If the Vancouver Grizzlies returned to the NBA, would you support/follow them, root against them as a Raptors fan or switch from being a Raptors fan to just a Grizzlies fan?
February 20, 2024
If the Vancouver Grizzlies returned to the NBA, would you support/follow them, root against them as a Raptors fan or switch from being a Raptors fan to just a Grizzlies fan?
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I would cheer for both
I ask this because a lot of Raptors fans support the team because they’re the only Canadian NBA team. Maybe those closer to Vancouver switch over?
I’d follow and cheer for both.
Though I will admit – if this happenned and the ~~Grizzlies~~ Vancouver team wound up the better team at some point, I’d feel very conflicted lmao. But it’s Raptors til I die nonetheless.
Edit: obviously not the “grizzlies” but you get the idea lmao
I would support them at first and then probably grow to hate them pretty quickly because it’s Raps 4 life homie.
rent is too high in vancouver for people to actually show up to games, the economy is shifting, vancouver was a tech town , tech jobs are going under due to AI
there will be diehard hockey fans still going to canuck games but i see those dwindling too
in a massive recession luxuries like going to sporting events will be the first thing people cut
I have ties to the area so I’d definitely follow the team closely, and I’d want them to have success, but I could never switch teams. I don’t think I would even if my hometown got one (never happening though)
Cheer for both and low key would cheer for Vancouver if it was a finals matchup between us 2 even tho I’m from Toronto haha. I like seeing new teams win but of course I’d still be happy for us to win
I will support both. Secretly support from afar if they are doing better than us at the time. But support nonetheless.
WE the north.
I’d cheer for both, and watch highlights of their late games.
Obviously won’t be bigger than the Raptors, but they’ll definitely get support from fans too. Same with MLB and the Expos, I think now that (some) fans remember what it felt like the first time around when we lost 1 of only 2 Canadian teams in the league, they’ll want to support that team even as a secondary team to help keep the sport strong in the country, especially to the eyes of the league.
No. Im raptors fan for life. But I would support the grizzlies against other teams 🙂
Raps for life but i would 100% be buying a jersey and following them if they came back
The last time we had two teams in 🇨🇦, I cheered for both of them! But it’s still was back then, and still hasn’t changed. Raptors 4 Life!
They’d be like the clippers in LA
Why would I root for a non toronto team. Fuck em
I’d support the Grizzlies. I admit I was absolutely die hard from the start until 2019 until they finally did it. Now I don’t follow as much. It feels like they won the quest
Vancouver has a lot of multiculturalism and diversity that can attract a team to a lot of “markets” now then I’m sure when they were around over 20 years ago so it can “work” but I will only cheer for the Raptors this is the city my parents immigrated from Italy to and I’ve been watching since the 90’s so Raptors will never be replaced in my heart.
I live in BC so I’d support them both
I’ve lived in Vancouver before and love the city, but probably just like hockey, they’d be my unquestionable #2 team. At least in basketball they’d be in separate conferences so it’d be rare that I’d have to truly choose one to root for over the other and could just enjoy cheering for both teams. I’ve always been a Raptors fan first (purple Dino jerseys sold me hard as a kid), but the more interesting question for me is if the Grizzlies were never moved, would I have stayed a Raptors fan when I moved to Vancouver as a kid.
This is a tough one, as I’ve been a Raptors fan for almost 20 years but I have lived near Vancouver for the last 10. I don’t think I could root against either, but right now I couldn’t tell you one way or the other who would be my #1
Support both?
I’m repping all and any Canadian NBA basketball team always since it’s such a US dominant sport.
Jump ship. Let’s go couver!
Would be happy to see Vancouver get a team (definitely wont happen this time around) but I wouldn’t root for them
Yes. Went to about 8 Vancouver games as a kid, would love to go again.
Honestly, the Raptors are one of the main reasons I’m staying in Toronto. If Vancouver got a team, I’d consider moving.
Adam Silver’s nightmare of a Raptors Grizzlies final would be my dream
I would support both teams, but I’d be stoked to be able to watch home games in Vancouver again
Root for them of course. BC and all of Canada have given the raptors so much love, I couldn’t never turn around and treat them like the enemy. I hope they get a team and I hope it’s the grizzlies.
They’d be my 2nd favorite team.
From BC, I would support both
Cheer for both like I did when they were in Vancouver
Living in BC I’d switch to the Vancouver team and Raps would be my “2nd team”
Super Grizz was the best mascot
I’m from lower mainland so Vancouver Grizzlies would be my first team and my eastern team would be Raptors no doubt.
I’d probably end up following the Vancouver team as much as I’m into the Raptors
If something happened whether it be the Vancouver team gets a fun core or the Raptors find themselves in no man’s land then I’ll probably switch my interest more towards the BC team, especially because I’m right in Metro Van
I would root for them, only because Vancouver got fuct by Stu Jackson and his incompetence
i would cheer for them i’m from BC and im also a Canucks fan. I like the Raptors obv but cheering for a home province team would be special
Support/follow
Let’s go GRIZZLIES
I’d bail on the raptors in a heartbeat to have the grizzlies back in any form.
