How Paul Pierce is treated in LA

[PosImpos]

I respectfully disagree that 90% of Laker fans do not know that he is from LA.

I think you're overestimating the actual NBA knowledge of 90% of Laker fans.  I bet most of them don't even know what team originally drafted Kobe, or that Pau has a brother playing in the league.

I don't know about that..they all seem pretty knowledgeable, at least from when I've chatted with them on their blog.

Anybody on a blog is not representative of the majority of their fanbase...even in New England I'm sure the percentage of fans that actually read up on the team online and post on blogs like this one are fewer than 5%.  

True, but the majority of Lakers fans in the blog world are very knoweledgable.

The Lakers are very much a public/bandwagon team, so you get a lot of casual fans. Just a part of success. (unless you're the Spurs  )

Precisely my point.

[Mizzy21390]

As far as I know, he doesn't get smacked in the head with a champagne bottle and then stabbed a dozen times with a hunting knife by a bunch of wannabes when he goes to clubs in LA.

Look, I have lived in Socal for like 5 years now and I hate Lakers fans ridiculous style.

But many of them grew up watching championship hoops, and they aren't dummies like most other fans.

And people in LA are just excited to see a celebrity of any kind, when you get down to it. They aren't going to get all Celtic Pride on a fool. Or maybe, they actually have their own life going on and just ignore a dude.

I swear, I love Boston. Born and raised, went to college there, worked downtown for 15 years and didn't move until I was past 30. But it is brutal seeing all the other billion New England transplants out here rocking Boston sports gear at all times. It's like a Red Sox hat is a required uniform or something. What are you, 12 years old?

Best part is, 90% of them are from outside of Route 128.

I don't think this is fair to say... I wasn't born in Boston, but might as well have, because I've lived 16 of my 20 years there. I now live in a suburb 10-15 minutes walk to Mattapan, (a city in Boston). I agree sometimes it bothers me that there are people wearing the gear without knowing what Celtics pride is.. or even Sox hats, Bruins shirts, etc.. without really knowing. And that there are some people who just wear it because we're in the city.

But I don't think that people living outside of 128 should be excluded just because they don't live in Boston if that is what you're saying. (Correct me if I'm wrong). But yea, Boston is the only one represented in almost all sports, like someone else mentioned. What do you have to say about the Pats?

I don't really understand this post, but if you're trying to say that people in NH, Maine, RI, CT, shouldn't represent Boston teams because they're not from Boston, that not fair..

[Celtics1990]

oh yeah, i live west of 128 and don't have any celtics gear but have been a celtics fan a long long time
what does where you live have to do with anything?
Oh wait I understand, if you don't live in indianapolis proper you can't root for the pacers, right? 

No, you can definitely root for them. We are all fans. I just don't get why every single Boston transplant has to rock a Red Sox hat at all times once they move from the place, lol.

Reminds me of the 40-year old dudes who wear an authentic jersey and bring their own glove to Fenway.

Sports not life or death in Socal. People probably just say, "s'up, Paul," when they see him.

Maybe they just want to represent where they came from.  Wearing the hat everyday reminds them of home and the teams that they grew up rooting for.  I've literally worn a sox hat everyday for the last 5 years, if I ever moved there's no way I'd stop wearing it just because I'm in a different city.

[Mogreen17]

Topics like this make me wonder what you think about Celtics fans that aren't from Boston.

Or not from America at all, for that matter.

Well I'm not from America and I'm an avid Celtics fan.

I don't think you have to be from a particular city to be a fan of their team. However, I do believe that you should have some sort of connection to the city (school, work etc.)

Put it this way, I'll never criticize someone for wearing anything Celtic related even if I found that they know nothing about the franchise.

To me, its just one more fan rooting for my team.

[buzz]

Maybe they just want to represent where they came from.  Wearing the hat everyday reminds them of home and the teams that they grew up rooting for.  I've literally worn a sox hat everyday for the last 5 years, if I ever moved there's no way I'd stop wearing it just because I'm in a different city.

I hear you, but...

1. Not just talking about the fanatics. It's basically all of them, all the time. It's like a uniform for transplants and tourists or something. I always get mocked for not wearing one or having a ridonkulous accent.

2. Very few of them are actually from Boston. I see millions of these dudes down here in San Diego. I'll be like, right on, I'm from Brighton and they'll be like, where's that? If you need a map to get to Fenway, slow down on the perpetual Sox hats is all I am saying here. The only other fans who are like that are Raiders fans, and it's a gang-affiliation for many of them, lol.

[Mogreen17]

Maybe they just want to represent where they came from.  Wearing the hat everyday reminds them of home and the teams that they grew up rooting for.  I've literally worn a sox hat everyday for the last 5 years, if I ever moved there's no way I'd stop wearing it just because I'm in a different city.

I hear you, but...

1. Not just talking about the fanatics. It's basically all of them, all the time. It's like a uniform for transplants and tourists or something. I always get mocked for not wearing one or having a ridonkulous accent.

2. Very few of them are actually from Boston. I see millions of these dudes down here in San Diego. I'll be like, right on, I'm from Brighton and they'll be like, where's that? If you need a map to get to Fenway, slow down on the perpetual Sox hats is all I am saying here. The only other fans who are like that are Raiders fans, and it's a gang-affiliation for many of them, lol.

TP on the Fenway criteria. That should be the benchmark that gives you the right to be a Celtic fan 

[buzz]

TP on the Fenway criteria. That should be the benchmark that gives you the right to be a Celtic fan 

Thanks. I have clowned many a Yankees fan from upstate or Jersey by asking them what subway station their stadium is at.

You can be a real fan from anywhere, but if you are gonna play like you are Joe Superfan, you should at least know how to get to an actual game, lol.

[ThaPreacher]

I respectfully disagree that 90% of Laker fans do not know that he is from LA.

I think you're overestimating the actual NBA knowledge of 90% of Laker fans.  I bet most of them don't even know what team originally drafted Kobe, or that Pau has a brother playing in the league.

LOL,
how true.

but while knowledge requires information,  hating is easy.
I'm certain they know well, the Truth, that slayed them.

[Kiorrik]

Topics like this make me wonder what you think about Celtics fans that aren't from Boston.

Or not from America at all, for that matter.

Well I'm not from America and I'm an avid Celtics fan.

I don't think you have to be from a particular city to be a fan of their team. However, I do believe that you should have some sort of connection to the city (school, work etc.)

Put it this way, I'll never criticize someone for wearing anything Celtic related if I went on to find out that they know nothing about franchise.

To me, its just one more fan rooting for the team I love.

Hm.

Well, my connection to Boston *IS* the Celtics.

There.