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Snarf
October 29th, 2003, 6:24:00 PM
Thanks to those at the Buffalo Range for the basketball forum.

So who is your favorite NBA team?

I got away from basketball after Jordan retired for the second time and had not really paid much attention to it up until last years playoffs. Watch the Mavs last year brought me back because of the high scoring games they played. But I will have to say the Raptors are my favorite team just because they are the closest team to Buffalo. Anyway I am kinda excited for this season and watching a little NBA basketball.
Bellowing4DaBills
October 29th, 2003, 6:31:06 PM
My fave is my hometown Raptors. I like watching the Mavs and Kings cause of their style of ball. I like watching the Lakers so I can boo against them.
Sparx
October 29th, 2003, 6:35:04 PM
my team is the kings, i hate the lakers. but im a casual basketball fan. i'll get the league pass and watch as many games as i can. but im not a diehard fan like with miami.
YardRat
October 29th, 2003, 8:55:06 PM
Bring back the BRAVES!!!

Basketball (NBA) just hasn't been the same since Snyder sold our team to that heartless John Y. Brown and screwed us out of professional b-ball.

I immediately hopped on the Sixers bandwagon (Dr J, Moses Malone, Mo Cheeks, World B. Free, Bobby Jones, etc) and picked up with the Pistons when they got I. Thomas (Long live the Bad Boys!), so Philadelphia and Detroit are the teams I follow the closest.

As for college - Syracuse Orangeman, reigning NCAA National Champions - Always have been an Orange fan, always will be :D.
RockStar36
October 29th, 2003, 9:10:58 PM
I like Charlotte basketball. I have since the day it was created. So until the Bobcats debut, I have no team to root for. Well....I can always root against the Hornets. BURN IN HELL NEW ORLEANS!!!
swami jr
October 29th, 2003, 9:53:14 PM
im a Cavs fan. Mark Price was the man. He, Brad Daughrty, Hot Rod Williams, Larry Nance, Craig Elohe and co. used to tear it up, until they played Jordan's Bulls. Then came the dark ages where Shawn Kemp decided to retire in Cleveland, he was on the team and started and everything, but it was as if he wasnt even there, which led to a lot of bad play, and bad drafts (except Miller, but he left) because our GM sucks, but he couldn't screw up the LeBron pick, and he got the right coach in Silas, so things are looking up.
mighty peace warrior
October 29th, 2003, 10:47:40 PM
the Knicks
thegame
October 30th, 2003, 12:22:58 AM
The Sixers... They have The Answer.

I will probably start following Cleveland more and more now. James and Miles are guys I want to watch.
Buddy
October 30th, 2003, 12:24:30 AM
New York Knicks
MrWhite
October 30th, 2003, 12:40:37 AM
Rockets baby!
Mouldsie
October 30th, 2003, 12:59:44 AM
I actually have a few that are all tied at #1: Pistons, Raptors, & Pacers -I've always liked them
PUCKER
October 30th, 2003, 1:07:06 AM
Has and always will be the Chicago Bulls! :)
Bruno
October 30th, 2003, 4:08:53 AM
Originally posted by thegame
The Sixers... They have The Answer.




Sixers have had the Answer for me since Dr.J and Moses Malone. My walls were filled with posters of those two.
manuel
October 30th, 2003, 12:19:02 PM
Originally posted by YardRat
Bring back the BRAVES!!!

Basketball (NBA) just hasn't been the same since Snyder sold our team to that heartless John Y. Brown and screwed us out of professional b-ball.

I immediately hopped on the Sixers bandwagon (Dr J, Moses Malone, Mo Cheeks, World B. Free, Bobby Jones, etc) and picked up with the Pistons when they got I. Thomas (Long live the Bad Boys!), so Philadelphia and Detroit are the teams I follow the closest.

As for college - Syracuse Orangeman, reigning NCAA National Champions - Always have been an Orange fan, always will be :D.

That would be good for your area to bring another high profile entertainment product to your city but with the sabres not selling out their games (unless the the leafs on in town) I don't see how your city has a chance bringing a nba team back.
Player6600
October 30th, 2003, 1:21:24 PM
I like the Raptors
manuel
October 30th, 2003, 2:56:48 PM
The raptors since they have been in the league almost 10 years. Wow time flys bye! Before that it was any team that was fun to watch or had a superstar on it.
matthew94
October 30th, 2003, 3:26:24 PM
I was a long time Celtics fan, but 6-7 years ago I stopped liking the NBA b/c players switched teams too often and it became such a 1 on 1 game.

