Dallas, TX

Born in SA and attended my first Spurs game at age 5 with my Dad in 1988. I fell in love with the Spurs because of the Coyote and after meeting David Robinson.

Dallas, TX

Grew up in Waco and have been rooting for the Spurs since the early 90’s after seeing them play a preseason game at the Ferrell Center at Baylor. Anybody remember the Mr. Robinson’s house commercials? Classic….

Dallas, TX

Grew up in Midland in the 70s and 80s, and I used to get the radio feeds of Spurs games when I was a kid. The Iceman himself hooked me at a young age. Larry Keenan, Billy Paultz, Johnny Moore, love those guys, but the Iceman introduced me to the NBA and I have been a diehard Spur ever since. Loved the Admiral, and TP is my favorite player now, and the most underrated PG in the league! The few guys you see wearing black and silver at Mavs games in BigD might be me CMoney and DennardC. Hate the Mavs!

24, Been into the Spurs ever since I thought David Robinson was the only one who could do a double front flip flaming slam dunk in NBA Jam (back in 93). Had I known that Vlade Divac could do the same, last night might not have sucked…

Los Angeles, CA

When i first started playing bball as a kid, I loved (and still love) Sean Elliot and the U of A. I started following the Spurs when they drafted him and of course I came to love DRob. I grew up mainly overseas, so I didn’t have many opportunities to watch the Spurs except for big games… but I still followed them. I did get to watch games such as Strickland’s legendary pass to no one. The first time I ever saw a Spurs game live was when I saw them play the Bullets in DC. It was the season before we drafted Duncan and I was so disappointed because DRob and so many were injured. At least I got to see Elliot.

Born in Dallas and raised in San Antonio. I now live in Brooklyn.

My Dad took me to my first Spurs games at Hemisfair and we saw Michael Jordan in action—I snaped a picture and he missed a free throw. I went and stood in line to get an autograph with Sean Elliot at the Gunn Auto Dealership out on I-35. I got a pic with him but all I remember was his horrendous BO. I snuck into the Trinity University gym to watch Robinson film a Mr. Robinson’s neighborhood commercial (Great commercials!). I have always felt like they were a part of what’s important to me and they play the game the way I like to play life -with honor, dignity, discipine, intelligence, hustle, and heart.

On a side note: I got engaged (about to be married) to a woman from France. Being from Texas, I never ever thought that kind of cross-cultural connection would happen for me but I really lucked out because she is actually follows the Spurs because of TP. Also, I’ve found that the San Antonio Spurs are a great topic of conversation with people from around the world and I think that’s awesome.

Go Spurs Go! (Allez Allez Spurs!)

Jeff in Cincinnati Ohio.

Born in a small eastern Ohio town and moved to Columbus, OH with my Mother as a 9 year old kid in 1976. Soon thereafter, I attended a pre-season basketball game with the Celtics and Spurs. Not sure of the exact year, but John Havlicheck is from my hometown and played at Ohio State. For several years, he brought a team into play a pre-season charity game. At this particular game, I was freaked out by Ice and how he played the game. I made sure to visit an Uncle in Cleveland one time when the Spurs were there and Ice went for 44. Magical to a kid of my age.

First trip to Texas was to see a bad, bad Spurs team with Walter Berry, Vernon Maxwell and Cadillac Anderson. Got all of their autographs at the RiverCenter Mall. Very exciting. Had a girlfriend whose Mom worked for an airline (TWA). She allowed me to go on a “stand by” trip to SA with her to visit friends, who were freaked out at the prospect of a Spurs fan from Ohio. They hooked me up with game tix at the old HemisFair.

Lived in Cincinnati for almost 13 years now and make at least one trip to town per year to fulfill my fix. Got the wife (who is not my old girlfriend sshhhh) now hooked on Texas BBQ, Rio Rio Cantina and MiTierra….and oh yes, the Mexican Talevera art at El Mercado…....but nobody up this way has that kind of thing, so its cool to us northerners. It keeps her coming back, so I’m down with it.

The Spurs were not always the always winning, high class operation that they are now. feel fortunate and lucky that they have developed that way. Particularly these days.

