duncan is the reason why I became a fan. I actually liked watching him play, and then came players like Tony and Manu, and how can you not love them or appreciate them just as much?

[DAF86]

No sean?

[bdictjames]

I was around 11-12 at that time, watched a Spurs game. The only teams I knew were Boston, Chicago, and L.A., I was in the Philippines at that time and didn't really care much for American sports. My uncle, who lived in L.A. and went back home for a vacation was watching a Lakers game. I decided I wanted to make some money, so I made a bet with him. 20 pesos (enough for an afternoon snack) if the other team wins, which happened to be the Spurs. Oddly enough the Spurs won, and I remember the last shot the Lakers took was after a missed Spur freethrow and someone took it and lobbed it backwards.

I then started to watch Spurs games, regularly watched the 03 playoffs, and got to be an NBA fan as well. I always have liked Tim Duncan, his quietness, Steve Kerr during that one Mavs game, and David Robinson. The Spurs won a championship that year. My whole family was against the Spurs the entire run, they didn't think Duncan was good enough. Sure showed them wrong.

[de Soto]

There's another Alamodome in new england?

Life must be very difficult for you. Airplanes had already been invented at that time.

I was born here, thus I became a spursfan. Which is actually pretty crazy, considering my parents arent basketball fans and my family is filled with Bulls and Lakers fans.

Probably those same stupid bags I remember from my first Spurs game. I should have slapped them real good.

[baseline bum]

You know what's strange? there's a whole generation of spurs fans who don't know what it's like to root for a team that's never won a championship. There's something to be said for enduring through the tough years, the near misses, and the heartbreaks of the oh-so-close, but not close enough.

Those experiences made the first le in 99 almost unbelievable. It was like the impossible finally became possible. I had to pinch myself over and over again. Then I realized that all the years of wishing, of overcoming the choke job at the hands of the Washington Bullets, the struggles against the wall of early 80s that was the Lakers, the gut wrenching losses to the ROckets with Moses Malone and then a former SPur BIlly Paultz....all that became worth the "pain" of being a fan.

So when i see posters screaming about Pop, running down certain players, the front office, the organization in general, just because they're not living up to expectations, I just smile. I know what it's like to really be hurting as a Spurs fan. And let me tell you, the number 3 seed in the West is not nearly enough to send me to the ledge.

IMO, Spurs fan could benefit from a little dose of perspective.

I hearken back to the words of Terry STembridge, regardless of the outcome, in the game of basketball "there will be another night."

Awesome post

[Duncan2177]

Ive been a spurs fan since i was 14 years old and that was back in 91 and big Dave is the reason why i became a spurs fan and always have and always will be.

[temujin]

George Gervin.
He epitomized the player I was not.
I liked the colors and the fact that the Spurs had absolutely no chance of winning anything, coming from the ABA.
Antonio was also one of my favored Saint.


Even so, I woke up at 2 AM to LISTEN -no NBA games on TV here back then- to Game 5 of the Bullets series in the semifinals.
Having a very important test at university the very next morning.

Maybe one day I will even get the chance to actually have some business in San Antonio and actually attend one game.
Hopefully with Mr Ginobili playing.

[Joe Schmoogins]

Brutalis, here's the wall... enjoy!

[VaSpursFan]

it all started with David...I became a fan when I used to watch his games at Navy. Then I became a Tim fan when he was at Wake Forest and when he got drafted by the Spurs, I was thrilled. My 2 favorite college players on the same team...crazy.