Thinking about Poole on the Wizards, it's funny how rosters can change completely, but they seem to remain iterations of that city's team. Poole is basically the next Arenas. The Kings have a polished Eastern European big man who can pass. The Sixers rotate second fiddles around one transcendent star. The Lakers have a legendary superstar.
I'm curious about which cities have departed from their supposed character. Houston right now and with Harden feel like kind of the same thing, but different from the '90s championship Rockets, though that was before my time. Yao and T-Mac evoke Olajuwon and Drexler so it feels like 4 total iterations of 2 separate "teams". Can't think of any others.
Interesting theory! I disagree about the Poole-Arenas connection BUT I think you’re on to something. Ted Leonsis pushed a “big three” marketing of Beal-Kuz-Porzingis last year that was a deliberate echo of Arenas-Butler-Jamison; he even brought the old guys back.
I’m old enough to have been a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, and so my sports hatred of LA goes way back and runs deep. And of course they stole the Lakers from Minneapolis as well. And they didn’t even have the decency to change the nicknames. There are no trolleys to dodge in LA! And certainly no lakes! The sense of entitlement by Laker fans continues to this day, and the fact that they were able to attract LeBron and AD despite (at least at the time) being an entirely dysfunctional organization still rankles. I’ve never been to Sacramento, but I get the irritation and frustration.
As much as nerds like us are beyond stoked for the Wemby era, however much attention it is getting is not enough.
His preseason highlights are unique, unbelievable basketball skills of every variety. His jump shot looks smooth, his transition game is Giannis-esque, he barely leaves his feet to block shots yet blocks them in every way imaginable. The fact that the Spurs are not #1 on the league pass rankings is absurd. Who is not tuning into Wemby on Wednesday night?
I'm a lifelong die hard Spurs fan AND also NBA sicko. I watch every Spurs game and also every other team on the nights they don't play. I was hoping to be mildly tickled by Wemby. I can no longer dampen my expectations. The stuff he is doing in the preseason is borderline breaking-the-game type stuff. This is wild. He is exceeding the hype. Could you imagiyif he played for a major market team?
Thinking about Poole on the Wizards, it's funny how rosters can change completely, but they seem to remain iterations of that city's team. Poole is basically the next Arenas. The Kings have a polished Eastern European big man who can pass. The Sixers rotate second fiddles around one transcendent star. The Lakers have a legendary superstar.
I'm curious about which cities have departed from their supposed character. Houston right now and with Harden feel like kind of the same thing, but different from the '90s championship Rockets, though that was before my time. Yao and T-Mac evoke Olajuwon and Drexler so it feels like 4 total iterations of 2 separate "teams". Can't think of any others.
Interesting theory! I disagree about the Poole-Arenas connection BUT I think you’re on to something. Ted Leonsis pushed a “big three” marketing of Beal-Kuz-Porzingis last year that was a deliberate echo of Arenas-Butler-Jamison; he even brought the old guys back.
I’m old enough to have been a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, and so my sports hatred of LA goes way back and runs deep. And of course they stole the Lakers from Minneapolis as well. And they didn’t even have the decency to change the nicknames. There are no trolleys to dodge in LA! And certainly no lakes! The sense of entitlement by Laker fans continues to this day, and the fact that they were able to attract LeBron and AD despite (at least at the time) being an entirely dysfunctional organization still rankles. I’ve never been to Sacramento, but I get the irritation and frustration.
As much as nerds like us are beyond stoked for the Wemby era, however much attention it is getting is not enough.
His preseason highlights are unique, unbelievable basketball skills of every variety. His jump shot looks smooth, his transition game is Giannis-esque, he barely leaves his feet to block shots yet blocks them in every way imaginable. The fact that the Spurs are not #1 on the league pass rankings is absurd. Who is not tuning into Wemby on Wednesday night?
I'm a lifelong die hard Spurs fan AND also NBA sicko. I watch every Spurs game and also every other team on the nights they don't play. I was hoping to be mildly tickled by Wemby. I can no longer dampen my expectations. The stuff he is doing in the preseason is borderline breaking-the-game type stuff. This is wild. He is exceeding the hype. Could you imagiyif he played for a major market team?
Where do we set the over/under on years before the take machine is calling up rumors that he wants to play for the knicks or lakers? 1.5? 2.5?
The man is early Giannis highlights on steroids. How can anybody not want to be along for this ride
I miss the innocence of the pre-internet pre-take era.