Fansided

Every NBA team’s most famous fan

By Dylan Hughes

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 06: American actor Jack Nicholson attends the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves with his son Ray Nicholson at Staples Center on April 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 06: American actor Jack Nicholson attends the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves with his son Ray Nicholson at Staples Center on April 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /
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BOSTON, MA – MAY 27: Donnie Wahlberg talks with Marcus Morris #13 of the Boston Celtics before the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers during Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2018 NBA Playoffs between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics on May 27, 2018 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA – MAY 27: Donnie Wahlberg talks with Marcus Morris #13 of the Boston Celtics before the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers during Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2018 NBA Playoffs between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics on May 27, 2018 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Boston Celtics — Donnie Wahlberg

Donnie Wahlberg, a Massachusetts native, was once a member of the 80s boy band “New Kids on the Block.” Since then, Wahlberg has become a songwriter and actor. He mostly just chills now.

One of his hobbies, however, is supporting the Boston Celtics.

Wahlberg is not just any normal celebrity fan, though. Like many fans in Boston, Wahlberg bleeds green. He puts his all into being a fan of the Celtics.

In 2017, Wahlberg narrated ESPN’s 30 for 30 episode on the long-time Celtics and Lakers rivalry.

Wahlberg was offered the spot former Celtic and presumed friend Chris Herren. Wahlberg claimed to respond to Herren saying, “I would narrate that 30 for 30 for a grilled cheese sandwich. And I’ll pay for it.”

It wasn’t about the money. Wahlberg had the chance to tell the story of a rivalry he lived through as a young adult. That is true fandom right there.

In a radio interview with Dan Patrick, Wahlberg said he became such a Celtics diehard because they “were the only real winners in Boston for a very long time.”

In the 80s, the Celtics were all Boston had — so they got very attached to the Celtics-Lakers rivalry. Wahlberg claimed that Boston fans were the lunch-pale guys, while Lakers fans were the big Hollywood phonies.

He also said that he gets mad when he sees his brother, Mark Wahlberg, sitting at Lakers games in LA next to their bench and not identifying as a Celtics fan.

Wahlberg is a true celebrity fan. He doesn’t just fake it and come to the big games. For that, Donnie gets my respect.

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