Emotion or hobby?

[ehh]

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I was until I got out of college, more important things in my life these days than my favorite sports teams. Though I still get pumped when they win, I'm not as dejected when they lose.

[GSW]

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Emotion for me.

I love Basketball way too much...If thats even possible.

[KG]

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I'm more attached on the college level. I like the NBA more for individual players.

[ehh]

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Emotion for me.

I love Basketball way too much...If thats even possible.

Basketball itself is definitely emotion, or something more, but in terms of teams/players it's not that serious for me.

[KG]

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Basketball itself is definitely emotion, or something more, but in terms of teams/players it's not that serious for me.

Let UCONN lose to L'ville. With all the homers in that forum you can't tell me you won't get upset, lol.

[OSUFan_88]

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Emotion...I use emotion in most of my sports teams and all of the Cleveland teams.

[ehh]

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Let UCONN lose to L'ville. With all the homers in that forum you can't tell me you won't get upset, lol.

Haha, I'll be pissed if it's a game they should win and don't but it's not like I'll punch a wall or have trouble sleeping like I did 5-10 years ago. Obviously there's still emotion involved but not crazy like it used to be.

When UConn beat Duke in the '04 Final Four I punched a brick wall (I was wasted obviously) I was so pumped and damn near broke a knuckle and my hand bled like crazy cause of the booze. That will never happen again.

[Stumbleweed]

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Emotional... when my Nuggets put it together and are really humming, it nearly brings a tear to my eye. There's nothing quite like watching a team play at the top of their collective abilities, all at once... that's especially true when you don't see it that often or if there's a history of disappointments associated with that team/certain players. Like the first time I saw K-Mart finish an oop after coming back from the microfrature -- I love moments like that.

I get emotional about basketball in general, but the Nuggets really strike a chord with me, both because I like many of the players (even before they were Nuggets) and because the team is one of the few in the league who has never won a title in its history... there's always a goal to be reached. The level of overall team success isn't as much a part of it for me as individual games/moments when you see the greatness shine through... like when Melo scored 33 in a quarter or JR hit 8 threes and won the game for us... I live for that kind of stuff.

[KG]

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Haha, I'll be pissed if it's a game they should win and don't but it's not like I'll punch a wall or have trouble sleeping like I did 5-10 years ago. Obviously there's still emotion involved but not crazy like it used to be.

When UConn beat Duke in the '04 Final Four I punched a brick wall (I was wasted obviously) and damn near broke a knuckle and my hand bled like crazy cause of the booze. That will never happen again.

LOL. You're supposed to punch it after a tough loss, not a good win.

OH BTW, I broke a remote that game. Effing Chris Duhon. There is no 4pt shot you d***.

[ehh]

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LOL. You're supposed to punch it after a tough loss, not a good win.

OH BTW, I broke a remote that game. Effing Chris Duhon. There is no 4pt shot you d***.

LOL, I assume you were one of the many people who got screwed on the spread because of that! The damn Dookies, even when they take an L they find a way to annoy people.

[KG]

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LOL, I assume you were one of the many people who got screwed on the spread because of that! The damn Dookies, even when they take an L they find a way to annoy people.

Oh yeah. Just added fuel to the fire for my hatred for Duke and Duhon.

[EWRMETS]

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Bruce Ratner killed my emotion for the Nets when he traded Kenyon Martin. Getting VC brought back some emotion but now the whole Brooklyn mess has put me in a weird place with the Nets. Still love the NBA though.

[Tha_Kid]

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Emotional attachment has toned down the last couple years as I haven't been able to catch every wizards game.

[BlueNGold]

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How do you get emotional about the Lakers? they win a championship almost every year. What keeps you emotional? Im not trying to bash I am just wondering...Im open minded.

For me its definitely emotion. It's like that for pretty much all of the teams/sports I watch. I'm 17 and I started seriously watching football, basketball and hockey in about 03. Before that though, the first basketball game I remember watching was Kings/Lakers. That was amazing and it helped hook me into basketball and also started my hate for Kobe, haha. I never really got to watch Jordan (well, I watched him in the 03 ASG and playing for the Wizards but that doesn't count) or any of the other greats like Magic, Bird, etc., which always makes me wish I started following earlier when I watch anything involving them but I was raised by a single mother so I never really had a dad or father figure to get me into sports until later on but that's a whole 'nother story.

Anyways, that East Finals last year ripped my heart out. I seriously felt a feeling in my stomach I've never felt before after some of those losses. It was painful. But that series did give me one of my greatest sports memories I'll remember forever. The LeBron buzzer beater. My heart was pumping like it never pumped before as they were setting up the inbound and then seeing LeBron take the shot, everything was like it was in slow motion for a second and then he hit it and my head damn near hit the ceiling I was jumping around so much. I probably looked like some 6 year old on a trampoline, LOL. So yeah, for me its definitely not a hobby, its emotion.

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

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kind of echoing what everyone else said

I'm about to graduate college and I've learned there are more important things in life than sports. A few years ago it was an emotion now it's a hobby.