JackedFinancier wrote:Latrell wrote:JackedFinancier wrote:
Haha thats wild. I just dont understand how they dont sell out that building when the tickets are so damn cheap there. It just shows you how thriving of a basketball market Toronto is. Its like a breath of fresh air. This kind of support where a large amount of fans go to the opposing building in the playoffs doesn't happen often - maybe for Laker games? But honestly - Its great. I could see in Miami a lot of Raptors fans being there as well. Hell - I may even do a south beach trip and time it with a few games - that'd be great.
Indianapolis is a great city. It's just not much of a Pacer town. I'm from there and I was never a Pacer fan. They're an afterthought in that market. Great college and H.S fans, tons of Nascar and Indy car fans. Took the GOAT QB of the NFL to kind of get people there excited about the Colts. Some places (Atlanta, Charlotte come to mind too) just aren't great pro sports towns and are much more into college sports. Which is totally fine. Places like Toronto are completely the opposite. People say Toronto is a hockey town but
that's rubbish, it's a Leafs town. No one cares about the numerous minor hockey teams in the area, many of which are actually successful.
Yeah - definitely not ripping Indy. I was there about 3 summers back and got a chance to go to the BMW Championship to watch Rory and Tiger paired up together - it was a Friday and the gallery was insane. Indy definitely seems like more of a college sports town which is what makes it unique. Also - we have seen the Pacers have great crowds in the past - such as when they were an East contender in the 00s as well as with Reggie Miller - so this city does love their basketball. Maybe there just isn't as much hype given their seeding?
I was living there in the early Reggie Miller era before Rose. There was a reasonable amount of hype I guess. The fans definately got better in the late 90's/early 00's when they were going toe-to toe with Jordan's Bulls and making the Finals and having those great series with the Knicks.But, I mean I should hope your town gets a little excited when you have a team like that lol. Even though they never won a title, those were great memories for a lot of Pacers fans and I really hope this Raptors team can get to that level.
But the Pacers are still pretty low in the pecking order of the Indiana sports scene. I spent a good part of my childhood there and I never felt the need to become a fan. It was all about college hoops/football in my household and around the community.
It takes a lot to build a solid pro-sports fan base there. Colts got lucky with Peyton and then Andrew Luck. As good as Paul George is he's not a generational must -see talent like that. So yeah, you're right , Paul George and a bunch of scrubs isn't really gonna get the people of Indianapolis' too riled up lol.
