Who do you support & why

stuchyg

As the title says. I first started watching bball around 98/99 after playing the NBA live series, I have always maintained an interest in the Celtics for obvious reasons and whoever AI was playing for.

I really want to get into following a team properly so im looking for suggestions:)

decies

I follow patriots , Red Sox so started following celtics last week lol

Felexicon

I'm a Lakers fan from back in the days of Nick Van Exel and Eddie Jones.
Think I started following them as TG4 used to show a game every Sunday morning and the Lakers were on it a lot (as were the Vince Carter led Raptors). The Lakers weren't particularly good at the time but I've enjoyed a fruitful period lately and even managed to get to Game 5 of the finals against the Celtics a few years ago.
Things aren't looking so bright for the future at the moment but I'm a Laker for life now.

On the college front I'm a big Notre Dame fan. Started watching them after my mam bought me a Notre Dame Starter jacket when I was a nipper. If anyone doesn't have a college team and enjoys building up your hopes and dreams only to have your heart ripped out every March then I'd advise following Notre Dame

stuchyg

funnily enough I actually watch a bit of college ball, im a fan of the orange due to Mr Anthony. Im heading to the states next year for my honeymoon and hoping to take in either a bulls or celtics game. This could swing my team bias

RMDrive

Pacers - cause of Reggie and that team of the 90's. And I really respect this current team too. Blue collar basketball.

Nuri Sahin

Wouldn't say I'm a legit fan of any one franchise in particular but I like seeing the Knicks do well since I've been to NYC many, many times and have attended a dozen games at MSG.

Also, I'm quite fond of OKC although that stems from betting reasons mainly.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Celtics 'cause I went to a game in the Garden in '06. Lost to the Pistons, think it may have been OT, not fully sure. Got on the Megatron thingy too. :cool:

Simonko

Oklahoma Thunder. I was watching a game between the Thunder and Bulls a couple of seasons ago and liked the way the Thunder played so I chose them as my team.

buyer95

I've been a Knicks fan since I was 12 years old when on a family holiday we went to New York during the Easter holidays and caught a Knicks v Nets playoff game. Knicks were swepped, but MSG stirred something in me. Although that Knicks team played no defense, Maybury was in his pomp, and for an impressionable 12 year old I thought he was the bees knees. But what was once a passing interest in my early teenage years has become a passion of mine. I come from a basketball family, and that was why my father brought me to MSG. Our fortunes are starting to turn this year, and hopefully we can make a bit of a playoff run if we can avoid any serious injuries.

Liam O

I tend to follow players a bit more than teams. My allegiance has switched a lot in the last few years depending on player movement or injuries and I have 3 or 4 teams that I would follow.

I suppose OKC atm would be my favourite due to having 2 of my favourite players in KD and Westbrook. When I started watching though in about 2005 the Suns where my favourite due to Nash being a basketball god. So much untapped potential in that team. When KD came into the league I started also following the Sonics and then the Bulls when Rose got drafted even if I didn't like many of his supporting cast. There are teams I dislike like the Lakers (which made Nash moving there difficult) but it was generally who I'd play with the most in the NBA games growing up who I'd start to follow without having any real loyalty to any one team.

K.O.Kiki

San Antonio Spurs.

1. I had David Robinson's Supreme Court on Mega Drive, and it is still the best basketball game I've played.
2. They are, fundamentally, the best team in the league.

I also admire OKC Thunder purely for Kevin Durant.

I'm also keeping an eye on Cavs' Kyrie Irving, guy looks like he could be their next great hope (as long as they get him good teammates!)

rockonollie

Butler Bulldogs......never been a fan of the NBA, much prefer NCAA basketball......and everyone loves an underdog.

For Forks Sake

I was a teenager in the 90's and have family in Chicago, it was only ever going to be the Bulls.

recyclebin

Pacers fan since they used to show it on TG4 back in the 90s. Chose Pacers because Reggie and I have the same surname. Teams from back then had Miller, Davis x2, Jackson, Smits, Mullin, Rose, Best with Larry Bird as coach.

I was also drawn to the Pacers bacuse of the Fieldhouse. As I come from a farming background I remember they had a promo on NBA Action with Reggie walking through a corn field and I think they had the fieldhouse in the back ground.

I don't post in this forum very often but it's good to know there are a few other Pacer fans lurking around the place

rockonollie

recyclebin wrote: »

Pacers fan since they used to show it on TG4 back in the 90s. Chose Pacers because Reggie and I have the same surname. Teams from back then had Miller, Davis x2, Jackson, Smits, Mullin, Rose, Best with Larry Bird as coach.

I was also drawn to the Pacers bacuse of the Fieldhouse. As I come from a farming background I remember they had a promo on NBA Action with Reggie walking through a corn field and I think they had the fieldhouse in the back ground.

I don't post in this forum very often but it's good to know there are a few other Pacer fans lurking around the place

If that promo impressed you.....you should check out the movie Hoosiers

Alfred Borden

Any suggestions for a new person to the sport to follow? Bulls?

stuchyg

after the replies to the thread Im still not sure myself, im leaning towards denver or LAC I think

Felexicon

Join Laker nation men. You'll look like a hipster in a few years when we're crap and no one follows us

Alfred Borden

Think I'm going with the Pacers as I'm already a Colts fan :pac: any Pacers fans here?