Little Rock, AR

I’m 21 and, like most people around my age I was spoiled by growing up watching the likes of Michael, Hakeem, Scottie, Robinson, Stockton, and Malone. After Jordan retired, I stopped following the NBA for several years (although I did play lots of NBA Live 04). I got back into NBA my freshman year of college (05-06 season), because my roomate was from SA and was a huge Spurs fan. As a kid I loved the Bulls and the Jazz, but now I appreciate the sound fundamentals and teamwork of the Spurs. Also, being from Arkansas, I have mixed feelings about Texans, but I (arbitrarily) decided that the Spurs represented everything that is good about Texas, whereas the Mavs represent all the undesirables. I think I’m right about that.

I was born in Argentina in 1986, yeah, that’s right, the same year Argentina won the World Cup and Maradona was brilliant. I came to the US in 2000, deciding to forever spite Lou Dobbs.
I guess I’m the newbie here, I heard about the Spurs back in ‘05 when a teacher in my spanish class told us we should be proud of what Manu was doing in the NBA. I occasionally watched some games that season, but to be honest, wasn’t really that interested. And yes, I missed game 7 of the finals, stone me.
Having realized the errors of my way, I started to seriously follow them the next season, and reading Charley Rosen’s articles gave me a greater understanding of the game. Since then I have fallen in love with the Spurs and basketball. The articles and comments here are great, and since I don’t know shit about bball, I try to do my best to add funny comments that have nothing to do with strategy or matchups.
I haven’t yet seen a Spurs game live, it’s on my list of things to do before I die. Between setting up a 300 gallon aquarium and learning to drive ( shut up, stop making fun of me, I’ll kick your ass at Forza!).

eric.

raised in McAllen, Texas (Rio Grande Valley, w00t!). Now live in Brooklyn. born in ‘85, first memory was when TD was drafted. i was a big jordan fan and didn’t really care about any other teams. i remember driving down the street with my friend and his mom and hearing they got the first pick in the lottery and were taking duncan. at that point i became hooked.

you guys are awesome.

I am originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico. I got my first degree at Trinity University in San Antonio in 1993. During those formative years I became a Spurs fan and I will be a Spurs fan for life.

I would have to say that Tim Duncan is my favorite Spur of all time. The guy is just too cool in a nerdy sort of way. He is so much the anti-Kobe and anti-Shaq in his personality, and I really appreciate that. Of course, he also plays basketball with a brilliance not often seen in a big man.

Now I only get to see the Spurs live when they play the Blazers and Sonics (but probably not when they play the Sonics anymore), but that is good enough thanks to the miracle of modern HDTV.

San Antonio, TX

Moved to Texas in 97 and started watching during the 99 playoffs and immedietely fell in love.

I found a pack of basketball cards on the ground, covered in snow, on my way back from buying baseball cards. And the first card on the top was a David Robinson 1989 rookie of the year card, flipped it over, found out he was in the Navy and thought that was the coolest thing in the world to a little kid, and bam. Ive been a fan since the days of the Admiral, JR Reid, Willie Anderson, Sean Elliot, Vinny Del Negro, Carl Herrera.

First game was in March of 2004 in Oakland, they lost to the Warriors, got torched by MIke Dunleavy of all people, and Tim Duncan didnt play….and that was my first and only nba/spurs game to date, go figure.

Favorite Spur of all time is, of course, David Robinson.

Paul

Lived in San Antonio since I was 4. Go to school in Chicago now. Been to a bunch of Spurs games since the Hemisfair days. Can’t say that I have a favorite, but my top 4 are the Admiral, Duncan, Elliot, and Captain Jack.

24, houston, as the screen name would indicate. however, i’m moving back to san antonio next week, so i’m sort of having an identity crisis.

anyhow, i was born i austin and moved to san antonio when i was a baby. we had season tickets from when i was 4 til the season right before we got duncan, when we couldn’t even give the tickets away. so we got rid of them and then the spurs got good. i went to college in iowa so i only got to see nationally televised games, and now all i get is every shitty rockets game, so i’m looking forward to moving back so i can watch every game, esp. the ones on my35 with sean elliott announcing. some spurs claims to fame: i met dale ellis when i was in third grade, i saw dennis rodman at the mall in fourth grade, i waited on antonio daniels as well as tim duncan on separate occasions.

