Is it bad that I’m getting to the point of checking out on this organization?

I've kinda checked out for now.

I haven't been watching the games.

If I have absolutely nothing to do I'll watch the games, but that hasn't really been the case lately. I'm kinda what OP said, while this season is definitely the extreme, it feels like every other season. You get hopes up for what they could be, what they should be, and they kill that every single time. It does kind of feel like this franchise is just cursed and it doesn't matter what they do, it'll never work out. Something will always go wrong.

I still watch the games when I’m home but I’m not as emotionally invested in them like I was earlier in the season.

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Us diehards wrap ourselves up in rationalizations about loyalty and being "real" fans, but unless you enjoy the processes and league as a whole, there is no real reason to not dip out when a team is no longer enjoyable to watch and the hobby is no longer mentally positive.

Can't say I'm not almost to that point myself. And I've probably watched 99% of all NOLA games since the team came here. This season has been the most demoralizing ever for me.

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For me you look at the number of games they play. I can stand to watch the Saints when they aren't good because it's just 17 games in a season. These NBA teams are playing nearly 4 games a week. It's draining.

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I've kinda checked out for now.

I haven't been watching the games.

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Lakers game kinda broke me too.

Even in the 10 game losing streak, all season long I am always looking forward to game day and excited to watch.

I thought we played today, and this morning when I checked the full NBA schedule and noticed we didn't, for the 1st time I had a sense of relief that we are NOT playing lol.

Still planning to watch every game for now, but not happily

Dude you have to REALLY love basketball/baseball to invest in those marathon seasons with an underperforming team. It’s pretty normal in 99% of people.

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Even in the 10 game losing streak

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I envy the time of the 10 game losing streak. I had the thought "this is just a little rough patch, but we'll break out of it and start chugging again." Boy was I wrong. Now I actually recognize this team just isn't any good.

A fan that really cares about the team doesn’t want to watch that team get their brains beat in. It’s because we care that many of us are starting to check out.

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Is it bad that I’m getting to the point of checking out on this organization?

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I think more people should check out. This is supposed to be a fun experience for people. If you aren't having fun, you should probably find another way to spend your time.

I really don't understand the people that seem to hate watch the Pels and actually post and engage more when things are bad. Seriously. WTF are you people doing with your lives that you would rather make angry posts on an anonymous message board than pretty much anything else?

And for the record, I'm not saying this about all negative posts. Fun can be had with bad teams by problem solving and playing arm chair GM. I'm talking about the handful of posters that only seem to post here to be negative. Seriously, go do something better with your time than give it to this team that has failed you so completely.

I maybe missed 1 or 2 games this year, but the Lakers game was a punch to the gut for me.

A few weeks ago my wife (who loves the Pels) said “why are you watching this, you know what’s going to happen.”’ She’s right, at this point, I don’t know why I watch. I’ve put a lot of love and energy in this team and it just sucks seeing a team go out and play like they did vs the Lakers.

That game was basically a playoff game and I can’t ever remember watching a team play that ugly, and I’m talking any team ever, not just the Pels. Jacking up bad three after bad three after bad three and 6 threes taken in the first half by our worst shooter and I can’t take that. Add that they straight up didn’t even bother playing defense. I’m not going to watch my team if they play that ugly basketball.

I've avoided criticizing Willie all year, but he seriously needs some criticism if that’s the adjustment he thinks this team needs to make. You can shoot a lower amount of threes and be a good basketball team. It was clear the strategy was “hey guys, shoot more threes tonight.” Not everybody deserves the green light to shoot whenever they want and just because you’re trying to shoot more doesn’t mean the ball should stop moving and give you a reason to not play defense. That was the first game I’ve actually heard Joel Myers be openly mad at what they were doing. It sounded like he wanted to slam the headset down and walk off.

Willie is getting to Uncle Al territory in looking like he has no idea when to call a timeout.

Ugh.