fsuizzy wrote:eltercero wrote:StrengthNHonor wrote:
Heat Fans - a rare species that has been around since the year 2010.
What is this 1996 And **** ton of Miami Heat Fans in a filled Miami Arena... Oh Where are the CAVS Fans oh there were none until Lebron, the exit is over there...
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The media fanned the flames on this Miami meme, probably because they were mad at us for luring LeBron away from the sacred, storied, blue-collar north for a Hispanic-heavy, sunny, glitzy, Florida newcomer city.
People repeat that garbage without ever having met anyone from Miami. All the friends I've ever had were legit Heat fans, fans that remember the playoff losses to the Knicks, the Zo era, the rise of DWade, 2006, Shaq, the 15 win season, all of it. When the Heat are playing, my Facebook is 90% Heat and 10% the people I know from Gainesville or the people who don't care about sports.
The Heat have bandwagon fans. The Heat have people who show up to the game just to be seen, just to be trendy. So do the Red Sox, Yankees, Lakers, Celtics, etc. etc. etc. It's a stupid meme that the fans of fallen franchises repeat just to have something to cling onto.