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Your Friday Afternoon is Happy to See the Name World B. Free

Dec 3, 2010
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OK, they refer to him as World Free, but still. Hoopism has these very cool word clouds for each of the NBA teams featuring every player ever ranked by minutes played. It's certainly the largest font Jon Koncak's name has ever been put in.

I really enjoyed sliding through the various teams seeing strange little surprises (I had forgotten Hakeem's brief dalliance with Toronto) and people who show up prominently on several teams (Shaq in particular.) But perhaps my favorite part was going through the two teams I love (the Warriors and Celtics) and finding great little memories like any of the Warriors awful late 80s big men – Victor Alexander? Jim Petersen? The immortal Uwe Blab?

This was a lot of fun for me. Hope you enjoy it as well. And yes, I have BGGcon wrap ups coming early next week. The short answer is it was better than last year, even if most of the hot new games were not available for purchase this year.

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  1. Ken  •  Dec 3, 2010 @11:56 am

    Ezra, did you forget a link?

  2. Ezra  •  Dec 3, 2010 @12:00 pm

    Whoops.. See what happens when you haven't posted in a few weeks. Link added.

  3. PeeDub  •  Dec 3, 2010 @3:48 pm

    Lame. They use only post-Charlotte Hornets.

  4. Ezra  •  Dec 3, 2010 @3:53 pm

    The one that stood out the most to me was the Wizards. How can you not include Bullets on that list? Without Wes Unseld, it just doesn't seem right.

    Oh, and no mention of Big Country for the Grizzlies.

  5. JC  •  Dec 3, 2010 @7:54 pm

    As a T-Wolves fan, it is hard to find good memories.
    A few names that made me smile:
    Igor Rakocevic, Stacey King, Oliver Miller, Spud Webb, and Doug West.

  6. Ezra  •  Dec 4, 2010 @11:37 am

    C'mon JC, where's the Pooh Richardson love?