Weird, specific questions about lust

Bare with me here please.

I used to be very lustful, I still have issues with lust, but less so than I used to. There is this one NBA player who I really liked and considered one of my favorite players mostly because I thought he was attractive. I wasn't a fan of the NBA team he played for or the team he played for in college, my fandom was mostly because I was attracted to him.

However, even after attempting to lust less, I still like this player for non-lustful reasons. I still think he's attractive and that a factor for me liking him as a player, but I also genuinely think he's a good player and I want to see him do well. I also am now a fan of the college team he played for, for reasons mostly unrelated to the player, and I tend to like players that played for my favorite college teams.

So my questions are:

Can I still be a fan of this player if my initial interest was sparked by lust?

Can I still think this player is attractive in a non-sinful way and how so?