How long and how did you become a Spurs fan?

[Dre_7]

I became a Spurs fan 2 years before I became a Spurs fan. What I mean by that is, one Saturday afternoon when I was like 10 or 11 I happened upon an NCAA BB game featuring Wake Forest and I feel in love with the post game of their sop re Center named Tim Duncan. I was a Duncan fan since that moment. Followed him through out his college career and then became a Spurs fan the moment he was drafted. Now I am a loyal Spurs fan and will bleed silver and black long after Timmy is gone.

But, he isn't gone yet, and tonight isn't going to be his last game. Lets get game 6!

[look_at_g_shred]

I became a Spurs fan 2 years before I became a Spurs fan. What I mean by that is, one Saturday afternoon when I was like 10 or 11 I happened upon an NCAA BB game featuring Wake Forest and I feel in love with the post game of their sop re Center named Tim Duncan. I was a Duncan fan since that moment. Followed him through out his college career and then became a Spurs fan the moment he was drafted. Now I am a loyal Spurs fan and will bleed silver and black long after Timmy is gone.

But, he isn't gone yet, and tonight isn't going to be his last game. Lets get game 6!

Dude that got me so pumped!

[BatManu20]

Born in South Texas and moved to SA when I was 3. Spurs basketball is all I've ever known tbh. Moved there in the early 90's during the Robinson era. Used to rock his 5-0 jersey to elementary school once a week.

[BillMc]

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.

Nice. It's always the little moments that lead to long term fandom it seems.

[PopTheGOAT]

Since I was old enough to understand basketball. I remember watching the '99 finals, sitting my 5 year old butt on our old nasty trailer floor. Both the Spurs and I have come a long way since

[Dre_7]

Dude that got me so pumped!

Word! Now they have to deliver.

This can't be the last game that we get to see the greatest big man to ever play.

[hater]

Damn. I think I will shed some tears tonight. Win or lose. Tears will be shed

[DarrinS]

Damn. I think I will shed some tears tonight. Win or lose. Tears will be shed

For consolation, you can spoon with your Steven Adams inflatable.

[RD2191]

For consolation, you can spoon with your Steven Adams inflatable.

Lmfao

[nkdlunch]

not sure exactly. but I remember watching the Alamodome games, with Robinson, Duncan, ****** and maybe Avery Johnson? also remember Vinny Del Negro, and Antoine Carr. I would say god damn, that Alamodome is huge, are they playing in mexico or something. Looked fun.

I think they used to sell $5 for the upper levels? on tv it looked like a college atmosphere. too bad they ed it up with the lame ATT center.

[Dre_7]

Damn. I think I will shed some tears tonight. Win or lose. Tears will be shed

It will be tears of joy then. I do not see them going out tonight.

[wildbill2u]

I played some college ball and went to NBA games in NYC back in the 50s. Went to the very first game with the Conquistadors in Oct. of 73 when the Spurs came to SA as a rent-a-team. As soon as the team was purchased by Drossos and Mccombs, I talked some non-basketball fans among my friends into going to games. Somewhere along the way in 1973- 1974 season, the Spurs started offering half-season tickets. After the announcement at a game, my best friend and I (we were drunk and having a ball at the game) went down and bought season tickets at floor level right behind the Spurs bench for $5.00 per ticket. Kept those seats for decades and have been a fan through good times and bad.

I claim the le of oldest Spurs fan on SpursTalk.

[RD2191]

I played some college ball and went to NBA games in NYC back in the 50s. Went to the very first game with the Conquistadors in Oct. of 73 when the Spurs came to SA as a rent-a-team. As soon as the team was purchased by Drossos and Mccombs, I talked some non-basketball fans among my friends into going to games. Somewhere along the way in 1973- 1974 season, the Spurs started offering half-season tickets. After the announcement at a game, my best friend and I (we were drunk and having a ball at the game) went down and bought season tickets at floor level right behind the Spurs bench for $5.00 per ticket. Kept those seats for decades and have been a fan through good times and bad.

I claim the le of oldest Spurs fan on SpursTalk.

Damn, you're like the emperor.

[TampaDude]

I played some college ball and went to NBA games in NYC back in the 50s. Went to the very first game with the Conquistadors in Oct. of 73 when the Spurs came to SA as a rent-a-team. As soon as the team was purchased by Drossos and Mccombs, I talked some non-basketball fans among my friends into going to games. Somewhere along the way in 1973- 1974 season, the Spurs started offering half-season tickets. After the announcement at a game, my best friend and I (we were drunk and having a ball at the game) went down and bought season tickets at floor level right behind the Spurs bench for $5.00 per ticket. Kept those seats for decades and have been a fan through good times and bad.

