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Honestly, worst thread ever.
How do the "old" spur fans look at us "new breeds"? when i say old, i mean was a spur fan before the tim duncan era. i know many of the spurs fans now, including myself, have become fans because a player from their counrty is a member of the spurs. so i wasn wondering if there is...i dunno...a feeling like "this was my team before u had one, so respect me" going on. nothing wrong with it. if i was an old spur fan i would have felt more en led to cheering my team than a new fan.
BTW, new fans are not the same as bandwagon IMO.
you all can be honest. i dont think any of us new fans will feel offended
Honestly, worst thread ever.
Well, since you asked....
I recall when I started to follow the Spurs during the Alvin Robertson era, I simply got hooked on the Spurs. I even followed them when they were a pathetic 20-62 and so on. I didn't care if they stunk, I just liked watching them play. Nowadays, you get many so-called fans, simply because they're winning games....but they are NOT the true fans. I've been in it through thick and thin, and still here. It's EASY to identify the true spurs fans and the wannabe fans. That is my take on it....
I must say, i was a bulls fan growing up in the 90's and being a kid from Australia, but when he retires i didnt know who to follow. It was also the lockout season in 1999, and it didnt like there would be any games that season. But when the lockout ended the Spurs had picked up an Aussie by the name of Andrew Gaze, and i was hooked.
Go Spurs!!!
where you a fan of Luc Longley? What about steve irwin?
I may be younger than most, but if you are making Tim Duncan the defining line, then I guess I get to wear the "old dude" cap for this thread. First Spurs game was in '94. 12 proud years of service.
I love it that the Spurs are attracting guys from all over. It certainly makes the threads and opinions interesting. The only thing I really dislike about it are the few guys who come in when Manu comes off the bench and they blame it on Parker. Or guys who think Manu is the devil reincarnate if Parker doesn't have a good game but Ginobili gets some points. The obscene bias thing really, really gets on my nerves, but I guess I understand it a little bit.
Of course, I'd rather hear about Manu cutting into Parker's points, than not hear from the guys in France at all.
Luc did well with what he had, but was very fortunate to end up on a team with MJ and Pip. But i think even he would admit that he is not the best player Australia has produced.
In relation to Steve, he has done an excellent job in raising Australia's profile, particularly in the States, but the way he acts, i think that people tend to generalise that as the way all Australians act. But he was a Great Australian!
I Remember getting free tickets at HEB because people would not show up at the games. Some Fans.
Became a fan because of DRob in 90.
Fans since Duncan got here are a bit more spoiled than the vets(vets are spoiled now now to through, myself included). Most of you guys didn't have to go through the years where are guard combo was complete and utter dreck. DRob didn't have the luxury of passing out of a double team like TD does because no one could hit a shot.
Enjoy the success though. It's a good time to be a Spurs fan.
drob in 92/93 till the day hakeem abuse him, then the day he retired
then came along tim duncan, stuck ever since
then ginoboli, like his game
thats about it....
I was a basketball player in college in NY and used to go to the Knicks games 57-61 and wanted to see the new pro basketball team when they came to town. I didn't want to go by myself so I bribed my best friend to go with me to their first game.
We got drunk, had a great time and bought season tickets at half-time. We got real good seats behind the Spurs bench about 10 rows up in the old Hemisphere Arena for $5.00 per game as I recall. We kept them for twenty some-odd years.
The Spurs Corral wasn't a membership club then and was always crowded after the games. After the crowd thinned out, we had a semi-regular group,including Ralph Reed the bartender and father of Robert Reed the St. Mary's and Rockets player, that played ball against the cops while the janitors were cleaning up.
I love all the new blood Spurs fans. I just wish some of you had the opportunity to see and know the team all those years. Remember that those jerseys hanging in the rafters are there for a reason and some other players probably deserve to be remembered too. There were some great players and some great characters that many of you don't know much about and that's truly a shame. I'm not saying they were all better than todays champions, but we did have some unbelieveable players over the years. Anyone who saw GG or Si or Kenon or some others in their prime enjoyed extraordinary basketball skills. And our adversaries were great as well with Doctor J and George McGinnis being among the best.
One of the neatest things about the old days was how easy it was to become friends with the players. I used to play poker and tennis with a couple of them all the time, knew their wives and families and had more than casual acquaintance with many others. I suspect those days are over for most fans. Too bad you missed it.
I've been a Spurs fan since I was a little kid and James Silas, George Gervin, and The Whopper were my heroes!
