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If I were to just judge by the boards worst specimens, I'd go Houston, LA, SA and Dallas. There just aren't enough Suns, Pistons, Bulls, etc. to really say one way or the other.
I'd say in general the worst is between Houston and Phoenix, though, followed by LA. But even in LA's case their bandwagoners are passionate and have been witness to enough good basketball that more of them have at least a decent understanding of the game - even if their complete and utter fanboy suckers outwardly.
Houston saw some good ball and had their success so I'm not sure WTF to make of their stupidity in general. Humidity? Water? Bill Worrell and Clyde Drexler? if I know. Phoenix is just a bunch of transient s that couldn't care less about the city or game. It's a in social event for most and their understanding is mostly put-the-ball-in-the-basket-more; and we're-getting- ed-again. We've got some really good Suns fans here but even DoK knows how rare they are in the grand scheme of things
Spurfan has seen a significant e at the top of the food chain with all of their recent success, the understanding of the game and it's intricacies has become much greater, but we've still got plenty of dregs. SA has always been a pretty lazy, front-running town when it comes to their team. Laid back, lazy, a little of both... whatever. But the Spurs are viewed as almost family rather than someone they need to push for greatness or demand excellence from - they ain't no Chicago or old-school NY fan. Spoiled as they've become, it's more spoiled than demanding. And no matter how successful the Spurs become, you'll never beat the small-market complexes that have been bred into them after all these years - it's like the remnants of racism, only butthurt.
Mavfan is alot like Spurfan was in the '90s: persecuted, beaten down. Highly successful team perceived as a failure by most. Great, great player leading the franchise, but one that constantly gets shat upon, largely unfairly. The most rabid fans are usually pretty in knowledgeable, which tends to be the case when you consistently get your heart broken and keep coming back for more. You start trying to figure out how you could fix the . You start seeking out more stats and CBA-type , watching tape and whatnot, anything that has you feeling like you can better understand and/or rationalize all that's going on. But the persecution complex and butthurt shades a lot of even the most rational of fans. Instead of looking for the real reasons why their team didn't come through, they start looking for reasons why they couldn't come through - conspiracy theories, not having the players and a host of other mitigating factors.
The best fans I've come across, as a whole, would be Bulls fans. Loyal as in , sell that arena out regardless of their team's talent, and they demand a quality product/effort. They're the best of New York with less of a bag factor, imo. Generally speaking, that is.
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