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

Because great players attract fans, not the franchises themselves.

[QUOTE=Mr. Jabbar]Cant think of a laker/kobe fan that would switch teams if kobe is gone from the lakers.[/QUOTE]

Thats because Kobe never left L.A. Had he left L.a you bet your bottom dollar fans would follow him to his new destination and cheer the new teams on. I've seen it with the Sixers fanbase when Barkley and AI were traded.

Now chances of those fans following Kobe will still be Lakers fans. But on hold.

I've been a Florida fan since I was a kid. I lived across from Miami now and root for the Heat, but I'll root for the Magic whenever the Heat get knocked out.

In my band we have one Lakers fan and one Celtics fan. The Lakers fan hasn't ever lived in LA, and the Boston fan hasn't ever even been to Boston. Don't get it......

[QUOTE=Snicklefritz]I've been a Florida fan since I was a kid. I lived across from Miami now and root for the Heat, but I'll root for the Magic whenever the Heat get knocked out.

In my band we have one Lakers fan and one Celtics fan. The Lakers fan hasn't ever lived in LA, and the Boston fan hasn't ever even been to Boston. Don't get it......[/QUOTE]

And Miami fans living in Florida hardly pay attention to their basketball and baseball franchises. Dont get that.

[QUOTE=BarberSchool]Please don't let Donald Tokowitz rain on your parade. He will ruin the Clippers' current potential (and his own long term profitability), with his own short term selfishness and short term greed. Please continue to love the game even after that piece of Scum squanders everything Blake Griffin has gifted to him.[/QUOTE]Didn't think it would end this way....but glad to see I was right back in 2011.

It's the way the NBA model is set up, that's why it's so globalized now. The real fans of a franchise would know the general history of the franchise itself. People like seeing one or two special players rather than five average guys. People like seeing one or two individuals dominate a whole squad tbh, it's the nature of things.
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Fvck bandwagoners

Lebron fans are BETA human beings. That is all.

Let's bring the party in hereeeeee

LeBeta stans, come in.

[QUOTE=InfiniteBaskets]I guarantee there are more posters here who are fans of teams than of players. It's just due to the heavy amount of player VS player comparison threads and posts that skews the perspective.[/QUOTE]

qft

Player-first fans mostly sit around looking for the next superstar they think is going to win a lot of titles, and when they find him, they cling to his nuts until he retires. That is the LeBron homer personified.

Why does it matter? A fan is a fan. No merits of being one make one person better than the other. Why is rooting for a logo, no matter how it's run better than being a fan of a particular skill set, or bond with an individual player?

Collusion.


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because it beats being a fan of a crappy franchise like the nuggets :coleman:

It can happen many ways...

I was a Dallas fan in the 80's...a season ticket holder through the dreadful 90's...

But I'm currently a bigger Dirk fan than a Mavs fan...don't see anything wrong with it.