Jon

Born and raised in the great city of San Antonio. My dad took me to my first game in ‘89 to see Big Dave and crew take on the Indiana Pacers. I was 8 at the time. Our seats were at the very top and I still think it’s cool that in the Hemesfair you could walk all the way from the top to the court without having to change the stairwells. Anyway, that was when I officially became a fan. I watched the Spurs and started collecting basketball cards and with all of my sets I would record every game result, score and highlights of the game every season. I even had lucky cards that I would pull out and stare at if the guys needed a lil extra “help.”

And so, my affliction for the Spurs has lasted until now and probably until the day I die or contract Alzheimer’s in which case just tell me everyday that the Spurs won since I probably won’t remember anyway.

but S.A. born and raised. Have a day job (retail) but sing in a band (rock) at night. I’m married and have 3 offspring (all spurs fans although the baby doesn’t know it yet). The wife tries to get into it with me, even sports a Spurs jersey, but doesn’t REALLY get into it (Godbless her though, she tries). I’ve been aware (dad was a fan) of the Spurs since the Iceman, Johnny Moore, Gene banks, and Artis Gilmore days but was just a kid. I didn’t really start understanding and getting into it around the time of Willie Anderson, (right before we got Dave and Sean). I liked Willie, too bad his shins were so brittle. I get to about 2 or 3 games a year, usually by winning tickets at work or on the radio but I watch almost EVERY game on the T.V., even pre season. While I lived in L.A. county (Baldwin Park) i realized that although I HATED the Lakers, their fans didn’t hate the Spurs. I could sport a Jersey and I hardly got a second look. I realize now why that is, it just threw at the time. Anyway, I dig PtR, love the Spurs and look forward to my continued fandom, win or lose. GO SPURS

andrew – born, raised and still living in perth, western australia

i’ve never even been to the US, and have no family there at all, so i had no geographic ties to any team. my spurs fandom started due to a magazine article back in about 1990 (when i was 13). basketball coverage here in australia was almost non-existent (1 game a week shown at about 11pm on a friday night), so magazines were the primary source of info. there used to be a magazine called “basketball digest”, a little black and white monthly mag. anyway, they had an article in one issue about the best centre in the NBA at the time, and david robinson was number 1. that was enough for me, who at that time didn’t really identify with any team. been a fan ever since.

hopefully gonna make it to north america for a holiday sometime in the next year, timing it to coincide with the 08/09 season and thus a chance to catch a game at the AT&T centre.

(also a pacers fan, but to a lesser degree).

This will push this thread into the recommended fan posts.

Has been lurking for a long time. I live in Jackson, TN., but grew up in S.A. I became a Spurs fan in the late 70’s/early 80’s. I went to a few games at Hemisfair, and a few in the “dead armadillo”, but haven’t made it to the AT&T Center for a game yet. Though I did buy my latest Spurs hat there last time I was in town (strangely dissapointed in the gift shop).

My Tennessee wife has become a Spurs fan, and my 4 year old is a Spurs fan unless they are playing somebody with a blue jersey (nobody specific, he just loves him some blue!)

I’ve been reading this site since late last season, just never took the time to join. I love the honesty and the writing I find here. The political post was pure genius, and I almost died laughing while reading the different superstitions we all deal with! I also love the fact that for the most part, you guys have respect for other teams fans. Of course, I would expect nothing else from the fans of the classiest organization in the league!

I’m new to this whole blogging thing, so not sure if it will become a habit or not, but I’ll still be here lurking! Forever proud to be a Spurs fan!

Seth
Colorado Springs, CO

Born and raised in New Mexico. Moved to Texas (West for several years going to school, then DFW, SA and Austin working for a company in all those places) after high school. Moved to Colorado about 4 years ago to be close to mountains and hunting and kayaking and snow. Became a SPURS fan as a kid, because there was nothing cooler than following a guy everyone referred to as “Ice.” Fell quickly in love with the team and followed through highs and many lows. Enter Lt. Robinson, USNA. The only possible thing cooler than a guy named Iceman, was a guy who aced the Naval Academy, paid his dues to the country, and then later joined my team to become one of the game’s all-time best big men. Enter Merlin. The only thing cooler than one of the game’s all-time best big men is the game’s best ever PF. The quiet personality, the class and dignity, the discipline. The commitment to staying in school before it became so trendy. And then there’s my sweet Manu. Watched live his first NBA game and saw something special then, and my heart hasn’t been mine since.

