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they even gave replica jerseys once.
remember going when we had butler, karros, (rauuuuuuuuuuuul) mondesi, piazza..... those were the days.
Fair Weather Fans
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they even gave replica jerseys once.
remember going when we had butler, karros, (rauuuuuuuuuuuul) mondesi, piazza..... those were the days.
GreenNGold89
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Pretty much sums it up.
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+1
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There are some really really dumb people in this thread, again i ask, where are you basing this from?
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Just ignore them. You'd be mad too if you had to live in Sacramento.
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15 seasons 2 winning season and he have great fans that suport this team with this terrible front office. Oracle will be rockin this year.
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Truth.
I know so many friends who can't even spell basketball and they happen to be a Laker fan...
Can't take them serious.
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Im just saying that in the 90s or some *!++ yalls had alot of frontrunners because of Jordan im not denying that yall didnt have your fair shareof loyal fans as well because yall do. Im a Bears fan and fans outta the Chi are pretty diehard for the most part.Originally Posted by arstyle27
Originally Posted by THE GR8
overall itd probably be like the Lakers or Bulls or some team with a hugeee fan base.
% wise it is the New Jersey Nets and it aint even close.
The *%*!%#@ Swamprats entire fan base are fair weather fans. Finding a Nets fan in the 1990s was like finding a nun with AIDS, it just didnt happen. EVERYONE in the tri state area was a Knicks fan or a Bulls fan riding Jordan's !*++. I remmeber going to those Knicks/Nets games at Continental in the 90s (where the seats were 100x cheaper so it wasand just as local) and EVERYONE in the stands was a Knicks fan. it was like being at a mini MSG. Ewing would get a standing ovation when his name was called and the Nets were booed.
But around 2001 when the Knicks started to decline and the Nets got JKidd and co and went to the Finals that is when he new generation of Nets fans (aka the Swamprats) began to emerge. All the unloyal Knicks fans mostly around Jersey that supported them when they were winning in the 90s imm/ediately switched over to the Hudson to become Nets fans. It was terrible, there were clearly still more Knicks fans than Nets fans but the %s in a place like NJ went from like 95-5 to like 60-40 and probably even 55-45 for awhile. Mother $@$**$! made me sick. People going up to me ripping on my Knicks and im just like "wait werent you a Knicks fan 5 years ago??" Saying dumb %+++ like "Yeah at least i was smart enough to leave" or the worst "How can you watch a team when theyre bad??"
They still dont have a large enough fan base to have the MOST fair weather fans. Cause a team like the Lakers have a bunch but they have alot of real fans as well. and that will come with any team with a big fan base like the Knicks in the 90s and the loyal ones stayed and the non loyal ones crossed over to the Swamp. But no team in professional sprts has a higher % of fair weather fans than the Nets. I think something like 80+% of them are fair weather and 90+% of them were Knicks fans at some point in their lives if they were born before 2000.
I cant wait for these dudes to crawl back when we start to tun around, the good thing about losing is you know who the real fans are, the fans that will stick no matter what. You never really know til it actually happens. I mean now that the Nets are starting to lose again they cant sell for *$%@, and that is what happens when youre entire fan base is fair weather. The Knicks did have alot of fair weathers who left but we have more loyal @%* fans than most of the other teams. We are usually top 10 in attendance every year regardless of our record and that shows something. I mean even when the Nets were good they struggled to sell out playoff gamesPlayoffs at MSG were *%*!%#@ rocking, hottest ticket in town by farr
at the Nets as an organization in general/ And now they wanna move in to our city. one Team, One New York
The definition of a Swamprat is a Nets fan and the definition of a nets fan is a converted Knicks fan
Ummm......fans were selling out the United Center during the Tim Floyd era when the team was averaging 20,000 plus fans, and only winning 20 games. That's not fair weather.
Your point about random people being fans of popular teams doesn't apply to this debate.
But % wise like i said its the Nets and it aint close
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My parents (where I'm from) live in Los Altos.
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This is so untrue it's not even funny. Anybody who's been a Warriors fan since the 90's knows this. I actually got banned the last time you madethis comment so Ima just let this one be.
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Spoken like someone who either doesn't live here or just doesn't know what they're talking about. I guess either way you don'tknow what you're talking about.Originally Posted by truthmain
Naw, not really, it's just fact. Leave the Bay Area and watch games in the south, in the east, and you'll see diehard fans. It's not anyone's fault really, just the nature of the Bay Area. People aren't into sports, they would rather protest something or figure out another cause to hop onto.Originally Posted by NikeTalker23
Originally Posted by GSDOUBLEU
Niners and Giants??????Originally Posted by truthmain
+1. Not sure how old some of you cats are, but when the Warriors were (still are) garbage, no one was around. Now all of a sudden everyone is we believin'.Originally Posted by NikeTalker23
Originally Posted by GSDOUBLEU
They had a strong fanbase before and after the playoffs
And the Kings fans are NOT WARRIOR fans, if anything it makes Kings fans look fair weather.
Don't get me started. Hella bay heads was riding with the Kings when they were good and decided to switch it up when the Warriors had that one good run.
I'll throw the Niners and Giants in there too.
Now that's just Bay Area hate..
I would include the Oakland teams, but even one dudes win fans still don't come out to support, so can't really say they're fairweather.
