The NBA Thread

[jbissell]

re: Hip Hop, the problem with NBA mascots is that they by and large stupid. The most successful one of all time is what, the Phoenix Gorilla? That bug-eyed dude the Warriors have?

Benny the Bull is the only NBA mascot with his own Wesley Willis song.

Also, a few years back, he was arrested for driving a mini-motorcycle through the Taste of Chicago and punching an off-duty cop.

[Greggulator]

I always liked the Hornets dual mascots of that bee and then The Man of Teal dunk guy.

Clutch, the Houston Rockets mascot, is tolerably adorable.

The Nets had an old mascot called "Stuff, the Magic Dragon" who lasted about three months. This was the Chris Morris-era Nets with the tye dye warm-ups. One of the best bad basketball teams of all-time. Just total jerks, ballhogs, arrests and dumb fan promotions.

I'll look later to see if their song "GET ON THE POWER TRAIN" is on YouTube anywhere.

[senorcorazon]

I don't want to start reading the article because it's impossible to top the title. Thanks, Yahoo Sports.

"Rik Smits finds a home away from hoops … on a dirt bike?"

[buffcoat]

"Oh, yeah, let's get an extreme bodybuilding rape-y rabbit who will hit about 75% of his trampoline dunks."


I'm struggling to find the flaw.




We in NC are saddled with the most non-entitous team in professional sports, the Charlotte Bobcats.  A combination of a city known for nothing, a team with a nonsensical and no-longer-relevant-even-in-its-original-nonrelevancy nickname, an ok but undistinguished arena... at least the Hornets had a cheaty, stealy, in fact rape-y owner who was the most hated man in the city for reasons having nothing to do with the team, although that was how he became well known.

It would be an interesting story if it didn't take place in Charlotte, the Largest City in America that Nobody Ever Talks About.

[TheeChrisDee]

I love your take on Charlotte and based on my few visits, totally agree.  It's my unrealistic dream that MJ someday decides to move the team to Raleigh.

Is there a Fontasy hoops league starting up?

[buffcoat]

I love your take on Charlotte and based on my few visits, totally agree.  It's my unrealistic dream that MJ someday decides to move the team to Raleigh.

Is there a Fontasy hoops league starting up?

Triangle-ites hate Charlotteans and vice-versa.  It's in our DNA.  Stay here long enough and it will worm its way into yours.

Charlotte desperately wants to be Atlanta, which is a bit like the Sixth Layer of Hell wanting to be just like the Eighth.

[jbissell]

Is there a Fontasy hoops league starting up?

I got an email saying our league from last year was reactivated but I'm not sure if new teams can be added or not. I believe gabbami is the league commish but it doesn't look like he's been on the boards in a long while.

[Pregnant Pause]

re: Hip Hop, the problem with NBA mascots is that they by and large stupid. The most successful one of all time is what, the Phoenix Gorilla? That bug-eyed dude the Warriors have?

Benny the Bull is the only NBA mascot with his own Wesley Willis song.

Also, a few years back, he was arrested for driving a mini-motorcycle through the Taste of Chicago and punching an off-duty cop.

Oh no... http://www.nba.com/sixers/mascotfanvote.html

[TheeChrisDee]

I've got nothing against the good people of Charlotte, I just think the city is a whole lot of nothing...and I want their basketball team.

I've beat this drum on twitter many times, but I still find it very odd that at least on DirecTV, the Bobcats games are blacked out in the Triangle.  Somehow, a city 2 1/2 hours away, in the same state is out of market.  You can't grow a fanbase if one of the most populated and fastest growing areas of the state can't see your games. Major blunder by the Bobcats.

[buffcoat]

Major blunder by the Bobcats.

Writing this sentence twice a week would qualify you to be the Bobcats beat writer for either the Charlotte Observer or The (Raleigh) News & Observer.

[buffcoat]

Oh no... http://www.nba.com/sixers/mascotfanvote.html

I didn't have the belief that I would be emotionally affected by clicking on this link, but I was. 

Oh, man, PP, you found a link straight from the pits of hell.  I was less shocked when I clicked through to goatse, way back when.

[Dan of Orange]

We all like the dog with the bell on it's head right?

[captain carrigan]

I missed the boat on this board's NBA fantasy league last year, but played on yahoo and really enjoyed it.  Would like to get in with this one, if that's happening and you guys are accepting new teams.  Thanks.

[Greggulator]

Yeah, if someone sets this up you know I'm in.

[Stupornaut]

Usually the best way to help me keep tabs on a sports league I only have passing familiarity with is through comedy, so hopefully I'll be able to overcome the Timberwolves' continued efforts to make every Minnesotan stop caring about the NBA with the help of Jon Bois' Lockout Laboratory. The bit that starts at 1:35 is the funniest thing I've seen all week.