Fairweather NBA fans who get back into basketball when their local team is good again, I can kinda understand. I can't stand ppl who follow a team for a player rather than the team (I'm looking at your Lebron and Kobe fans). I'm a Celtics fan, have been since the 80's. I enjoy and cheer for other players, but the C's are and always will be my team. Doesn't mean I can't root for other teams and players when the C's are not playing that team or not very good but people who like the Cavs only because LeBron plays for them and will switch fav teams if he changes teams are glory chasing losers IMO. Now if they're fans because of Lebron and continue to be Cavs fans after he's gone, that I can admire. Chances are though they'll switch teams once Lebron is not longer the flava of the day or he's about to retire and their new fav team will be whichever team the next kobe/lebron/jordan is on. I can't stand those types of nuthuggers. If you're a basketball fan and love the game, pick a team and stay true to that team through thick and thin.
I wish the Rockets had some bandwagon fans right now. The NBA needs more fans, and I don't care if they are bandwagonners or ones that follow every team in their conference. Anyways, good luck with Phoenix in the first round.
bandwagoneers bug me in a sense people know the bullsh!t behind it, but real fans get the most pleasure and excitement when they see their struggling team become contenders.
I personally don't like bandwaggon fans. It bothers me that they don't feel the pain of a struggling team. Take the Knicks for example. Back in the 90's all of my friends were Knicks or Bulls fans. Then many became Nets fans in 2002. After the Nets started struggling they all became Suns fans. I was talking to a particularly annoying bandwagonner who claimed to be a lifelong Suns fan (which is kinda odd since he's from New York). So I said name some Suns back in the 90's and he couldn't give me one. But he gave me a lot of names from 2005... figures. After talking to him yesterday he says "I've always liked what the Lakers were doing and Kobe Bryant has always been my favorite player". Now he's a Laker fan. I wonder what he'll say in 2019 when the Knicks start getting better.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mr. J @ Mar 2 2008, 07:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I personally don't like bandwaggon fans. It bothers me that they don't feel the pain of a struggling team. Take the Knicks for example. Back in the 90's all of my friends were Knicks or Bulls fans. Then many became Nets fans in 2002. After the Nets started struggling they all became Suns fans. I was talking to a particularly annoying bandwagonner who claimed to be a lifelong Suns fan (which is kinda odd since he's from New York). So I said name some Suns back in the 90's and he couldn't give me one. But he gave me a lot of names from 2005... figures. After talking to him yesterday he says "I've always liked what the Lakers were doing and Kobe Bryant has always been my favorite player". Now he's a Laker fan. I wonder what he'll say in 2019 when the Knicks start getting better.</div> Let that punk like who he wants then embarrass him when you discuss basketball in front of other people.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (michau @ Mar 2 2008, 06:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>what are bandwagoners ??</div> It's pretty self-explanitory.
I just hate when people who aren't diehard say things like "our team" and "we". Example: Kidd (Joker, whatever his name of the week is) now refers to the Nets AND Mavericks as we and our, when he just started following the Mavericks because Kidd got traded there. That does NOT tickle my Tuesday.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Mar 3 2008, 03:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Example: Kidd (Joker, whatever his name of the week is) now refers to the Nets AND Mavericks as we and our, when he just started following the Mavericks because Kidd got traded there.</div> haha I've noticed that he does that now, although when I bring the issue up with him he gets defensive.