Growing up, attended many games at the HemisFair and from then on have been hooked. Forced my entire family into SPURS-worship when they weren’t even basketball fans. Have been really blessed to see some great moments in SPURS history, and will always be a fan. It’ll probably be awhile for us all to realize how truly blessed we are in being a part of this organization, and I’m constantly amazed at how far the franchise has come. I can remember being a fan of a good team who never could quite crack into the upper level, and suddenly in the past decade or so we’ve become one of the game’s best dynasties. We’re so fortunate to have these guys (and really the majority of ALL of our guys over the years) as such stellar role models and pillars of class and honor, and I’m proud to be part of the community that is the San Antonio SPURS.

And I freakin’ love the community of PtR. I love knowing that there’s fanatics just like me all over the world, and we’re all sharing in the same modern days highs and lows together.

Hi I’m Robert

I’ve grown up in San Antonio and I’m still here. Don’t plan on going anywhere.

I was 9 when I learned who the Spurs were. My old man took me to a regular season game vs the Atlanta Hawks in 1995. The next year I went to the NBA Jam Session in 1996 when the All-Star game was in town. Thats when I really started to understand what the NBA was about. I was always a fan and as I got older I really started to follow them more. I started watching NBA games and Spurs games religiously around 2001. Now I’m a basketball nerd. And I love the Spurs too.

Tokyo, Japan.

I was born and raised in Bologna, Italy, and I’ll be in Japan for another couple of months before I go back home.

As you probably know, our hero, Manu Ginobili, used to play for my hometown team, Virtus Bologna, back in 2000-2002 and, believe me, it was already a pleasure to watch him drain looong three pointers, dunk on big men, make impossible layups and come up big in the clutch. There are some videos on YouTube with highlights from his European days, and if you haven’t already, I suggest you watch them.

So Manu’s the main reason I’m here, but as I followed his success in the NBA, I came to appreciate the Spurs organization, their way of making business and the importance they give to defense in a heavily offense-oriented league. The more I know about Tim Duncan, the more I think he’s not only one of the game’s legends, but also a great person, and that’s so rare for guys that make that much money.

I watched my first full Spurs game in 2005, on NBA.com. It was the NBA Finals, game 1.

Round Rock, Texas

I was born in Dallas, moved to Denver CO, and became a Broncos fan because my aunt had season tix and we traveled some….(first game I watched in person was The Drive…it doesn’t get too much better than that.) Moved back to Austin when I was 10, lived in a po-dunk town called Buda.

My first Spurs moment was hearing about “The Admiral”. I had been a great football fan, and really liked the class that Elway had shown on and off the field. It means a lot to me to have a quality team to follow, where you aren’t playing “count the tattoos on the superstars” or hearing about your beloved players in the wrong way. Everything I had heard about Robinson was top-notch, and following him and the Spurs became a favorite thing for me, as I eventually looked forward to the basketball season more than the football season. Then watching Robinson score 71 against the Clippers to win the scoring title over Shaq (who I already loathed) was just cream on the top (yes—whipped cream :D ) I enjoyed the Spurs throughout the years….from the drafting of Duncan (and laughing at my long-time best friend who loves the Mavs and went “well crap, you’ll win like 4 or 5 titles with that guy” (how right he was) to watching them close the Lakers out in the Forum, to watching the Memorial Day Miracle…and having the cops come to my house because I was screaming so loud the neighbors thought I was on fire or something….

