A Young Man’s Game
Yesterday, I was watching the LA Clippers - Golden State Warriors basketball game. My 18-year-old brother saw this and commented, “Who is LAC?” I turned to him, anticipating a joke. “The Los Angeles Clippers,” I told him. His sincere reply was, “There are two basketball teams in LA?” I was incredulous. I decided to test him. I gave him twenty minutes to name all 30 NBA teams. Here is what he gave me:
Cleveland Cavaliers
Dallas Mavericks
Miami Heat
Boston Celtics
Detroit Pistons
Toronto Raptors
San Antonio Spurs
Denver Nuggets
Los Angeles Clippers
Golden Gate Warriors
Los Angeles Lakers
Chicago Bulls
Utah Jazz
Then it got kinda weird:
“There’s a basketball team in New Orleans? … The New Orleans Mardi Gras”
New York Anthony’s
The Cloppers
Seattle … that’s a baseball team (later corrected to the Seattle Starbucks)
The Oregon … Ducks!
Kentucky … Nope
Indianapolis Hoosiers
Timberwolves! Yes! “Where are they?” I have no idea! (Minnesota)
Dakota Fannings
Houston Oilers… Cowboys … Rockets! They have that Chinese guy, Mao.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Orlando Magic
Sacramento Kings
Washington Sentinels
Oregon Settlers … Outcasts
Port Au Prince Walruses (I think this one was a joke. I think)
Washington Wingmen … Wizards … Agent Zero!
Quote: “There is a team in North Carolina”
Atlanta Things … Hawks!
New Jersey Nets
Arizona Birds … Phoenix Suns
When time expired he had named twenty-one actual teams, a holiday, a team named after a player, a coffee drink, (approximately) two college teams, half a defunct ABA team, an actress, and NFL team, a historical reference, a joke, a vague notion, and my favorite - a fictional professional football team from the classic sports flick “The Replacements.”
In case you are curious, the following teams were omitted: Oklahoma City Thunder, New Orleans Hornets, Portland Trailblazers, Memphis Grizzlies, Charlotte Bobcats, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers, Indiana Pacers, and New York Knickerbockers.
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