This is something I've seen coming for years now. I'm 32 and a lifelong Lakers fan. You play for the Lakers, I root for you. You go play elsewhere, I'll still support you (like when Shaq got traded) but I'm still a Lakers fan

My brother turns 24 this year. He's a "player fan." He loves all the stars basically, but has multiple Kyrie jerseys so I think that's his main guy. He roots for whoever they play for. 2018 was a bad year with LeBron in LA and Kyrie in Boston (he's a LeBron fan too) and was supporting both teams while I would rage at him that you can't be a Lakers AND Celtics fan. He didn't give a shit lol. He's also addicted to superteams, he loves the Heatles or the short-lived Nets and wants more of that while I'm good with classic 1-2 punch teams

The Lakers sub took a turn when LeBron signed. There was an influx of anti-Kobe posts, and that was the genesis of "fire every coach/GM and trade/cut every player not named LeBron" posts. AD oddly doesn't seem to have the classic fanboy following, but adding Westbrook not only was a bad fit on the court, but it brought HIS fanboys to a sub already stocked with LeBron fanboys and it just became a mess. A massive spike in "trade AD" posts and pretty much a daily war of LBJ fanboys vs Brodie fanboys with literally everybody else caught in the middle

Not surprised at all to see it's like this in other team subs. Now that Kyrie is a Mav I bet the sub degraded even more. I anticipate if he re-signs that it'll become Team Kyrie vs Team Luka before long, and Cuban/Kidd and the other players will be ripped daily

It's sad, all it does is bring down the enjoyment of the sport