OT - Jon Bois simulates the death of the NBA
Fans of the Breaking Madden series probably already have seen this. I was lucky enough to have someone forward it to me.
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/6/3/5772796/nba-y2k-series-finale-the-…
Bonus: A few of the comments are darn funny too.
Don't you know it's wrong to go OT with the very first post and PEPPER the OP with OT questions when he's only trying to start an OT discussion about the NBA? OK?
Anyway, can someone pass the PEPPERS?
But this guy failed on multiple fronts on that post, starting with somehow confusing Peppers and Isaac, and ending with failing to add the ' /s' at the bottom.
You may now go back to PEPPERING the OP...about ISSAC.
/s
The Noel/Davis gifs of them surrounded by 5'3 clones are great.
From the 2028-29 season:
"The Lakers are the only team left in the league who are capable of putting five non-horrible players on the floor, so they finish an NBA-record 79-3. They've managed to hoard quality players. Their starting five of Dion Waiters, Anthony Bennett, Paul George, Rudy Gobert, and Dennis Schroeder renders them effective gods among men."
You have to wonder what sort of record that starting five would put together now.
VERY funny piece. Thanks for sharing that.
We should try this with NCAA 14. Load up teams with nothing but 5'3" 145 lb weaklings.
He only did it for one game at a time, but I'm pretty sure this was part of his Breaking Madden series.
Obama still being the president in 2029 was the best part of that.
You'd never see something like this about the death of major league baseball or the NFL. Yet there's this visceral, perverse disdain for the NBA. Wonder what it could be....
I hate the NFL. I do like the MLB though.
God the anti-NBA stuff on this blog is insufferable.
Did you not see Jon Bois' previous series, Breaking Madden? Where he does basically the exact same thing?
I didn't read the piece as anti-NBA at all. In fact, I would have thought that a big NBA fan would find it even funnier because of the pathos involved. The Breaking Madden series, at least the Super Bowl episode, didn't have the inherent sadness. In addition, I would have thought big NBA'ers would have had added appreciation for the pieces like the flow of teams winning championships, guys coming out of permanent retirement, etc.
As a Nuggets fan, it totally makes sense to me that the Nuggets would become a power when the league starts dying. Dulce et decorum est.