Comments on: The Impact of Iverson

By: Amer ican Prince

Amer ican Prince — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:39:50 +0000

I think there are fans who aren’t fans of the Pistons, many who might not even be fans of AI but they hear Allen Iverson is an allstar, he’s a former league MVP and just think allstar means wins, but we know that’s not always the case.

I consider myself diehard pistons fan, but I can understand people who see sports as a form of entertainment rather than a hobby or an interest. People watch sports because they like to see competition, and I think the Pistons lost some people when fans saw their lack of competition in the ECFs the last couple years. San Antonio is not a flashy team, but they compete to win and that’s why their fans watch that team even though they’re not high flyers or anything. Me personally I’ll take hustle over high flying high scorers anyday

By: gMac

gMac — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:56:03 +0000

I always thought giving the same number away to new player will increase the merchandise sell. It’s just a number, I don’t even know what number Rip wears and I’m a huge basketball fan.

Also at the night the news broke, during the broadcast, I was surprised how quickly they came up with the ‘Five rson’ plan. Almost make you wonder if the marketing folks knew about this way more advanced than the media.

By: El Patron Himself (Accept no imitations!)

El Patron Himself (Accept no imitations!) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:18:43 +0000

The question here is not necessarily whether or not some fans are bandwagoners… but what’s going to happen once the dust settles.

I’ll admit it: I WAS a bandwagoner once when I was much, much younger, around 13 or 14. I came of age around the surge of the Bad Boys and fell for the Pistons… but that sometimes happens abroad. I know that some folks younger than me are “lifetime” Bulls fans, and by lifetime I mean till MJ retired. However, like some of the other fans in this forum, I stuck around and that’s what matters in the end.

Maybe some of these people are coming attracted because of A.I. And you never know, once they learn about the Detroit brand of basketball, they’ll probably stick around. You can be born a Die-Hard fan or you can become a Die-Hard fan… in the end, as long as we don’t turn our backs on the team when heartbreak comes, it’s all good.

By: Franz (detroit 2hot...)

Franz (detroit 2hot...) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:42:07 +0000

I became a fan when I moved to Detroit from Germany. I went to a game in 2002 and said, wow, I really like this. I didn’t know any names, but as I watched the other teams play, I kept on liking more and more the Pistons. In 2003 I started to fall in love with them. I watched every game, when I couldn’t, I was pissed at everyone who was next to me.
Bandwagon fans will come and go: but most of the people here on the forum are real fans. Real fans will root for Chauncey in Denver.

I always say: just go with it, forget all the fans jumping on our bandwagon right now, maybe they’re finally opening their eyes and seeing what kind of team, and even more important what kind of organization this is.

Best of luck to you all. Stay Safe

By: Gogol

Gogol — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:15:32 +0000

The Pistons, since 2004, haven’t stopped winning, really. There’s nothing wrong with starting off as a bandwagon fan. We all have to become fans sometimes. There’s no more honor in being a homer fan then there is in being a bandwagon fan. Nothing wrong with rooting for a winning team. Nothing wrong with rooting for your hometown team. Really, the only thing I don’t like is people who start rooting for their hometown team after they start winning and stop when they stop. Pistons fans from 2004, as is my original point, haven’t been tested yet. We’ve made the ECF every year since that. Hardly enough to shake one’s faith in a team. Now Lions fans, they’ve got something to be proud of.

By: AroN

AroN — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:12:06 +0000

OK! So I’m a made Pistons fan in Cali…and I called up Dish Network asap to get the NBA league Pass. NO DICE! They are still working out kinks in ‘contracts’! Anyone else finding this tough to deal with outside the Detroit FSN realm?! WHEN CAN I GET IT!?!

I have no other option…

~Aron

By: Richie

Richie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:55:11 +0000

I completely sympathize with your, Bianca. That’s not Nat’s point though. Her point is simply that a lot of people are paying the Pistons attention NOW due to A.I. which rubs some diehard fans the wrong way. However, everyone has to start beign a fan at some point, whether you’re born into it or you discover a team or a sport you enjoy later in life. It’s not a religion or a gang- it’s entertainment, and in regard to team need4sheed, it’s kind of a family.

By: michael

michael — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:48:33 +0000

i became a fan when my babysitter made me watch them when i was about 5 during those championship years from 88-90. was i a 5 year-old bangwagon-er? haha

living in los angeles i grew up to hate the lakers because the pistons were introduced to me first.

By: Kyle C.

Kyle C. — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:03:07 +0000

thats like me in Hawaii. I could have been a fan of the Lakers but i wasnt and i am NOT a bandwagoner.

There was an interview of ESPN with Steven A. Smith talking with AI and he was saying that he feels really good about Detroit and will take any one on in the game.

By: bianca-wonk

bianca-wonk — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:54:39 +0000

And apologies if that sounded heated…because I dislike people with tons of opportunities to see 3 or 4 sports teams all their lives, whine about fans who only discover a team after they have success. If I picked any team to like I’d be a bandwagoner just because we don’t get to see many here.

It’s like New Yorkers complaining about tourists. some people don’t have 100 story buildings outside their windows!!!