BandWagoner

[Riddikulus]

Minsan din naman naging bandwagoner din ako, when the Bulls were dominating the NBA from 96-98, kasi naman yun lang naman ang alam kong team dati. And from 2000-2002 Laker Fan ako, pero after that, until now, I just stick on one team.

Kayo din ba naging bandwagoners at least once in your life? NBA-wise.

Is it just me or talagang nakakairita minsan if not palagi ang mga bandwagoners?

[neth_row]

Paborito ni gonefishing 'to.

Been a Portland fan since Drexler era. I admit to following the Bulls and cheering for Jordan, but since he retired I've been pretty much rooting just for Rip City.

Spent a couple of summers in Norman, Oklahoma back when I was in high school (and almost applied to OSU - I already passed the preliminary requirements but decided to go back home to the PH)... but no matter how I try to attach myself to the Thunder, I just can't make myself root for OKC with a passion like I do for the Blazers. It's a mystery to me how bandwagoners do it.

[MakaveliLives]

Halos lahat naman ata ng Pinoy eh naging bandwagoner nung panahon ni Jordan eh. Yun lang naman kase halos ang alam natin na magaling na team. Hehe. Saka medyo pasikat palang ang NBA nun sa Pinas. It's just normal na ang unang team na gusto natin nun eh Bulls.

But after they decimated that lineup, madaming nawala as Bulls fan. Kase kay Jordan lang naman tayo nakadikit eh. Although I was more of a Rodman fan.

Since then, I looked for a team to support. I tried supporting the Raptors dahil kay Vince at dahil madami ako relatives sa Toronto. That was short-lived kase wala sa team yung passion ko.

When the Nets drafted K-Mart, I decided to become a fan of the Nets dahil na-feel ko na they're destined for something good. Well what do you know? They soon traded for Kidd and had those complementary pieces. It was an amazing couple of years.

When they broke up the lineup, I remained a fan. Yes, kahit nung halos ma-break nila yung pinakakonting panalo in a season. Why? Dahil andun na sa team yung passion ko. Saka I've always felt na they're destined for greatness. Lalo na nung inannounce na lilipat sila Brooklyn. Now, I'm proud to say na I'm a "Fan Since Day 1" of the Brooklyn Nets.

Sure, I've supported other teams, but mainly because they have former Nets players. I've supported Dallas last year because I wanted Kidd to have his ring so badly. I supported the Nuggets in the past and the Clippers this year because of K-Mart. Saka siyempre kapag merong dalawa teams na naglalaban, pipili ka ng isa na susuportahan. I don't believe that makes me a bandwagoner. I'm also an NBA fan so I'll support whatever team I want to kapag booted out na yung team ko.

[Larry Legend]

Well, how do you define 'bandwagoner'? If your team gets eliminated in the playoffs, does that mean your NBA season ends as well? Puede pa rin namang manood ng playoffs at kumampi sa mga remaining teams in contention hindi ba? Just don't claim to be a true-blue fan of that team kasi obvious na bandwagoner ka lang.

Like myself, I'm a Celtics fan. When the C's got the boot last year, I rooted for the Mavs in the Finals but ofcourse I didn't claim to be a die-hard Dallas fan. This year, kumampi ako sa OKC sa Finals pero nung natalo sila, no big deal kasi hindi naman talaga ako fan nila.

Ano nga ba ang bandwagoner? Ako kasi naiinis ako especially dun sa mga "instant fans" na magugulat ka na lang na malaman mo na fan pala ng ganitong team pag dating ng playoffs e hindi mo nga sila naramdaman na sumusunod ng mga laro nung regular season. Marami nyan sa Facebook makikita at kadalasan mga babae pa. Kung mag-post ng status update akala mo kung sinong diehard fan.

[latundan]

Isa ako sa hindi nabola ni jumping jograd. Never ako nakibandwagon dahil dalawa lang team ko: Boston and Pacers(1997) (Dahil kay Larry Bird.)

Si jograd sikat na sikat nung late 80s and early 90s. Pero hindi ko type laro kasi nuknukan ng bwakaw. Pinaglalaban ko dati na mas magaling si Bird kaysa kay jordan. Dami ko kalaban nun natatawa kasi nagiisa lang daw maka Bird.