Min

Miami Heat fan, started watching a couple of years ago, like the Heat and they follow me on twitter.
I am a fan of Lebron...

RMDrive

I'm gobsmacked that there are 2 other Pacers fans on here. I genuinely thought I would be the only one in Ireland!

stuchyg

Maybe I could pick a team outta a hat, then again I could end up picking Charlotte or Detroit

Andy Magic

Orlando Magic for me.. Been supporting them since 1994 when Shaq was Shaqtastic! All my jerseys except one now say Howard on the back though which is a bit sh!t. I am a huge Orlando Magic fan though, I go over twice a year and try time it so there's as many home games as possible within the two weeks or so. I've got to know Magic fans from over there also and meet up when over there. Last year was a horrible season to be a fan for them though and the next few don't look great, but 2009/2010 were both great years.

If there's any other Magic fans on here I'd recommend truebluenation.com it's there official forum, I'm on as Ireland's No.1 Magic Fan.

GOMAGIC!

Alfred Borden

RMDrive wrote: »

I'm gobsmacked that there are 2 other Pacers fans on here. I genuinely thought I would be the only one in Ireland!

New one here but getting into it big now, loving tonights game so far!

spiralism

Im a pretty big Broncos fan so i thought it just made sense becoming a Nuggets fan when i got into the NBA afterwards. Love the way we're playing this year

NufcNavan

Indiana Pacers because they picked me in the NBA2K11 draft.

Have followed them since, love the way they play basketball.

NufcNavan

RMDrive wrote: »

I'm gobsmacked that there are 2 other Pacers fans on here. I genuinely thought I would be the only one in Ireland!

Make that 4.

RMDrive

NufcNavan wrote: »

Make that 4.

Sweet!

walrusgumble

Felexicon wrote: »

I'm a Lakers fan from back in the days of Nick Van Exel and Eddie Jones.
Think I started following them as TG4 used to show a game every Sunday morning and the Lakers were on it a lot (as were the Vince Carter led Raptors). The Lakers weren't particularly good at the time but I've enjoyed a fruitful period lately and even managed to get to Game 5 of the finals against the Celtics a few years ago.
Things aren't looking so bright for the future at the moment but I'm a Laker for life now.

On the college front I'm a big Notre Dame fan. Started watching them after my mam bought me a Notre Dame Starter jacket when I was a nipper. If anyone doesn't have a college team and enjoys building up your hopes and dreams only to have your heart ripped out every March then I'd advise following Notre Dame

When did TG4 do basketball? Would be great if they did a show every Sunday. After all they do the Aussie Rules

Me, because of their exciting attacking , but can't shoot for crap, and the story behind the coach & Andre Iguodala, the Denver Nuggets. (embarrased to say , it's because of NBA 2K13)


Celtics too I suppose because of the "Irish Connection" (but that is probably too easy)

Ignorant, I know, but I never realled had that much interest in going to America, but in the last 2 years, would easily do it just to catch any decent NBA match.

Grand Moff Tarkin

I fell in love with the sport on 1/1/1985 and there is only room in my heart for one club the mighty Neptune who are the kings of Irish basketball.

mixery

Wow, I was expecting a lot more Celtics fan. If I was to pick a team I would say Celtics, but then again watching an occasional game isn't really supporting. I was soo happy that I got to see O'Neal in this top though!

buyer95

RMDrive wrote: »

I'm gobsmacked that there are 2 other Pacers fans on here. I genuinely thought I would be the only one in Ireland!

Although basketball is a minority sport here, there are pockets were it is huge. I live in a basketball crazed town, and most of my friends follow the NBA avidly. In parts of Cork, clubs like Neptune, Ballincollig, Glanmire, Dublin like Killester, Marian etc, Galway like Moycullen, Kerry like St Mary's, St Brendan's, and the game is starting to grow in Limerick also. The game is actually more popular then most people are aware and then the media give it credit for, especially at the grassroots underage level.

walrusgumble

mixery wrote: »

Wow, I was expecting a lot more Celtics fan. If I was to pick a team I would say Celtics, but then again watching an occasional game isn't really supporting. I was soo happy that I got to see O'Neal in this top though!

Too easy isn't it.

I wonder is their lack of success in the last 15 years (bar 1 championship and 1 Loosing finals) and fear that PP and KG won't be replaced easily , a reason for the the lack of support? The only one that is really doing anything at the mo is Jeff Green

Ask that question in the 1980's I reckon you might have had a better idea (maybe not)

mixery

It's astonishing how they're playing so well without Rondo(ar at least effective). But I still prefer watching Rondo play - he is amazing. You're right with regards to PP and KG, but hopefully the managment will come up with something.

Also you don't change your team when they start losing. Or I'm just too idealistic.

