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Giannis is now averaging 31-14.5-4 on 63.6% shooting through two Finals games, and his team is +4 in his 75 minutes and -27 in the 21 minutes he's sat, and his knee folded the wrong way nine days ago

— Dan Devine (@YourManDevine) July 9, 2021

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I watched this game at Tash @ Talking Stick Resort and took this picture.


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I've sure noticed a lot of Suns fans are whistling out of the woodwork around my town lately. There are people I've known for a long time that have never even mentioned basketball, let alone the Phoenix Suns, all of a sudden walking around like



and driving around like


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That's pretty common and not much of an issue, IMO. It's fun and exciting when your city's team is on a Championship run.

I remember when Orlando was decent back in 2009/2010. There was a buzz in the city. You'd go downtown on a game night and there'd be massive watch parties and shit. It was a cool experience.
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As recently as 2019, QT’s in Phx gave two Suns tickets if you bought a 12 pack of Coke. Bandwagon gets pretty full during championship runs.
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Like the Royals 5 years or so back.
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In 2006 you could sit behind home plate for like $25
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That's why the "best fans" thing is bullshit. Let the St Loius Cardinals or Green Bay Packers be bottom feeders for 5-10 years and watch those fan bases dry up. It's easy to be a fan when your always near the top.
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Yeah, it's just brand loyalty, and some people don't care if the brand sucks. Plus, when a team sucks, it's not like there's a lot to talk about.

I listened to Royals games on the radio as a kid and caught most of them one way or another, collected cards, etc... but, eventually a bad product falls out of favor for other forms of entertainment. So, compared to someone who for some reason took pride in watching all that shit for years and years, I was more or less a bandwagoner for a few seasons, and now I've gone back to catching the occasional dramatic win on mlb.com.

Same for the Suns (and I'm just a transplant anyway).... they're fun and it's great people around here give a shit about sports for a little while. They've certainly grabbed my attention, but if they were to go back to being a bottom feeder next season.... meh, there's better stuff to do. :-)
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I call this the QuikTrip vs Kwik Trip series.

I’m cheering for QuikTrip.
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My goodness ... Bucks' series +/-

Giannis +4
Middleton -26
Tucker -19
Holiday -19
Lopez -18
Portis -15
Connaughton -12
Forbes -8
Teague -2

— Marcus Thompson (@ThompsonScribe) July 9, 2021

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I've not watched the Suns for a couple of years. I'm not a band wagon fan, I'm a disenfranchised fan. Sarver has been a CRAPPY owner since forever and this time captured lightning in a bottle in his hire of James Jones and Monty Williams. I have no guilt in not supporting a team that's been a joke for the past decade. IMO didn't deserve much support.
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