I claim the le of oldest Spurs fan on SpursTalk.

You played college ball in the 1950s? Damn, you're a crusty old fart.

[Obiwonginobili]

since i was their ballboy in 88

[703 Spurz]

1990 when I was 9 years old. David Robinson was and is my favorite athlete of all-time. He's the reason I've liked SA for 26 years.

[wildbill2u]

You played college ball in the 1950s? Damn, you're a crusty old fart.

Well, i graduated in 1961 so I only had a couple of years in the 50s. The NBA was such a small-time thing in those days. The coaches could get us seats at Madison Square Garden for any game we wanted to go to. I loved to watch Bob Cousy of the Celtics and worked on the behind the back dribble on a fast break and behind the back passes--but the coach wouldn't let us "showboat". Then my roommate started telling me about a guy from his hometown who was playing for the U. of Cincinnati (then for the Royals) and we'd drive all the way out there to see Oscar Robertson on a weekend.

I guess you could say I'm a hardcore basketball fan.

[gameFACE]

I remember one time shooting hoops in elementary school when we were old enough to finally reach the basket. This one kid kept yelling "Gervin" every time one of us made one. Didn't know what he was talking about but I eventually found out about the Ice Man and thought it was cool as that we had a professional team in SA. So I've been a fan since the late 70's. Although we could be eliminated tonight I can't help but think "we have FIVE championships"! FIVE mother ers!! Most teams can't say that. Got to see them hoist the trophy twice in '05 and '14. Good times. All I can think about is TD these days.

[thiste]

Always been a basketball fan. I was already a fan of the Admiral from the Dream Team and playing him in video games, but living in Europe I didn't have any way to watch the NBA.
Finally in 1999 I found a way to watch it on an encrypted French channel that was airing the games at night, and I watched every game of the Finals against NY at 2 or 3 am. I had heard about Tim Duncan before, but I really fell in love with the Twin Towers and was a fan ever since.

So yeah, I'm French, but no, I did not become a fan with Tony Parker.

[daslicer]

I became a Spurs fan 2 years before I became a Spurs fan. What I mean by that is, one Saturday afternoon when I was like 10 or 11 I happened upon an NCAA BB game featuring Wake Forest and I feel in love with the post game of their sop re Center named Tim Duncan. I was a Duncan fan since that moment. Followed him through out his college career and then became a Spurs fan the moment he was drafted. Now I am a loyal Spurs fan and will bleed silver and black long after Timmy is gone.

But, he isn't gone yet, and tonight isn't going to be his last game. Lets get game 6!

Interesting I had become a spurs fan at the age of 10 because of David Robinson. At the age of 11 my family moved to NC and one of the biggest differences living in NC versus where I lived in Boston was the obsession of college sports. I remember one day flipping the local channels and seeing the pre-game show for a Wake Forest vs Alaska game I think it was. Keep in mind this was at the start of Duncan's sop re year so he was still pretty much relatively unknown. I remember my dad telling me to change the channel since he thought both teams were crap. I remember replying to my dad at the time by saying "Wake Forest could be good they have this guy by the name of Tim Duncan whose 7ft he has to be good since he's really tall". My dad laughed and responded by saying "This Duncan guy is garbage since he doesn't play for a traditional power house school like UNC,Duke,Georgetown. If he was so great he would be playing at one of those schools" After that moment not knowing how great Duncan would be I immediately became a fan of his simply because I wanted to see him turn out great just so I could rub it in my dad's face. I started following him that year which was great because that was the year he broke out to super s om. It was awesome just to see his rise at the time. Years later I still rub it in my dad's face about how wrong he was about Duncan.

I remember during the Spring of Duncan's junior year reading a local news paper in which they were speculating about whether or not Duncan would go to the NBA. Duncan was on the front cover of the news paper. I was sitting in a room with my younger brother and we both started speculating where Duncan would play in the NBA. My brother jokingly said "Duncan is going to play with the Spurs. He's going to team up with Robinson. Wouldn't it be cool to see 2 7fters play at the same time they would easily dominate." I laughed and put the newspaper down and said "Too bad it will never happen." A year later my brother and I both watched the lottery and there was a great moment of silence and shock when the Spurs got the number 1 pick. We both looked at each other and then laughed remembering what he said a year earlier about Duncan ending up as a Spur. The funny thing about it now is my brother was and still is a hardcore Knicks fan and at times he will tell me jokingly "I wish I never made that stupid prediction had I known what was going to happen in '99. I really jinxed myself by doing that."

