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why do so many fans of other teams hate us?
« on: April 30, 2017, 03:53:44 AM »

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I just got on some other blogs (eg. Chicago, Philly, Washington) and the hate there for the Celtics is a Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.ton. As a Celtics fan I can't see why every non Celtics fan hate us like we killed their whole family. Is there any reason for this?
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« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2017, 04:20:34 AM »

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They are cheering on a loser's team. They are jealous that this team has rebuilt so quickly and the fact that this team could actually add more championships to what they already have. Celtics  can make any other team's fanbase aside from Spurs and Lakers so salty.
« Last Edit: April 30, 2017, 04:39:20 AM by mr. dee »

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'Cause they ain't us.
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« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2017, 05:51:04 AM »

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I think there a couple of reasons

1) as others said, success draws hate
2) Boston Fanbase think "it´s special" - this might be true but it might feel arrgant to others
3) Playing hard might feel like playing dirty to others (smart e.g.)

still sad to see, i think the team is pretty likeable right now

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« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2017, 06:13:16 AM »

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I think there a couple of reasons

1) as others said, success draws hate
2) Boston Fanbase think "it´s special" - this might be true but it might feel arrgant to others
3) Playing hard might feel like playing dirty to others (smart e.g.)

still sad to see, i think the team is pretty likeable right now
Honestly playing hard doesn't really look like playing dirty, there's a difference between Rodman's D and Laimbeer's D but yeah I agree with the above points
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« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2017, 06:45:07 AM »

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We beat on most other teams for the history of the league, there were times where we did not but we have killed a lot of team hopes over the course of years.

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Let them hate, as long as they fear us

(that was Caligula btw)

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1. Boston Sports fans can be very smug and arrogant.
2. The Celtics are an old team. In that time they’ve crushed the hopes of many other fans.
3. People get sick of teams that win all the time. And your city is full of teams that win.

I’m also going to throw out something that I’ve heard many times over the years. And it race.
I find that strange because of the actually history of the team itself is anything but racist. But Over the years I’ve been told that the Celtics and the city of Boston are pro white. Seeing that I live in the south it’s an argument that I can’t fully understand being made. But trust me, many people look at them this way.
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It's because we are not some pretty-fancy team like Cavs with a lots of pretty shots and dribbles and dunks. We are warriors with less talent and not that nice to watch always, but who cares. Let them hate us. We'll see who's gonna talk next year when we winn the East.

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I just got on some other blogs (eg. Chicago, Philly, Washington) and the hate there for the Celtics is a ****ton. As a Celtics fan I can't see why every non Celtics fan hate us like we killed their whole family. Is there any reason for this?
Because the Celtics are a dynasty. We have a tradition that spans for decades with many championship teams.  Most cities don't have that.  So fans are jealous, it's simple human nature.

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Let them hate, as long as they fear us

(that was Caligula btw)

Actually, it was Lucius Accius, who said that but Caligula liked quoting it.

oderint dum metuant  =let them hate, so long as they fear,  attributed originally to Lucius Accius, Roman tragic poet (170 BC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(O)

Atreus featured the line oderint dum metuant ("let them hate, so long as they fear"), later an infamous motto of Caligula.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Accius

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Boston teams win a lot, and there's a vocal element of our fan base that is pretty obnoxious. Plus, during the 80s there was basically this narrative where neutral fans had to pick sides between the Lakers and Celtics, since they dominated the national scene.

Think about why so many Boston fans hate the Yankees, and the answer will be similar.


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Because we're the best fan base in the history of time and they'll never know what that's like.  Think about the old days when the oldest son would inherit everything. Think of how much the next son down would hate him. That's us. We're Boston fans and pro championships are our birth right and always will be.

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It's because we are not some pretty-fancy team like Cavs with a lots of pretty shots and dribbles and dunks. We are warriors with less talent and not that nice to watch always, but who cares. Let them hate us. We'll see who's gonna talk next year when we winn the East.
This, especially by the national media.  This team doesn't fit neatly with the NBA marketing strategy of a few high-profile stars who drive sneaker and jersey sales.

Anybody listen to NBA Radio on SiriusXM?  There's a commentator there, Gerald Brown, who think he has ALL the answers.  He claims the ONLY reason the Celtics won that series was due to Rondo's absence.  He completely ignored two key points:
(1) Brad's starting lineup change which took Bulls off-guard and was really effective and,
(2) the fact that the Celtics were helping IT through a tough time and didn't play their best in the first 2 games.

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All you ha e to do is read this thread and it should be pretty obvious.
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