The Bulls have been aggressive and wasted no time signing Dave Fymbo. Coach Donovan cited Fymbo's poor motor, below-average wingspan and impressive blog as exactly what they were looking for in a fan.
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Drafting Ayo while I happened to be visiting Chicago for the first time in 6 years (and getting nostalgic) was a nice touch.
Building a fun roster is nice. Having the best starting lineup intro music helps too. But a big chunk was realizing that I've picked up a team everywhere I've lived except Chicago.
Chiefs obviously were first.
Illinois athletics came next.
I lived in Chicago for six years without adopting a team.
Then I became an Avalanche fan upon moving to Denver.
So as of last week, I had college sports, the NFL and NHL covered. That leaves the NBA and MLB (and MLS I guess) as vacancies.
I like basketball a lot more than baseball, so this is a nice fit all around. Maybe one day I'll be old and living in a new city and adopt a baseball team.
I hadn't planned on becoming a fan of wherever Ayo went, but this works out nicely. I've never really had an NBA team and that's been perfectly fine since I don't love the NBA that much. We'll see if this lasts longer than my Deron Williams Utah Jazz phase or my extremely casual fondness of the Nuggets when I lived in Denver or my passing interest in OKC because they're the closest team to KC.
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For reference, here's the current Bulls roster.
When I lived in Chicago, the only pro sports games were 2 Blackhawks games. I saw Crosby live and a Red Wings/Blackhawks game. It reaffirmed I liked live hockey but didn't care for the Blackhawks. They won the Cup in 2010 when I still lived in Oak Park and I felt nothing.
But I can say, I've been to a game in the United Center.
And in fact, the only NBA game I've ever been to in my life...the Bulls won.
My parents took me to an exhibition Bulls-Timberwolves game in Kansas City in 1991.
So there you go, I'm undefeated in attending Bulls games.
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