My favorite player has got to be Tim. In an increasingly popular “one man show” world of sports where the individual is placed above the team, Tim has known all along that without quality playerS, you don’t win. He could have easily won the MVP from 2002-2007, and not one person would have argued. Being a player of the game myself (as well as the wife and several friends) it is highly amusing to find out that he is an avid Dungeons and Dragons player, and loves to go to Renaissance fairs and camp out in front of his TV and play video games. The Spurs as a team are also the most fan-friendly, easily approachable people I know….from someone-can’t remember-walking up to RC and Fab and saying “welcome to SA Fab” and being thanked for it later, to a friend of mine actually running into Pop at the local HEB in SA and Pop was like “hey how are you? Oh, you follow the team? Cool! How do you think we are doing, what do you think we can do better?” Imagine doing that to Pierce or KG or even Kobe? They all have posse’s and entourages and such that prevent the every-day fan from going “dude, hey how are you???” It’s very refreshing, and is what made me a fan of this team until the day I die.

Michael.

Born in Ankara, Turkey, raised in the Bay Area, CA, US, mainly either San Mateo, Foster City and Burlingame.

I’ve been a Spurs fan since 1989 and my favorite player, before Manu, was always David Robinson. He was magnetic and athletic and charismatic and all those things and I was always impressed by how good a defender he was, which was sometimes lost among his offensive accomplishments. And he used to do cool alley-oops back in the day.

I can’t really say I have any reason to be a Spurs fan. I’ve never set foot in Texas, let alone San Antonio. But just when I was getting into hoops the Warriors held no interest for me and it felt too boring and bandwagonerish to root for the Bulls or Lakers, who my old man liked. So I went for a squad completely off anyone’s radar. Plus, the uniforms were totally kick ass (still are).

Austin, Tx

went to a game in the very early 90’s. wasnt even a basketball fan at the time. i loved how the crowd was louder than a slayer concert and super drunk. was a spurs fan ever since.

san antonio, tx born and raised, mike

was 6 or so during my first exposure to the spurs. the excitement of drafting robinson in ‘87. My first game was at the hemisphere with my older brother and his date (hehe, i was a big brother’s worst nightmare that night.) I remember Maurice Cheeks that night. Willie and Cadillac were my fav players while we waited for Dave to fulfill his commitment to the Navy. Then Sean and the DOG POUND! I had a dog pound bone-shaped foam-thingy when i was younger but its lost now. Still have my Rodman Do or Die poster hanging on my wall.

Mauro here…... lets just say that im argentinian…....
still i’ve been following the spurs since Duncan’s rookie season, when MJ retired the Robinson-Duncan combo was too much to stay away from the NBA (of course it helped they won a championship in 99…..yeah im a bandwagoner in some way but I kept with the spurs even when the Kobe-Shaq lakers won those 3 championships) and then a thing called Emanuel ginobili went to that little team, so now the 20 is hanging in my house!

brian
born in nebraska but raised in san antonio
now living in chiba, japan
spurs fan since my consciousness first gained awareness
visit my parents in san antonio about once a year
still don’t think the lakers are that good…

My name is Jason and I was born in SA and raised in Austin. I became a Spurs fan in 1990 during the Admiral’s rookie season. Ninja was always my favorite player as a kid, because I thought he had a cool nickname, but I loved the Spurs as a team. When my parents wouldn’t let me stay up to watch or listen to the Spurs games I would sneak a little handheld radio into my bed and fall asleep with my ear against the speaker so I could listen to the WOAI broadcast. Most of my early Spurs memories are from the sound of the radio, rather than TV or live, since my family didn’t have cable and I was the only Spurs fan.

Now I live and work in Palestine. I’m the country director for an NGO that does leadership development work with Palestinian children and youth. I get up at 3:30 or 4am for every Spurs playoff game and go over to a friends house to watch it. PTR has made this season one of my favorites (despite the unhappy ending) because I have had so many people to share the season with.

Got into the NBA like everyone else in my country: watching MJ play in the playoffs, with some RS snippets every Saturday in the legendary “NBA’s Magic” show. Ask Manu, or any other Argentine player, and they’ll all tell you the same story.

Then the Lakers came around, and they were annoying.

Then Manu was drafted by the Spurs, and it was a known fact despite Manu not being that famous at the time. “The Spurs? Who?” And Duncan won some MVPs. “Ah, the Spurs. Right. Duncan and Robinson.” Time passed.

