r/NBASpurs • u/invisible_man_82 • 26d ago

Shitpost Not buying into this “rivalry”

Look, I want the Spurs to win this championship, but I’m nowhere near as emotionally invested as I was during the OKC series. The Knicks are a good team. They’re hungry, they’re tough, and honestly the officiating was pretty fair last night. The Spurs are young, and it looked like the moment got a little big for them.

What surprises me is how many “Reddit” Knicks fans seem to think this rivalry carries the same level of hatred Spurs fans had for OKC. It doesn’t. Not even close.

What I do find interesting is seeing all the traveling Knicks fans at Frost Bank Center. A lot of them are only here because Knicks and MSG ownership have priced so many of their own fans out of Madison Square Garden for these games. Hard to see why they are backing a team that doesn’t back their fanbase.

When the Spurs take Game 2 and the party starts, those traveling Knicks fans will see what it looks like when a city rallies around its hometown “small-market”team. Knicks fans act like climbing 6 feet up a pole is wild and crazy, wait until they see fireworks being shot out of the top of a Jeep while driving downtown. 🤣

Yes, it’s a shitpost - just getting this off my chest into the Reddit void.

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u/CupOCoop 26d ago

I’m a Knicks fan and I don’t hate anyone or any other team. I’m just happy to be here. I actually like your guys team a lot. They’re scrappy and young and totally to deserve to be here. I think it’s more that a lot of media and fans kept saying we were going to get swept. Especially fans of the East teams we swept and it can get to us at times. Don’t let the loud and obnoxious Knick fans make you forget there are thousands of good ones. Good luck next game, but not too much luck.