SPIN: What happened to appreciating a player/team...without being a "stan"?

[Taadow]

What happened to that?

 

[Stone]

Stans been in existence since forever, even Jesus had them.

 

[Taadow]

Stans been in existence since forever, even Jesus had them.

Yeah, but Jesus also had niccas that respected his G and still didn't diccride him, like Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea.

Anyway...keep it Sports-Hop, fam.

 

[Stone]

Yeah, but Jesus also had niccas that respected his G and still didn't diccride him, like Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea.

Anyway...keep it Sports-Hop, fam.

On a sports tip, I think it's just one of the things that got popular with the internet.

Then you have to think of how good the leagues at marketing their players like with MJ in the 90s.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

As a Kobe stan I can say that I've been at war wit nikkaz arguing for over half my life. I think stans are a symptom of the NBA's focus on superstar players, the 24/7 sports cycle , and the internet boom. After the NBA decided to market superstars beginning with Jordan all those player stans became prevalent. How many stans in football or baseball? Only in the NBA does stan-fukkery take place...

 

[Taadow]

As a Kobe stan I can say that I've been at war wit nikkaz arguing for over half my life. I think stans are a symptom of the NBA's focus on superstar players, the 24/7 sports cycle , and the internet boom. After the NBA decided to market superstars beginning with Jordan all those player stans became prevalent. How many stans in football or baseball? Only in the NBA does stan-fukkery take place...

I can see why this could be said, and I agree somewhat.

But Stanism is not limited to NBAitude. The main issue with Stanism is often times it blinds people from objectivity, and that happens in all sports.