Pistons superfan 'Korean Tom' builds following by loving Detroit, team
Tom Hur of South Korea loves Detroit. His growing Instagram following is a testament to how much Detroit has loved him back.
The attendant outside of the suites at Little Caesars Arena was determined to guess who Tom Hur was. After all, a steady stream of people were approaching the 33-year-old to shake his hand and ask for pictures before Game 2 of the Detroit Pistons' first round of the playoffs. She was sure he was someone famous.
More: Michigan men's basketball team, Jared Goff cheering on Pistons in Game 2 "I'm thinking a show or something," she guessed, figuring him for a Hollywood star. No, Hur confirmed. "I'm just a regular person.
" That may be true in Hur's hometown of Seoul, South Korea, where Hur works a 10-6 job at a bank. But in Detroit, Hur is famous just for loving Detroit. Hur, now known to Detroit Pistons fans as "Korean Tom" or his Instagram handle, "koreapistonsfan," accidentally made a name for himself in Detroit by adopting the city's sports teams, especially the Pistons, from afar.
What started as a childhood admiration has, in the last two years, turned Hur into an unlikely Detroit ambassador. Along the way, he's shown Detroit natives their city has plenty for outsiders to love. A video game leads to lifelong love of the Detroit Pistons It started, as many childhood obsessions do, with a video game.
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