But there's something different about these Spurs that made me not change the channel and watch the beauty of their game. Five games later, they were crowned champions! Let's fast-forward to fourteen years later which is now.
To be honest with you, I only know of 1 person who supports the spurs (since '99 too) and he's my favorite friend Greg. Now we were often ridiculed for supporting a "boring" team. The thing is, I don't even know what team those people are rooting for because they like to play it safe, avoid all the teasing when there team loses whatever the case may be.
These finals feature two of the best teams in the NBA: the Spurs and the star-studded Miami Heat. Now this is what I've wanted all along. I'm a huge LeBron fan and I'm not one of the haters out there so let's just get that out of the way. So this is what I call a win-win situation. Either Tim Duncan gets his fifth ring, or LeBron gets a back-to-back. Winner me, loser Kobe.
We live in this day and age where we tweet, post etc whatever we feel, see and what need not to be put out there. It's like Twitter is an excuse for you to talk to yourself, it's just that you audience who might feel the same way the way you do and if they don't, it's OK. It's like an outlet or something.
Having said that, the amount of haters and bandwagoners have increased logarithmically!
Heat fans
The trend now is that people call out "fans" of the other when their team wins. To make it clearer, Spurs "fans" called out Heat fans after games 1 and 3 whereas Heat fans call the Spurs' fan out after game 2. Yes, people also called me out. Ridic! Don't drag me into this non-sensical activities "fans."
I know you i know this too, most of the Spurs "fans" out there are just Heat haters or their team got eliminated by the heat or they're just someone who pretends to a fan because it's the in thing now. I sinceriously feel that way. C'mon man. Go to twitter, browse all your friends' tweet about the NBA and here's one way of how to know if he's a legit fan or just some hater that's seeking for attention. From a Spurs' POV:
Fan: @xxxxx: I want the Spurs to win tomorrow! #gospursgo
Hater: @xxxxx: I'll watch the game tomorrow so I'll watch the Heat lose! #LeChoke
I'm writing this on the eve of game 4 with the Spurs up 2-1. Tony Parker is not sure if he's good to go but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he'll be able to play and contribute.
Now as for the "fans," please act appropriately. I know how it feels to not have a team in the finals. This have to be the hardest decision ever: the most boring team or the team that everyone hates? Well lucky me, I like them both it's just that I like the Spurs more.
Looking forward to the tweets tomorrow. Go Spurs Go!
