as in people you hang out with, not innernetz people.

I can't find one damn person that legitimately cares about the NBA more that just a random comment about Lebron James being good.

Thankfully, no. I have a good group of hardcore basketball fans. Same with football.

I do have those friends that don't know what Dwyane Wade looks like, but can tell you what illness Percy Harvin had at Thursday practice.

My boss and I seem to be the only ones to care. Luckily we are both mavs homers

Nope, about 5-6 of my friends I see often are big mavs/nba fans.

my roommate and I are probably the two biggest NBA statheads around. He's a mavs fan, i'm a rockets fan, but we get along pretty well

I share season tickets with a few guys from work.
We are waiting for the schedule to have our game selection party

As far as I can tell.

Nope. The NBA is popular among urban crowds.

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He's a mavs fan, i'm a rockets fan, but we get along pretty well

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I didn't even know I was supposed to have a completely unreasonable hatred for everything from houston until I started posting on these boards.

Yea, I'm the only one I see on a regular basis that cares about the NBA. But, many of my close friends could probably tell you 90+% of the starting rosters for the skill positions on NFL teams.

Yeah, out of the friends I see regularly, I'm pretty much the only one who has followed the lockout, and is interested in the upcoming season. Interestingly, there is a guy in my research group from Sudan and I've talked more basketball with him recently than any of my other friends.

do friends who are degenerate gamblers count?

I live in Portland. The blazers are the ONLY thing this city has ... so I've got lots of company.

My son is very excited that we are gonna have a season after all

Some of my best bball conversations are with guy who cleans my office. He's a huge mavs homer. He actually had the mavs winning at the start of the season. I even gave him they ghey mavs t shirt from last season's playoff games. I would agree that the average Joe doesn't know who starts at PG for the Raptors though. In college my roomates and I would split league pass and talk NBA 24/7. I really miss college.

You guys know a lot more NBA followers than me.