Convince Me To Root For Your Team

[The JKidd Kid]

The Nets are hopeless and my second favorite team the Celtics should be purposefully losing games. I decided to treat myself to a little Christmas present and buy league pass and I need a team to root for. What is a fun team, preferably an underdog team that's entertaining to watch and easy to love?

Teams I refuse to root for:
Lakers
Any team with Kobe
Any team that wears purple and gold
New York Pricks

[K Xerxes]

Easy. Portland.

[HylianNightmare]

i would rather you not root for my team

[Mr. Jabbar]

LA sparks

[The JKidd Kid]

i would rather you not root for my team

No one wants to watch the Magic anyway :lol

[Foster5k]

Lmao! This dude ran his mouth the whole year about how the Nets were this and that. Now, he wants to bandwagon on another team. :facepalm

I see a Miami avatar in his future.

[Mr. Jabbar]

Lmao! This dude ran his mouth the whole year about how the Nets were this and that. Now, he wants to bandwagon on another team. :facepalm


:roll: he also acts like some one would want to convince a bandwagoner to join his team :oldlol:

[The JKidd Kid]

Lmao! This dude ran his mouth the whole year about how the Nets were this and that. Now, he wants to bandwagon on another team. :facepalm

I see a Miami avatar in his future.

They were supposed to be but they suck. I'm not giving up on the franchise I've supported my entire life, I just need another team to root for while they suck. That's how I started rooting for the Celtics.

[Black and White]

Lmao! This dude ran his mouth the whole year about how the Nets were this and that. Now, he wants to bandwagon on another team. :facepalm

I see a Miami avatar in his future.

:roll: :roll:

[crunk-juice]

don't care if you join me but...


Pacers play historically good D
They have tons of fun and are all like brothers
Rising stars AND vet leadership
Frank Vogel is a top 5 coach and very personable
Bankers Life might be the best stadium the league



I could go on but I'm tryna watch their latest azz whooping at the moment

[wakencdukest]

Root for Miami. You're anti-Lakers, anti-Kobe, anti-Knicks, you probably hate Chicago, you meet all the requirements, sounds like you and Miami is a match made in heaven.

[Trollsmasher]

LeGawd:pimp:

[Inferno]

Easy. Portland.

Probably this, if you're looking for a fun, underdog team.

Warriors would be nice too, but they aren't really underdogs right now...just average

[BlazerRed]

Not Portland, go for Phoenix or something :cheers:

[k0kakw0rld]

Raptors :pimp:

[waseem780]

who's a player you like but you are not able to watch him play ,Then start watching his team. OR start watching a exciting young player (Irving,Lillard,Anthony Davis,PaulGeorge,John Wall) OR root for a team that has a cool logo,cool jersey and cool name ,

[Zedja]

:kobe: Need I say more?

[OmniStrife]

You know you want to...


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[wagexslave]

Phoenix Suns:

- Young and super athletic
- Dynamic duo in Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe who both make amazing plays regularly and are only going to get better and better
- Exciting run-and-gun playstyle leading the NBA in fast break points
- Lots of depth and unselfish play with 6 players averaging over 10 points a game(and 2 more players, Miles Plumlee and PJ Tucker, very close to breaking that 10 point average as well)
- Whole new fresh young coaching staff and management who wants to win ASAP and are making amazing moves to set themselves up for the future
- 4 first round draft picks this year and plenty of cap space to improve and get way better than they already are, which is amazing to think of... imagine if you add a star player to this already great young team
- The team has a lot of heart. They never give up no matter how good the team they're playing against is. They've made a lot of come from behind wins, and always put a full effort.

If you're a basketball fan looking for a new team to follow, the Phoenix Suns are your team right now. There's so many reasons to root for them right now. They were picked to be last in the West yet they're playing right up there with the best. Their team chemistry is beautiful to watch... so unselfish and all share a such a strong desire to play their hearts out and win games which is rare for such a young/inexperienced team. Now's the team to hop on the Suns bandwagon. They're only going to get better and better with the position they're in. From what I've already seen with them, if they can make 1 more big move to pick up a star-caliber player they will be in the NBA Finals within the next few years guaranteed.

[I<3NBA]

Root for Miami. You're anti-Lakers, anti-Kobe, anti-Knicks, you probably hate Chicago, you meet all the requirements, sounds like you and Miami is a match made in heaven.
:lol


but very true.

