Not sure about Raptors fans nowadays, before Vince Carter retired, he mentioned wanting to retire as a Raptor or hope they’d retire his jersey. I remember at that time seeing a decent amount of Raptors fans not fucking with those ideas, so you know how much disdain they held even after many years. Spurs fans still constantly boo Kawhi extra hard to the point Pop did what he did last week. We had OKC fans hating KD, but it seem like the hate had slowly died down these past few years? Cavalier fans forgave Lebron after he returned and won one for them. These are the most obvious ones that came to mind.
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uhh… Aaron Hernandez
Ben Simmons sure is loved in Philly.
Carmelo Anthony still has a strong hate group in Denver.
I’d argue Melo is a much more uniquely hateable player than VC.
Uh how so?
Eric “I don’t want to be here” Bledsoe
VC raptor fans/trauma victims are like 30+ y/o now
Michael Owen and every club he ever played for, but especially Liverpool
Liverpool? Especially Newcastle mate.
He had 0 interest, took the bag and trash talked the city. Disgusting behaviour from a true vanilla midget.
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Cody Parkey and Chicago Bears fans. Choosing an NFL kicker is probably cheating though because it’s a lot tougher for a kicker to be beloved than to be hated.
Booing the guy who helped win a championship and won a FMVP for your franchise is crazy no matter how he asked out lol
I will now hold a lifelong grudge towards the Nuggets just to show you how petty I can be.
A lot of Raptor fans have “buried the hatchet” when it comes to Vince. But definitely still a group that haven’t.
I’m sure it’s mostly generational… no one under 25 now (maybe even 30) was old enough to really be upset when he left
Still on the fence tbh
Neither forgive nor forget
Most Magic fans are only recently starting to open up to Dwight Howard. He is noticeably absent from all of the team produced nostalgia posts about old players coming back to show off retro uniforms or talk about the good old days.
His departure left a really bad taste in our mouths and sent the franchise into a 10+ year tailspin that we are only just recovering from.
Buddy Hield in Sacramento.
I don’t think he’s popular or good enough to garner much hate tbh.
Suns fans are not too fond of Suns legend Robert Horry I reckon
Never played there
Mike Dunleavy
Feel terrible for VC
Dude wasted some prime years rotting in Canada.
Jordan Poole with Golden State Warriors fans has randomly shot up to be a contender