Damaramu 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 I was wondering how many people here are fans of players but not the team they play for? Like for example. I don't like the Chargers at all. But I like LT and Drew Brees and I enjoy watching them play. But if the Chargers didn't have either player I wouldn't watch a minute of a Chargers game. Same with the Pistons. I love that starting 5 but I could care less about the actual Pistons themselves. Does anyone else get this? Do you root for the team b/c you like the players? I usually do if they aren't playing my team but like I said. If the team lost those players I would care less. Ever had it grow into actual fandom? That's how I became and Eagles fan. I was such a mark for Cunningham and it grew. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 NBA: Jason Kidd. NFL: Santana Moss, Steve Smith. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 Same with the Pistons. I love that starting 5 but I could care less about the actual Pistons themselves. Well if you like 5 out of 12 or whatever, you basically like the team, don't you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 (edited) I was wondering how many people here are fans of players but not the team they play for? Same with the Pistons. I love that starting 5 but I could care less about the actual Pistons themselves. I can buy it for an individual player, especially in a big-roster sport like football, but loving the starting 5 of a basketball team and saying that you're not a fan of the team is kinda silly. I get that you're not a fan of the Pistons historically, but you love all the starters, you're a fan of the Pistons. Damn your speed, Czech Republic! Damn it all. Edited December 5, 2005 by Edwin MacPhisto Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 The Suns. The only reason I like them is because Nash is there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Leelee Report post Posted December 5, 2005 I was also a huge Cunningham mark, but kinda liked the Eagles, because I felt sorry for them. Philly fans blow, and Vets Stadium was the pits. Other ones: A-Rod - Yankees. Charlie Weis - Notre Dame. Julius Jones - Cowboys & Notre Dame. Chris Chambers - Dolphins. Mookie Blaylock - Oklahoma. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 Yeah but if that starting 5 were broken up I would care less about the Pistons. I like them now but if the Wallace's were to move on or something I wouldn't be saying I like the Pistons. But the Celtics I'll like no matter who is putting on the green jersey(well as long as it's not Kobe). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therealworldschampion 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 I was also a huge Cunningham mark, but kinda liked the Eagles, because I felt sorry for them. Philly fans blow, and Vets Stadium was the pits. Other ones: A-Rod - Yankees. Charlie Weis - Notre Dame. Julius Jones - Cowboys & Notre Dame. Chris Chambers - Dolphins. Mookie Blaylock - Oklahoma. I loved going to the Vet for games, the Linc is too corporate for my taste I feel... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 Mookie Blaylock - Oklahoma. Billy Tubbs is on the radio during basketball season and he mentions Mookie like every other sentence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted December 5, 2005 This really applies to the NBA, I think. Allen Iverson is actually my favorite NBA player. I love watching him play, though I'm really apathetic toward the Sixers. I just like watching the highlights at the end of the night of a Sixers game, and watching him move at a completely different speed than the rest of the court most of the time. Great player. Also a big fan of Dwayne Wade (I'm getting the new black and white Heat jersey of his -> here), and I'd probably like the hometown Heat if only they didn't have two of the players in the NBA I like the least playing center. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 If you're on a team I don't like, unless you played on well on my team, I will not like you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Leelee Report post Posted December 5, 2005 I was also a huge Cunningham mark, but kinda liked the Eagles, because I felt sorry for them. Philly fans blow, and Vets Stadium was the pits. Other ones: A-Rod - Yankees. Charlie Weis - Notre Dame. Julius Jones - Cowboys & Notre Dame. Chris Chambers - Dolphins. Mookie Blaylock - Oklahoma. I loved going to the Vet for games, the Linc is too corporate for my taste I feel... I don't know about the stadium, but the field there made me cringe. I'm amazed there wasn't more Wendell Davis situations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Leelee Report post Posted December 5, 2005 Mookie Blaylock - Oklahoma. Billy Tubbs is on the radio during basketball season and he mentions Mookie like every other sentence. That's somewhat surprsing since Mookie is a known druggie, now. I just loved watching him play. And he was jobbed out of the national title in '88. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted December 5, 2005 NBA: Amare Stoudemire and Andrei Kirilenko MLB: Bobby Abreu and Carl Crawford NHL: Ilya Kovalchuk NFL: LaDainian and Hines Ward NCAAF: Adrian Peterson and Michael Hart Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 I like Favre, detest the packer franchise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therealworldschampion 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 I was also a huge Cunningham mark, but kinda liked the Eagles, because I felt sorry for them. Philly fans blow, and Vets Stadium was the pits. Other ones: A-Rod - Yankees. Charlie Weis - Notre Dame. Julius Jones - Cowboys & Notre Dame. Chris Chambers - Dolphins. Mookie Blaylock - Oklahoma. I loved going to the Vet for games, the Linc is too corporate for my taste I feel... I don't know about the stadium, but the field there made me cringe. I'm amazed there wasn't more Wendell Davis situations. There were actually a lot less injuries due to the turf once the NexTurf surface got put in during the 2001 season. Of course that one preseason game got cancelled because of it, but that was the first one with the new turf... