Realgm Piston's Board Demographics

[ComboGuardCity]

I've always been curious to see what the type of people who post on realgm are. I don't know if its allowed, so if it isn't lock it.

Age: 20
Occupation: College Student
When you started falling the Pistons: 6 years old
Why: Family (Uncles and Dad mostly) were always watching and I had just started playing basketball.

[princeofpalace]

Age: 22
Occupation: College Student (Graduate in Dec!)
Following Detroit: 2004
Why: Grew up in a foreign country & never watched sports aside from the occasional soccer, moved to Bloomfield Hills in 03-04 & saw Princes block on Reggie Miller in the ECF. Was hooked ever since

[vege]

Age: 33
Occupation: Business Administrator
Following Detroit: 1989
Why? Joe Dumars / Isiah Thomas / Vinnie Johnson / Bill Laimbeer / Denis Rodman that team was absolutely fantastic and that's when they started broadcasting NBA here is Brasil.

[dVs33]

Age 26
Occupation: Boring office sh*t

Started "following" detroit when Grant hill was drafted. Growing up in Australia meant it was hard to follow the NBA since the coverage was pathetic post-jordan.
I used to check the scores once in a way but never really got into it.
In about 2005/6 I starting taking more of an interest. I've been living in Toronto this past year and I've now got NBA league pass which is awesome. I get to watch all the games.

[Warspite]

Age +40
Small business owner
Following Pistons since 1984

[DetroitPistons]

22 years old
College student
following for about 8 years
Family got me into basketball

[motorcity15]

18 years old
Occupation: Student
Following: Since i was like 8, really got into it around 2003
Why: Always liked playing basketball so i started watching to study the game.

[Choob]

Age: 25
Grad student (graduate in Dec too)
Following Pistons since 2001

Moved to MI and got to see Joe D transform the '01 team to the '04 team. Watching Chucky/Stack/Curry/Cliff/Ben turn into Chauncey/Rip/Tay/Sheed/Ben was a beautiful thing.

[ajaX82]

Age: 23
Occupation: back in college
Following Pistons for a while, but seriously following for not too long actually, only since about 03 or 04. I actually hated basketball when i was a kid and only came to really appreciate and love it when i was in high school.

[Spider156]

Age: 20
Occupation: College Student
Start following the Pistons since 2004 in the playoffs against the Bucks I think. I didn't know how hard it was to win a championship during that time and I've realized it a couple of years ago. Now it's just bad, I know the salaries of tons of players and when they end.

[Rodya]

Age: 21
College student (Graduate in Spring, grad school starts Fall)
Following Detroit: 2000

I have been watching basketball nearly every single day for as long as I can remember. My family and I moved from the Soviet Union in the early '90s and my grandfather, being a religious basketball fan, got me hooked on it from birth. Up until '99, my team was the Bulls. I loved that team. Even being a resident of Detroit, I still pulled for the Bulls even when they played the Pistons. Then Jordan left, the team collapsed, and my favorite Piston, Joe D, took over reigns of my home team. I've been following them ever since.

[zeebneeb]

age 33.
Occupation-film maker
following the Pistons since 1986/1987. Dont know why anymore as todays NBA gives me seizures.

[dVs33]

age 33.
Occupation-film maker
following the Pistons since 1986/1987. Dont know why anymore as todays NBA gives me seizures.

I hope you're not watching tonights game V GS.

[srt4b]

Age 36
Small business owner
Following Pistons since mid 80s

[mercury]

Age 63... Grew up in Detroit... Graduated from UofM (Missouri)... played PF for the Mizzou Tigers.
22 years IT manager for Petroleum companies....
Semi-retired... Run a DJ business (currently 5 DJs) & Home Inspections.
Been following the team since 1965

[Navas]

Age: 23

Occupation: Media relations consultant

When you started falling the Pistons: Four years old

Why: My mom works at the Palace, has worked there since the place opened. Meant I got to go to games for free (a privilege that I enjoy the hell out of) still went during the teal era as well. When we beat the Bulls at the time by that huge margin that we had in 95 or 96 had me happy for days. Also grew up playing two sports, basketball and soccer.

[Master Shake]

age 33.
Occupation-film maker
following the Pistons since 1986/1987. Dont know why anymore as todays NBA gives me seizures.

My first thought was porno.

I usually like to remain a mystery but what the hell?

Age:23
College Student
Been following the Pistons out the womb in 87, my room at my parents house to this day is decked out in Bad Boys, Barry Sanders(had to throw him in there), Grant Hill, Junkyard Dog type stuff.

[GSR121]

Age: 36

Occupation: Guest services at the Palace

Started following the Pistons: 87-88 season

Why?: Big sports fan (even owned a Baseball card shop) love Basketball more than any other sport. I grew up watching the Bad Boys and loved every minute of it! I used to go to the games any time I could, and now I get paid to do it!

[colors]

age : 37
occupation : some tedious office job
started watching the Pistons in the bad boys era, everybody hated them, they valued defense, hardwork and team solidarity, I immediately knew it was my team.

[furiousman]

age 19
occupation network studen in french
starting to follow detroit in 2006/2007, just hard to follow the game with 6 more hours in french i have to watch the game at 2h00 am and for the quality of detroit's game it's hard to stay awake