I started liking them when they were....1-15ish (a few years back) and I like a good underdog. Quickly after I started to follow them a bit more closley, they started getting good!
Heh...yeah thats how I was when Brad was on the Pacers and with a lot of football players in the NFL...I don't root for their team and in some cases I don't like the team at all but I love the them as a player so I root for them individually...it's tough sometimes
Pacers, Pistons. Really this is a silly response on my part. I am a player guy. Teams are less important to root for post FA. With Reggie gone, all I am rooting for on Indy is Bird and Carlisle. I don't think I can root for Miami, even though I LOVE Wade. Same goes for Pheonix and Amare, Gundy #1/T-Mac and Houston. Houston just doesn't inspire me for some reason. I like almost everyone on their roster, but I find myself incapable of rooting for them. So I guess I am a hypocrate.