When did you start watching the NBA?

[Shade8780]

I've been watching since 2010 when I was 10 years old.

[PleezeBehave]

Since 1989, age 8.

[crunk-juice]

I was aware of the Pacers / Reggie from the late 90s on, was a casual fan around the time of the brawl in 2004, and became a 'loyal follower' in the next couple seasons.


ironic, I know. thankfully it's paying off.


btw I'm now 22.

[Dro]

As far as I actually remember, probably about 1986, I was 6 years old and I definitely remember watching NBA on NBC when they used to show Celtics games all the time. I've lived in Naptown all my life so we've always gotten Bulls game on WGN so I remember watching a lot of Jordan also.

[JMT]

1967, age 9.

[ProfessorMurder]

Around '93 when I was 5. I started because kids in my neighborhood collected cards. Shaq was big, Jordan was huge (especially since I lived 45 minutes from Chicago), Indiana was a big deal (I lived in Indy).

Larry Johnson and the Hornets were my favorite. Knicks second.

I was watching the Houston finals when OJ Simpson's chase was played picture in picture.

When I first took it really seriously was probably '98.

Got bored and didn't watch the '05 playoffs until the Celtics big 3.

[B-Low]

Whenever NBA Jame T.E. came out for Genesis. Like 94 or 95 I think. I didn't have much interest in basketball til I got that game and loved it

Gotta say I was pretty disappointed at the lack of fire and violence in the real-life game...but I got hooked anyway

[Mr. Jabbar]

1998, I came across some naked kobe pics and began to find out what the guy did for a living

[Lord Leoshes]

1967, age 9.

u beat me.
1979, age 9 as well.lol :D

[KungFuJoe]

I'm 39 now so my memory is kinda vague, but my first recollection of watching NBA ball was in the late 80s/early 90s...Magic and Jordan were the premiere guys in the league.

I was a big time Lakers fan back then and when they lost to the Bulls in the finals, I was heartbroken (I still have a copy of . I also suffered a couple years earlier when Magic went down with the hamstring injury against the Pistons.

I still have THIS issue of SI:

BTW, that was a layup, NOT a dunk over Divac. But great angle and pic nonetheless. :)

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/001/308/730/MJ1991_display_image.jpg?1316143754

[RoundMoundOfReb]

27 years ago. I'm 20 btw.

[JMT]

u beat me.
1979, age 9 as well.lol :D


Well, you're doomed now. Surely you know that any comment you make praising a player from an older era or criticizing one from the current era is because you're an old head and the game has passed you by.

[AussieG]

1994 or so. Suns.. Barkley.. Jordan etc.

[Bobcats2013]

Life long heat fan since last year.

[tmacattack33]

Around 1995. Hakeem, Shaq, Barkley, Penny, Malone, and Pippen and all those guys were running things back then.

[9erempiree]

26 and counting.

Longest reigning on ISH.

Yes, I am considered a veteran.

[Genaro]

Started watching in 2000 . But there not so many games broadcast here and the games are usually played very late so I start to be a regular follower in 2006-2007 season.

[PassTheRock]

'96 / '97 when i was around 6/7 years old. Right around when i started playing basketball.

[boozehound]

not exactly sure. I was all in by 88/89, but I probably started watching it about 3 years before that.

[boozehound]

26 and counting.

Longest reigning on ISH.

Yes, I am considered a veteran.
no, you are not. You are just full of yourself and small minded. There are definitely posters on here (not all that active) who have been watching since the 70s.

[Crafty]

2010 finals.

[9erempiree]

not exactly sure. I was all in by 88/89, but I probably started watching it about 3 years before that.

I hate that year. One of the first times I cried because Lakers got swept and Kareem wasn't coming back.

[Element]

1977, age 19 back when the Heat were first formed. I still remember that 1985 title run like the birth of my son. Ahh, I miss the old days :pimp:




jus kidding. Laker stan since birth, started actively watching at age 10 back in '99.

[tomtucker]

July 8, 2010

[TheMan]

As far as I actually remember, probably about 1986, I was 6 years old and I definitely remember watching NBA on NBC when they used to show Celtics games all the time. I've lived in Naptown all my life so we've always gotten Bulls game on WGN so I remember watching a lot of Jordan also.
CBS carried the NBA those years:facepalm

As for me, growing up in Chicago, as a kid I casually followed the Bulls around 82-84ish ( Magic Johnson was my fave player at the time) and then the Bulls drafted some guy from North Carolina...

[Dro]

CBS carried the NBA those years:facepalm

As for me, growing up in Chicago as a kid, I casually followed the Bulls around 82-84ish ( Magic Johnson was my fave player at the time) and then the Bulls drafted some guy from North Carolina...
Oh my bad, well I guess it was CBS...easy to get them confused...I was watching that shiz though, lol...

[TheMan]

Oh my bad, well I guess it was CBS...easy to get them confused...I was watching that shiz though, lol...
:cheers:

[9erempiree]

CBS carried the NBA those years:facepalm

As for me, growing up in Chicago, as a kid I casually followed the Bulls around 82-84ish ( Magic Johnson was my fave player at the time) and then the Bulls drafted some guy from North Carolina...

