KingsFanSince85
All-Star
Some of us don't "hate" our Kings opponent. I don't and you know what - I feel perfectly normal.
That's great for you. Which means you won't take offense or care about what I say about you. While fans like you are well within your right to root for whomever you want, however you want --- you aren't what I'd consider a hardcore fan. Maybe you don't even consider yourself a hardcore fan. I have no idea. In my book, you are a fair weather fan.
Hardcore fans are loyal to their team through thick and thin. Not only that, they loathe the enemies and rivals of said team.
I think you'll find that, while there is a percentage of fans that can root for all teams within a given region, a majority of fans aren't like that. Most Raiders fans hate the 49ers and vice versa. Most A's fans hate the Giants and vice versa. Go to Chicago sometime. Almost every Cubs fan hates the southsiders. That's the norm, not the exception.
but it's interesting to me that so many just don't like their style of play.
And it's interesting to me why that's still interesting to you after the reasons have been explained quite a few times by different people.
The cliff notes version is that we don't care to watch a 3pt shootout or game of HORSE during what is supposed to be a game of basketball. While there should be elements of the 3pt shot in the game, those in opposition don't feel it should encompass 40 - 50% of all shot attempts. And while off-balance shots 5 feet behind the line when you aren't squared to the basket might be fun to see on occasion, they aren't good shots on the whole and isn't something the we naysayers want to see practiced by our youth and/or becoming a staple of the game. Enough said.