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Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:33 pm**

Do players ever learn? How has this trash talking worked out for the Wizards. I hope the Garden is relentless on Wednesday with this punk.

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LIGHT THE FIRE!
By Sekou K Smith | Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 11:20 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

BOSTON - Leave it up to Hawks point guard Mike Bibby to light the fire with the Boston fans.

Bibby lit into the Celtics

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:51 pm**

Meh who cares? We know who have been supporting the C's and who hasn't. Their are fairweather fans everywhere.

I used to get all pissed about bandwagon fans but I don't care as much. I understand the casual fan. I understand the fan that used to watch but gave up when we sucked. The people that piss me off are the people that claim that they've watched every game forever and then when you ask them a fairly easy question and they become clueless. It's fun calling these people out.

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:55 pm**

I don't really care but I do hope that he hears it even more tomorrow night.

In fact, I enjoy these little extra storylines. Especially in a series where the outcome is inevitable..

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:07 pm**

hes 100% right, I remember one of the news stations going around the Garden in Nov asking people to name a player excluding the BIg 3 and about 15 people couldnt. I bet 90% of the people who went to the game Sunday didnt watch a game last season.

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:10 pm**

Tricky Ricky wrote:hes 100% right, I remember one of the news stations going around the Garden in Nov asking people to name a player excluding the BIg 3 and about 15 people couldnt. I bet 90% of the people who went to the game Sunday didnt watch a game last season.

Thats not even fair. If you want to pay good money for seats, at least know the team.

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:12 pm**

Tricky Ricky wrote:hes 100% right, I remember one of the news stations going around the Garden in Nov asking people to name a player excluding the BIg 3 and about 15 people couldnt. I bet 90% of the people who went to the game Sunday didnt watch a game last season.

First of all, has anyone ever told you not to believe everything they show on the news?? You know they can manipulate the footage to show whatever they want.

Second, you are really underestimating Boston fans. Everyone certainly knew to get a "we want Baby" chant with about 5 minutes left.

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:15 pm**

Tricky Ricky wrote:hes 100% right, I remember one of the news stations going around the Garden in Nov asking people to name a player excluding the BIg 3 and about 15 people couldnt. I bet 90% of the people who went to the game Sunday didnt watch a game last season.

Thats obsurd! You really think 90% of the people there didnt even watch a game on TV last season?

This board is def not representative of most celtic fans (i.e. we are hardcore, most arent), but there are 82 games in a season, to think that even a casual fan wouldnt tune in to 1 out of 82 games last year while flipping through the channels is nuts.

These 90% you are talking about would basically have to go from ignoring the celtics on purpose last year, to proactively anticipating when playoff tickets go on sale and paying good $$$ for them.

I was at the game with 3 other people all of which watched a decent portion of last years season (if not all of it).

The 90% number just jumped out at me as ridiculous, but the main point that there are a lot of bandwagon jumpers is pretty tough to argue against, but who cares really?

So basically what Bibby is saying is that now that our business put a better product on the floor that it has more customers? Okay...makes sense to me...very astute Mr. Bibby.

-Dizzy

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:20 pm**

I think what Bibby is really trying to say is:

"I played awful. I shot 2-10 and was scooled by a 2nd year PG that I used to mentor. Quite frankly, it was embarassing. When I was walking off the floor a few Celtic fans were heckling me. It really hurt, man. I was like, what can I do to bother them considering my play is only bothering my teammates, coaches, the city of Atlanta, and anyone who watches basketball? I know! I'll call them bandwagon fans in the paper just to piss them off!!!!

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:20 pm**

As a follow-up thought, any team that turns around their fortune and becomes good gets new fans (or bandwagon jumpers if you must).

If the hawks were any good this year and didnt back their way into the playoffs they'd have some too.

Too bad for the hawks that there's got to be a bandwagon in order to jump aboard.

-Dizzy

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:30 pm**

CanSee17 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

First of all, has anyone ever told you not to believe everything they show on the news?? You know they can manipulate the footage to show whatever they want.

Second, you are really underestimating Boston fans. Everyone certainly knew to get a "we want Baby" chant with about 5 minutes left.

Yes I agree dont believe everything you see on the news but if you go to a game this season you see people coming in halfway through the first or even after the first, and what I couldnt stand the most people wanting Scal in the game the first half of the season

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:30 pm**

Whatever. Any good team will have bandwagon jumpers. But if you can keep their attention, they become die-hard fans. You gotta start somewhere.

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:31 pm**

This is probably just Bibby's way of making the media not forget that the Hawks are actually in the playoffs. There won't be much of anything noteworthy on the floor, so he might as well get a couple jabs in the paper.

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:32 pm**

RickyDizzle wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Thats obsurd! You really think 90% of the people there didnt even watch a game on TV last season?

This board is def not representative of most celtic fans (i.e. we are hardcore, most arent), but there are 82 games in a season, to think that even a casual fan wouldnt tune in to 1 out of 82 games last year while flipping through the channels is nuts.

These 90% you are talking about would basically have to go from ignoring the celtics on purpose last year, to proactively anticipating when playoff tickets go on sale and paying good $$$ for them.

I was at the game with 3 other people all of which watched a decent portion of last years season (if not all of it).

The 90% number just jumped out at me as ridiculous, but the main point that there are a lot of bandwagon jumpers is pretty tough to argue against, but who cares really?

So basically what Bibby is saying is that now that our business put a better product on the floor that it has more customers? Okay...makes sense to me...very astute Mr. Bibby.

-Dizzy

Ok it was a bit of a bad statement lol, the whole "bandwagon" thing just upsets me though but I guess it goes along with winning and Id rather be winning with bandwagon jumpers than losing without them

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:36 pm**

Tricky Ricky wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Ok it was a bit of a bad statement lol, the whole "bandwagon" thing just upsets me though but I guess it goes along with winning and Id rather be winning with bandwagon jumpers than losing without them

... now thats something be both can agree upon, haha.

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:39 pm**

I agree too. And with two Ricky Davis fans I assume? Yuck!! HAHA..JK

I went to about 30 games last year because it was so easy to get a ticket. This year? I went to 10 and spent more than last year. Oh well, the price you pay for winning I guess...

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:48 pm**

Someone should also tell Bibby that last season the Celtics still had better attendance records that the Hawks.

Posted: **Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:51 pm**

Bibby wrote:They were kind of loud at the beginning,

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