Well , you have to understand that being a sports fan in America is different than how Pinoy sports fan treat sports and being a sports fan .
In America, they treat their team's superstar/s as WARRIOR/S . When their warrior decided to sign to another team or leave the city , they'll consider him as a traitor no matter what unless the team decides not to sign him due to salary cap . When DEREK FISHER asked to be traded to the Lakers because of his daughter , it was very understandable for the Jazz fans , although years later they began treating him as a traitor and a quitter and accused him as a
"lier" .
In the Philippines , pinoy sports fans claims alot of WARRIORS as "theirs" .. During the Jordan era , everyone was cheering for Jordan . When Jordan left and there goes Kobe , everyone shifting to the Lakers . Pinoys are bandwagoners . They cheer to teams that has the most wins and whoever the "playoff contenders" .. When "their team" starts to lose and facing rebuilding , they will jump to another winning team .
In America , most fans only root to their own team and players who represent their city or state .. In Philippines , they root whoever the current superstar ! It's the same as the celebrities there , they "idolize" whoever the current star . If you go to the LA Clippers thread , some people starting to cheer for them because of Blake Griffin . I doubt if they really cheered for him when he played for the OKLAHOMA SOONERS . Same to the OKC Thunders thread too , I doubt if they cheered for them when the team was in Seattle .
You should read:
They're sort of a boring books to read , but you'll know why Clevelanders are "bitchy" towards the whole LeBron charade .