hackadeandre
OzCardTrader
Hi All,
With the result of the 2018-19 season all but written (damn you Cousins), I thought it may be fun to see who supports which OTHER team. Requirements are:
Why I follow them
Like many people here, I was a huge fan in the 90's and actually followed Orlando (with my second favourite team being the one I can't mention). Anyway, lost interest in cards for a while and whilst I would still follow the NBA it wasn't that exciting in the 2000's (let's be honest here), so I really didn't 'follow' any team for a while. Got back into collecting cards and watching the NBA back again in 2011 and not much care for Orlando anymore. So there it was, 29 other teams to choose from. Blake Griffin got me, sucked me in. The uber-athletic rookie dunk-on-you machine was too hard to resist! So there my love for the red-headed (literally) stepchild team in LA was born!
What I am looking forward to this season
Whilst I'm not going to go overboard with excitement about the Clippers this season, I'm happy with the way things are going. Having Jerry West on board pulling some strings adds that element of 'he's done it before, can he do it again?' (refer to team we can't talk about). Was stoked to see Austin Rivers shipped out (I would have taken a half-eaten Mars Bar for Rivers); I felt at the time when Doc signed his son it was the beginning of the end (and it was). The biggest thing I'm excited about though this season is that we had a semi-decent draft pick and was hoping we ended up with SGA. When he was picked by the Hornets I was disappointed, however it wasn't long before disappointment turned to excitement when the draft trade went down. I think passing on MPJ with the 13th pick was a mistake though, but we'll see and what would I know!
Best Clippers card
Lucky enough to pull this in a box break, the last piece of 'lob city' to leave and my alias' namesake!:
With the result of the 2018-19 season all but written (damn you Cousins), I thought it may be fun to see who supports which OTHER team. Requirements are:
- why you follow that team
- what they are looking forward to in the upcoming season; and
- a pic of your favourite card of that team
Why I follow them
Like many people here, I was a huge fan in the 90's and actually followed Orlando (with my second favourite team being the one I can't mention). Anyway, lost interest in cards for a while and whilst I would still follow the NBA it wasn't that exciting in the 2000's (let's be honest here), so I really didn't 'follow' any team for a while. Got back into collecting cards and watching the NBA back again in 2011 and not much care for Orlando anymore. So there it was, 29 other teams to choose from. Blake Griffin got me, sucked me in. The uber-athletic rookie dunk-on-you machine was too hard to resist! So there my love for the red-headed (literally) stepchild team in LA was born!
What I am looking forward to this season
Whilst I'm not going to go overboard with excitement about the Clippers this season, I'm happy with the way things are going. Having Jerry West on board pulling some strings adds that element of 'he's done it before, can he do it again?' (refer to team we can't talk about). Was stoked to see Austin Rivers shipped out (I would have taken a half-eaten Mars Bar for Rivers); I felt at the time when Doc signed his son it was the beginning of the end (and it was). The biggest thing I'm excited about though this season is that we had a semi-decent draft pick and was hoping we ended up with SGA. When he was picked by the Hornets I was disappointed, however it wasn't long before disappointment turned to excitement when the draft trade went down. I think passing on MPJ with the 13th pick was a mistake though, but we'll see and what would I know!
Best Clippers card
Lucky enough to pull this in a box break, the last piece of 'lob city' to leave and my alias' namesake!:
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