Fun read! I love reading about teams that no longer exist. I remember watching a TV show about a "St. Louis Browns appreciation society" that still exists in St. Louis.
Also the Browns almost moved to LA! How the baseball landscape would have differed had they made it to the West Coast first!
I was actually a huge Hornets fan when I was a kid in the '90s, when they had Larry Johnson (Grandmama), Alonzo Mourning, Muggsy, etc., but when they broke up that core, I moved on. That's one of the benefits of not having a true favorite/hometown team— it means you can bounce around to other teams, ensuring you never have to follow bad basketball. The downside is that it never quite means as much when your team wins it all or accomplishes some other significant feat. In my twenties, I pretty much settled on Dallas— I had good memories of listening to their radio broadcasts when I was a kid, even though they were awful. Dallas and Denver were the closest teams to me, pre-OKC, so I always pulled for both of them, and the Dirk years were great. However, I'm still fuming over the Luka trade. I'm hoping OKC will pull it out in the Finals, though I will hardly be upset if the Pacers win it. You're probably getting the idea— the NBA is my sit back and take it all in with minimum stress sport. Although, I still have a Hornets shirt for nostalgic purposes.
Fun read! I love reading about teams that no longer exist. I remember watching a TV show about a "St. Louis Browns appreciation society" that still exists in St. Louis.
Also the Browns almost moved to LA! How the baseball landscape would have differed had they made it to the West Coast first!
https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/the-story-of-the-los-angeles-browns-changed-baseball-forever
Thanks for reading, and for the link. Playing the what-if game with this sort of thing is always fun.
I’d invite you to be a Charlotte Hornets fan but if you’re not going to immediately be invested in the NBA then maybe it’ll be better to wait 🤣
I was actually a huge Hornets fan when I was a kid in the '90s, when they had Larry Johnson (Grandmama), Alonzo Mourning, Muggsy, etc., but when they broke up that core, I moved on. That's one of the benefits of not having a true favorite/hometown team— it means you can bounce around to other teams, ensuring you never have to follow bad basketball. The downside is that it never quite means as much when your team wins it all or accomplishes some other significant feat. In my twenties, I pretty much settled on Dallas— I had good memories of listening to their radio broadcasts when I was a kid, even though they were awful. Dallas and Denver were the closest teams to me, pre-OKC, so I always pulled for both of them, and the Dirk years were great. However, I'm still fuming over the Luka trade. I'm hoping OKC will pull it out in the Finals, though I will hardly be upset if the Pacers win it. You're probably getting the idea— the NBA is my sit back and take it all in with minimum stress sport. Although, I still have a Hornets shirt for nostalgic purposes.