[bdictjames]

Nice. It's always the little moments that lead to long term fandom it seems.

True Never regretted it since. Hopefully the Spurs keep this awesome sense of family and professionalism you just don't see in every team.

[bdictjames]

Interesting I had become a spurs fan at the age of 10 because of David Robinson. At the age of 11 my family moved to NC and one of the biggest differences living in NC versus where I lived in Boston was the obsession of college sports. I remember one day flipping the local channels and seeing the pre-game show for a Wake Forest vs Alaska game I think it was. Keep in mind this was at the start of Duncan's sop re year so he was still pretty much relatively unknown. I remember my dad telling me to change the channel since he thought both teams were crap. I remember replying to my dad at the time by saying "Wake Forest could be good they have this guy by the name of Tim Duncan whose 7ft he has to be good since he's really tall". My dad laughed and responded by saying "This Duncan guy is garbage since he doesn't play for a traditional power house school like UNC,Duke,Georgetown. If he was so great he would be playing at one of those schools" After that moment not knowing how great Duncan would be I immediately became a fan of his simply because I wanted to see him turn out great just so I could rub it in my dad's face. I started following him that year which was great because that was the year he broke out to super s om. It was awesome just to see his rise at the time. Years later I still rub it in my dad's face about how wrong he was about Duncan.

I remember during the Spring of Duncan's junior year reading a local news paper in which they were speculating about whether or not Duncan would go to the NBA. Duncan was on the front cover of the news paper. I was sitting in a room with my younger brother and we both started speculating where Duncan would play in the NBA. My brother jokingly said "Duncan is going to play with the Spurs. He's going to team up with Robinson. Wouldn't it be cool to see 2 7fters play at the same time they would easily dominate." I laughed and put the newspaper down and said "Too bad it will never happen." A year later my brother and I both watched the lottery and there was a great moment of silence and shock when the Spurs got the number 1 pick. We both looked at each other and then laughed remembering what he said a year earlier about Duncan ending up as a Spur. The funny thing about it now is my brother was and still is a hardcore Knicks fan and at times he will tell me jokingly "I wish I never made that stupid prediction had I known what was going to happen in '99. I really jinxed myself by doing that."

That's awesome.

[Dre_7]

Interesting I had become a spurs fan at the age of 10 because of David Robinson. At the age of 11 my family moved to NC and one of the biggest differences living in NC versus where I lived in Boston was the obsession of college sports. I remember one day flipping the local channels and seeing the pre-game show for a Wake Forest vs Alaska game I think it was. Keep in mind this was at the start of Duncan's sop re year so he was still pretty much relatively unknown. I remember my dad telling me to change the channel since he thought both teams were crap. I remember replying to my dad at the time by saying "Wake Forest could be good they have this guy by the name of Tim Duncan whose 7ft he has to be good since he's really tall". My dad laughed and responded by saying "This Duncan guy is garbage since he doesn't play for a traditional power house school like UNC,Duke,Georgetown. If he was so great he would be playing at one of those schools" After that moment not knowing how great Duncan would be I immediately became a fan of his simply because I wanted to see him turn out great just so I could rub it in my dad's face. I started following him that year which was great because that was the year he broke out to super s om. It was awesome just to see his rise at the time. Years later I still rub it in my dad's face about how wrong he was about Duncan.

I remember during the Spring of Duncan's junior year reading a local news paper in which they were speculating about whether or not Duncan would go to the NBA. Duncan was on the front cover of the news paper. I was sitting in a room with my younger brother and we both started speculating where Duncan would play in the NBA. My brother jokingly said "Duncan is going to play with the Spurs. He's going to team up with Robinson. Wouldn't it be cool to see 2 7fters play at the same time they would easily dominate." I laughed and put the newspaper down and said "Too bad it will never happen." A year later my brother and I both watched the lottery and there was a great moment of silence and shock when the Spurs got the number 1 pick. We both looked at each other and then laughed remembering what he said a year earlier about Duncan ending up as a Spur. The funny thing about it now is my brother was and still is a hardcore Knicks fan and at times he will tell me jokingly "I wish I never made that stupid prediction had I known what was going to happen in '99. I really jinxed myself by doing that."

Haha awesome! It was destiny for Duncan to play with DRob, Pop, and the Spurs.
Destiny!

[davidbowie]

born and raised in SA. had no other choice.

well i did have a brief moment away cause of shaq/penny as a youngster. but that only lasted a couple years.

shared season tickets with some others right before tim got here. never looked back.

[TDomination]

I love these stories! Man we need to win game 6 so bad. I feel like this series is bringing everyone together lol