Second-Favorite Team: Super-Extra Special Double Director’s Cut!
2009-08-21
Full disclosure: The bloggers of the TrueHoop Network were recently comissioned to talk about their “second-favorite teams.” The aggregation of these efforts should be up on TrueHoop sometime over the next few days, barring unforseen complications. But in the meantime, we’ve been encouraged to post the “full” versions of our posts on our sites. So this is me, doing that. Enjoy, and have a good weekend. (As with everything I attempt to cut-past from Gmail, the formatting sucks and I can’t fix it, because God hates me. Sorry.)
I’m going to have to hedge on this one. If I’m going to engage in illicit fandom with a team, I want them to have a sense of unified purpose. Basically, I want the entire team to be composed of players who share the same basic objectives and characteristics, but still compliment each other enough so that they don’t make each other redundant. And I definitely favor offensive, fast-break, post-positional small-ball clubs over “traditional” ones, although I do appreciate a team like the Spurs, who are so committed to Pop’s vision and really play as a larger unit on both ends.
This year, it feels like there are a few clubs who were one move away from grabbing definite “2nd favorite team” status, but as it is there’s a bit of a pile-up going on. If the Thunder had drafted Rubio or Steph Curry, it almost definitely would’ve been them. (Nothing against Harden, who was probably the right pick but he’s a prototype 2 and doesn’t make for as fascinating a dynamic with Westbrook as Curry or Rubio would’ve. I also really wanted to see a Roddy Beaubois-Westbrook backcourt, so I’m mad they traded him.) The Warriors were so close to actually making an Anthony Randolph/Amare Stoudemire starting frontcourt a reality, which would’ve sealed the deal for them. I love CP3, but the Hornets’ constant fire sales are a turn-off. My dark horses would be the Clippers and Raptors-if they can make it work, they’re going to be a lot of fun to watch.
I am with Scott on this one. Still alot of Cavs topics we could be talking about to keep us from going off the bridge with these awful Browns and Indians.
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I love to watch the Warriors too… but I think I might leaning towards the Thunder as my second favorite. It kills me to say that though because of what happened to Seattle, but you just can’t look away when Durant, Russell, and Green are on the floor.
Re: formatting, have you tried pasting your gmail text into Notepad first? That automatically resets formatting, so if you copy and paste that text into your blog software, it won’t look screwy.
But perhaps you have a Mac. There I cannot help you. May god have mercy on your soul.
i guess i am just desperate for cavs news because of the total negativity with the browns and indians. but can we see some more of the player profiles? what’s going on with the ‘stalled’ kurz signing? is it possible for us to beat the lakers? if so, how? is mike brown going to replace kuester?
i think i care too much.
I really think Nellie takes the small-ball thing to an extreme that’s counter-productive. You just can’t have 6-4 guys playing power forward. It’s crazy. There’s real talent on this team and I think a dose of tradition would really translate to more wins on the court.
That’s what I like to see. How could it be anyone but the most entertaining team in the league?