I route for the Bad Guys!

Years ago a friend of mine observed I route for the bad guys. When we watched sports or TV shows he always routed for the hero's I always routed for the foes of his heroes. (Sometimes I routed for the villains just piss him off but I have noticed I do tend to route for the bad guys, evil men, the villains).

In the NBA finals I am routing for...The Miami Heat. The Heat are the team that many fans love to hate. They have LeBrone James who is an amazing player, great talent, most likely future hall of famer, but he has loads of critics who do not like him. It seems like most NBA fans I know of love to hate him.

I never had a negative or positive opinion of LeBrone. He has always been fun to watch and an impressive player. When he moved to Miami I know many people started to complain and I also hear of people disliking him because he comes across as overly cocky. Moving to Miami he probably saved money off his contract (If he were cocky that would annoy me but I don't think after watching a professional athlete on TV I could interrupt every thought, mood, & attitude they held during their performance).

It came me tonight while watching game 1. Oklahoma wears white, they have a more talented group of players on the bench, and they have this incredible winning streak going on and Kevin Durant had that young likeable thing going on. Oklahoma is obviously the good guys, protagonists, or heroes in this sporting event. Which leaves the Heat as the bad guys, antagonists, or the villains which Oklahoma must defeat.

Considering I just pointed out Oklahoma has a more talented group of players on the bench, the incredible winning streak going, and Kevin Durant being everyone's golden boy then maybe I am not routing for The Heat because they are bad guys. Maybe I am routing for them because they are under dogs?