Well I live in Memphis now and I still don’t support the Grizzlies so…
42 comments
I would cheer for both
I ask this because a lot of Raptors fans support the team because they’re the only Canadian NBA team. Maybe those closer to Vancouver switch over?
I’d follow and cheer for both.
Though I will admit – if this happenned and the ~~Grizzlies~~ Vancouver team wound up the better team at some point, I’d feel very conflicted lmao. But it’s Raptors til I die nonetheless.
Edit: obviously not the “grizzlies” but you get the idea lmao
I would support them at first and then probably grow to hate them pretty quickly because it’s Raps 4 life homie.
rent is too high in vancouver for people to actually show up to games, the economy is shifting, vancouver was a tech town , tech jobs are going under due to AI
there will be diehard hockey fans still going to canuck games but i see those dwindling too
in a massive recession luxuries like going to sporting events will be the first thing people cut
I have ties to the area so I’d definitely follow the team closely, and I’d want them to have success, but I could never switch teams. I don’t think I would even if my hometown got one (never happening though)
Cheer for both and low key would cheer for Vancouver if it was a finals matchup between us 2 even tho I’m from Toronto haha. I like seeing new teams win but of course I’d still be happy for us to win
I will support both. Secretly support from afar if they are doing better than us at the time. But support nonetheless.
WE the north.
I’d cheer for both, and watch highlights of their late games.
Obviously won’t be bigger than the Raptors, but they’ll definitely get support from fans too. Same with MLB and the Expos, I think now that (some) fans remember what it felt like the first time around when we lost 1 of only 2 Canadian teams in the league, they’ll want to support that team even as a secondary team to help keep the sport strong in the country, especially to the eyes of the league.
No. Im raptors fan for life. But I would support the grizzlies against other teams 🙂
Raps for life but i would 100% be buying a jersey and following them if they came back
The last time we had two teams in 🇨🇦, I cheered for both of them! But it’s still was back then, and still hasn’t changed. Raptors 4 Life!
They’d be like the clippers in LA
Why would I root for a non toronto team. Fuck em
I’d support the Grizzlies. I admit I was absolutely die hard from the start until 2019 until they finally did it. Now I don’t follow as much. It feels like they won the quest
Vancouver has a lot of multiculturalism and diversity that can attract a team to a lot of “markets” now then I’m sure when they were around over 20 years ago so it can “work” but I will only cheer for the Raptors this is the city my parents immigrated from Italy to and I’ve been watching since the 90’s so Raptors will never be replaced in my heart.
I live in BC so I’d support them both
I’ve lived in Vancouver before and love the city, but probably just like hockey, they’d be my unquestionable #2 team. At least in basketball they’d be in separate conferences so it’d be rare that I’d have to truly choose one to root for over the other and could just enjoy cheering for both teams. I’ve always been a Raptors fan first (purple Dino jerseys sold me hard as a kid), but the more interesting question for me is if the Grizzlies were never moved, would I have stayed a Raptors fan when I moved to Vancouver as a kid.
This is a tough one, as I’ve been a Raptors fan for almost 20 years but I have lived near Vancouver for the last 10. I don’t think I could root against either, but right now I couldn’t tell you one way or the other who would be my #1
Support both?
I’m repping all and any Canadian NBA basketball team always since it’s such a US dominant sport.
Jump ship. Let’s go couver!
Would be happy to see Vancouver get a team (definitely wont happen this time around) but I wouldn’t root for them
Yes. Went to about 8 Vancouver games as a kid, would love to go again.
Honestly, the Raptors are one of the main reasons I’m staying in Toronto. If Vancouver got a team, I’d consider moving.
Adam Silver’s nightmare of a Raptors Grizzlies final would be my dream
I would support both teams, but I’d be stoked to be able to watch home games in Vancouver again
Root for them of course. BC and all of Canada have given the raptors so much love, I couldn’t never turn around and treat them like the enemy. I hope they get a team and I hope it’s the grizzlies.
They’d be my 2nd favorite team.
From BC, I would support both
Cheer for both like I did when they were in Vancouver
Living in BC I’d switch to the Vancouver team and Raps would be my “2nd team”
Super Grizz was the best mascot
I’m from lower mainland so Vancouver Grizzlies would be my first team and my eastern team would be Raptors no doubt.
I’d probably end up following the Vancouver team as much as I’m into the Raptors
If something happened whether it be the Vancouver team gets a fun core or the Raptors find themselves in no man’s land then I’ll probably switch my interest more towards the BC team, especially because I’m right in Metro Van
I would root for them, only because Vancouver got fuct by Stu Jackson and his incompetence
i would cheer for them i’m from BC and im also a Canucks fan. I like the Raptors obv but cheering for a home province team would be special
Support/follow
Let’s go GRIZZLIES
I’d bail on the raptors in a heartbeat to have the grizzlies back in any form.
Well I live in Memphis now and I still don’t support the Grizzlies so…