For all the people who love both the beautiful game and the hardwood, tell me if you see any similarities in nation/franchise histories between national football teams and NBA teams. Which ones would you match?

For example, I would say Brazil = Lakers. Both squads have fans with sky-high expectations and are always expected to win everything. Both squads have had numerous legends playing for them (Pelé, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Neymar & Wilt, Magic, Kobe and Lebron).

Argentina would be the Celtics. Both squads have two GOAT level players in Maradona & Messi compared to Bill Russell and Larry Bird.

Plus, I like the rivalry comparison of Lakers v Celtics and Argentina v Brazil.

And I would obviously match the Spurs with Germany for their system play and professionalism.

Any other similarities you can think of? It doesn’t have to be 100% accurate. I want to see what you can come up with.

  • Juicethetangelo@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Pistons and Italy, no?

    Both we’re good for a while, not as much recently (no playoffs/no WC qualification, let’s ignore Euro 2020). They’ve had temperamental and flamboyant players, they’ve played styles that can be rough to watch and border on obnoxious and non-sporting. They both wear blue.