Favorite current athlete on a team you root for?

[MDC 7,124]

In any major sport?

Love Jalen Hurts but mine is Tyrese Maxey.  

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,832]

7 minutes ago, MDC said:

In any major sport?

Love Jalen Hurts but mine is Tyrese Maxey.  

For some reason I read that as "Favorite current woman athlete on a team you root for". 

Tyrese Maxey is NOT a woman. 

[jonmx 2,424]

ARSB

  

[BeenHereBefore 1,455]

Steelers RB Warren very underrated and all the fans and sports media knows he should be the starter.

[bostonlager 2,664]

Joe Burrow if it must be a team. 

Rickie Fowler as non-team. 

[TheNewGirl 1,347]

Taylor Swift. 

[Bier Meister 1,657]

Giants: was posey... baily now

Warriors: Steph

49ers: very hard to select one.  Bosa and Mccaffrey have the largest impact

[Strike 5,186]

Nikola Jokic

[thegeneral 2,896]

I’m rooting for the French kid on the Spurs to be the next great thing. Promising start. Root for Giannis and Lillard. 

Favorite athlete is usually the guy on my Fantasy squad who is going off. That would be AJ Brown.

In MLB was Spencer Strider, Elly De La Cruz, and Acuna.

 

 

[thegeneral 2,896]

Favorite athletes all time: Dave Parker The Cobra!, Ichiro, Marshawn Lynch, and Steve Alford.

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

I no longer have a team I root for year in and year out

I grew up a pittsburgh/penn state fan in all sports but after moving to Houston I no longer root for the Steelers. I would still get on the pirates bandwagon if they ever turned it around though. I cannot bring myself to ever be an Astros fan, however I think in a few years I may be a Texans fan.

 

In a couple years if i answer this question it could be stroud.

[edjr 6,578]

Steve Belchick. I have a soft spot for speds.

[MDC 7,124]

1 minute ago, MTSkiBum said:

I no longer have a team I root for year in and year out

I grew up a pittsburgh/penn state fan in all sports but after moving to Houston I no longer root for the Steelers. I would still get on the pirates bandwagon if they ever turned it around though. I cannot bring myself to ever be an Astros fan, however I think in a few years I may be a Texans fan.

 

In a couple years if i answer this question it could be stroud.

It’s really important that you never change your rooting interests if you move, according to the Geek Club.

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

28 minutes ago, MDC said:

It’s really important that you never change your rooting interests if you move, according to the Geek Club.

Meh, does not bother me if i get called out for it. In my case it makes sense, the first pro games i went to were at 3 rivers stadium and my first college football games were happy valley, but I have never lived in PA.

My family is from PA and I visited alot, but since i lived in such states as North Dakota, West Virgina, Wyoming, etc I never had a local sports team to adopt that overruled the team my family rooted for.

This is the first time in my life I have lived within a 5 hour drive of a major sports team.

If someone wants to rag on me, go ahead.

[edjr 6,578]

I’m thtill thurprised there aren’t more gay players in sporth.  who am I supposed to root for?

[MDC 7,124]

3 minutes ago, edjr said:

I’m thtill thurprised there aren’t more gay players in sporth.  who am I supposed to root for?

Thom Gaydy of courth!  

[IGotWorms 4,057]

It’s slim pickens for the Patriots right now. Not only do they suck, but their QB is an unlikable sissy tw@t.

I’d say Judon but he’s out for the year.

Maybe Ja’Whaun Bentley?  
 

Couldn’t pick him out of a lineup to save my life though. Had to look up how to spell his name

[jerryskids 6,559]

Of all of the AZ sports, I'll go with Devin Booker on the Suns.  Dood is an alpha stud who stayed with Phoenix when he could have gone to a contender when the Suns totally sucked.  When asked about it he replied, "I'm not going anywhere.  They're going to come to me."  And they have.  We'll see if it works with KD and Beal (Beal has Sarno so may never play), but he kept to his word and stuck with the team, and attracted the talent.  Having a new owner with deep pockets helped too.   

[MDC 7,124]

1 minute ago, jerryskids said:

We'll see if it works with KD and Beal 

It won’t. 

[jerryskids 6,559]

1 minute ago, MDC said:

It won’t. 

I don't really think it will either, but I'll root and hope.  To his credit, KD has been the only healthy guy of the three to start the season, and he has been putting in yeoman work.  As opposed to Booker, KD is NOT an alpha -- watching his time in Phoenix, his personality is such that he is more comfortable being a (very talented) piece of a larger machine, like in GS with Curry.  But if he has to keep working this hard, he'll guaranteed break down.