Shark fans are pretty diehard though, gotta admit.
edit: although to some extent I'd to some extent this is true with the A's and Giants. But to say that about Raider, Niner, and even the Warrior fansis just dumb.
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Preach!
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Miami Dolphin fans, Miami Heat fans....basically the whole Miami fan base.
Including the Marlins.
Including the Marlins.
When I lived in Chicago, around the time the United Center opened...they, at least if I recall correctly, said they had season tickets sold for many, manyyears ahead (based on the assumption of MJ playing longer, obviously)....
Wouldn't that help explain "sell outs" during the hideous Floyd era. At least partially?
There are certainly fair weather fans for ANY team who has some/a lot of success. The Warriors when they had a good/exciting season gained more, but to callthe entire fan base is just silly. As it's been written about (even nationally), we have one of the most dedicated fan bases around which is somewhatimpressive given how terrible we've been over the last 15 years.
Wouldn't that help explain "sell outs" during the hideous Floyd era. At least partially?
There are certainly fair weather fans for ANY team who has some/a lot of success. The Warriors when they had a good/exciting season gained more, but to callthe entire fan base is just silly. As it's been written about (even nationally), we have one of the most dedicated fan bases around which is somewhatimpressive given how terrible we've been over the last 15 years.
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truthmain wrote:
NikeTalker23 wrote:
GSDOUBLEU wrote:
NikeTalker23 wrote:
Lakers, Chargers, Warriors
They had a strong fanbase before and after the playoffs
And the Kings fans are NOT WARRIOR fans, if anything it makes Kings fans look fair weather.
Don't get me started. Hella bay heads was riding with the Kings when they were good and decided to switch it up when the Warriors had that one good run.
+1. Not sure how old some of you cats are, but when the Warriors were (still are) garbage, no one was around. Now all of a sudden everyone is we believin'.
I'll throw the Niners and Giants in there too.
whoa whoa first off?...how the hell are we fairweather?...yes with winning comes bandwagon fans and thats obvious for every team BUT were stillhere and we never left homie...a lot of us from the 80s and 90s are still reppin' that red and gold so what the hell are you talking about?...same goes forraider fans too...people over here stick with their colors even if our teams were crap for the most of this decade...so **** here with that
second...as much as i hate the warriors i must admit they do have a good fanbase...of course the we believe hypebeasts were just irritating...but i cant blame them to go crazy like that i mean the warriors havent madethe playoffs after 13 years...it gave them something to cheerabout...before and after the we believe years i saw plenty of people wearing warriors gear...even though a lot of warrior fans supported the queens in theearly 2000s to support northern california...during those times i heard a lot of folks tell me im a warriors fan but i wanna see the kings win something fornorcal and beat those damn Lakers...the queen fans on the other hand are fairweather no doubt...i have family and friends in roseville..natomas and elk grove...im usually there a loton the weekends especially during basketball season and i dont see much people wearing kings gear over there...hell i see more people wearing Laker/warriorjerseys over there...i used to get so much heat when i wear Lakersstuff when i go to the galleria but now i dont anymore
anyways i gotta agree to whoever said that the big franchises have the most fairweather fans...my Lakers included...the cowboys..yanks..red sox but nothingcompares to those damn celtic fans who came out of nowhere last year
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Don't get it confused with people who rooted for the Celtics because they hate the Lakers. I am not a Celtics fan by any means, but bestbelieve I pull for them when they play your squad.Originally Posted by westcoastsfinest
anyways i gotta agree to whoever said that the big franchises have the most fairweather fans...my Lakers included...the cowboys..yanks..red sox but nothing compares to those damn celtic fans who came out of nowhere last year
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Originally Posted by FIRST B0RN
Don't get it confused with people who rooted for the Celtics because they hate the Lakers. I am not a Celtics fan by any means, but best believe I pull for them when they play your squad.Originally Posted by westcoastsfinest
anyways i gotta agree to whoever said that the big franchises have the most fairweather fans...my Lakers included...the cowboys..yanks..red sox but nothing compares to those damn celtic fans who came out of nowhere last year
im not...im pretty sure you werent one of those people who started wearing celtic gear out of nowhere and claiming to be die hard since bill russell
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I'm just gonna quote myself from the Boston thread in General.
There were plenty of open seats in the balcony, but that's about it. You guys make it seem like Celtics games were like Tampa Bay Rays games or something. There were always a decent amount of fans at the games, even during the '06-'07 season.
I was at games all throughout that season and it was nowhere near as bad as a lot of people think. Shoot, I've seen worse attendance at Miami Heat gameseven when their team was decent.
Myth.
There were plenty of open seats in the balcony, but that's about it. You guys make it seem like Celtics games were like Tampa Bay Rays games or something. There were always a decent amount of fans at the games, even during the '06-'07 season.
I was at games all throughout that season and it was nowhere near as bad as a lot of people think. Shoot, I've seen worse attendance at Miami Heat gameseven when their team was decent.
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I was at games all throughout that season and it was nowhere near as bad as a lot of people think. Shoot, I've seen worse attendance at Miami Heat games even when their team was decent.
Celtics fans are like a $$%%!+$ light. They never leave and like a different team. But theyll only show support when they are winning.
They turn on and off
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Yikes.
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