[crunk-juice]

Phoenix Suns:

- Young and super athletic
- Dynamic duo in Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe who both make amazing plays regularly and are only going to get better and better
- Exciting run-and-gun playstyle leading the NBA in fast break points
- Lots of depth and unselfish play with 6 players averaging over 10 points a game(and 2 more players, Miles Plumlee and PJ Tucker, very close to breaking that 10 point average as well)
- Whole new fresh young coaching staff and management who wants to win ASAP and are making amazing moves to set themselves up for the future
- 4 first round draft picks this year and plenty of cap space to improve and get way better than they already are, which is amazing to think of... imagine if you add a star player to this already great young team
- The team has a lot of heart. They never give up no matter how good the team they're playing against is. They've made a lot of come from behind wins, and always put a full effort.

If you're a basketball fan looking for a new team to follow, the Phoenix Suns are your team right now. There's so many reasons to root for them right now. They were picked to be last in the West yet they're playing right up there with the best. Their team chemistry is beautiful to watch... so unselfish and all share a such a strong desire to play their hearts out and win games which is rare for such a young/inexperienced team. Now's the team to hop on the Suns bandwagon. They're only going to get better and better with the position they're in. From what I've already seen with them, if they can make 1 more big move to pick up a star-caliber player they will be in the NBA Finals within the next few years guaranteed.


I fully appreciate what the Suns are doing right now... but I think you're in for a rude awakening my friend.

[OmniStrife]

I fully appreciate what the Suns are doing right now... but I think you're in for a rude awakening my friend.
So says anyone who haven't watched the Suns play this year.

[LosBulls]

Come root for my favorite team the Miami Heat
- We have the greatest player of all time
- We have the third greatest SG of all time
- Greg Oden is going to come back 100% in the playoffs and become the greatest C of all time.
- Ray Allen is the greatest shooter of all time.
- Erik Spoelstra is on pace to be the greatest coach of all time.
- We have the most loyal fanbase, most of us have been fans since the Alonzo Mourning days.
- We ride with our team until the end, nobody leaves their seats until the final buzzer.
- Tons of celebrities come to watch our games like the greatest rapper of all time Lil Wayne and the best thing to come out of Canada not named Andrew Wiggins or Maple Syrup, Drake.



Pacts with the devil were made.

[wagexslave]

I fully appreciate what the Suns are doing right now... but I think you're in for a rude awakening my friend.
Care to elaborate?

[crunk-juice]

Care to elaborate?


"From what I've already seen with them, if they can make 1 more big move to pick up a star-caliber player they will be in the NBA Finals within the next few years guaranteed."


-how "star-caliber" are we talking..? and what will it take to acquire him?

-NBA finals guaranteed... I don't think I need to explain why that's setting yourself up for disappointment.

[rmt]

As per David Aldridge:

1) You watch the Spurs, year after year. You understand that they're not the sexiest, splashiest team, but that's okay; that's not your thing. You appreciate San Antonio precisely because it's not a flashy group, just a team that gives its best almost every night and plays the game correctly. Every day since June 18 -- every day -- they've been reminded about how close they were to beating the Heat, and how it must have devastated them, and every person (including me) thinks he or her is the first person to bring it up.

And yet, they get out of the gate incredibly strong, again, and then they play last Thursday at Golden State, without Tony Parker (by accident; he had a knee contusion) and without Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili (on purpose, because Gregg Popovich, as ever, isn't going to play them a bunch of back-to-backs). And it's the second half of a back-to-back, their seventh game in 10 days, with assorted Millses and Greens and Belinellis and Splitters. But they compete. They don't play great, but they compete. They pass the ball and contest shots and they take charges, and they beat the Warriors (who, honestly, played terribly). Just another night for a team that had every excuse for mailing it in, and instead did the hard, tough work that professional basketball players do.

You want to know why the Spurs are always around in the playoffs? Nights like last Thursday. The young guys don't want to let the old guys down, and Popovich wouldn't let them play if they did. It is an amazing organization, and it is time to make it plain -- it's the best organization in pro sports.

http://www.nba.com/2013/news/features/david_aldridge/12/23/morning-tip-kobe-lakers-warriors-defense-grizzlies/index.html?ls=nbahpsplit1

[kurple]

because we have McGee

[Perfect]

Cleveland, they need all the support they can get.

[Bandito]

The lakers because we dont have many fans...

[robert de niro]

sadly not the wolves, you would want to punch yourself in the face 4 out of 5 games

[Myth]

Go for Phoenix or New Orleans. Phoenix if you like an exciting, underdog team without a star, or New Orleans if you want a star on the team. Don't root for Portland, the fans won't accept you as one of their own.

