re: NBA Rumors: Greg Monroe & Michael Carter-Williams

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So you're fully a bucks fan now?

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Basketball teams are so proximity influenced. I've seen Giannis getting a hot dog, I met John Henson at my eyedoctors, my girlfriend knew ZaZa's girlfriend (although he was traded before I got to meet them), I saw JJ Redick rocking Wayfarers inside and at night I drunkenly pulled Bango's tail and had him turn around and mock "scold" me like Hugo used to do when my NOLA GF would grab his butt

I will always love the NOLA NBA team, but I lost a little of my fandom when we did the name switch. I've never had season tickets (that I used) to the "Pelicans". I've never been to a "Pelicans" playoff game. I was all about the Hornets and the CP3/DX/TC6 team - I'm not sure if NBA will ever get that good for me again. When we game up short in Game 7 against the Spurs, that was as intense a game/moment as nearly any Saints or LSU game I've ever felt. I doubt that I"ll be able to feel that way about the NOLA team again unless I somehow wind up moving back. I could see myself feeling that way about the Bucks now that I'm here and am part of the same community / arena rebuild / rebranding / etc.