Players would come out of the locker room after games and hang out for a while with the kids. Some of the coolest guys I remember were Edgar Jones, Fred Roberts, Gene Banks, and Johnny Moore...always had time for the fans.
Gervin was OK too if he wasn't being mobbed too much. John Lucas was a real nice guy too I remember. Tom Chambers, Fred Brown, and Jack Sikma visited a long time after a game with the Sonics too....that was a great night of memories (one of many). Bill Laimbeer said "Hi" to the kids once and shook hands while drinking a Budweiser! He probably wouldn't want his reputation soiled, but he was friendly to the kids at least that one evening!
There's always room for new fans as far as I'm concerned. The more the better!
Last edited by dav4463; 11-12-2006 at 04:08 AM.
I always loved to listen to the old school stories and now I love telling them myself!
The more Spurs fans the better as it is truly a fact that Spurs fans are the best fans.
i was a fan pre-david robinson, pre-alvin robertson, and pre-johhny moore. i've got no problem if you like the spurs because of tim duncan. one of the best fans i know is a tim duncan era fan (yes, cb, that's you). a couple others are from the elliot era, but remain some of the most active on boards and setting up GTG's, and going to games. it's cool. i think more fans that like the spurs because of duncan will continue to like the spurs when duncan retires or goes to the front office or something, because the org is a lot like him.
Lord, I remember one time we got to a crucial playoff game late--and stoned.We jump out of the car, a 74 Lincoln Town Car. Then my date got out and shut her door as I was going around to help her out. Result: All doors locked with the keys in the ignition and the car still running with the headlights on and the four of us laughing like crazy.
What to do?
I said, " it"we ain't missing this game" and we went on to the game. When the game was over, I had to get a locksmith and someone to help get me some gas since the gas guzzling Lincoln was out. It was worth it---we won!
Any of you "youngun's" have crazy Spur experiences like that these days?
I go back to the good 'ol days in the Hemisphere Arena when Gervin, Silas, Paulz, and yes, even George Karl thrilled us. The Bullets were our nemesis and the 76'ers always did us in. We had a good rivalry with the Pacers also. There was a lot of flavor in that old arena. Wish I had back all the money I spent on beer there. lol The beer just tasted better with peanut s s floating around. Those were the days of solidifying this franchise. I remember when we, the nuggets, nets, and pacers joined the NBA. Stan Albeck, Bob Bass, Doug Moe, and Morris McHone were doing the coaching. Doug Moe used to get fined a lot and I remember once when he paid his fine with pennies just to protest. lol Ah yes........the 70's.
became a fan when my older brother took me to a game their first season in SA at the hemisphair arena, became a season ticket holder the year they drafted david, could not afford them anymore the year after the 2nd championship...mortgage, two kids, cyo, cub scouts, hip hop dance for the little one, working on masters degree...life is full
Last edited by my2sons; 11-12-2006 at 11:39 AM. Reason: clarification
My first game was at 4 yrs. old when I went to a Spurs-Pacers ABA playoff game and have been hooked ever since. The true test of any fan is what they do when your team has a bad run. Its easy to be a fan of a team when they are winning, its tougher when they are not. The Bruise Brothers era was great as was the Ice Age of the early 80's. It was tough after Ice was traded and before Big Dave got here. Going to the Hemisfair was always an event which was good because the team wasn't always that good. Ahh..the days of the Three-Headed Monster in the Middle....Frank Brickowski, Petur Gudmunsson and Mike Smrek!
There are a lot of younger fans who have grown up in the Robinson-Duncan Era and are Spurs fans and that is great.....the question is, when the Spurs go into a down cycle...and it will happen, will those fans be there then? I hope so.
Spurs fan since the ABA. My family had season tickets since 75-76.
a lotta good old school stories...for me, i know ill be a fan sfter duncan leaves, because as the younger players come, you become fans of them to...and the cycle goes on...
I became a fan in 1999. When I first moved here when I was 5 in 1995, I wasn't into sports because I was young but by the time 4th grade started, I started watching the Spurs play on TV because I liked basketball and the Spurs were the team I could watch the most. It just so happend that they'd win the championship in the 1999 season and I've been hooked ever since.
Well I became a spurs fan when a polish guy was added to the roster. It was quite long time ago, but I'm sticking with the spurs since.
His name is James White ofcourse.
poland...who is that in your sig?
Do they have black people in Poland?
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