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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Benjamin Haggerty known by his stage name Macklemore performing live on stage in Rome at Rock in Roma festival, Rome, Italy on 3 July 2018. (Photo by Giuseppe Maffia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Benjamin Haggerty known by his stage name Macklemore performing live on stage in Rome at Rock in Roma festival, Rome, Italy on 3 July 2018. (Photo by Giuseppe Maffia/NurPhoto via Getty Images) /

Utah Jazz — Macklemore

The Utah Jazz have about exactly zero celebrity fans. So when Seattle rapper Macklemore sported a Gordon Hayward jersey back in 2013, Jazz fans automatically claimed him as their new celebrity representative.

Let’s be honest here, Jazz fans: the dude was totally just repping a random NBA jersey that he thought looked cool. Many rappers do it, and really, many men under the age of 30 do. It’s just a thing that happens. It’s jersey culture.

Maybe, though, Macklemore felt a connection to Hayward — both being white guys doing their thing in places where not too many white men succeed. If it was that… Hayward is gone from the Jazz anyway. So… sorry Jazz fans?

While performing in Utah (also in 2013), Macklemore sported a vintage John Stockton jersey that surely further convinced Jazz fans that he really does love their team.

It is sad that this is all the Jazz have to hang onto, and I don’t say that to be mean. Like I said earlier with the Blazers, every team in the league deserves a cool celebrity fan that stans for their squad.

Utah just doesn’t attract many of them, it seems.

That is their loss, though. Donovan Mitchell is going to be a superstar and Rudy Gobert is one of the best bigs in the league. Utah is a beautiful state.

Hold your head high, Jazz fans. You don’t need anyone famous to rep the Jazz. You’re doing fine on your own.

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