I miss the games on CBS. They were the best.

[La Frescobaldi]

I miss the games on CBS. They were the best.

were they?

what were the announcers like? Did they have anything in common about their play calling? Remember their cool weekly shows & specials about the NBA? What were they called again?
Who was their best color guy?

tell us all about the NBA on CBS

[9erempiree]

were they?

what were the announcers like? Did they have anything in common about their play calling? Remember their cool weekly shows & specials about the NBA? Who was their best color guy?

tell us all about the NBA on CBS

Pat O'Brien did a great show.

Brent Musburger and Packer were my faves. If you know who he is you would love him. Commentating back in the days were more focused on the technical aspect of the game. Little things players should do.

Today it's not that great. Just a bunch of comedians.

Think of it as a better version of Marv and Fratello. Fratello is probably the last dude that was real good at explaining the finer details of basketball.

Nobody is good today and that's why I say a lot of fans are stupid because of this. There is nobody that can explain it and make you learn the game.

[TheMan]

I miss the games on CBS. They were the best.
With announcers like Brent Musberger and Celtics cheerleader Tommy Heinsohn? No thanks...Dick Stockton was alright. Gimme Marv and the king of the telestrator Fratello.

[La Frescobaldi]

Pat O'Brien did a great show.

Brent Musburger and Packer were my faves. If you know who he is you would love him. Commentating back in the days were more focused on the technical aspect of the game. Little things players should do.

Today it's not that great. Just a bunch of comedians.

Think of it as a better version of Marv and Fratello. Fratello is probably the last dude that was real good at explaining the finer details of basketball.

Nobody is good today and that's why I say a lot of fans are stupid because of this. There is nobody that can explain it and make you learn the game.

So Pat O'Brian was their best color guy? I can't remember the name of their weekly NBA show..... what was it called again?

[TheMan]

Pat O'Brien did a great show.

Brent Musburger and Packer were my faves. If you know who he is you would love him. Commentating back in the days were more focused on the technical aspect of the game. Little things players should do.

Today it's not that great. Just a bunch of comedians.

Think of it as a better version of Marv and Fratello. Fratello is probably the last dude that was real good at explaining the finer details of basketball.

Nobody is good today and that's why I say a lot of fans are stupid because of this. There is nobody that can explain it and make you learn the game.
I think Hubie Brown is great at explaining the game though he does tend to go overboard sometimes.

[9erempiree]

I think Hubie Brown is great at explaining the game though he does tend to go overboard sometimes.

I don't like him.

Matt Guokas (SP) use to be a good color guy.

[9erempiree]

So Pat O'Brian was their best color guy? I can't remember the name of their weekly NBA show..... what was it called again?

:facepalm

[La Frescobaldi]

:facepalm
uh huh that's what I thought. You got no idea.

[DaSeba5]

2003 when I was 10

[JMT]

26 and counting.

Longest reigning on ISH.

Yes, I am considered a veteran.


Child, please.

[East_Stone_Ya]

94

[MavsSuperFan]

casual fan starting in 1996, because of jordan. By the end of 1998 was pretty devoted.

MJ got me interested in the NBA

[Lord Leoshes]

Well, you're doomed now. Surely you know that any comment you make praising a player from an older era or criticizing one from the current era is because you're an old head and the game has passed you by.


sometimes I feel that way about life.lol

& my bet is that the only people who will remember our post will be us. :cheers:

[cos88]

Child, please.


where is that thread where that ******* got exposed and said he started watching just after the 3peat ?

[CeltsGarlic]

about since 03-04. I was 10

[Myth]

About age 6 when my parents took me to gatherings to watch Blazers vs Pistons in the 1990 NBA Finals.

[Deuce Bigalow]

Since the days of Mikan. Oh how great were those years.

[nightprowler10]

97-98 season when I first moved to the US at the age of 14. My uncle who we were living with was always watching so I'd sit down and try to pay attention. Stuck with the Bulls throughout the hard times since then and was big into the baby bulls. Even have a Ron Artest signed basketball even now.

[Fudge]

Since '87, when the Heat were formed. :rockon:

[Ai2death]

Probably around 95 when I was 8. I use to like the Magic, just cause the old man liked them.
I had a break for quite a few years and came back liking Denver around 2002-03.
Now after being heavily into basketball especially the last few seasons, still following Denver, though I don't have high hopes for this season :(
But I've also been liking Washington since the Nene trade (followed Nene from Denver) & the drafting of Wall.

[Overdrive]

www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=247127

[nightprowler10]

I called it then.

[jstern]

27 years ago. I'm 20 btw.

You're still older than 9empiree, but have been watching basketball just as long.

[greymatter]

Very casually from about 88 to 92 (only the playoffs). Started watching avidly since 92-93 season when Orlando drafted Shaq and when Barkley took the Suns to the finals.