growing up in SoCal i always been the minority Clippers fan. i respect the Lakers franchise but coming up i could not stand their fan base. the Lakers fan base of the early 2000s was a different breed of arrogance.

one day i turned on a Clippers vs Warriors game and i really liked our red jersey with the Clippers in cursive. since then i gravitated to the team and here i am 2+ decades later. our G-League team being based nearby in Ontario is cool too, i pop in for a few games a season.

i was always the only Clipper fan growing up and man those Laker fans used to talk all kinds of shit to me lol making fun of me for wearing Clippers hat or gear, trying to get me to switch sides. but i consider myself to be somewhat of an underdog so the Clippers really spoke to me. fast forward to today i feel like we may have the brightest future in the league, despite the current dramas.

anyway, where are you all from and what drew you to becoming a Clipper fan?

  • CoteeBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Grew up in Florida in a family that never watched or played basketball. I played and watched football my whole life. At around 19 years old I watched what I imagine to be the 2010-2011 NBA playoffs. I watched from round one to the finals. I watched every team. I started getting really interested. I didn’t have a team that I felt connected to, I just enjoyed watching different teams play styles. . The next two years I started watching any game that was on tv. I really liked two teams. The clippers because I really enjoyed watching CP3. His control of the team was so cool to see. These young guys Steph curry and klay Thompson really caught my attention as well. I also really liked the grizzlies with Zach Randolph and the hawks team with Teague, corver, horford etc.

    I was rooting for the spurs every year in the finals against Miami. I loved kawhi and that whole team really. Something clicked during lob city. It just became my favorite thing to watch. Blake, DJ, Cp3 and then JJ, Jamal. I loved that team. I bought some nba tv package I watched every clippers game from Florida for like 4 years then coincidentally ended up moving to San Diego and I’ve been able to go to a game or two a year ever since. My favorite time being a clippers fan was the year we were beating teams with Lou will, Harrell, gallinari and G league fill ins. That team played so hard and only ever seemed to win off of 4th quarter comebacks. Now we’re ultra talented and super soft.

    I could rant about the clippers all day. I love this team