Who's Your Team?

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Just a friendly topic to see what teams our fellow OSers support. I'm sure some of us know the teams that others support but curious to see the reasoning behind it.

Let's try stick with the following format:

• The team that you support
• When did you start supporting this team
• Why you support this team

I'll start first:

Team: Miami Heat

When: I think it was either the end of 2006 or beginning of 2007, when I was 17 years old.

Why: D-Wade became one of my favorite players (the other being T-Mac) because of NBA Live 06. Mind you I didn't follow the NBA much during this time and I was unaware that the Heat had won the title until a year or so later lol. My interest and knowledge in the NBA picked up when I started playing fantasy basketball in 2007 and it wasn't until the 08-09' season that I bought League Pass and finally got to watch my first full NBA game - at this point I transitioned over from a casual fan to a full-time die-hard fan. Over the years of following D-Wade, I would say that Miami has grown on me and am proud to call them my team for life!

** Growing up in Australia there was literally no coverage of the NBA and there was no League Pass. Occasionally they would show a 30 second highlight reel of the top plays in the NBA during the sports segment. Our only source was visiting NBA.com using dial-up connection speeds and good ol' Slam Magazine. In a sense I kind of feel bummed out on missing out watching T-Mac in his prime.

[LoSoisNiCEx414]

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Team: Milwaukee Bucks

When: All my life. (23 years) My fav teams are all from Wisconsin...

Why: Born & raised in Milwaukee. & our luck will change at some point. A loyal fan.

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Team: Chicago Bulls

When: Since Michael Jordan's third year in the NBA.

Why: I actually never liked the game of basketball at first. A man by the name of Michael Jordan changed all that. I may have other favorite teams aside from Chicago now, but the Bulls will always be number one. #bullsfan4life.

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Team: Milwaukee Bucks

When: All my life. (23 years) My fav teams are all from Wisconsin...

Why: Born & raised in Milwaukee. & our luck will change at some point. A loyal fan.

If your team picks Jabari Parker at #3 next week, I think you'll be in good shape IMHO.

[ufsports]

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For me, it's the Bulls. I'm not a diehard fan of them, but I guess I really started to like them once Rose came. I didn't really follow basketball before then. I really got into to basketball the year he won his MVP. I was following basketball from the newspaper that year, and I was also cheering for the Pacers(my second favorite team, well at least until they traded Granger), to make the playoffs, and for Rose to win MVP. He was so awesome in the postseason, and that's what brought me to basketball


When I started playing 2k, the first team I chose to play with was the Bulls, and my first game was against the Kings. They had Jimmer, and it was a really tight game at the end of it, I was like holy crap basketball is awesome!

[Marino]

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Team: Charlotte Hornets (Bobcats too)

When: All my life

Why: From Charlotte, grew up going to games.

[JODYE]

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Team: Chicago Bulls

When: Since I can remember

Why: Grew up in Chicago going with my Dad to games at the ole sweatbox on Madison, Chicago Stadium.

[BringTheHeat]

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Team: Miami Heat

When: 2003 NBA Draft. Was a casual Spurs fan prior to that.

Why: Watching Dwyane Wade at Marquette and he quickly became my favorite player. When he was drafted by Miami I made an effort to watch as many games as I could. Over the next several years I noticed a (bad) change where I tried to model my game after him. To this day I'm still not a good outside shooter due to low lift and a flat shot.

If Wade was to leave Miami, I'd still support him, but I'll be a Miami fan forever.

[OkayC]

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Team: lakers

When: whole life

Why: most of my family are lakers fans, so i was raised one. Always supported the team whether we were bad or good. I also liked shaq and dfish when they were playing, though i never liked kobe much. But i was also strangely a big fan of phil jackson.

[BEasy20]

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Team Knicks

When 04-05 11 years old

Why From CT so its there the most broadcasted around here and loved Crawford and Marbury. Would always try and play like them when I would go to the park with friends. Became a diehard over the years

[MattUM]

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Team: Miami Heat

When: Since I started watching pro basketball, I'm 25, so about 15 years.

Why: I lived in Miami and the team just appealed to me. I liked the players, uniforms, the brand new American Airlines arena, etc.

[Sportsbuck]

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Team: Charlotte Hornets (Bobcats)

When: 2004, the expansion year

Why: I was 12 and had just moved to Charlotte. Prior to that I hadn't really endorsed an NBA team, because I was living in Dayton, OH, and the closest one to me was a good 3.5 hours away. But the Bobcats were 10 minutes down the road so I started going to games and loved it. Been through a lot of rough years, but it's what made even just making the playoffs this year incredible.

[jda1202]

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Team: Detroit Pistons

When: Since I started watching basketball.

Why: Growing up in Michigan my dad showed me tons of videos showcasing Isaiah Thomas and the Bad Boys. As I grew a little older I got to watch the 03-04 Pistons and I absolutely fell in love with the way they played basketball. Ever since then I've been a dedicated fan to the Pistons even with the millions of mistakes Joe Dumars has recently made .

[redsrule]

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Team: San Antonio Spurs

When: June 15th

Why: Because they are the champs.


Seriously though:

Team: Detroit Pistons

When: 2002

Why: There's a couple reasons. One they drafted my favorite player (Tayshaun Prince) from Kentucky, and my dad worked for a company that was based out of Michigan and a bunch of the employees were from there. That made my choice even easier, and I still root for the Tigers/Red Wings/UM for the most part when they aren't playing my favorite teams.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Team: New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets

When: 1997-98

Why: Used to do work on NBA Live 97 with the Nets and my man Kerry Kittles(who was one of my favorite players at the time)and they've been my team ever since. Was also a Bulls Fan growing up(older sister loved them so I tagged along with her as a youngin')but made the transition to the Nets right before MJ left. Been to about 10(?)games total so far since I've been a fan even throughout all the very ugly times they've been thru.