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 Mookie Blaylock - Oklahoma. Billy Tubbs is on the radio during basketball season and he mentions Mookie like every other sentence. That's somewhat surprsing since Mookie is a known druggie, now. I just loved watching him play. And he was jobbed out of the national title in '88. Well he doesn't talk about Mookie now. He speaks fondly of Mookie from then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fökai 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 Alex Rodriguez, Tom Glavine, Jermaine O'Neal, Rasheed Wallace and Marshall Faulk. The bookends should be highlighted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Electrifyer 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 I guess this sort of counts... I love Phil Jackson (for what he did with the Bulls), but I hate the Lakers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fartsauce 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 Steve Yzerman. My favourite hockey player of all time. I desperately wanted him to go to Edmonton this year but I could dream. Nobody impresses me more than him, not even Gretz. When this guy is retiring (which is rumoured to be sometime this season) i'll cry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nogoodnick 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 I thought I was a Redsox fan but when Pedro left I just kinda stopped caring. NFL: Adam Archuleta, Clinton Portis and Shaun Taylor (I do almost like the Redskins but probably because of them), Byron Leftwich MLB: Pedro Martinez, Derek Jeter, Ken Griffey Jr. NBA: Allen Iverson, Dwayne Wade It just so happens that some of my favorite players (Sheed, Rip, and Chauncey) ended up on the Detroit Pistons which is a team I gave a rats ass about before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teke184 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 NBA- Shaquille O'Neal (Always a fan of him going back to his LSU days... my first year as an LSU basketball fan was his freshman year) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nl5xsk1 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 Is this really that uncommon? I can think of dozens of players that I like, even though I'm either apathetic about their teams or out-and-out dislike the teams. I'd say that there's a player on almost every NHL team that I like, even though I don't like their teams. Conversely, there's players that play for teams that I really, passionately root for that I don't like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 The first one that springs to mind is Roberto Luongo of the Panthers. I'm apathetic towards the franchise since they've sucked hard for almost a decade now, but he's the lone bright spot for the team save flashes of brilliance from their really young guys. He's basically the only reason that I watch Panthers games on FSN, knowing that he's as good as gone already. Also, I like Anson Carter on every team he plays for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 I'm sure there are more, but only one comes to mind immediately. I have been a huge fan of Tim Duncan since he was in college. I still have his Wake Forest jersey. Yet, I hate the Spurs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 How do you hate the Spurs? I can't. I don't like them, really, but it's not like they're the Lakers, or some other really annoying team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 Steve Yzerman. My favourite hockey player of all time. I desperately wanted him to go to Edmonton this year but I could dream. Nobody impresses me more than him, not even Gretz. When this guy is retiring (which is rumoured to be sometime this season) i'll cry. Seconded. Also Matsui and Favre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 But the Celtics I'll like no matter who is putting on the green jersey(well as long as it's not Kobe). Whoa, whoa, back up. This needs more attention. You wouldn't cheer for the Celtics -- a team you supposedly love right now -- just because they signed Kobe Bryant? We need someone to spell out the complete rules of sports fandom. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 But the Celtics I'll like no matter who is putting on the green jersey(well as long as it's not Kobe). Whoa, whoa, back up. This needs more attention. You wouldn't cheer for the Celtics -- a team you supposedly love right now -- just because they signed Kobe Bryant? We need someone to spell out the complete rules of sports fandom. I would hope the team still scored and won but I'd hope that it wasn't because of Kobe. I hate Kobe so much that I just can't back anything that he's involved in. The Celtics would have turned their back on me if they had Kobe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dangerous A 0 Report post Posted December 5, 2005 For me, it's Dwayne Wade and LeBron James for the NBA. I used to be this way for Anfernee Hardaway when he was with Orlando in the early-mid 90's. In the NFL, I'd say LT, Michael Vick, and Ray Lewis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
