Sunday, April 19, 2009

The Sports Talk Playoff Pool: NBA 2009 Rosters



I probably should have spent an hour or two and just slapped this up on the site before now. Anyway, the playoffs have begun, so I'll put 'em up, finally. Here are your teams for the 2009 NBA Playoffs:



EASTERN CONFERENCE




Toronto Maple East (1)
The only Toronto team in the playoffs, this decade
PG – Rondo, Bos
PG – Williams, Cle
G – R. Allen, Bos
SG – Gordon, Chi
SG – Wade, Mia
SF – James, Cle
SF – Pierce, Bos
PF – Lewis, Orl
PF – Smith, Atl
Big – Dalembert, Pha
C – Howard, Orl
C – Wallace, Det

PG - Alston, Orl
SG - West, Cle
SF - Turkoglu, Orl
PF - Prince, Det
C - Ilgauskas, Cle



Nepeastern Hotspurs (6)

That name don't make me gay, do it ?
PG – Miller, Pha
PG – Rondo, Bos
G – R. Allen, Bos
SG – Gordon, Chi
SG – Wade, Mia
SF – James, Cle
SF – Pierce, Bos
PF – Horford, Atl
PF – Lewis, Orl
Big – Thomas, Chi
C – McDyess, Det
C – Wallace, Det

PG - Williams, Cle
SG - West, Cle
SF - Iguodala, Phi
PF - Williams, Atl
C - Howard, Orl



Les Royales de Montréal-Est (2)
What do they call your team in France ?
PG – Bibby, Orl
PG – Johnson, Atl
G – Miller, Pha
SG – R. Allen, Bos
SG – Wade, Mia
SF – James, Cle
SF – Pierce, Bos
PF – Lewis, Orl
PF – Thomas, Chi
Big – Williams, Atl
C – Howard, Orl
C – Wallace, Det

PG - Williams, Cle
SG - Gordon, Chi
SF - Salmons, Chi
PF - Horford, Atl
C - McDyess, Det



trader dick's EAST (5)

Don't drink Mai Thais and drive - the little girlie umbrella might poke your eye out and then you'd crash
PG – Johnson, Atl
PG – Rose, Chi
G – Williams, Cle
SG – Iguodala, Pha
SG – Wade, Mia
SF – James, Cle
SF – Pierce, Bos
PF – Horford, Atl
PF – Lewis, Orl
Big – Howard, Orl
C – Ilgauskas, Cle
C – Wallace, Det

PG - Rondo, Bos
SG - T. Allen, Bos
SF - Turkoglu, Orl
PF - Garnett, Bos
C - O'Neal, Mia



Eastern Appalachia Christians (3)

We don't get many Stars of David, 'round these here parts
PG – Johnson, Atl
PG – Miller, Pha
G – Williams, Cle
SG – Gordon, Chi
SG – Wade, Mia
SF – James, Cle
SF – Pierce, Bos
PF – Beasley, Mia
PF – Horford, Atl
Big – Smith, Atl
C – Howard, Orl
C – McDyess, Det

PG - Rondo, Bos
SG - R. Allen, Bos
SF - Salmons, Chi
PF - Garnett, Bos
C - Perkins, Bos



Connecticut Eastfenders (4)
Does anybody remember the Fillmore East ?
PG – Johnson, Atl
PG – Rondo, Bos
G – Rose, Chi
SG – R. Allen, Bos
SG – Iguodala, Pha
SF – James, Cle
SF – Pierce, Bos
PF – Beasley, Mia
PF – Lewis, Orl
Big – Howard, Orl
C – Perkins, Bos
C – Wallace, Det

PG - Williams, Cle
SG - Wade, Mia
SF - Turkolgu, Orl
PF - Garnett, Bos
C - Ilgauskas, Cle



WESTERN CONFERENCE



west trader dick's (1)
I didn't know there was any other kind
PG – Billups, Den
PG – Paul, NO
G – Williams, Uta
SG – Bryant, LA
SG – Roy, Por
SF – Anthony, Den
SF – Artest, Hou
PF – Duncan, SA
PF – Nowitzki, Dal
Big – West, NO
C – Gasol, LA
C – Yao, Hou

PG - Parker, SA
SG - Smith, Den
SF - Odom, LA
PF - Aldridge, Por
C - Nene, Den



Montreal Royal West Academy (6)

I briefly dated a girl who attended here, when I was in high school
PG – Billups, Den
PG – Paul, NO
G – Williams, Uta
SG – Bryant, LA
SG – Roy, Por
SF – Anthony, Den
SF – Milsap, Uta
PF – Duncan, SA
PF – Nowitzki, Dal
Big – West, NO
C – Nene, Den
C – Yao, Hou

PG - Kidd, Dal
SG - Terry, Dal
SF - Howard, Dal
PF - Gasol, LA
C - Okur, Uta



West Virginia Appalachians (2)
I took mountaineering in college, but it wasn't anything like these guys have, I'm sure
PG – Parker, SA
PG – Paul, NO
G – Williams, Uta
SG – Bryant, LA
SG – Roy, Por
SF – Anthony, Den
SF – Howard, Dal
PF – Duncan, SA
PF – Gasol, LA
Big – Nowitzki, Dal
C – Bynum, LA
C – Yao, Hou

PG - Billups, Den
SG - Terry, Dal
SF - Stojakovic, NO
PF - Aldridge, Por
C - Nene, Den



West Tottenham Hotspur (5)

Every self-respecting owner also has a piece of a Premier League team
PG – Billups, Den
PG – Kidd, Dal
G – Paul, NO
SG – Bryant, LA
SG – Roy, Por
SF – Artest, Hou
SF – Milsap, Uta
PF – Andersen, Den
PF – Duncan, SA
Big – Nowitzki, Dal
C – Nene, Den
C – Yao, Hou

PG - Parker, SA
SG - Terry, Dal
SF - Howard, Dal
PF - Gasol, LA
C - Bynum, LA



Toronto Westleaf Edition (3)

Not quite the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the TWE's purple haze is somewhat muted
PG – Billups, Den
PG – Paul, NO
G – Bryant, LA
SG – Roy, Por
SG – Smith, Den
SF – Anthony, Den
SF – Odom, LA
PF – Duncan, SA
PF – Nowitzki, Dal
Big – West, NO
C – Okur, Uta
C – Yao, Hou

PG - Parker, SA
SG - Artest, Hou
SF - Outlaw, Por
PF - Gasol, LA
C - Bynum, LA



Connecticut Defenders of the West(4)
When I think of this team, I picture Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland on horseback
PG – Billups, Den
PG – Paul, NO
G – Williams, Uta
SG – Bryant, LA
SG – Roy, Por
SF – Anthony, Den
SF – Artest, Hou
PF – Duncan, SA
PF – Nowitzki, Dal
Big – West, NO
C – Gasol, LA
C – Yao, Hou

PG - Parker, SA
SG - Terry, Dal
SF - Stojakovic, NO
PF - Odom, LA
C - Bynum, LA




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