I’m from Missouri. I chose Grizzlies because the St. Louis Cardinals AAA affiliate (level right below the MLB) is the Memphis Redbirds. Also I was born in Tennessee but I have not lived there since I was 3 years old

  • AleroRatkingBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Central NY and I became a Grizzlies fan because I wasn’t into the NBA and I saw there were two brand new teams that I could immediately become a fan of day 1. So I went with Vancouver over Toronto. I liked the idea of experiencing a franchises entire history (or at least til I die)

  • maltbiscuitsBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m from NZ, it was a perfect storm of moving in with some NBA fans, playing a lot of 2k and listening to a podcast episode about ZBo… Then there was the play-in game against Golden State. I went into the 2021-2022 season thinking I was the new fan of a promising young team that probably weren’t gonna win a lot… and then that season was insane. So now I’m hooked and you’re stuck with me, lol

  • BetleyIsland36BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m from NY. I became a Grizzlies fan because of one of the old 2k games of all things. When I first started watching basketball more I was basically just a LeBron fan so I was kinda a heat fan, and while playing MyCareer I was drafted to the Suns so I kinda followed them for a bit, but then next 2k MyCareer I played I was drafted by the Grizzlies so I started following them a bit, and low and behold this was right at the start of the Grit’n’Grind era and I just completely feel in love with their style and became a full on Grizzlies fan and have stuck around ever since. Combined with being a Boise State fan (cries while thinking of the block-FG TD vs Memphis this year) it makes for a really weird trio of Grizzlies, Boise State, and NY Giants as my 3 favorite sports teams

  • aqueanebeanBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m Australian and adopted the Grizzlies because my partner likes them. He likes them from playing with the Gasol Grizzlies in 2k my career.

  • JGrizz0011BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Living in Richmond, VA right now but went to college at Oklahoma State and was a huge fan of Big Country so when he got drafted by the Grizz that was my team and it stuck. So I’ve been a Grizz fan pretty much since Day 1.

  • BrucehumBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I live in Spain and I am half Canadian. My father is from Vancouver, so I embraced the Vancouver Grizzlies. Toronto Raptors was a far second.

    Then came the move to Memphis, and that is something that doesn’t happen here. So I ‘rejected’ the Grizzlies and Raptors went to first.

    But immediately, the Grizzlies got Gasol, who I liked from Barcelona basket. So then I kept liking 'em Grizzlies.

    Now I like both ‘Canadian’ teams.