Every NBA season, they come. Unexpectedly high numbers of people in communities throughout the country with never-before-revealed deep roots in Los Angeles or Oakland or Cleveland and then Miami and then Cleveland again. They come to actively root against the home team, to cheer on LeBron James or Kobe Bryant or Steph Curry or Kevin Durant.
They are the Bandwagon Fans, and they showed up in full force Monday night at the Smoothie King Center, where the New Orleans Pelicans faced the Cleveland Cavaliers.
These bandwagon fans were initially no different from others.