Well Delaware has zero professional teams, just minor league teams. The closest teams to us are Wiz and Sixers. I've despised pretty much every Philly team growing up, also didn't get into basketball till middle school and was just a partial fan. Was a huge baseball fan at the time with little league and sh*t. Big fan of the Orioles even though they suck now, so I guess that counts as a hometown team in some aspect. For basketball, I was a Kidd fan at first in Phoenix, followed him there. Wasn't a Suns fan though, started following basketball quite a bit after that, met Michael Finley and he became one of my favorite players. Watched the following playoffs, saw the Mavs play Utah Jazz. Loved the build of the team, and started pulling for them. They came back down 0-2 to win the series on a Calvin Booth game winner. Lost to the Spurs in 2nd round. But from there on, been a Mavs fan since.