It's weird how little the 2003 Magic-Pistons series has come up. 8 seed Orlando against an unheralded 1 seed in Detroit, wins Games 1, 3 and 4 to go up 3-1. One of the stars of that series is an active TV analyst for one of the networks.
Hello everyone! I just wanted to address some things about my stay in Detroit as I've seen some wild theories out there.
Visiting Detroit is extremely costly. It cost me around USD 3k for the flights alone! I paid for most of the food I had (excluding a few times like when the Dearborn mayor showed me around). I eat tons as you've seen so that's again a lot of money. The collaboration instagram posts with restaurants and Detroit accounts like Greektown, Dearborn, Riverwalk, DIA etc were to help promote and highlight various areas in Detroit, mostly requested collab from them and were definitely not paid for at all.
The only paid collaboration I had during my visit was with Sam Bernstein - because they offered to pay for my hotel during my visit. (and a signed Cade jersey, I probably would've done collab posts just for that alone lol)
I have a pretty regular job here in Korea. I constantly save my money just to visit Detroit and spend my savings away there. It's my passion and I love every moment of doing it, although I know it's not the smartest way of managing my finances.
So yeah, I just wanted to get that off my chest. I'm no sleeper agent, industry plant, looking to steal your culture, or someone looking to profit off my fame. I did get some special treatment from teams and I understand if some of you are frustrated at that - I also agree that local fans need as much love. I'm not saying that you should like me, but I just want you to know I'm human too so I do get hurt by hateful comments. I just wanted you to understand I'm just a fan of the city like you and it just happens that I live 7,000 miles away.
I love Detroit, and can't wait to be back!
Lemme get this straight. Tom, from the other side of the world, became a Pistons fan when T-Mac joined the Pistons (he was his fav player).The Pistons have won nothing since then yet he has been as loyal as any Pistons fan since
He finally gets to make a trip to Detroit, falls in love and comes back a few times living his best life taking recs and doing everything he can in the time that he’s there
Then you have Jack, on the other side of the world, who became a Pistons fan because of Andre Drummond. The Pistons haven’t won a thing since he’s been a fan yet he’s been as loyal as any Pistons fan since
He quit his job to make full time Pistons content. I understand people are jealous and envious of the opportunities they’ve been given by the team, but the hate they’ve both gotten is insane. They’re just die hard fans (like a lot of yall claim to be) waking up early/staying up late just to watch random regular season games over the years
Let them live