Eh nung nagretire si jordan tapos naglaro sa wizards. Sabi ko sa mga friends hindi yan aasenso kasi hindi team player si jograd. Kailangan ikaw ang makisama sa kanya not the other way around. Kinuha pa nya coach si doug collins pero ang play naman lagi sa kanya kahit gurang na. Kaya ayun para sya ang de facto coach kaya sa kangkungan napunta ang wizards.

Tapos ngayon bobcats ilan years na sa nba, ang dami na lottery draft nakuha, diskateng matutina pa rin. Tapos yung idol ko naging executive of the year. Panis!!!

Eh yung mga die-hard jograd ayaw nyo icheer ang bobcats? Support kayo kay his airness.....

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Nagchampion ngayon heat sigurado marami proud to be pinoy ngayon. Parang pacquiao lang.

[Objection]

Player fan lang ako not much team based - most of the time playoffs lang napapanood ko dahil sa school

1st nba game napanood ko sonic vs jazz playoffs 96- naging fan ako ni Malone, kahit natalo sila agad lol , i sticked with them till 03

03-04 season 1 year Laker dahil sinundan si Malone for his 1 ring... FU Rapist Kobe natalo sa Pistons .....


04-05 wala , selection process pa ako

06 playoffs - Start being a LeBron fan yun nilampaso niya sila Agent 0 while playing with terrible scrubs

2012 LeBron fan parin di ko iniwan kahit mag decision pa siya

Finally naka 1st championship experience rin yung sinusubaybayan kong player after such a long time

[Riddikulus]

Well, how do you define 'bandwagoner'? If your team gets eliminated in the playoffs, does that mean your NBA season ends as well? Puede pa rin namang manood ng playoffs at kumampi sa mga remaining teams in contention hindi ba? Just don't claim to be a true-blue fan of that team kasi obvious na bandwagoner ka lang.

Like myself, I'm a Celtics fan. When the C's got the boot last year, I rooted for the Mavs in the Finals but ofcourse I didn't claim to be a die-hard Dallas fan. This year, kumampi ako sa OKC sa Finals pero nung natalo sila, no big deal kasi hindi naman talaga ako fan nila.

Ano nga ba ang bandwagoner? Ako kasi naiinis ako especially dun sa mga "instant fans" na magugulat ka na lang na malaman mo na fan pala ng ganitong team pag dating ng playoffs e hindi mo nga sila naramdaman na sumusunod ng mga laro nung regular season. Marami nyan sa Facebook makikita at kadalasan mga babae pa. Kung mag-post ng status update akala mo kung sinong diehard fan.

+100

Parehas na parehas tayo ng thinking, oh wait! Celtics fan din ako!!

Daming beses ko na yata kinuwento na 10 years na akong Celtics fan, blah blah blah kasi minsan napagkakamalan akong bandwagoner dahil sa 2008 run nila.

Dami talaga palipat lipat ng team, kung sino malakas dun sila. Iba din yung feeling na galing sa ilalim e umaangat.

From 2002 na naging superstar caliber na si Pierce to 2005-2007 na mediocre to worst and performance nila, again umangat uli sila from 2008-2012 with 5 straight Division titles and 3 Conference and 2 Finals Appearances. Tapos ngayon, excited ako sa mga moves na gagawin nila this off-season. I think di na ako magbabago ng team, kahit wala na si Rondo, Rivers, Pierce, Ainge, I think Celtics fan for life na ako.

[y2kbug]

Bandwagon fan since the late 80's..thanks to the hype from Media

from Bad boys of Detroit to Jordan Era to Olajuwon to Spurs 99 to Kobe-Shaq Era to Spurs (Parker+Manu) to Lakers again to Boston's big 3 and to Heatles!

kidding aside.. not fan of team but more on player from Jordan, Shaq and LeBron. i appreciate basketball talents and skills coz' im a player too.

[nash_bedista]

2003-2004 Pistons Fan ako (Bigshot, Rip, T.Prince, Sheed and Big Ben), dun ko nakita yung team chemistry ng isang team. Usually nasanay tayo sa 1 or 2 Superstar Team, and after ng Jordan Era, humina ang East Conference, from the San Antonio or Lakers lang nag cchampion puro West till 2004.

