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Since the Spurs are done this year...I'll probably root for the Magic come playoff time. Howard seems like a good guy...
I dont consider myself in any way a fair weather fan. I've been a die-hard fan since I was 8 and plan on being one til I'm 80. But in the years to come (post Duncan era) it isn't hard to imagine the Spurs becoming the Cowboys of the late 90's - today. I've always had 1 other team in football I root for on the side, once the cowboys get eliminated etc (unfortunayely that team is jacksonville). Given that I have two questions:
If the Spurs get elminated in the first round or (god forbid) miss the playoffs who will you root for?
If/when the spurs fall from grace is there a team you would follow on a yearly basis secondly to the Spurs?
For me its the Bobcats for both answers, as I lived in Charlotte for 6 years after highschool and I love Larry Brown. I also cant imagine rooting for any other western conference teams.
Again, I'm not jumping ship... I will always root for the Spurs when they are playing... I just thought it was an interesting question.
Since the Spurs are done this year...I'll probably root for the Magic come playoff time. Howard seems like a good guy...
Chicago's been my number 2 since last season when they got Rose, I'm a huge fan of the guy.
It's also not hard to root for the Thunder even though they're competing in a similar spot as us now, and of course, whoever is playing against the Cavs gets my vote lol
I wouldn't follow another team...
I'd like to see the Mavs make it to the Finals and lose and Mark Cuban cry (again).
I'll be rooting for the underdogs in the playoffs -- the Bobcats being one.
Of the contenders, I'd like to see the Magic win it all.
Same for me. Howard is a cool cat. The league needs players like him. Just wanna have fun types. For me its whoever beats the out of dallas and la. Lol
I really can't root for a second team, but I can root against other teams.
So to the extent that I watch the NBA after the Spurs are eliminated, I will root against:
1. Lakers
2. Celtics
3. Mavs
Schadenfreude can suffice in a pinch.
This echos my thoughts.
anyone but the lakers or mavs.
ill prob catch myself rooting for denver since i see them having a really good chance of winning it all IMO.
I don't root for anyone else, but I love the game. If the Spurs aren't playing I'll watch whatever the best match-up is on. In the Playoffs I tend to stay with the West.
Similar to this. I don't have a second team.
Durant and the Thunder are very fun to watch.
Zombi Sonics + any team that is facing the Lakers!
To some degree also the Mavs, as I'm from germany (its fun to go against them while everyone likes them, but after years of doing so and us not going anywhere, I like to see them win now).
BUT its like Spurs
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The Team that should not be named!
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Same.
There's always different teams each year that pique my interest though. If I absolutely had to pick another team to follow this post season, it would be the Thunder. They have an exciting core of young guys, and I'd like to see Durant have some success.
Blazers. Luck has not been kind to me this year.
I have two... OKC because I went to OU. And the Knicks because I lived there for a while. But this playoffs I am going for whoever can beat the lakers... cavs, denver, and magic have a shot in my opinion.
thats how it is for me.
I don't necessarily root for a team, i just root for a team to lose which then makes me a big fan of the team they are playing against. (i.e. Warriors 2007 against Mavs)
So this year I would then become the biggest fans of the teams playing against:
1)Lakers
2)Cavs
3)Mavs
I am an admitted flake on this sort of issue. I don't have a second team per se but end up really disliking the most recent thorn in the Spurs side whoever that may be.
I still dislike Utah but don't have as much animosity for them as I did back in the David Robinson era when it seemed they steamrolled us in the playoffs every season back then.
The Mavericks are a real pain now because of their fans and Cuban and Jet Terry. Can't stand any of them.
I'll probably end up pulling for someone from the East. There are just too many rivals in the West.
I won't root for anyone but the Spurs, but there are a dozen teams that are more gratifying to watch than they are.
I might bandwagon the Zombie Sonics in the playoffs.
celtics
Well I might favor a team over another in certain match-ups come playoff time, but I never actually "root" for another team other than the Spurs. If it has nothing to do with the Spurs then at the end of the day I won't really give a . Like last year I got over the Magic losing to the the Lakers in the Finals in about 5 min. and haven't thought about it since.
Orlando and Nuggets/Utah/Portland
I usually cheer for 2 teams, the Spurs and whoever Vince Carter's team is..the Spurs are the only team where I actually *care* about what happens in a serious way..this year VC's team is Orlando and probably will be for a while barring a huge flop, so I'll be cheering for them the next few years, although I'll never reach the point of caring too much about what happens with them or talking about their off-seasons or anything..
The Raptors are the only other team that I genuinely like to see do well..I don't really "cheer" for them, but I like seeing them succeed..that's where I was living when I really got into the NBA and they're my brother's favorite team(he lives there), even though they'll probably never win anything..
The #3 team I "cheer" for is basically whoever plays against the Lakers..I dislike Dallas, Denver, Utah, Portland and teams like that, but I'll always cheer for them when they play against the Lakers..
I don't cheer for anybody other than the Spurs...
I simply do not want the Lakers, Celtics or Dallas to win it all, and so I'll be pleased if and when they get kicked out.
Since it looks like we're not going too far, I'll probably catch up a bit with soccer in preparation for the world cup... then I'll resume basketball watching the Turkey worlds
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