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Biggest Celebrity Fan for Every NBA Team

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NBA celebrity fans are next level. The star power on the sidelines dates back to the 1970s (thank you, Jack) and is unrivaled in professional sports.

With the league’s growth over the years, there is plenty of love to go around when it comes to finding an NBA team to get behind. Every NBA team has its own top celebrity fan, from Oscar winners to Grammy winners to some of the biggest names in music, film and television today.

Here is the biggest celebrity fan for each NBA team.

30. New Orleans Pelicans: Lil’ Wayne

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Rapper Lil’ Wayne, in the KISS hat, at a New Orleans Hornets game in 2010. Lynne Sladky / AP Photo

Day job: Grammy-winning rapper 

Fan since: 2002, when the Charlotte Hornets moved their franchise to New Orleans

In his own words: “And when it comes down to this recordin’/I must be LeBron James if he’s Jordan/No, I won rings with my performance/I’m more Kobe Bryant of an artist /Same coach, same game, been startin’/Same triangle offense” —Lil’ Wayne, Show Me What You Got (Remix), 2005

Bottom Line: Lil’ Wayne

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Lil’ Wayne, left, performs with Chance the Rapper during the 2020 NBA All-Star Game in Chicago. David Banks / AP Photo

The Pelicans are definitely due for their own celebrity fan, but none have stepped forward so far. Until that happens, Lil’ Wayne gets the nod.

The New Orleans native has a lot of different allegiances when it comes to sports (most notably the Lakers and Heat in the NBA) but who says you just have to like one team?

Most people do, but in this case, we had to give Weezy some leeway.

29. Charlotte Hornets: Ben Folds

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Ben Folds created the Ben Folds Five and is a North Carolina native. AP Photo

Day job: Platinum-selling singer/songwriter 

Fan since: 1988, when the Hornets came to Charlotte, and Folds, recently graduated from UNC-Greensboro, was just starting his career playing bars and fraternity parties across North Carolina

In his own words: “My band Ben Folds Five are from NC and would like to volunteer to be a pit band @bobcats game this season.” —Ben Folds, Twitter, November 2012

Bottom Line: Ben Folds

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Musician Ben Folds walks down the street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 2005. Karen Tam / AP Photo

Ben Folds, you say? Of the Ben Folds Five? Why yes.

The indie rock impresario is a North Carolina native and was a Hornets fan dating back to before the team folded, came back as the Bobcats, then changed back to the Hornets.

Folds once famously volunteered his entire band, all North Carolina natives, to be the pit band for Bobcats games in the early 2010s.