10 Games to Watch in 2008-09
The NBA released its 2008-09 schedule today and it seems likeeveryone and their brother has put out a "games to watch" list so I figured I'd do the same. Better get League Pass or you might miss some of these gems.
Bucks at Bulls - Oct 28 - Scott Skiles and Jim Boylan make their return to Chicago. Very exciting. The Bears have a bye this week so some fans might actually show up.
Fun Fact: Ramon Sessions set the Bucks franchise record for assists (24)last season. Scott Skiles holds the League record with 30.
Oklahoma City Thundercats at Hawks - Dec 23 - The OKC team was the last team to switch locations and the Hawks will probably be the next team to abandon their city (but they do have a state of the art arena so they will need to come up with another excuse).
Fun Fact: Whatever nickname OKC chooses you can rest assure it won't end in "s". Plural team names are so not cool these days.
Pacers at Dallas - Nov 25 - You don't realize the massive significance of this game? Anthony Johnson once played on both these teams. Don't worry, if you miss this matchup of former teams Johnson played the point for you can always catch one of the other 15 similar games.
Fun Fact: Tyronn Lue was actually worse than Johnson last year.
Warriors at Knicks - Nov 29 - Anthony Roberson's Revenge... need I say more?
Fun Fact: I thought Anthony Roberson was Anthony Randolph until I wrote this post.
Kings at Bobcats - Mar 18 - Already the front runner for game with the least attendance this year.
Not Fun Fact: With Artest gone, there is no longer any reason to watch the Kings on League Pass.
Bucks at Timberwolves - January 1 - Brett Favre is rumored to be trying out for the Bucks (and Minnesota and Chicago) this year. Who knows?
Fun Fact: Brett Favre played for his father in high school but they ran a running-oriented offense and he rarely threw more than 5 passes a game.
Hawks at Clippers - Jan 14 - EA Sports ran a simulation of the entire NBA season using NBA Live 09 and both these teams made the playoffs. I'm psyched.
Fun Fact: The above statement is completely false.
Jazz at Grizzlies - Jan 16 - This game wins the award for most nonsensical nickname matchup. Jazz in the land of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir? Grizzlies in Memphis? Fun Fact: The Grizzlies were originally going to be called the Mounties which would have made the name even more inappropriate in Memphis. (That said, "Memphis Mounties" kind of has a nice ring to it.)
Pacers at Timberwolves - Feb 20 - Tune in to this thriller to see if 10 white guys can get on the floor at the same time. For Indiana - Mike Dunleavy, Troy Murphy, Travis Diener, Jeff Foster and Rasho Nesterovic (with Josh McRoberts if necessary). And for Minnesota - Kevin Love, Mike Miller, Brian Cardinal, Mark Madsen (damn.... need more guards... where is The Mayor when you need him?) Never fear though, I'm pretty sure the Wolves will have called up Corey Violete and Luke Jackson from the D-League by this point in the season.
Fun Fact: It took a ton of self control not to make a "Jason Collins... big man, stiff, awkward, no hands, Stanford grad... he's not white?" joke.
Nets at Knicks - April 15 - This battle for the 9th overall pick is unofficially known as the "Hasheem Thabeet Sweepstakes".
Fun Fact: On April 15th, Lincoln officially was pronounced dead, the Titanic sank, and taxes are due. Hopefully this game lightens everyone's mood.
A ton of credit goes to Matt for helping with this post.
Bucks at Bulls - Oct 28 - Scott Skiles and Jim Boylan make their return to Chicago. Very exciting. The Bears have a bye this week so some fans might actually show up.
Fun Fact: Ramon Sessions set the Bucks franchise record for assists (24)last season. Scott Skiles holds the League record with 30.
Oklahoma City Thundercats at Hawks - Dec 23 - The OKC team was the last team to switch locations and the Hawks will probably be the next team to abandon their city (but they do have a state of the art arena so they will need to come up with another excuse).
Fun Fact: Whatever nickname OKC chooses you can rest assure it won't end in "s". Plural team names are so not cool these days.
Pacers at Dallas - Nov 25 - You don't realize the massive significance of this game? Anthony Johnson once played on both these teams. Don't worry, if you miss this matchup of former teams Johnson played the point for you can always catch one of the other 15 similar games.
Fun Fact: Tyronn Lue was actually worse than Johnson last year.
Warriors at Knicks - Nov 29 - Anthony Roberson's Revenge... need I say more?
Fun Fact: I thought Anthony Roberson was Anthony Randolph until I wrote this post.
Kings at Bobcats - Mar 18 - Already the front runner for game with the least attendance this year.
Not Fun Fact: With Artest gone, there is no longer any reason to watch the Kings on League Pass.
Bucks at Timberwolves - January 1 - Brett Favre is rumored to be trying out for the Bucks (and Minnesota and Chicago) this year. Who knows?
Fun Fact: Brett Favre played for his father in high school but they ran a running-oriented offense and he rarely threw more than 5 passes a game.
Hawks at Clippers - Jan 14 - EA Sports ran a simulation of the entire NBA season using NBA Live 09 and both these teams made the playoffs. I'm psyched.
Fun Fact: The above statement is completely false.
Jazz at Grizzlies - Jan 16 - This game wins the award for most nonsensical nickname matchup. Jazz in the land of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir? Grizzlies in Memphis? Fun Fact: The Grizzlies were originally going to be called the Mounties which would have made the name even more inappropriate in Memphis. (That said, "Memphis Mounties" kind of has a nice ring to it.)
Pacers at Timberwolves - Feb 20 - Tune in to this thriller to see if 10 white guys can get on the floor at the same time. For Indiana - Mike Dunleavy, Troy Murphy, Travis Diener, Jeff Foster and Rasho Nesterovic (with Josh McRoberts if necessary). And for Minnesota - Kevin Love, Mike Miller, Brian Cardinal, Mark Madsen (damn.... need more guards... where is The Mayor when you need him?) Never fear though, I'm pretty sure the Wolves will have called up Corey Violete and Luke Jackson from the D-League by this point in the season.
Fun Fact: It took a ton of self control not to make a "Jason Collins... big man, stiff, awkward, no hands, Stanford grad... he's not white?" joke.
Nets at Knicks - April 15 - This battle for the 9th overall pick is unofficially known as the "Hasheem Thabeet Sweepstakes".
Fun Fact: On April 15th, Lincoln officially was pronounced dead, the Titanic sank, and taxes are due. Hopefully this game lightens everyone's mood.
A ton of credit goes to Matt for helping with this post.
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