One day I was watching Argentina play against a bunch of foreigners and a boy in white and blue penetrated all the way down to the hoop, lightning quick, dodging about three tall dudes and dunking the friggin’ ball. “WHO’S THAT?” ”...Ginobili, I guess?” “Who?” Three minutes later I’d forgotten about him again. But he did it three more times in that game, and I didn’t forget his name any more.

And when Manu was about to go to the NBA, I started watching the Spurs. Haven’t stopped yet. I was always looking for a team to root form, instead of a player, and finally found the Spurs. I like the organization, the people, the history, and the philosophy. And I like the fans.

Here to stay.

Tomas, Austin, Texas, 30 years old. Born in San Antonio.

Spurs connection: my parents were part of Angelo Drossos’ original ownership group that brought the Spurs to San Antonio from Dallas. We used to have seats right near the visitors’ bench; Tree Rollins fell on my mom and my brother nearly got into a fight with Terry Porter in the 91 (I think) playoffs after Clyde Drexler blocked a Willie Anderson dunk attempt. I like to say I’ve been going to games literally my entire life, as my mom would go to games when she was pregnant with me. I suffered through the losing Alvin Robertson years, the Johnny Dawkins injury and Johnny Moore Desert Fever, so I feel like the Spurs’ recent success is especially sweet.

I loved Big Dave, and then Timmy, but I’ve got to say, right now Manu may be my favorite human outside of my wife and son. This Lakers series was really painful for me because of that.

Abilene, Texas

Long time lurker, only with a post or two in my two years following this site (none on the new site), but I’m always hanging aroung reading.

Grew up outside of Austin in the 70’s and 80s and was a diehard Spurs and Sixers fan. The stupid Barkley trade to Phoenix left me a one-team man. Suffered through the Gervin trade, the Bob Hill years (or all-hat-no-cattle, as I like to call them), the Rod Strickland no-look into the first row (painful), the Mo Cheeks era at point, the Derek Anderson experiment, and finally the Pop era and winning. As bad as the Lakers loss hurts (because I still believe the Spurs are much better than they played), it’s hard to get too upset when I think back to those gut-wrenching playoff losses in the pre-title years. Particularly the Strickland pass in the WCF against Portland. But of course, looking back now, if we win that game, Bob Hill hangs around a lot longer and the 99 title may never have happened. So, each devastation may be a character-building event for the next success.

TD is, of course, the man and you can’t talk about the best players in the world without mentioning Manu, but I have a particular fondness for Tony. He’s never exactly what we want him to be, but when you look at where he was in his rookie year and where he is now, the growth trajectory is huge. Other than Duncan (and maybe D-Rob), I’m not sure any player arrived in SA with that kind of pressure – replacing a fan-fave, game-winning shot-hitting, gritty, blue collar PG like Avery.

Isabel, born in North Carolina… but I got to SA as soon as I could. I’ve been a Spurs fan since as long as I can remember… So many mostly wonderful memories of my Spurs…

David Robinson deciding to come to SA… he changed the franchise – but more importantly he changed this city.

I remember calling my sisters on the phone and yelling when it appeared that the little ping pong ball might have just dropped our way. And then when the NBA announced the number 2 winner and Bob Bass could hardly contain himself.

Watching Charles Barkley hit that jumper over David’s outstretched arms and close out the loudest Arena ever.

Cheering Sean and watching him hit that improbable shot over Rasheeds arms with 35,000 of my closest friends.

Watching Timmy hug the trophy in New York and deciding we had to be part of the celebration downtown. Being amongst thousands of similary minded fans all high fiving one another and police officers and cab drivers and… and… and. And not one fight and not one car fire and having a communal group hug experience with an entire city.

Being part of the Avery Johnson revival service to celebrate Championship numero uno in the Alamodome. Say what you will about AJ, but the man can talk.

Being at the 1999 championship parade and watching Pop cheering and thanking the fans in his dripping t-shirt. It was a hot day shared with 250,000 crazy fools.

Reading that David Robinson cut his vacation short in order to try to convince Timmy D that he should re-sign with the Spurs.

Having the first of many “Did you just see that?” moments after Manu Ginobili starts to dribble to the basket, while wrapping the ball around his waist 1 & 1/2 times (540 degrees) and only taking 2 big steps and comingthisclose to making the shot. It was instantaneous love.

