I was born in Dallas, but now I live in Houston. Didn't get into Basketball until I moved (to be fair I was seven at the time) , does that make me a bad person? lol. haters gonna hate. People are people. We all have our own skeletons. That being said, I'm a Rockets fan, even when I'm in ATL studying
well...hmmm..kinda....yeah. i mean it all depends on how long you've been living south of waco and how many showers you've taken since then. but yeah..i suppose it's possible you're still a bad person.
I'm not from Texas, I have never been to Houston or Dallas. Is there like an intense rivalry between the two cities? because from what i read on this board, Houstonians dislikes everything and anything that has to do with Dallas.
Yes. Dallas tends to have a very entitled 'we're better than everyone else' attitude. I think Houstonians could accept that if it were true. Houstonians are very down-to-earth, relaxed and friendly folk. Lots of blue-collar work here. Being on the coast has a relaxing effect, although you won't realize it until leave the area. Dallas is very pseudo-white-collar. Folks there tend to think they're better than the rest of Texas like they're the NY of the state. There are many corporate HQs there and lots of money (although it's arguable which city is richer). As stated earlier, there is a lot of vanity in the populace. You may even be able to trace it back to the Dallas TV show. They all bought into that image. (also, please don't lump the rest of the area in. Fort Worth has a completely different identity and set of people).
YEAH! But go right on ahead and lump the entire population in with the cast of an 80's (???) TV show. No good people at all in Dallas.
I don't know if any of you have been to Miami, but it's just Dallas with a beach. I don't want the Heat or the Mavericks to win anything, ever. But I have to say ... I'd rather see the Mavs win it all then see the ******* ****headed "superfriends" get anywhere close to a trophy. I want the Heat to be the most spectacular failure in the history of the NBA. I don't want Lebron to win anything, ever. He's what's wrong with the NBA.
Dallas fans aren't nearly as obnoxious as Miami Heat fans. Those guys jumped on the bandwagon and now troll around every board thinking they own the place. Everything has to be about Miami Heat, everything has to be related to Miami Heat. I respect fans that were rooting for the Heat since the beginning, but SO many fans jumped on board the bandwagon, it's disgusting. When they win a championship, they'll parade around about how "they" won when all they did was hop on.
I hated Dallas because of the '05 series but I'm over it. I'd like to see Jason Kidd and Dirk win a ring.
Well, I've been living in Dallas since I was transferred here in 1994 and truth be told, the folks in Houston obsess more about Dallas than do the folks in Dallas about Houston. With the notable exception of those obnoxious TicketHead P1s running around wearing those silly "Got Five" t-shirts, Houston and it's professional sports teams simply aren't really on anyone's radar up here. None of my Dallas acquaintances have anything to say - good or bad - about the Rockets, Texans or Astros. And I would expect this to continue until one of those teams actually gets a clue and does something. However, a whiny thread like this one does confirm my belief that a loser mentality has firmly taken hold in Houston because this is exactly the kind of petty, trite and jealous reaction you see from followers of teams (like Houston's) that haven't tasted success in a long while. You folks are wasting your time hating Dallas teams just because they are doing something that Houston teams aren't. Your animus would be far better directed toward the clueless idiots running Houston's sports teams because it is they (and not Dallas) who are the most responsible for your home teams' lack of success.
The so called Houston superfans, I believe are probably really young and don't have careers. I almost moved to Dallas about 5 years ago for a job, but luckily got one in Austin. I have many friends who aren't Rockets fans, I will give them crap now and then, but I'm not going to hate their home town because I don't like their sports teams.
The hilarity of this is that a dallas fan had to wait till they were absolutely going to the finals before he had the nerve, felt comfortable enough, to gloat. It underscores the fact that Dallas is always just one bad game away from a complete and utter collapse.
Am I really? Just look at all of "I Hate Everything Dallas" threads here and it all boils down to the same thing: winning. If Houston's sports teams were consistently winning, you'd never see this from Houston fans because they'd have something positive to root for (for a change). And, they wouldn't give one rat's ass about what any team in Dallas was doing right now. It's unfortunate that Dallas' title run this year coincides with the clown circus currently going on with the Rockets right now. I realize that has to really sting the red koolaid drinkers but the truth is that they should be accustomed to disappointment from that organization by now. Do you realize that in two years, it will be 20 years since their 1st NBA Championship season (1993-94)? That's 2 0 f'ing years! So, I can understand the bitterness and hostility coming from Houston towards Dallas in this context because that's an awful long time to put up with what Rockets' fans have had to endure.
No, the hilarity here is that you mistake me for a Dallas fan. As MadMax, DD and others will tell you, I am an old school follower of the Rockets from the start. Grew up in NW Houston. Went to their games at Hofheinz and the Summit. I will admit that I am surprised and extremely impressed with what the Mavericks have done this year because I always figured that Cuban would manage to screw things up as is his way. Well I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but wishing for a Dallas collapse in the Finals will not make the Rockets any better or even a playoff team next year (or the year after that). But it WOULD be priceless to see Cuban's face were it to come to pass.
