Germanshepherd

I don’t have any idea what will happen Game 6 or 7. These two teams show up and disappear at random.  

Kind of significant 

The Texans going away from red socks on the aways will never make sense to me

The regular season Heat showed up tonight. Flush it and move on to the next one*
 

*I will be rocking back in forth in my sleep whispering “just one of the next three” until this series ends I know the odds are so low but I really don’t want to be the historical footnote that does it

Fat Lever

Also mentions wearing throwbacks three times

On 5/20/2023 at 5:49 AM, the admiral said:

Honestly, I'd want to kick the tires on Omaha before Kansas City or any of the one-team NBA towns. Would it work? Probably not, but I know Salt Lake City wouldn't.

Alright lemme make a homer’s case for Omaha (even though it has literally no shot at happening)

1.  It’s got the arena for it. The CHI Health Center hosted UNO hockey for a couple years, it’s got no obstructed views, and the capacity is 17,100, which fits in with the rest of the league. 
 

2. There’s some interest of hockey here. The state’s got three junior league USHL teams that all do pretty well for attendance. 
 

Lincoln consistently battles with Fargo for the top spot, Omaha’s always up there and even the Tri-City Storm’s Kearney (pop. 30,000) holds its own. Granted these are only about a couple thousand on average, but you’re not starting from scratch building a hockey fanbase. 

Also, UNO consistently brings in a top 5 attendance in NCAA, which includes some hockey-crazy markets. 
 

3.  It’s bigger than you think. The Omaha metro’s nearly got a million people in it, and nearby Lincoln’s got 340k. 
 

Lincoln-Omaha combined is bigger than the NHL and NHL-adjacent markets of Salt Lake City, Hartford and Buffalo.
 

It doesn’t have to compete with any nearby NHL teams (it’s mostly Colorado fans out here but the vast majority don’t have a team), so you’re getting a chunk of Kansas City, Des Moines, and some of Wichita/Dakotas. 
 

Omaha’s projected to grow in the coming years, plus its home to like five Fortune 500 companies so the money’s there to form an ownership group. 
 

4. Nebraska sports fandom goes HARD. 

We’ve sold out the football stadium through seven straight losing seasons. We’ve sold out the football stadium for a VOLLEYBALL game with a chunk of people wanting tickets that couldn’t get in. 
 

The Husker basketball team has been dreadful for forever and still sells out, Creighton’s got a huge fanbase down here, and the College World Series runs well every year, so it’s got the downtown infrastructure needed. 
 

Will that still be the case if a team isn’t brandishing the Husker N? I’m not sure, but I do know that if a team catches on here they won’t have to worry about attendance no matter how they’re doing. 
 

Will any of this matter? Absolutely not. But I do think that there’s reason to believe that the NHL could work here, at least moreso than it did in Arizona. 
 

Also, I really want to get into hockey but just can’t form a connection with any of the teams so I’m hoping against all hope that KC or Omaha somehow pulls this off, even though it really should be Quebec. 

I can’t believe we broke them. I didn’t expect us to even win, but to literally watch the Celtics unravel in real time is a dream come true. 

59 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

Also, I don't watch a future with PPV NFL games. I could just totally see it happening. They could absolutely charge $50 for the Super Bowl AND still run ads. Enough people would pay for it to make it work. Would 20 million people pay $50 to watch the Super Bowl so the NFL could make a billion dollars?

Former ESPN CEO John Skipper can totally see it happening, with the price being as high as $250

Right when they finally fixed the branding. Brutal. RIP to a great identity. 

3 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said:

Jokic having one of the best games of his career.

I mean AD had 40. Both teams played out of their gourd today, we’ll see if either can keep this up. 

Again I don’t think it’s a coincidence the NBA Requires you have your team name in the logo. 
 

I definitely see the elimination of the wordmark with the global logo as a patch as the endgame.

I can’t believe what this Heat team has accomplished especially without Herro and Oladipo. 
 

Everything since going up on the Bucks has been icing on the cake. This is just a perfect Heat culture team that never quits.
 

If we make/win the Finals, I’ll be overjoyed obviously, but this playoff run has more than satisfied me with this team. 

I don’t have a consistent rule for name abbreviations, some I like, such as NYK GSW and CBJ, but some I abhor like LAK TBL and especially NOP. 

I actually think the NBA should make an exception and allow the Pelicans to be NOLA. We have the technology now, we can survive with four letters. 

6 minutes ago, Cujo said:

 

These Lakers (as a team) don't have that much more playoff experience than the Nuggets.

True but LeBron and AD have never lost a series together with both fully healthy.
 

If AD’s full strength and the Lakers bench players keep it up I could see them winning, but the rest and home court advantage for the Nuggets is massive. 

On one hand the Nuggets have been far and away the best team all season and have shown no signs of faltering but on the other hand it’s gonna be really hard to bet against teams with vastly more championship experience in the WCF. 

So close yet so far for Oklahoma State. 
 

Jerseys are an absolute home run, nothing really to complain with there. 
 

There’s still too many helmets and the full body Pete and Cowboys script will never not look forced. 
 

Plus as others have pointed out, striping the helmets but not the pants is beyond baffling. 

Looks like Denver and Phoenix will be the rare series that never starts

13 hours ago, bbush24 said:

Top left is the clear winner, what are we even doing here with the rest of em

Saw a Montana State beach towel for sale at a Target in Central Nebraska. 
 

So naturally I had to buy it. 

I like the Nuggets’ current look, but it pales in comparison to their rainbow alternates which would be a top 5 identity in the league if adopted. 
 

Although the original rainbows clear this, and are literally my favorite uniforms of all time. 

23 hours ago, Pyromania1983 said:

Lockervision has officially been updated to reflect the second round matchups that are already set up at this point.

What we’re getting

Boston in black vs Philly in red for Game 1 and 3

Boston in green vs Philly in white for Game 2

Philly in blue vs Boston in white for Game 4

Nuggets in blue vs. Suns in white for Game 2

Suns in black vs. Nuggets in white for 3 & 4

Knicks in white at home, Heat in Red for Game 1, Black for Game 2. 

Heat in white at home, Knicks in unnecessary blues Game 3, black in Game 4

5 hours ago, the admiral said:

HOW MANY FINAL FOURS DO CITIES THINK THERE ARE. Half of them will still be in Dallas or New Orleans anyway.

 

Absolutely ridiculous, and this is going to make other teams ask for even more.

Especially for Super Bowls too. They’re never coming back to Detroit or Indy.