Favorite NBA Team?

Jordan may very well be the best basketball player of all time, but that doesn't neccessarily make him my favorite basketball player of all time.

Ugh, like I mentioned earlier in this thread, I hate how someone follows different teams, depending on different things. I have a few philosophies on why this is your case:

• You are still young. Meaning, at my age, it is a really big thing for sports fans to go to a bar and have a drink when their home team is on. I would get lynched by not only my friends, but the others in the bar if I was rooting for a team because "I liked the player(s) on that particular team".

• Houston sucks as a sports city, since you did say the Rockets are your home team. I only say this because I live in Philadelphia, and die-hard sports fans are all over the place, which I am happy to say I am a part of. If you are not attached to your home team already, your city simply must suck for sports..

• Maybe you moved around too much throughout your life, which caused you to like teams with certain players. For instance, one of my best friends grew up in Chicago, so he was always a die hard Bulls, etc. fan, but after moving to the Philly area, within a few years he was more of a Philly die-hard than he ever was in Chicago, although he still rooted for the Bulls while Jordan was there, then the Wizards when he was there. That case is acceptable, but he never let it get in front of Philly sports.

That is all I can think of as of now.

I picked Philly because they are the city of brotherly love.

Sorry MJ, but I think that KG is better than Shaq. Shaq can't play defense so that makes him a liability. KG can play any of the foward postions, hell he could prolly play guard if he wanted. So yeah he is very versitile but he dominates the game on both ends. On offense you can stop shaq, just make him shoot a jumper. But KG can make the jumpers and is quick enough to help out on defense aswell.

KG is better than Shaq but he's really all there is in the timberwolves..
gO KNICKS!

Now, Miami has Shaq. It's a shame that they lost a bunch of players, but they have Shaq. Shaq is still one of the most dominant force in the lague, and when he gets pissed off, he is quite fun to watch. I hated seeing Rafer Alston leave from that team, because I thought he was a great roll player. I think he's playing for the Raptors now.

Screw Shaq. The 'dream team' couldn't do shit this year. Kobe + Shaq just couldn't cut it last year. Dwayne Wade and Shaq won't either. Atleast the Pacers have some competition in the Eastern Conference now.

Rafer Alston aka Skip to my Lou aka the original playground baller is teh pwn.

I forgot to mention that my favorite team is, of course, my hometown heroes, the Pacers.

What the hell do you mean, "at least the Pacers will have some competition in the Eastern Conference now"?

Too bad they couldn't cut it enough to get to the Finals.

One team gives us trouble; that's it. Miami getting it to 7 games was a fluke, it won't happen again. I give props to Detroit, they're the only team that is relatively close to our playing level.

Orlando and New Orleans are at your playing level. Eastern Conference is ownage this year, man.

Meh. We'll just have to wait and see.

God, I can't wait for the NBA to start again!

Screw the NBA. It's all about College Basketball and the NFL.

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I expect Orlando to go all the way, if they can get some good teamwork going on and all that talent mixed together, they will be a great basketball team.

And College sports are better in my opionion because they're playing for the sport, not the money.

Screw the NBA. It's all about College Basketball and the NFL.

College Basketball is only exciting in March. The NBA is exciting the whole season. Booyah!

Eh, I don't really get that excited over the NBA, there are too many games. Now, the NFL, where literally every game counts... Now that's excitement for a full season.

Yeah, yeah, the NFL is good, too. My opinion contains a huge amount of bias, seeing as how I breathe basketball.

Oh, I breathe air. Well, except when the Eagles are on, because then I breathe beer, wings, and pizza like a hot date on prom night!

Umm, maybe that last part belongs to another joke..

EAGLES!!!!!

By the way, I'll be waking up in about 5 and a half hours from now to go to Lehigh and watch the Eagles last open visitors day of training camp! WRs are signing tomorrow, so T.O. here I come nigga!

Well, I tried that air thing and it just really didn't work out. Breathing basketball is better for the liver.

This year, Chicago is going all the way. Jordan is on the top of his game, Pippin is just off da hook. Shit's changing. Lakers are going down again, fo sheezy.