I have, however, gotten back into the NBA for a few reasons:
1. I love fantasy sports so I got back into all the stats
2. My hatred for the Lakers was re-ignited by their return to the top.
3. The Syracuse national championship season had me watching or listening to all of Carmello's games.

That brings me to a stirring conclusion. As of this NBA season I am once again a fan of the league and my new favorite team is the....

Denver Nuggets
Peacec
October 30th, 2003, 4:19:35 PM
Celtics all the way! You just can't mess with Paul Pierce.
Mouldsie
October 30th, 2003, 11:27:36 PM
Celtics suck!


ever since they got rid of Bremer ;) :D
Peacec
October 31st, 2003, 12:09:37 AM
Originally posted by MOULDSROCKS
Celtics suck!


ever since they got rid of Bremer ;) :D

I do agree that it was dumb to get rid of Bremer. They could have used him at the point this year. Plus he has been draining threes like it's nobody's business.
Hurls
November 5th, 2003, 1:42:03 AM
Originally posted by Bruno
Sixers have had the Answer for me since Dr.J and Moses Malone. My walls were filled with posters of those two.

Same here
Napalm
November 5th, 2003, 4:15:15 AM
I don't follow basketball anymore, and I rarely watch games, but I used to pay more attention to the NBA when I was younger. Me and my old man would sit and watch the Celtics. Back in the 80's . I lost intrest in basketball long ago. Mainly because the Celtics have sucked for so long.

Now, if it wasn't for the paper, to see who is in first, and who is in last, I could care less.

My opinion only,
Hurls
November 5th, 2003, 5:22:31 AM
what new
SabreNasty2630
November 7th, 2003, 2:47:22 PM
East - Raptors

West - T'Wolves

2nd East - Magic

2nd West - Kings

Favorite team regardless - Raptors
Blue_Bandana
November 13th, 2003, 11:40:28 AM
Used to be the Mavs until the Raptors joined the league.
BanditsRock11
November 14th, 2003, 8:10:55 AM
East- New Jersey Nets

West- Minnesota
BillyT92679
November 15th, 2003, 11:00:33 AM
The Raptors should do what the Bullets and Celtics did, play one or two games a season at their secondary market to increase awareness of the franchise. The Bullets kind of had to when they left Baltimore since they started there, but the Celtics used to play in Hartford occasionally. The Raptors should come to HSBC once or twice a year for a regular season game. Is there an NBA rule that prohibits this?
manuel
November 15th, 2003, 12:12:58 PM
why would they, the raptors have been in the top 7 in attendence since moving to the acc a few years ago. Furthermore, the raptors have one of the highest costs of tickets in the NBA so why would they move a game or two to buffalo when people in buffalo complain about the costs of sabres games which are the lowest in the NHL. They raptores owners, MLSE will not be stupid enough to pi** off the season tickets holders by taking a couple of games to buffalo, because of the costs of games. This is not the sabres who are in survival mode to get as attract as many from other areas then buffalo to sell out their games, by taking a game to rorchester they hope that will help their team but right know Toronto doesn't have to do that to sell their games. Do you really think that buffalo has the money to support a NBA team at the prices they are at, I thin not.
BillyT92679
November 15th, 2003, 2:55:08 PM
Originally posted by manuel
why would they, the raptors have been in the top 7 in attendence since moving to the acc a few years ago. Furthermore, the raptors have one of the highest costs of tickets in the NBA so why would they move a game or two to buffalo when people in buffalo complain about the costs of sabres games which are the lowest in the NHL. They raptores owners, MLSE will not be stupid enough to pi** off the season tickets holders by taking a couple of games to buffalo, because of the costs of games. This is not the sabres who are in survival mode to get as attract as many from other areas then buffalo to sell out their games, by taking a game to rorchester they hope that will help their team but right know Toronto doesn't have to do that to sell their games. Do you really think that buffalo has the money to support a NBA team at the prices they are at, I thin not.

One or two games per annum will not break the bank of Buffalonians. Western New York, although hit hard by the loss of heavy industry, is hardly the Third World. The novelty of the sport would cause it to be a sell-out; done every year it would be renewable revenue for the franchise. American dollars too, not Canadian. Regionalization for any franchise, across any sport, solidifies that team.
manuel
November 17th, 2003, 12:15:47 PM
I'm just saying that with the troubles of your hockey team has in selling games, I don't think they would want a team there to take away people's entertainment money and have them spend on another team. Since they will not get any of the benefits from it as well as the money generated from this event, would go to the raptors owners MLSE.