101 Reasons to Watch the NBA this Season
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by users Davis21wylie , Manny Stiles , and others!
Okay, you guys know how this works... ArmchairGM users, with the NBA season starting a week from today, let's try and put together (at least) 101 reasons to watch The Association during the 2006-07 this season. Just hit "edit page" and add to this list. Let's make this a combination of humor with serious reasons. Try to keep each reason as a one-liner. Feel free to re-number the list in any way you wish. And if you add a reason, feel free to add your name as being a co-author of this opinion (if you don't know how, leave a comment below and I'll add it for you). And please, feel free to add your own reasons, but don't alter reasons posted by others. Anyway, let's get moving:
101 Reasons (And Counting) to Watch the NBA this Season
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- Can the Heat repeat?
- Two words: LeBron. James.
- To watch guys playing with their new sticky balls instead of their old sweaty balls
- To see how many felonies Stephen Jackson will commit.
- Because Ben Wallace's arrival in Chicago is a hot-button issue...
- Ron Artest could snap and kill somebody at any moment.
- Will Allen Iverson ever be TRADED?
- To figure out whether Dwight Howard or Chris Bosh is the game's best young big man.
- Because Kobe is wearing #24 all of a sudden.
- Steve Nash: better with or without hair?
- To find out how awesome Jackie Butler is.
- NBA Math: Isiah + Coaching the Knicks = Pure Hilarity
- Because, let's face it, everybody needs more Rick Kamla in their lives.
- Because Greg Oden will dominate all comers. Whoops, that's next season
- To laugh at J.J. Redick's failures. Either that, or be shocked as hell at his successes...
- Because all summer I've missed the grating know-it-all-ism of Bill Walton.
- Can Kobe drop 81 again? Okay, more than 81?
- Because chronic underachiever Tim Thomas parlayed a great postseason into a $5,215,000 salary this year. Oh, wait, that's a reason not to watch the NBA, in protest...
- Kevin Garnett is really pissed now.
- Because, hey, at least it's not hockey...
- Steve Nash... back-to-back-to-back MVPs??? Or just a first Championship??
- Amare Stoudemire's knee(s).
- Isiah Thomas's over/under set at Christmas
- Determining who the most overrated "star" on the Knicks is (my vote: Stevie "Franchise")
- Okay, raise your hand if you don't see Michael Jordan suiting up for the Bobcats at some point...
- Any way we could get a Raja Bell-Kobe cage match?
- Oklahoma City could end up with two teams??
- Ponder this: All-Star Game in Las Vegas!!!
- Because Andrei Kirilenko's wife is way cool.
- To see if Andrea Bargnani can overcome his absurdly feminine first name.
- Bonzi Wells: Now that he has a new contract, he's even 20% more of a malcontent!
- It goes without saying and be that as it may, at the end of the day...the bottom line is quite frankly, Stephen Aloysius Smith
- Can Tracy and Yao Ming "The Merciless" ever stay healthy at the same time?
- You knew it was happening sooner or later... Rasheed Wallace has his own "rule".
- Darko is free.
- Paul Pierce will be.
- Two more words: D. Wade.
- Because Marv Albert is the man. Even if he doesn't always wear men's underwear...
- Because the Pacers have suddenly and inexplicably become "Jail Blazers East"
- To watch Jerome James earn his $30 million. Oh, wait...
- Lamer comeback, Jay Williams or Dajuan Wagner?
- Can you say Technical Foul? The league is cracking down on players questioning and bitching about calls! Even looking at the ref wrong will get you T'd.
- There will be one surprise team, just like always...
- Because we're all on the edge of our seats, just waiting to see who eventually signs Keith Van Horn
- Not sure if this is 100% pertinent to the NBA, but: Scoop Jackson and Jason Whitlock's feud should provide hours of fun
- Another season of Ahmad Rashad and Inside Stuff. Yeah, like you don't watch it too...
- It's a warm-up for the WNBA season!
- By January, D21Dub will get you to understand Pace Factor.
- Because Gilbert Arenas might just be the coolest cat in the league.
- Tony Parker's weird-ass videos.
- Adam Morrison's pornstache.
- Because the tights era is officially over.
- QUITE FRANKLY, I CAN'T LIVE MUCH LONGER WITHOUT STEPHEN... A... SMITH!
- The sound you hear when a player hits nothing but net.
- Because taking Primoz Brezec, Joel Przybilla, and/or a guy named "Zaza" in fantasy no longer makes you a laughingstock
- Because Charles Barkley is the funniest man alive.
- Because the Black Mamba is looking to drop a 100.
- Because every team in the league thinks they can run and gun like the Suns for no good reason.
- To watch the freak-of-nature that is Dirk Nowitzki.
- Big Daddy
- Because when watching the Charlotte Bobcats, you can't tell if you are watching a college game from two years ago or an NBA game this year (Roster includes Raymond Felton, Adam Morrison, Emeka Okafor, and Sean May).