Steve Kerr beating the will of the Mavericks all by himself.

Watching Big Dave have the story book ending to his career with a retirement party at Game 6 of the Finals against New Jersey. (Seriously, why hasn’t a movie been made?)

Steve Kerr showing Stephen Jackson the correct method of wearing bling at the 2003 celebration.

Being in Phoenix for Game 1 of the 2005 WCFinals and watching Manu hit that wonderful half court shot to end the 1st qtr. Being aware that you and your friend are the only Spurs fans in the near vicinity when they all turn around trying to locate the screaming enemy within their midst.

Winning the 2005 championship in an exciting game 7 on our home court. I still carry that ticket and a piece of confetti from that night in my wallet.

Watching Manu hit that amazing 3 during the closing seconds of Game 7 of the 2006 WCFinals against Dallas and telling your friend that it’s not over yet, because you remember the .04 series against the Lakers.

Tony Parker coming into his own in 2007 and making it look easy against the Cavs.

Sorry to make this so long, but I could go on and on… and I hope to in 2009!

GO SPURS GO!

Name is Heath. Born in Lubbock, but raised in San Antonio. I just turned 40. Captain in the Air Force. I went to San Antonio College and graduated from UTSA with a EE. Been many different places while in the Air Force. I watched the 2007 championship from Afghanistan. I was the first fan to paint my face which I did at the Lakers-Spurs game in 1999 when Timmeh hit the last second shot. I was also a part of the first group of fans that drove around down town honking our horns and going crazy. Also, after the Timmeh game. There were a bunch of homeless people and city street workers with brooms out dancing. After a week or two, 50,000 people began to drive around town. But, the original group was only like 5 cars. We kept circling down town going down commerce street. It was awesome.

Was at the Timmeh three point game against the Suns. Was at game 2 of Spurs-Knicks series in 1999. The Laker sweep in 1999 was my best memory as a Spur fan. I almost had a stroke during the victory celebration. Hearing Mario Elie say, “The Forum is shut down, it is shut down for the last time” was sweet. Breaking up the Shaq-Kobe dynasty was right there also. Seeing Fisher crying and Kobe with that hollowed out look on his face was pure magic.

just the facts.

austin, tx
been here since ‘84 (i’ve been here since ‘80)
been a fan since david robinson was a rookie. them days of willie anderson, terry cummings, and the admiral were good stuff.

Jared, 30, Dallas, TX

Born in SA, lived in surrounding parts of SA for a few years, moved to Houston (and then the Rockets won 2 titles – ugh), then moved to Dallas after high school (and then the Mavs got good all of the sudden). My first introduction to the Spurs was in grade school where we had a sort of field trip to see one of the Spurs practices. I got to meet Artis Gilmore (he’s the only one I remember meeting). I started following the Spurs right before Robinson got there, and when he arrived, that cemented my fanhood. Most of my years as a fan have been in the two other towns of Texas, so it seems I’ve always been the outsider. I haven’t been able to run into too many Spurs fans, but at least the rest of my family have relocated here, so I always got them. One cool thing about being a Spurs fan in Dallas is being able to hold our superiority over Mavs fans’ heads. Anyway, I’ve only posted a handful of times on this site, but I’ve been one of the lurkers since playoff time last year. I love the PtR crew – y’all rock!

in laker country. my neighbor is a big laker fan. friends at work are lakers fans. i sure wish the spurs record vs. lakers in the last 10 was better than 2-4.

i grew up in san antonio, from 10 until 23 minus a few semesters in san angelo and san marcos. my dad had season tickets to the spurs the first year they raised the roof in the hemisfair arena. i’d heard of the ice man before than, but he became legend for me then. spurs became legend for me then. they are forever the biggest part of my sports viewing soul.

Adam, 28, Sherman Oaks, California. Graduated from the college in Westwood and currently studying to go back to Business School. (So I will be MIA for awhile!)

Grew up in California my entire life and I became a Spurs fan when I saw my first David Robinson Commerical back in 1990!

Only seen a couple of Spurs game live..but one I saw was when Manu scored 40 points against the Clippers and they won the game I think in Overtime, with Horry blocking Livingston at the end!