Who are the oldest ISH users/watched NBA the longest

[deja vu]

I'll be 34 next month. Started watching the NBA in 1987.

[Droid101]

Watching since 92 or so.

Favorite teams morphed from Bulls, Spurs, to Lakers.

Favorite players morphed from Pippen, Duncan, to Rodman.

I have a Duncan jersey I bought around 99, Vince Carter jersey from like 2002, and a LeBron jersey from 2003 (hehe) before he played a single game.

Oh, how the times change.

[TheMan]

I'm going to be 42 in a few weeks, that makes me ancient here. Been watching and really paying attention since about 83-84, my first favorite Bulls player was Reggie Theus and I can still remember Artis Gilmore. I can even remember snippets of the Supersonics championship in 79 but I was too young to really know what was going on. I started really following the NBA, well actually the Bulls when I was about 11-12 years old, before that, baseball and the White Sox were my first sports/team I loved.

[dyna]

I'll be 32 next friday...

[Laker4Lyfe]

Turned Fabulous 50 two weeks ago

Been watching the Lakers since late 70's.

[poido123]

Turned Fabulous 50 two weeks ago

Been watching the Lakers since late 70's.

Well done on your 50th.

I hope to live that long...

[KungFuJoe]

40 here. Been playing/watching basketball since I was 12/13 years old.

Grew up loving the Lakers and hating the Bulls. Except Jordan. He was always my favorite player. Can't hate the GOAT.

[Lebron23]

27 yrs.old

Started posting here when I was 19/20.

[WillC]

Been watching NBA since Mikan's rookie year..

Then you'd know that Mikan was a rookie in the NBL not NBA, fool.

[WillC]

I wish there was a better forum online. Somewhere without complete anonymity and where the forums were actually properly moderated. With the two major forums you have one extreme in the other. Here it is a free for all, no order, no moderation, you have to sift through mounds of cat shit to get to the substance. At realgm they've fostered an allegiance to constantly evolving strains of advanced stats du jour. Good basketball conversation is all but gone from there, it reminds me now of my least favorite college classes.

I completely agree with you.

I can't decide what I prefer; neither are perfect. We need something between the two.

I've been a member of RealGM since September 2002. I admire how strictly they moderate the forums, but nearly all of the discussion about the all-time greats (i.e. the stuff I'm interested in discussing) revolves around advanced statistics. They have their place, but it goes over the top at times.

[G.O.A.T]

I completely agree with you.

I can't decide what I prefer; neither are perfect. We need something between the two.

I've been a member of RealGM since September 2002. I admire how strictly they moderate the forums, but nearly all of the discussion about the all-time greats (i.e. the stuff I'm interested in discussing) revolves around advanced statistics. They have their place, but it goes over the top at times.

At first I didn't mind, I learned a lot, but after like five different "be all end all" metrics (that have now been deemed flawed by them) I was hoping they'd accept a little balance, no such luck.

It's very surprising that there isn't one outstanding basketball forum anywhere. I've found local, history, music and movie forums that are great, then again, I know less about those subjects so maybe I'm less critical.

[JohnnySic]

39. Been watching since the mid-80's. Bird/Magic, Bad Boys, Jordanairs, Clutch City, and everything since. The "golden age" was about '84-'95 and I was around for all of it.

[G.O.A.T]

39. Been watching since the mid-80's. Bird/Magic, Bad Boys, Jordanairs, Clutch City, and everything since. The "golden age" was about '84-'95 and I was around for all of it.

I wish I was a little older for basketball history purposes.

I watched the 80's but I was too young to form any opinions until at least the late eighties.

I can't remember watching the '84 Finals, but I have home movies with it on in the background and literally every male at my house for my brothers second birthday is watching the game while all the women clean. I love it. Also it's daytime which I found strange. Don't remember finals games during the day.

1984 really is the moment it all changed.

The Bird/Magic finals
the '84 draft (Jordan, Hakeem, Barkley)
Slam Dunk Contest and All-Star weekend start
Million Dollar contracts everywhere
Stern becomes commissioner

The whole league got a makeover publicly in about 6 months time.

[Im Still Ballin]

I wish I was a little older for basketball history purposes.

I watched the 80's but I was too young to form any opinions until at least the late eighties.

I can't remember watching the '84 Finals, but I have home movies with it on in the background and literally every male at my house for my brothers second birthday is watching the game while all the women clean. I love it. Also it's daytime which I found strange. Don't remember finals games during the day.

1984 really is the moment it all changed.

The Bird/Magic finals
the '84 draft (Jordan, Hakeem, Barkley)
Slam Dunk Contest and All-Star weekend start
Million Dollar contracts everywhere
Stern becomes commissioner

The whole league got a makeover publicly in about 6 months time.

Wow. Respect for such vast association knowledge.

[wakencdukest]

I watched games with my dad in the 70's, but I can't really say that I understood the game. I really started to pay attention in 79 when Magic arrived and became a die hard fan.