Sunday, October 25, 2009

Not Another Team Preview: Previewing Fans in the Northwest Division

By now every major team publication or website's team previews have been out for some time (Hollinger and Dwyer are my two favorites) so other than adding a funny line (as if I had any) or rewording a particular sentence there is not much I can add you don't already know about the upcoming NBA season.

So rather than go into the usual cut and paste, blog obligatory features (positional rankings, over/underrated and power ranking) or breaking down the game of our 12th man to its most minute detail, I thought I'd flip the script and create a preview even the countless number of sports bloggers could use.

So without further ado-feel free to add and contribute to the list-here is the annual preview of NBA team fans.

Denver Nuggets

Strengths:
Remarkable lung capacity due to yelling at extreme altitudes.

Weaknesses: Coors Light. john Denver.

In the mind of the fans:

"Chauncey Billups slowing down? Ridiculous."

"We'll probably have everything fall absolutely perfect again."

Minnesota Timberwolves

Strengths:
Survived Kevin McHale

Weaknesses: Complacency likely given management has already admitted to not caring about the next few seasons.

In the mind of the fans:

"What's a shooting guard, small forward or center? It's been so long since we've seen one?"
Oklahoma City Thunder

Strengths:
Enthusiastic glow remains from Honeymoon.

Weaknesses: They're not Seattle. They live in a market so small the city is named after the state.

In the mind of the fans:

"Holy crap! I still can't believe we have a professional team to root for besides the Soooners."

Portland Trailblazers

Strengths:
were able to influence management to finally rid themselves of the Jail Blazers era.

Weaknesses: National Anthem. Pairing Bowie and Odom together in any sentence.

In the mind of the fans:

"I'm starting to think that this Oden over Durant thing was a bad idea."

"Roy's not overrated...he's....he's...he's better than Kobe. There, I said it."

Seattle Supersonics

Strengths:
Passionate fans.

Weaknesses: Took losing their team to find said passion. No NBA team.

In the mind of the fans:

"Root for the Blazers my A--. F--- You David Stern!"

Utah Jazz

Strengths:
One of the toughest places to play in the NBA. And with no night life, one can assume that it's directly because of the fans.

Weaknesses: Black dress pants and short sleeved white button up shirts with ties.

In the mind of the fans:

"Williams is just as good as Paul. No really. I mean it. He's better than Paul. He's bigger, a better shooter, and....and....why won't anyone listen to us."

"Sloan's induction speech wasn't too long, or too boring."

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