I am originally from the East Bay and I love basketball. The Warriors were a natural pick. I still have some old games on tape from back in the day (I’m only 17, so yes, this is back in the day) of Antawn Jamison, Larry Hughes, Erick Dampier and such. I remember Chris Porter’s afro-like hair and the likes of Vonteego Cummings.

That was my 8th grade year, and the first year I started following hoops. Prior, I’ve always heard Jordan and the Bulls. When Michael Jordan retired, that’s when I actually got into NBA in general. I’m someone who’s always a fan of the under appreciated, so the Bulls were actually my team at first when it was now Pippen’s team. However, my buddy who I’d always talk $hit to (about how Pippen would school Sprewell) actually got me into the Warriors. So from then on out, my teams were both the Bulls and Warriors. When Jordan came back, I actually became an all Warriors fan. I was hella spoiled my first year following the Ws. Sprewell, Webber, Billy Owens, Gatling, Victor Alexander, Mullin, Avery… Yup, what a squad!

oh and those TMC guys too

Baron Davis!

Iono why I like the warriors, its just that I have a strong connection with this team

ever since playing NBA Jam for Sega Genesis and shooting 3’s with Mullin

NBA Jam was great

“FROM DOWN TOWN….YES!”

Became a big fan of his even before he dropped 51 points and killed the Lakes in Game 4 of the Playoffs. I was in elemetary school at the time and I was even called a bandwagon fan. LOL.

As the great Greg Pappa commentated:

" Sleepy Floyd is Superman!!!!" (way before Shaq and Dwight Howard).

I think it was a year before that I became a Dubz fan. I played in a Leisure Services Basketball League and they gave away free Warrior tickets at the end of the season.

I was like, “Whoa. They have a NBA basketball team out here?!!!??” Cuz all I ever saw on TV were the Celtics and the Lakers.

Can’t recall the exact date but we played the San Antonio Spurs. (this was when the Spurs actually sucked).

They gave away free mini basketballs that day and I thought that was the coolest thing in the whole wide world. I immediately became a fan because of the free basketball and because the Warriors won that day. One of the best experiences of my childhood life.

Ever since then, I continued to be a “bandwagon” Golden State Warriors fan.

The end.

I believe you should support your local pro-teams as part of civic/regional pride. I don’t get why you would support a team that represents another region.

So I’ve grown up as a fan of the Raiders, Warriors, A’s, Sharks,… etc. I feel as a fan of sports those of us lucky enough to have pro-teams in our home cities/states should take advantage of them and support them. Not everyone has the luxury of driving 30 minutes to watch pro-athletes play.

What if you lived in Iowa? New Mexico? Etc…

Sure the Bay Area teams currently suck but when they get better it will make that time so much sweeter.

Also as a young PG I loved watching Timmy break ankles.

Watching Run TMC while playing high school hoops in Nor Cal how could I not be a warriors fan. I have had some great time/road trips to the arena and I really hope we turn things around because the fan base is there. We saw it in the Dallas series, give us a decent team and we will come out!

  I was an A’s fan but when the Warriors hired Al Attles as coach I thought that was so cool so I started following Warriors games and was hooked. Soon came to realize it wouldn’t be a smooth ride when they failed to repeat as champs and then let Wilkes go, the first of many of my favorites to be shown the door.

Baron Davis