[leMVP]

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[imdaman99]

They were supposed to be but they suck. I'm not giving up on the franchise I've supported my entire life, I just need another team to root for while they suck. That's how I started rooting for the Celtics.
Transparency at it's finest. Dude starts rooting for another team in the division :roll:

[The JKidd Kid]

Transparency at it's finest. Dude starts rooting for another team in the division :roll:

Too bad divisions mean jack shit in basketball :lol nice try hater.

[Purch]

Trey Burke.

That is all

[imdaman99]

Too bad divisions mean jack shit in basketball :lol nice try hater.
So the Celtics were never a Nets rival? Is that what you're telling me? :roll:

Pierce leading a 20+ pt comeback in the 4th quarter of a playoff game?

Too young for even the Jason Kidd Nets era :lol

[CelticBaller]

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gtfo

[The JKidd Kid]

So the Celtics were never a Nets rival? Is that what you're telling me? :roll:

Pierce leading a 20+ pt comeback in the 4th quarter of a playoff game?

Too young for even the Jason Kidd Nets era :lol

Lol yea I was too young for the Jason Kidd nets era but my name has JKidd in it. You can't call it a rivalry if the Nets swept them, kind of like what they did to the Knicks. Honestly, Knicks trolls are the worst, they're trolling attempts aren't even clever, all they do is show their ignorance.

[DaSeba5]

Root for a young team on the rise. IDK how people have a 2nd team, but when that team succeeds it will mean more to you rather than becoming a Heat fan in the year they may 3-peat.

[The JKidd Kid]

Root for a young team on the rise. IDK how people have a 2nd team, but when that team succeeds it will mean more to you rather than becoming a Heat fan in the year they may 3-peat.

You're a heat fan. Your team was lucky enough to draft a loyal first ballot hall of famer. The best player the Nets ever drafted was that crackhead Kenyon Martin. After VC was traded it all went to shit for the Nets and they haven't had a player that you can really get behind and support since. Heat fans haven't had a reason to watch other teams since their first few years in the league. This Nets team is cocky, lackadaisical, soft, lazy and they haven't given their all into a game since the second game of the season. Tell me, how can you support a group of players that doesn't even try?

[kidd2dwill]

stay, we could be good in like... 10 years from now.

[The JKidd Kid]

stay, we could be good in like... 10 years from now.

I'm still a fan of the team, I just can't watch these ass holes not even try anymore.

[kidd2dwill]

I'm still a fan of the team, I just can't watch these ass holes not even try anymore.

You should root for some team from western conference. there are a lot of fun teams there.

[Duderonomy]

Detroit, Portland, and phoenix for the future. Indiana and Okc for the here and now.

[wagexslave]

"From what I've already seen with them, if they can make 1 more big move to pick up a star-caliber player they will be in the NBA Finals within the next few years guaranteed."


-how "star-caliber" are we talking..? and what will it take to acquire him?

-NBA finals guaranteed... I don't think I need to explain why that's setting yourself up for disappointment.
Obviously I was just over-exaggerating to show my confidence in this team with the position they're in. Nothing's truly "guaranteed". But they do have a huge chance to do big things if they continue to make good moves and the young players continue to develop at the rate they already are. Archie Goodwin is already looking like he has possible star potential when he's on the court, all he needs to do is develop. He's only 19 years old. If he can develop into his potential, that will be huge. And they do have the cap space to sign a max contract player and the plethora of first round draft picks to trade up to a high lottery pick or trade for a really good player.

Even if they keep all 4 draft picks and just develop them, what are the chances that they're not going to find a gem with that many picks in supposedly the greatest NBA draft in many years? You can't argue that this team isn't set up well for the future. If they're already 17-10 in the tough Western Conference with Bledsoe's first year starting, Archie Goodwin's first year in the league, Jeff Hornacek's first year as a head coach, and Ryan McDonough's first year as a GM, then imagine how they'll be once they get experience and develop and possibly add more good players to the roster.

[Legends66NBA7]

Too bad divisions mean jack shit in basketball :lol nice try hater.

What do you mean ?

It means a lot, really. No way I can see myself root for a division rival.

[The JKidd Kid]

What do you mean ?

It means a lot, really. No way I can see myself root for a division rival.

The only time divisions have any sort of impact on the NBA are freak instances like this season and the Atlantic where everyone in the division is well below .500 and one of the will get a playoff seed. Other than that they're pointless. It's not like the NFL where half the games you play in the season are against your division, in the NBA less than a quarter of the games you play in a season are against your division. It's not like in the MLB where 3 out of 5 teams in each league that make the playoffs make are division winners. In the NBA there are 5 spots in each conference that make the playoffs without even having to glance at their division record. They're pointless in the NBA.

[bagelred]

Root for the Knicks. It's good comedy. What....you don't like to laugh?