Consistent ang Pistons sa playoffs, dahil sa team at system.. lalo na yung Rip Hamilton Play,

till 2008, Bulls draft D.Rose, tinignan ko sa youtube.. na elibs ako sa laro nya (not a fan of US NCAA, kaya hindi ko kilala yung collegiate players until yung hype going to draft pick)..

nakapasok sila playoffs, umabot ng game 7 against celtics, experience is the best teacher... time talaga ng Boston yon. Pero *** laro ni D.rose that time as in WOW! .. rookie of the year ba naman e..

kaya malungkot lahat ng Bulls fan this year, na ACL, 8-10 months nwawala(surgery at rehab) .. but still team to beat sa future eto.. bumalik lang confidence ni D.Rose oks na ulit

[Pound4Pound]

Laker fan since late 1980s. When you get to watch on TV Larry and Magic duke it out in the NBA Finals as such a young age (that Finals was my first exposure to the NBA), the memorable scenes in that Final series (plays and brawls) really ingrains in you what it means to be an old school Celtic hater

There's definitely a special and unforgettable feeling of validation of being a diehard fan of a specific NBA team when you finally get to watch a live game inside the team's homecourt arena. Call it a "final rite of passage"

Only time I'll root for specific teams is if my Lakers got booted out in the playoffs

And found it easy to root for a team because of the team itself not because of a particular player because I've always been a strong believer of team-based dynamics whether it's in sports, business..etc.

[Gooner]

I'm a contract bandwagoner. I will ride the team that will offer me the most.

[KielDaMan]

I'm a fan of players, not teams. So if my favorite player transfers to another team, does that mean I'm a bandwagon fan because I followed my favorite player to his new team? Either way, I've been a CWebb and LeBron fan, so:

CWebb fan from '94-98 Bullets/Wizards to his glory days in '98-'05 Kings

LeBron fan '03-'10 Cavs to '10-present Heat

Obviously both of them didn't win any championship until LBJ got his this year, so once they get booted from the playoffs from time-to-time I pick a team to "side with" to keep my basketball fan viewing alive - so I guess this is the real meaning of bandwagoning? If it is, then I must admit I "sided" with these teams before:

Bulls - '96-'98 (MJ)
Lakers - '00-'02 (Shaq)

[deronwilliams08]

I watched the Bulls-Jazz finals games with my dad, I had a soft spot for the underdogs even as a youngster so I rooted for Utah, been loving the team since. You can say I'm often times a Spurs "bandwagoner" until TD retires, I have so much respect for that player.


"bbbutt, bbut, Deron Williams is with the Nets now"

exactly, no matter how I try, I could really care less about the Nets, whether they find success or not. Wherever Deron goes, I wish him well, but I could really care less if that team succeeds or not. If he goes to LA or Miami, well, time to give up this username.

[deronwilliams08]

BTW, free_speech where are you? Shouldn't you be popping up with every "bandwagon" related topic?


FISH!!!

[Riddikulus]

Karamihan talaga dito sa PEx loyal sa team/player at hindi bandwagoners. Kaya kapansin pansin talaga ang ibang posters na nakikikampi lang kasi malakas, kasi champion. Naturenga naman ng ibang tao na mag-Crawl sa malalakas na teams.

[Pandaemonaeon]

I find blatant image macro use after 2006 more annoying.

Anyway, I cheer for any other team that I find appealing or the lesser of the two evils whenever the Mavs go fishing.

[krdskrm]

^Same sentiments

Here are my most loathed teams that I always root against in the playoffs this past decade:
1. Wade's Miami Heat
2. LeBron's Cleveland Cavaliers
3. Los Angeles Lakers
4. C-Webb's Sacramento Kings
5. San Antonio Spurs

with the addition of teams that eliminated the Mavs.

[MakaveliLives]

I watched the Bulls-Jazz finals games with my dad, I had a soft spot for the underdogs even as a youngster so I rooted for Utah, been loving the team since. You can say I'm often times a Spurs "bandwagoner" until TD retires, I have so much respect for that player.


"bbbutt, bbut, Deron Williams is with the Nets now"

exactly, no matter how I try, I could really care less about the Nets, whether they find success or not. Wherever Deron goes, I wish him well, but I could really care less if that team succeeds or not. If he goes to LA or Miami, well, time to give up this username.

Even if Deron does a Kidd and bring success to the Nets?

[elnopuente]

Player fan also here.
MJ fan since 90's until he retires tapos di na ko masyado nanood ng NBA until napanood ko yung Sacramento Kings w/ C-Webb and start watching NBA again and rooted for SAC from 00-02 then LBJ arrived in 03 and since then I've been a fan of him.

[duncan]

I'm sure free_speech is having a wet dreams with this thread..lol!

I was once rode in Bulls wagon in Jordan era but stick with spurs after that.