RMDrive

buyer95 wrote: »

Although basketball is a minority sport here, there are pockets were it is huge. I live in a basketball crazed town, and most of my friends follow the NBA avidly. In parts of Cork, clubs like Neptune, Ballincollig, Glanmire, Dublin like Killester, Marian etc, Galway like Moycullen, Kerry like St Mary's, St Brendan's, and the game is starting to grow in Limerick also. The game is actually more popular then most people are aware and then the media give it credit for, especially at the grassroots underage level.

My surprise wasn't at the fact that there are basketball fans in Ireland (I played the game here for years). It was that other people would also choose the unglamorous Pacers to follow in the NBA

WHIP IT!

What's with all the flippin Pacers fans??

I also tended to follow players & was always a big O'Neal fan. This meant I was Magic mad when I first start following the NBA.

Went to Canada in 93 on a family hol, age 11, and this was the first I heard about him. I couldn't believe that a human being could be 7'1"! Also, we went to a sports store while over there & they had one of Shaq's Reebok shoes on display. It seemed to be the length of my arm!

To me, he just seemed superhuman so I followed him throughout his career from team to team up until his final days in Boston.

This kinda made me, if not a bonafide Celtics fan, certainly a Celtics 'sympathiser' by default even though O'Neal is gone.

When I was younger I would always cheers against Jordan & the Bulls in the same way football fans cheer against Man United.

Yet I love throwing on my old Jordan DVDs to this day. The NBA of the 90s brings back great memories of being a B'ball mad school kid for me.

I would stay up late til the game started on Ch4 or Sky; Press 'record' & go to bed. Then the whole day in school the next day I'd be itching to get home to watch the game 'live' on video. I actually still do that now, sky-plus a game before nodding off & watch it 'live' the next day without checking the score.

Of course, 15 years ago there was no chance of someone accidentally mentioning the score to you or having the score flash up on ur smart phone the way it might now. Have to be alot more careful these days!

Billy Mays

Knicks fan as I lived in New York for 5 years. Used to go to the Garden regularly when I was there though this was during the Isaiah Thomas years so there wasn't really much to cheer about. Was dead easy to get tickets though back then. Took me 8 games before I actually saw them win a game. Delighted to finally see them put a good team together now. Really wish I was back there now for the playoffs. Not being a massive baseball or football fan I didn't really get caught up in the buzz of the Yankees winning the world series or the Giants winning the Superbowl when I was there but I would really love to be there to see the Knicks put a good playoff run together

kingcobra

Another Magic fan here. I've been to Orlando a few times, more than any other US city so I felt some sort of connection :P

ButtersSuki

Showing my age here....Celtics fan from day 1, mostly down to Larry Bird. '84 was about the first time I ever saw NBA and even then it was on video tapes sent over from very accommodating relatives in the US who were probably wondering WTF is up with this kid in Ireland.....

Hard to say why, as a kid I think most people gravitate toward the high flying athletic Dunkers, but for me it was all about Bird. His all round game was crazy and at the time they were getting beaten by the Lakers but Bird for me was the man. Even liked Kevin McHale's post game!

Got to the old Garden once, and been to the new one many times - even got onto the court once after a game in the '08 Championship year (v the Bulls and a very raw rookie Derrick Rose) through some incredible BS spouted to the security team (imagine stuff like i'm just a poor little Irish immigrant all the way over here in America and it's a dream come true to be in the home of the Boston Celtics blarney blarney blarney etc etc) - will try and dig out the photo from the vaults. Anytime I go I always try and catch a Boston game, but I'm a hoops junkie so would watch the Pelicans vs the Wizards (I'll not mention a certain Washington player......:rolleyes::)).

So glad the Celtics pulled out just one victory from this series. Celtic Pride!

Going to be a tough few years I'd imagine post this year though.

Rented Mule

Growing up on the Southside of Chicago and having many friends who worked/still work for the Chicago Bulls, it was a no-brainer.

buyer95

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Showing my age here....Celtics fan from day 1, mostly down to Larry Bird. '84 was about the first time I ever saw NBA and even then it was on video tapes sent over from very accommodating relatives in the US who were probably wondering WTF is up with this kid in Ireland.....

Hard to say why, as a kid I think most people gravitate toward the high flying athletic Dunkers, but for me it was all about Bird. His all round game was crazy and at the time they were getting beaten by the Lakers but Bird for me was the man. Even liked Kevin McHale's post game!

Got to the old Garden once, and been to the new one many times - even got onto the court once after a game in the '08 Championship year (v the Bulls and a very raw rookie Derrick Rose) through some incredible BS spouted to the security team (imagine stuff like i'm just a poor little Irish immigrant all the way over here in America and it's a dream come true to be in the home of the Boston Celtics blarney blarney blarney etc etc) - will try and dig out the photo from the vaults. Anytime I go I always try and catch a Boston game, but I'm a hoops junkie so would watch the Pelicans vs the Wizards (I'll not mention a certain Washington player......:rolleyes::)).

So glad the Celtics pulled out just one victory from this series. Celtic Pride!

Going to be a tough few years I'd imagine post this year though.

Would love to see that photo. Plans are already in motion by me to get to a Knicks game next season, it's quite handy supporting a team that Is less than 6 hours away by plane. I presume tickets are easy enough to come by for a regular season game?