4 Ridiculous Things That All NBA Fans Know to Be True
Being an NBA fan (or a fan of any sport) isn't a logical endeavor.
We don’t think rationally. We don’t sit down and make a list of pros and cons when it comes to forming an opinion. And we certainly don’t ever say to ourselves, “Well I’m not sure about that decision, but these players/executives/coaches are professionals getting paid millions of dollars and are probably more qualified to make said decision, so I will trust the process”.
That irrationality is what makes being a professional sports fan so great. If you’re from Milwaukee, you are probably 97% sure that Giannis A̶n̶t̶e̶…
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…The Greek Freak is going to be the next coming of LeBron James. Of course, if you are a fan of one of the 14 teams that passed on him in the 2013 NBA draft (Anthony Bennett, Otto Porter, Cody Zeller, Trey Burke, and Kelly Olynyk were all taken ahead of him), then you probably think he’s an overrated foreign freak.
Either way, here are four completely ridiculous things that any self-respecting NBA fan will relate to:
1.
We often like certain players for something completely unrelated to basketball: I love Gordon Hayward (he’s a bit of a fan favourite here at The Summit Media Network), and it’s not because I’m a Jazz fan or because he was inches away from what would have been the greatest moment in college basketball history.
It’s not even because he’s an undeniably good-looking and talented man who has his head screwed on straight. I love Hayward because he loves League of Legends. Simply put, I love knowing there is an NBA player who might be more nerdy than I am.
Given how much I love to troll other players online, I hope I wasn’t a huge dick if I ever unknowingly played with him.
2.
We call rebounds “boards”.
This doesn’t make sense.
Unrelated, we also get confused about teams with singular names like the Heat. What are NBA players in Miami called? Heats? Hots? A Hotty with a Body?
This applies to the Jazz (Jazzes, Jazz Musicians, or the slightly more controversial Jizzes?), the Magic (Magics or Harry Potters?) and the Thunder (They should be referred to as Russell Westbrook and people that Mr. Westbrook isn’t going to pass to in 2016).
3.
It’s weird to think about some players in terms of their first name.
Unless you are a close personal friend of an NBA player, you probably know them by their last name, perhaps a nickname. But in an NBA locker room, most players go by their first name (like most normal people do). Imagine asking Chris how his commercials with State Farm were going.
What would it be like if you received a call from an unknown number, you picked up, and the guy on the other end said, “Hey, it’s Patrick. I’m really excited to be the starting point guard for a Coach Mike’s offense this year.”
Yeah. It’s weird.
It’s also a damn shame D’Antoni shaved his mustache.
4.
Fully grown men “kidnapped” another player when he considered leaving the their team.
There was also an emoji war which peaked with an emoji attempt by Paul Pierce and a toilet from Baron Davis.
You know the story already, but if you want to remind yourself of the most incredible day in NBA Twitter history, you can read more here.
The NBA…
Where ridiculous happens.
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