What's up with fans being fans of players first, franchises second?

don't understand what's so hard to grasp about liking a player and following them throughout their career hoping they succeed. this is especially true for people who don't live in nba cities. what reason do they have to follow specific franchises?

i like player a. i hope player a plays well and succeeds. pretty simple.

and i don't think anyone likes just 1 player. they probably have multiple players they enjoy watching. then when new players come into the league and they get to see them play they may or may not become fans of them as well.

The NBA is alot more fluid than other sports in my opinion. There's alot of turnover in terms of successful teams, I mean who outside people in Los Angeles or Boston would actually bother to watch LA or Boston this year? For most other sports, sucessful, historic, teams are much more stable.

List of Heat bandwagon fans:

Lebron23
Silk and his multiple ALTS
pauk and his many alts
Marlo and his many alts
zoom17
ArbitraryWater
J. Shuttlesworth
Trollsmasher
HoopsNumero
Solefade
Keno
TylerOO
NumberSix

Sixers forever :rockon:

[QUOTE=Combat Wombat]List of Heat bandwagon fans:

Lebron23
Silk and his multiple ALTS
pauk and his many alts
Marlo and his many alts
zoom17
ArbitraryWater
J. Shuttlesworth
Trollsmasher
HoopsNumero
Solefade
Keno
TylerOO[/QUOTE]


what's wrong with this?


lebron is an amazing player and he plays the game the right way and seems like a great teammate :confusedshrug:

why wouldn't you be a fan of this guy?

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[QUOTE=Combat Wombat]List of Heat bandwagon fans:

Lebron23
Silk and his multiple ALTS
pauk and his many alts
Marlo and his many alts
zoom17
ArbitraryWater
J. Shuttlesworth
Trollsmasher
HoopsNumero
Solefade
Keno
TylerOO[/QUOTE]

What these fakkits have in common is they care more about lehgh accomplishments more than the team. They throw anyone they can under the bus to prop of their beta hero.

[QUOTE=jimmy77x]What these fakkits have in common is they care more about lehgh accomplishments more than the team. They throw anyone they can under the bus to prop of their beta hero.[/QUOTE]



and you bandwagon haters keep spewing the same old material over and over every year and then eat crow in june

[QUOTE=jimmy77x]What these fakkits have in common is they care more about lehgh accomplishments more than the team. They throw anyone they can under the bus to prop of their beta hero.[/QUOTE]

It's not only LeBron. People here do the same shit with every player. Jordan stans will legit tell you he crafted Pippen. Kobe stans love making Pau seem like an average player who got carried to rings as Kobe rode off into the sunset.

[QUOTE=Rubio2Gasol]The NBA is alot more fluid than other sports in my opinion. There's alot of turnover in terms of successful teams, I mean who outside people in Los Angeles or Boston would actually bother to watch LA or Boston this year? For most other sports, sucessful, historic, teams are much more stable.[/QUOTE]

Huh? Lakers have had a contending team for a decade. Boston had a great team for a nice stretch. Doesn't matter the sport, teams are up and done. I'd actually say in basketball once you get a good team your guaranteed to be in the mix for a long time.

Anyways old thread. Had nothing to do with location/hometown team or my way is better than your way. I was just curious. Wasn't even talking about favorite players, guess it was more about "fanboys". Mostly because in other sports the team on the front of the jersey is more important than it seems to be with NBA. Well NBA online messageboards. I've yet to encounter somebody who was like yeah I only watch LeBron James as an adult. I assume alot of these LeBron James fans say there Heat fans when there in a bar or at a party or just shooting the shit at work.

BTW fans who have cheered for Boston/Lakers first probably still watched the team this year. Celtics have fans worldwide when they had the terrible years before the big 3. Sure there still around waiting to get back to the promiseland.

[QUOTE=Mr. Jabbar]I see. Anyway, to answer the question, which has been made many times, and by me too; I think player fans are mostly younger fellas who are in search of a "hero" or idolize icons too much. Can't think of a grown up man bouncing around NBA teams along with their favorite player.[/QUOTE]
I'm in agreement. There were many guys over the years that I've enjoyed watching leave my team. I still root for 'em, but it's the Orange and Blue that matters. Of course, you can be unlucky like me and get lumbered with shitty rosters and stupid owners, but it makes winning that more sweeter.

[QUOTE=Solefade]what's wrong with this?


lebron is an amazing player and he plays the game the right way and seems like a great teammate :confusedshrug:

why wouldn't you be a fan of this guy?[/QUOTE]

:facepalm

Nothing wrong with being a fan of a player, but when you claim to have always been a fan of the team they're on (which is what you and all those others listed have done), that is what leads many NBA fans to think of you as a bunch of f@gs living through another persons achievements.

You, along with those listed, are truly some of the most pathetic "fans" to watch basketball

Because franchises are owned by scumbags like Dolan, Krause and Sterling

[QUOTE=Combat Wombat]:facepalm

Nothing wrong with being a fan of a player, but when you claim to have always been a fan of the team they're on (which is what you and all those others listed have done), that is what leads many NBA fans to think of you as a bunch of f@gs living through another persons achievements.

You, along with those listed, are truly some of the most pathetic "fans" to watch basketball[/QUOTE]


when have i ever claimed i was a long time fan of the miami heat? i'm on record here multiple times saying i've been a lebron fan for a while now :confusedshrug:

but don't get that twisted with i've been only watching bball since lebron joined the heat or something

Fans of players only don't have the guts to be a team fan.

Besides rooting for my home team so that i can see some meaningful nba games in my town, i have never been able to find a reason to root for any one particular team unconditionally.

It has no appeal to me. :confusedshrug: So sue me.

I just root for whichever team has hard working players, or plays an exciting style of ball, or maybe has a cool story to them...For example Portland right now is full of players who went under the radar so i'd love to see them do well. It doesn't matter what color jerseys they are wearing.

[QUOTE=poido123]Fans of players only don't have the guts to be a team fan.[/QUOTE]

They seem to think it's makes them more of a winner or something, lol.

"Oh, he's the best? OK, then he's my favorite right now. Eat crow, losers!"

:biggums:

You'll find that this is most prominent in Kobe fans. Most of them tend to be be hipsters, and as such they start rooting for any player that has a chance to knock down the Heat because they think it makes them cool. Now that Kobe is no longer relevant, the Kobe camp has split with 50% still defending Kobe's honor, around 10% rooting for Paul George, and the rest hanging off of Durant's balls like they're hanging on for dear life.