Why are YOU a Bobcats fan?

[ammofan]

As our season draws to an end, either tonight, a week from now in game 7.....or hopefully in the Finals after a miraculous run , I'd like to ask everyone: (My answers on the the side)

What made you a Bobcats fan? I have been a Bobcats fan since the start...I was a huge Hornets fan but then I just switched over after we got another team here.

[WarioVsMooChicken]

I was just flipping through the channels in the 2006-2007 season and decided to watch a Bobcat game out of pure boredom. Wallace went off for 42 points in that game and I've been hooked ever since.

[davcbow]

What made you a Bobcats fan? I have been a Bobcats fan since the start...I was a huge Hornets fan but then I just switched over after we got another team here.

The very same thing here....

[jdsingar]

I have always been a huge basketball fan, but I never really latched on to the Bobcats when they began playing. I went to UNC-Charlotte and really found an appreciation for the City of Charlotte, and love to support it. I went to a game a few years back (Against the Magic...) and I loved how scrappy our team was. It was obvious the talent level wasn't there, but the effort was great.

[King Taharqa]

Im a fan for a few reasons...

-I'm a native Charlottean and have supported all of our local major sports franchises
-The Bobcats from day 1 have played a tough, hard nosed style of basketball that I really admire
-The Bobcats are the first minority owned major sports franchise, built and funded off BET (Black Entertainment Television) money. This probably doesnt mean alot to some people, but for some african americans it means alot. Seeing not one, but two african americans in the owners box is something that has never happened in American sports history. Its a major accomplishment that wont be fully appreciated until 20-30 years down the line.

[BobCatsFanInTx]

When NBA expansion happened for the first time in my old enough to understand and be a part of it life I was excited about new teams entering a sport I loved. It was 1988 I was 18 and I was so excited to see new teams competing in a sport I loved. I heard all the arguments about why expansion would be the ruin of the NBA and knew it was BS. All the talk about expansion watering down the sports talent was just that, talk!!!

Anyway, of all the new teams coming out in 88 and 89 I liked the Hornets and Magic the most. I however loved the enthusiasm of the Hornets fans and how they embraced their new team. I loved the look of their jerseys, their logo and their colors. I followed the Hornets all the way till they left Charlotte. When the Hornets left it just did not seem right. I had no affiliation with NC or Charlotte but somehow felt the pain to a lesser extent the people of NC were feeling.

When it was official that Charlotte would again get another team I just felt all those years supporting a team in your state and biggest city could not go to waste. So I immidiately jumped on the Bandwagon for the new expansion team in Charlotte. I have followed the Bobcats from the beginning and will continue to do so. Even if I think they could have built themselves better. I do have faith now that MJ is an owner that things will be brighter over the next several years. I don't know how big the window is for our Bobcats to compete for titles each season but I do believe they will be an upper tier team in the East for a fair amount of time. I think our Bobcats did a good job in this seasons draft but Larry Brown just will not trust rookies. I think that is a mistake.

Other than that I am rooting for the Bobcats and hope for many, many years of success and at least one title in the next ten seasons.

[ND22]

I'm originally from California so I didn't grow up a Hornets fan. After I moved to Raleigh, I took up a big interest in basketball but I didn't become an NBA fan until the year the Bobcats were formed, and being the in-state team I latched on to them.

[superb1]

I think that many of us were Hornets fans and I seen that some of were there in the beginning of the Hornets expansion. I, too was originally a hornets fan. I was this nerdy 16 year old (I believe) who really could not play a lick, still can't, lol (too old) but I loved the game and needed a team to root for. Why not this upstart Charlotte team. For two reasons, I love the underdog and I love building things from the foundation. Both appeal to my personality. I was hooked. I watched the Hornets win over Boston, I about cried when we traded Zo to Miami. I also became a Panthers fan. Fast forward some years to after George Shinn and Hornets left. I was excited to hear that Robert Johnson was bringing a team back to Charlotte. To watch them build a team from scratch. I followed as much as I could to the point of being almost obsessed. This is WHY I'm a Bobcats fan.

[superb1]

When NBA expansion happened for the first time in my old enough to understand and be a part of it life I was excited about new teams entering a sport I loved. It was 1988 I was 18 and I was so excited to see new teams competing in a sport I loved. I heard all the arguments about why expansion would be the ruin of the NBA and knew it was BS. All the talk about expansion watering down the sports talent was just that, talk!!!

Anyway, of all the new teams coming out in 88 and 89 I liked the Hornets and Magic the most. I however loved the enthusiasm of the Hornets fans and how they embraced their new team. I loved the look of their jerseys, their logo and their colors. I followed the Hornets all the way till they left Charlotte. When the Hornets left it just did not seem right. I had no affiliation with NC or Charlotte but somehow felt the pain to a lesser extent the people of NC were feeling.

When it was official that Charlotte would again get another team I just felt all those years supporting a team in your state and biggest city could not go to waste. So I immidiately jumped on the Bandwagon for the new expansion team in Charlotte. I have followed the Bobcats from the beginning and will continue to do so. Even if I think they could have built themselves better. I do have faith now that MJ is an owner that things will be brighter over the next several years. I don't know how big the window is for our Bobcats to compete for titles each season but I do believe they will be an upper tier team in the East for a fair amount of time. I think our Bobcats did a good job in this seasons draft but Larry Brown just will not trust rookies. I think that is a mistake.

Other than that I am rooting for the Bobcats and hope for many, many years of success and at least one title in the next ten seasons.

I could not say it any better, this is my experience also

[Toocool]

I'll be blogging about why I'm a Bobcats supporter after playoffs.

Note: Also, international Bobcats supporters (like me), chuck me a PM.