I’m primarily a football fan (specifically a Jets fan, yeah I know), and while I actually quite like basketball as a game, I had never gotten into the NBA. Now that there seems to be less than a snowball’s chance in Hell of my Jets making it to the playoffs, it seems like the perfect time to start getting into the NBA season! My only dilemma is what team I should root for. I’m mainly deciding between the Knicks and the Nets, I tend to root for the NYC met area above all. That being said, I am completely open to suggestions of other teams, as if I can avoid it, I’d rather not get stuck behind another team as outright cursed as the Jets. So, members of r/nba, which team should I root for?

  • No-Test6484BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Lakers fan. You get to immediately see success for your team. Seeing LeBron play is a treat. I’ve been a fan since 2019 season and have always enjoyed Lakers games. We will also be competitive in the post LeBron era. Somebody will be will come to LA to play with AD.

  • MediocreTakeBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Going to go for a recommendation that isn’t the Nets/Knicks since those seem like the most obvious

    I tend to root for the NYC met area

    There are 10 non-NYC teams that have at least one player who was born in NYC that is starting 10+ minutes a game this season: Cavs, Clippers, Pelicans, Heat, Magic, Pacers, Kings, Pistons, 76ers, and Spurs.

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    I’d rather not get stuck behind another team as outright cursed as the Jets

    None of those teams are debatably as down bad as the Jets. But I’ll use the Jets making it to the AFC Championship in 2011 as the benchmark.

    Only the Clippers, Cavs, Pacers, Heat, and Spurs have been to a conference finals since 2011.

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    there seems to be less than a snowball’s chance in Hell of my Jets making it to the playoffs

    Purely off current betting odds. Vegas thinks the Clippers, Cavs, and Heat are going to be in the playoffs.

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    which team should I root for?

    The Clippers so your friends that root for NY teams don’t punk you for beating a NY guy that likes the Cavs/Heat

  • Weary_Concentrate_22BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Choose the Pistons, they are the worst team in the league but are very young, by the time they are good no one can tell you that you just jumped on the bandwagon.

  • ShittyDentalPlanBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Root for the Nets. The team is stuck with Ben Simmons and needs all the support it can get.

  • mysteryman403BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Definitely the Celtics. Best franchise, best current team, top 3 head coach and a rising star in Jayson Tatum. In addition to that, the fans are great and inviting, and the city of Boston trumps every other city in the NBA!

    Welcome, Harrison Bhakti, to the Boston Celtics fanbase !