i was just wondering how you can have a favorite nba team if you aren't living in the area. i live in philly, and i think the sixers suck, so i want to be a fan of another team, nj nets. i was just wondering how i would be able to follow the team? is there anybody here who has a favorite team that they don't live near or that they never lived in the area? and how do you guys follow the team. and how can you be a loyal fan if you don't watch games? please tell me.
Sixers are better than the Nets... How can YOU be a loyal fan for leaving the Sixers just because they suck?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting AirJordan:</div><div class="quote_post">Sixers are better than the Nets... How can YOU be a loyal fan for leaving the Sixers just because they suck?</div> i don't like the sixers and i don't think i ever will. and i'm not a loyal fan of the sixers so i just want to follow another team. the only reason i have sixers as my favorite team is because it is basically the only team i can watch. any suggestions?
So are you just giving up on the Sixers? And as far as getting to follow the NJ on TV, theres like those NBA packages, thats all I know...
So you're just following with the team that's doing well instead of staying faithful with one team? Sounds like bandwaggoning to me. Anyway, I think NBA league pass should cover that problem.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Sounds like bandwaggoning to me.</div>My thoughts exactly.
Well I get all the Laker coverage you could ask for...so it isn't that hard. Following the Wizards is hard though, I have to constantly look for new articles, read the realgm boards, just stuff over the internet to stay in touch with them.
following I dont really have a problem because I follow the knicks and I live in Jersey. I also follow the Cavs out of interest in LBJ who is my favorite player. I dont root for them but I do root for LBJ
I always liked the Kings and d my best after every game to keep up on them, I keep up alot better in hte offseason(lol), but its all about the internet. I live in CAnada sand i don't subscribe toany NBA TV pacakge,s o all I'm left with is articles.
yao: I live in Northern New Jersey which is Nets and Knicks territory, but I am a Timberwolves fan. I watch the Wolves through NBATV, ESPN, ABC Sports, and TNT. You can also watch through NBA League Pass as couple of posters mentioned or listen through NBA Audio League Pass at NBA.com You can do the same for the Sixers since they are a marquee team. Now if you are a Warriors fan outside of the Bay Area, you would be hard press to watch em since they are not a marquee team so they won't get much TV time as the Timberwolves, Knicks, Lakers, Sixers, and other marquee teams. Even if you don't watch your team from the area that you live in like you being a Nets fan in Philly, you can be a loyal fan through reading about your team on the web like ESPN.com or sportspages.com. You can read about your team in sporting publications like the Sporting News or Sports Illustrated if you can't find info on your team outside of the area that you live in.
Well, does it make sense to be a fan of an author if he sucks at writing? It's alright to switch from one author to another if he starts writing crappy books and the new one starts writing good books. So why wouldn't the same logic apply in sports?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting durvasa:</div><div class="quote_post">Well, does it make sense to be a fan of an author if he sucks at writing? It's alright to switch from one author to another if he starts writing crappy books and the new one starts writing good books. So why wouldn't the same logic apply in sports?</div> First off, an author most likely will improve with time (whereas a NBA team can go up or down any year) and isn't affected by home-team coverage and locational support. Therefore it is usually expected you'll root for your home team. If you had a friend and they had good times and hard times in life, you wouldn't just abandon them when they had hard times would you? You could probably find a friend that is more enjoyable to spend time with during those times, but its a thing of devotion, which a true fan has.
I'm from Houston but go to school in San Antonio, so I basically rely on ESPN, the internet and national TV games to follow my Rockets...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting SkiptoMyLue11:</div><div class="quote_post">First off, an author most likely will improve with time (whereas a NBA team can go up or down any year) and isn't affected by home-team coverage and locational support. Therefore it is usually expected you'll root for your home team. If you had a friend and they had good times and hard times in life, you wouldn't just abandon them when they had hard times would you? You could probably find a friend that is more enjoyable to spend time with during those times, but its a thing of devotion, which a true fan has.</div> I think your analogy is interesting. You compare the relationship a fan has with an NBA team to that of a friendship. Whereas in domains other than sports like literature, music, theater, etc. there's no concept of loyalty to the author/performer/artist. For instance, I may be a fan of Spielberg's films, but I'm not obligated to see his next movie and hope he does well. I just enjoy the product he puts out. Similar, can't a sports fan simply enjoy the product various teams put out, and not form an unbreakable bond to a specific team/player? Would such a person not be considered a real fan?
