Monday Tip-Off: All 30 NBA Teams Represented in The Simpsons
We’re at midcourt, and the ball is about to go up…it’s Monday Tip-Off! Join me as I begin the week here at the NLSC with my opinions and commentary on basketball gaming topics, as well as tales of the fun I’ve been having on the virtual hardwood. This week, I’m tipping things off with a fun exercise: representing all 30 NBA teams with moments from The Simpsons.
Tomorrow marks 35 years since The Simpsons premiered as a half hour series with the episode “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire“. As most diehard Simpsons fans can tell you, it was originally produced as the eighth episode of the first season, but animation errors in the intended series premiere – “Some Enchanted Evening” – ended up pushing back the show’s debut. As a result, it premiered with a Christmas special, which also became the only episode to air during the 80s (not counting the original shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, of course).
As a 90s kid, The Simpsons was as important to me as basketball, video games, and all of the other awesome things to come out of that radical decade. Indeed, in 1998, three of my favourite things – The Simpsons, NBA, and WWF – all aired on Channel Ten here in Australia. As such, they’re closely linked in my nostalgia, much the same way as I think of Fallout 3 and NBA Live 09 as a package deal! Since it’s a milestone for the show and it’s the time of year that I prefer to focus on some lighter topics, I’m trying my hand at representing all 30 NBA teams using moments from The Simpsons. And no, I’m not including Bart vs. the Space Mutants for NES as part of this exercise!
Atlanta Hawks
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Dallas Mavericks
Denver Nuggets
Detroit Pistons
Golden State Warriors
Houston Rockets
Indiana Pacers
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
New York Knicks
Oklahoma City Thunder
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
Phoenix Suns
Portland Trail Blazers
Sacramento Kings
San Antonio Spurs
Toronto Raptors
Utah Jazz
Washington Wizards
Hopefully, all of these references make sense; even the more esoteric ones! And hey, just for fun…
Seattle Supersonics
Harlem Globetrotters
Remember when I said that Bart vs. the Space Mutants wasn’t part of this? I lied.
Happy Birthday to The Simpsons!
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