Compare your NBA team to your AFL team

Soft Downhill Skier

2008-2010 wasn't me.
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Dallas: Extremely talented, but choke at the crucial moments
North: Never give up and always manage to win the close ones.

Dallas: Owned by a man who has 1.6 billion dollars and who has installed DVD plasmas and PS3s in every players locker
North: Just put the first lay-buy installment down on a new rowing machine

Dallas: 8 consecutive 50+ win seasons
North: Made 7 consecutive preliminary finals b/w 94 and 2000

Dallas: Wayne Carey glassed girlfriend
Dallas: Jason Kidd beat up girlfriend then claimed he was subjected to physical trauma

Dallas: Traded Tractor Traylor for Dirk
North: Traded beaten down Wayne Carey for Daniel Wells

Dallas: Spent 34 million on back up center
North: Went to Preston Market and spent 34 dollars on new footballs (kept the receipt)
 

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Paddy_Mac

Premiership Player
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North Melbourne
Other Teams
Dallas Mavericks
#2
Dallas: Extremely talented, but choke at the crucial moments
North: Never give up and always manage to win the close ones.

Dallas: Owned by a man who has 1.6 billion dollars and who has installed DVD plasmas and PS3s in every players locker
North: Just put the first lay-buy installment down on a new rowing machine

Dallas: 8 consecutive 50+ win seasons
North: Made 7 consecutive preliminary finals b/w 94 and 2000

Dallas: Wayne Carey glassed girlfriend
Dallas: Jason Kidd beat up girlfriend then claimed he was subjected to physical trauma

Dallas: Traded Tractor Traylor for Dirk
North: Traded beaten down Wayne Carey for Daniel Wells

Dallas: Spent 34 million on back up center
North: Went to Preston Market and spent 34 dollars on new footballs (kept the receipt)
2 very different teams. Yet we both barrack for them.
 

djudd

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Carlton
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Storm/melbourne tigers/
#3
Dallas: Extremely talented, but choke at the crucial moments
North: Never give up and always manage to win the close ones.

Dallas: Owned by a man who has 1.6 billion dollars and who has installed DVD plasmas and PS3s in every players locker
North: Just put the first lay-buy installment down on a new rowing machine

Dallas: 8 consecutive 50+ win seasons
North: Made 7 consecutive preliminary finals b/w 94 and 2000

Dallas: Wayne Carey glassed girlfriend
Dallas: Jason Kidd beat up girlfriend then claimed he was subjected to physical trauma

Dallas: Traded Tractor Traylor for Dirk
North: Traded beaten down Wayne Carey for Daniel Wells

Dallas: Spent 34 million on back up center
North: Went to Preston Market and spent 34 dollars on new footballs (kept the receipt)
Very good.
Can u do mine please?
Carlton/Bulls
 

Renegade

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Geelong
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Knicks, Yankees
#5
Knicks: Pay ridiculous salaries for bums who can't play together and underachieve.

Cats: Players all re-signed for less money than they could have got elsewhere and work together like a well oiled machine.
 

DEVO

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#7
Lakers: Most popular NBA team and known throughout the world.
North: Least popular AFL team and known by a few outside Melbourne.

Lakers: Current Lakers have talent (according to the experts) but play without heart.
North: Current Northerners have no talent (according to the experts) but win with heart.

Lakers: Have the biggest name in NBA today on their roster, Kobe.
North: Have the smallest player in the AFL today on their roster, Boomer.
 

peternorth

Facts Machine
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Lakers: Kobe Bryant
Tigers: Kevin Bartlett

Lakers: wear yellow
Tigers: wear yellow

Lakers: Rick Fox wore 17
Tigers: Jack Dyer wore 17

Lakers: won title in 1980
Tigers: won title in 1980

Lakers: Triangle offense
Tigers: Terrys triangle

Lakers: former laker player Gary Payton
Tigers: current player Graeme Polak
 

hamG

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Geelong
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Atlanta Hawks
#9
Geelong: Last defeat - down by over 45 points at 3/4 time
Hawks: Last defeat - down by over 45 points at 3/4 time
 

AndSmithMustScore

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Carlton
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The Boston ones.
#10
Carlton - Boston

Both are highly successful clubs who have recently gone through long lean patches with little success(until this year at least ;)).

