Lkr Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I’ve been managing blogs and message boards for over a decade now and I’ve been interacting with NBA fans online for the past eight years, so I’ve learned that basketball fans on the Internet can typically be labeled with at least one of the following 11 categories. While I’m singling out the Internet with these labels, I’m well aware that they could also apply to people who call into sports talk radio shows. However, I don’t personally listen to those shows because if I wanted to hear random [expletive]s blowing hot air, I’d attend a chili cook-off. If you think you don’t fit into at least one of these categories, you’re either the only perfect basketball fan on the planet, or you’re lying to yourself. I will readily admit to being guilty of up to six of these offences, but I won’t tell you which ones until the end of this post.http://blogs.thescore.com/tbj/2010/07/16/eleven-types-of-obnoxious-basketball-fans-on-the-internet/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 So the eleven types are... 1. The Homer2. The Pessimist3. The Player-Hater4. The Stan5. The Tanker6. The Statistical Manipulator7. The Trade Machine Maniac8. The Conspiracy Theorist9. The Rabid Nationalist10. The Casual Racist11. The LeBron/Kobe/Jordan Obsessive Let's see... I'm a Heat homer. I'm a pessimist to other teams like the Magic. I really hate Marc Blount and Ricky Davis. I love Dorell Wright and Udonis Haslem even though they are just role players, and I would have been just as happy if the Heat kept both players as getting LeBron James. I may not be a tanker, but I am the anti-tanker. I use stats only favorable to my argument, yet say in other topics that simple stats are overrated and really don't mean much. I don't actually think the game is rigged, but I'll joke about it pretty often. I am all for Minnesota giving Darko a chance, even though it seems that most analysts think its a useless experiment. I don't think having more than 1 white guy starting on a team is a successful strategy. And I constantly argue that Kobe Bryant is the greatest basketball player of all time. Fortunately or unfortunately, I'm not a trade machine maniac. I guess I missed out on the Worst Fan of All Time award Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YugoRocketsFan Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I dont know which one I am, I dont fit under any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) I dont know which one I am, I dont fit under any of them.Player-Hater (Kobe), Rabid Nationalist (Motiejunas), and Casual Racist (Chase Budinger). Only slightly in each, though. Not extreme or annoying as a fan. You say you only hate Kobe because of the Kobe Obsessive and the mass amount of Laker homers, and you don't talk about Chase too much, but I know you like him because he's a white guy that can actually jump. Edited July 17, 2010 by Poe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YugoRocketsFan Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Player-Hater (Kobe), Rabid Nationalist (Motiejunas), and Casual Racist (Chase Budinger). Only slightly in each, though. Not extreme or annoying as a fan. You say you only hate Kobe because of the Kobe Obsessive and the mass amount of Laker homers, and you don't talk about Chase too much, but I know you like him because he's a white guy that can actually jump. Thats what I was thinking but I dont fit the whole description in any of them, and I think Chase is a beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 We should have a little award thing where we give away those 11 titles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenIverson#1fan Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I'm a player hater and a stan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I'm a Stan and Statistical Manipulator. Not so much a Stan anymore now that T-Mac is on his lest leg (literally), but definitely a Statistical Manipulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I don't really fit any of these. If Wade would have left, I would have been a Stan and supported him only no matter what team he went to, while still being a Heat fan. Thankfully, that didn't happen lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 12. The Kingfish: most annoying member on the board. Cocky and arrogant, most likely because he has Kobe's dick up his [expletive]. I'm sorry, I had to do it to em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I'm a bit of a few of these. Homer - obviously every fan is a bit of a homerThe player hater - Lebron but now not so much since everyone hates himThe tanker - it was only for last season though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 12. The Laker Fan j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reno Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I dont know which one I am, I dont fit under any of them. agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 I definitely fall under rabid nationalist and I'm apparently a Beasley stan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 It would be interesting to see how many Laker fans there would be if Kobe actually got dealt in that year he demanded the trade.... I think he is stanned upon more than any other NBA player... there are more 'Kobe fans' than any other player. I think everyone falls under each of the categories at least once in a while, it is hard to root for your team and argue while at the same time always being 100% impartial and not a homer. You can most definitely sign me up in that tanker category this year. Also this entire board is pretty much an LBJ player hater, it is kind of funny actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted July 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 agreedThey were being generous and didn't put 'The Forum Simpleton' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Swish* Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 I already saw all these kind of fans. I think I'm a bandwagoner I'm not sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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