Beal, like I said, has Sarno.  Back spasms, fock that noise.  Back spasms that last more than a few days are Sarno.  I hope somebody gives him the book to read soon.   

[avoiding injuries 1,507]

AL ROY Gunnar Henderson 

[jerryskids 6,559]

6 minutes ago, avoiding injuries said:

AL ROY Gunnar Henderson 

For the DBacks the obvious answer would be Corbin Carroll, the presumptive NL ROY.  Hard working kid, not much bigger than me, soft-spoken.  The team had the foresight to sign him to a long-term deal after his brief call-up last season, so he should be around for a while.  

It's hard not to like Ketel Marte though.  

[edjr 6,578]

26 minutes ago, MDC said:

Thom Gaydy of courth!  

heard he was coming back to play for the Viqueens

[WhiteWonder 2,675]

Garrett Wilson  .... although it's really hard not to love Quincy Williams. 

It was Kevin Kiermaier, so seeing him go to Toronto sucked. Still pulling for him but now it's Randy Arozarena. In a typically boring sport, I am going to gravitate toward the guys who go all out and play with a little swagger.

Nic Claxton ... been fun to watch him develop. Bridges and Cam Thomas are fun to watch as well. 

 

 

oh, and it's still Mickelson for golf followed by Tricky Rickie. 

[cmh6476 1,010]

Patrick Mahomes

Bobby Witt, Jr.

Hunter Dickinson

 

best athletes in their respective sports

[posty 2,612]

36 minutes ago, cmh6476 said:

best athletes in their respective sports

[Nomad99 699]

Probably Martin Truex.

[listen2me 23 1,825]

Aaron Jones

Viktor Hovland

[TommyGavin 790]

2 hours ago, Nomad99 said:

Probably Martin Truex.

Race car drivers are not athletes

[BunnysBastatrds 2,310]

Taysom Hill-The Swiss Army Knife 

[MLCKAA 540]

I don’t actively root for the Eagles, but how can you not love Jalen Hurts?

[MDC 7,124]

1 minute ago, MLCKAA said:

I don’t actively root for the Eagles, but how can you not love Jalen Hurts?

I do. I just love Maxey more.  

[MLCKAA 540]

6 hours ago, TheNewGirl said:

Taylor Swift. 

Thank you for this 

[Fireballer 2,639]

Acuna

 

[Voltaire 5,182]

Probably Aiden Hutchinson and Penai Sewell.

I've got a new favorite athlete on a ream I root AGAINST.

When Kirk Cousins got hurt I thought "That's the end of Minnesota" Now, I like Kirk, he played for Michigan State after all, but he's not who I'm going for. So I was watching Minnesota play Atlanta and wanted Atlanta to win and bury the Vikings, to get these fockers off the Lions ass for good.

I gotta say though... I just love the Josh Dobbs story.  Easy to like this guy.

[bostonlager 2,664]

5 hours ago, WhiteWonder said:

Garrett Wilson  .... although it's really hard not to love Quincy Williams. 

It was Kevin Kiermaier, so seeing him go to Toronto sucked. Still pulling for him but now it's Randy Arozarena. In a typically boring sport, I am going to gravitate toward the guys who go all out and play with a little swagger.

Nic Claxton ... been fun to watch him develop. Bridges and Cam Thomas are fun to watch as well. 

 

 

oh, and it's still Mickelson for golf followed by Tricky Rickie. 

Phil was my guy for 25 years and now that he is about to fade off I’m having a hard time finding a new favorite. Lots of young talent and I find myself rooting for quite a few of them and can’t put one above the others. 

[shorepatrol 1,870]

Brock Purdy 

[WhiteWonder 2,675]

16 minutes ago, bostonlager said:

Phil was my guy for 25 years and now that he is about to fade off I’m having a hard time finding a new favorite. Lots of young talent and I find myself rooting for quite a few of them and can’t put one above the others. 

 

I have interacted with Rickie a few times and he seems very genuine and appreciative of the fans. Granted a lot of them are hot girls . I've also always been a J Day fan. 

I was trying to pick someone else to get on board with when those two were struggling so badly... first it was Cam Smith.. but meh.  Hovland and Homa both seem very likeable 

[Gepetto 1,288]

Luka Doncic

Patrick Mahomes II

Bobby Witt Jr.

[Drizzay 698]

Vikings:  The Hitman

Twins: don't really have one.  They have been horrible most my adult life

Twolves:  Ant

Wild:  Kirill The Thrill