- To watch Alonzo Mourning reject shots at a ridiculous rate.
- Pau Gasol will come back mad as hell (and with the ability to brag about the World Championship)
- Rudy Gay jerseys will be top sellers in 'certain demographics' other than Memphis.
- How interesting is the train wreck known as Atlanta Hawks ownership?
- Nellie Ball is back in the Bay Area!!! (But they're still the Warriors)
- Who needs microfracture surgery next?
- Who gets to overtake Eddie Griffin for "Stupidest Arrest"
- LOTS of potential in the class of 2006, who will BOOM and who will Bust?
- All new unis in Milwaukee
- Boris Diaw is by far the best player you don't know enough about...3D brings a giant bag of skills to the hardwood
- Maybe the Spurs will remind everyone they still have Tim Duncan
- The endless bevy of Kwame Brown jokes waiting to be uttered
- The inevitable Larry Brown rumor of and/or actual return.
- The inevitable George Karl blowup and/or firing and return as TV analyst.
- Shawn Marion, the Matrix, is a human pogo stick.
- Jerry Sloan REALLY does it right... and you will, too, or else you're out on your butt
- Watch Earl Boykins play and you'll be a fan of him.
- Avery Johnson press conferences.
- Avery Johnson's voice, in general
- Because NBA TV host/correspondent Angela Tsai is seriously easy on the eyes
- No matter what you think of Chris Webber, he will still make many jaw-dropping passes this season.
- Just think... what if? Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady play a complete, healthy season together...
- There will be more and more talk of the NBA starting franchises in Europe (now THAT's a road trip)
- Pound for Pound, basketball highlights are the most enjoyable
- Because Renaldo Balkman is going to take over the league!
- Because Nellie is going to turn the Golden State Warriors into one of the best offenses in the league.
- Rip got rid of his cornrows. Are we back in UConn?
- Because basketball has the most exciting trade deadline of any of the four major sports.
- Because Tim Duncan is afraid of sharks.
- Because Raymond Felton is guaranteeing a playoff berth!
- To see a man under six-feet win the slam dunk contest on his 48th attempt.
- Because Stephon Marbury is going to play like Starbury again, dammit.
- www.rajabell.com
- Don Nelson's frankenstein lineups are back
- Any day now, Sam Mitchell is either going to be fired, or just go postal on his players
- 3LY: Billy. Joe. Cuthbert.
- Because Doug and Jackie Christie have their own reality show. I'm not making this up.
- Because I'm pretty sure Dick Vitale is banned from anything NBA-related, except for the draft
- Because these guys have me fired up about the Mavericks.
- Because Grant Hill "feels great now." Right.
- There's a remote chance that Zach Randolph won't be a clubhouse cancer this year. I said "remote".
- Sacramento's issues
- Leandro Barbosa is the fastest dude in the league (and looks slow doing it!)
- This guy called Manu Ginobili is still a game changer (since he's healthy)
- The inevitable Shawn Kemp comeback grumblings
- And if Shawn Kemp does come back, will rehab centers everywhere have to un-retire his jersey number?
- Triple overtime games!
- Chris Paul is the Great American Point Guard
- Tyson Chandler's much needed fresh start
- Triple doubles!
- Can anyone really get enough Hubie Brown in their life?
- Who loses the most games to get the best chance at Greg Oden, just to end up with the 4th pick anyway? (Blazers, again?)
- I wonder what a summer of USA basketball did for Carmelo Anthony?
- Nene and his healthy knee.
- What's the over/under on the human wet paper towel Marcus Camby's first injury? I have Nov. 4th.
- Will Vince Carter ever lose his half man/half a season nickname??
- How long can Adonal Foyle avoid the playoffs (longest current career without a playoff appearance)?
- Is Michael Redd the best unknown superstar?
- Can Joe Johnson be Atlanta's first All-Star since Dikembe Mutombo?
- Red Rocket will be this year's surprise All-Star after getting out of the frozen tundra we call Toronto
- Because Antonio Burks feels the need for speed.
- Because I'm still waiting for DeSagana Diop to develop a post move that we can start calling the "Diop Step"
- Because after the Warriors snookered Utah into taking on Derek Fisher's onerous deal, they've only got a few more hideous contracts left to unload.
- Because David Stern just doesn't feel comfortable with the idea of players toting gats.
- Shaq is a cop. We didn't say he was good at it, though.
- To watch the Spurs take it to the bank!
- For the most ridiculous name in sports... Boniface N'Dong
- To hear Billy Walton slander his old team the Blazers and not once, even once give 'Sheed an ounce of credit...for anything. Rid us of the hippies ESPN!
- Carmelo Anthony staring down a buzzer-beater
- Because Bill Simmons could only come up with 33 measly reasons to watch. That's right -- we're, like, four times the writer he is!
- Because NBA TV correspondent Cristina Fernandez is smokin' hot
- Because the League actually gainfully employs guys named "Smush", "Speedy", and "Scooter"