Both have won the most titles in their respective sports.

Both have provided some of their respective sports best known icons.

Both have had extremely well known and colourful GM/Presidents.

Both supporter bases are identified with a distinct nationality (Irish and Italians)

Both won a title in 1981.
 

plowking

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Brisbane Lions
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Miami Heat, Chelsea FC
#11
Miami and Port

Almost Identical.

After winning the championship/premiership they fell to pieces, both funnily enough due to losing a large amount of valuable players.
 

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djudd

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#13
Bulls :Had a player called Rodman
Carlton:Have a current player thats similar(Fevola)

Bulls:John Paxon hit a big shot in finals to win
Carlton: Wayne Harmes keep ball in to win grand final.

Bulls :Had JORDAN
Carlton:Have JUDD

Bulls:Recently won 6 titles
Blues:Recently won 6 games in 6 years
 
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Sydney
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Fremantle
#17
Fremantle and Houston

Houston: have yao ming
Fremantle: have aaron sandilands

Houston: have recently recruited a bad boy in ron artest
freo: have possibly said goodbye to 2 bad boys in farmer and jcarr

houston: cant get out of the first round
freo: cant get to the first round

houston: traded for barkley for a 1-2 punch in the paint - didnt work
freo: traded for tarrant in the hope of a 1-2 punch in the 50 - hasnt worked
 

Darealrath

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Essendon
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Arsenal, Pacers
#19
Essendon: Home ground is the state of the art Telstra Dome
Indiana: Home court is the state of the art Conseco Fieldhouse

Essendon: Hugely popular
Indiana: Small market

Essendon: Equal most Premierships in the competition
Indiana: A few ABA titles but nothing in the NBA

Essendon: Scott Lucas is the man from outside 50
Indiana: Reggie was the man from down town

Both didn't make the playoffs this year.
 
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#21
I change NBA teams more frequently than I change underwear, so I'll just go with Boston cause I'm still on that bandwagon at the moment...

Boston: Won 3 titles from 1981 to 1986
Melbourne: Won 3 games from 1981 to 1986

Boston: A talented, experienced team that executes its gameplan to perfection
Melbourne: A bunch of borderline AFL players with a combined age that doesn't reach triple digits

Boston: Predominantly Irish Catholic and Italian Supporters
Melbourne: Predominantly Protestant supporters who would be outright disgusted if an Irish moved into their neighbourhood

**Funnily enough, Boston's greatest player ever was a big lanky Protestant, and Melbourne's was a greasy Italian Catholic**

Boston: Unbearable fans who simply can not tolerate even the mere discussion of other teams
Melbourne: Most fans struggle to remember our star players' names

Boston: League powerhouse financially
Melbourne: Have resorted to begging
 

jerry springer

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NBA Winning Machines/Dallas Cowboys
#23
Collingwood-Black and White
San Antonio Spurs- Black white & Silver

Collingwood- Big game team that consistenly fails in the biggest game of all
San Antonio Spurs- Best team in the Clutch. 4 from 4 in NBA Finals

Collingwood- Everybody loves to hate them
San Antonio Spurs- everybody hates their dirty players

Collingwood- Best player is a wildchild who loves getting in the shit on a constant basis
San Antonio Spurs- Best player is a Robot with no personality

Collingwood- Known for their grit,excellent defensive tackling team
San Antonio Spurs- Best defensive team of the past decade

Collingwood- lacks flair in the middle.Workmanlike
San Antonio Spurs- just lacks flair alltogether

Collingwood- Attracts the biggest crowds in the comp
San Antonio Spurs- used to average the biggest crowds in the comp until they moved from the Alamodome to the SBS center
 

PHX

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Orlando Magic, Baltimore Ravens
#25
Orlando - Finds a way to disappoint year after year and hasnt won a championship since I was born.

Richmond - Finds a way to disappoint year after year and hasnt won a flag since I was born.

(I could add Cronulla in the exact same sentence)

Yeah, it's great to be me. :eek:
 
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