What year did you start watching the NBA?

JordansBulls · Post #1 » by **JordansBulls** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:09 am

Hopefully this will be an interesting thread that won't lead to any bickering or arguing.

I created a post similar on the Bulls and Lakers board regarding their respective teams, but I am curious on when most posters began to actually watch the NBA in general.

Also when did you become a fan of the team you like now?

aikgtd · Post #2 » by **aikgtd** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:16 am

I remember watching the 92 playoffs and the whole jordan era. I also became a fan of my team when they added Duncan.

Post #3 » by **miller31time** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:19 am

I started watching Wizards basketball back in the late 90's.

Not a great time to be a fan of Washington, but it only made me stronger.

:lol:

carlos1223 · Post #4 » by **carlos1223** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:19 am

1998 NBA finals game 6 is the first game i rememeber watching

ILikeTheGrizz · Post #5 » by **ILikeTheGrizz** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:29 am

88 or 89? I remember watching "The Shot" with my Dad. He wasn't very happy. I became a Grizz fan when they moved, simply because they're on TV there (Memphis) alot and I like basketball. You cheer for who you know, ya know? If I want to watch NBA ball, I'm probably watching a Grizz game. I'm definitely a basketball fan before a Grizz fan though.

Basileus777 · Post #6 » by **Basileus777** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:30 am

1994-5 season.

I've been a Nets fan pretty much the whole time, but I wasn't very enthusiastic about it until the Kidd days.

Liqourish · Post #7 » by **Liqourish** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:32 am

89-90 was the earliest I can remember, but I was only a casual fan till 96-97.

Post #8 » by **Flash3** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:37 am

I started to watch sports in general around 95, and ironically that's when the Heat had just got Pat Riley. -- Sports wasn't a big thing in my household, but my little brother has followed suit; just as big a sports fan as I am, and he started very early. :lol:

prekazi · Post #9 » by **prekazi** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:38 am

91-92 NBA finals. I was 7 years old and that was the first basketball game I've ever seen.

pro2020 · Post #10 » by **pro2020** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:56 am

late 1995, then got bored with it and started following the NFL, got bored with that and really got into the NBA around the lockout period.

Manocad · Post #11 » by **Manocad** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:59 am

About 1982. Was a huge Pistons fan by '86.

Dtown84 · Post #12 » by **Dtown84** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 1:06 am

about 90-91, just missed the bad boys, I distinctly remember telling my mom that I was rooting for the guys in Gold and purple over the Bulls, since they knocked out the Pistons. (I was 6 forgive me :lol:

)

Became a full fledged Piston fan around 92-93, yay Allan Houston, Lindsey Hunter era. :clap:

NY MAVURS · Post #13 » by **NY MAVURS** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 1:09 am

1995, i was born in 1990 :nod:

bluefear · Post #14 » by **bluefear** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 1:38 am

i first saw games around 93-94 but watched more once the league expanded and the raptors came to town.

Bucky O'Hare · Post #15 » by **Bucky O'Hare** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 1:41 am

BirdIsDaKing · Post #16 » by **BirdIsDaKing** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 1:43 am

lol i remember watching this random seattle supersonics vs rockets game on tv after playing streets of rage on sega genesis. My dad shut it of and we ended up watching this random nba on nbc game of the week...musto of been like 1995, because my older brother was into wu tang at the time so....

Sloanfeld · Post #17 » by **Sloanfeld** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 1:48 am

94 NBA Finals, game 7 was the first game I ever saw when I was 8. Followed some NBA the next season, and really got into it for the 95-96 season. 1 Game from the NBA Finals that year...

BirdIsDaKing · Post #18 » by **BirdIsDaKing** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 1:50 am

man the 1998 eastern conference finals was bar none the greatest series in the 90s bar none, name me a better seven game series. (Maybe the 94 finals but i thought the one against new york wasn't really that good.)

Texas Longhorns · Post #19 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 1:58 am

Post #20 » by **semi-sentient** » Tue Apr 8, 2008 2:17 am

semi-sentient wrote:I started watching the Lakers in the 1984-85 season, which was when they won their 3rd title of the decade. I was 9 years old at the time and took a liking to Magic and the Showtime Lakers simply because they were fun to watch.

I think it was my first exposure to NBA basketball, being that my family just migrated from Germany, and my step-father happened to be a Lakers fan, being from California and all.