Temat: NBA 2008/2009 Season
I guess I put the cart before the horse. I don't know why I thought they had the Bulls in the playoffs right now. I guess I saw them playing while I was passing by and I thought they started that already. Then today I saw the Bulls have the Celts and Pistons/Heat.
The team names are a weird thing fo' sho.' Knicks comes from some legendary political group from NYC's history(?) Shortened to Knicks but their paperwork is probably still the long form. Bulls: who knows? Pistons from the car engine part, Detroit being a car manufacturing town. An ironic one is the Jazz. Utah Jazz. Utah? Jazz? moved from New Orleans to Utah in the 70s, I think. New Orleans = Jazz to a lot of people, so...then the Charlotte Hornets moved to N.O.
LA "Lakers?" They grew up in Minneapolis or one of those towns but for sure it in Minnesota, the "Land of 10,000 Lakes." So Lakers. The daring-type names like Cavaliers and the animal teams are meant to impress us (why do you think so many women go to the Chicago games)? hehe The others usually have something to do with a characteristic feature about the area in which they were originally founded. The ownership usually stays the same and they have the brand and dont want to change it. Lotsa Irish in Boston when they were founded. I think a Pacer is a type of race horse.
One of my longest-ever posts.
I'd like to thank the Academy...(cue the subtle "shut up music).