The NBA and the World Cup, a match made in heaven?

Jun 07

The NBA and the World Cup, a match made in heaven?

By Darren Gorton FanZone Add comments

What does the NBA have in common with soccer’s FIFA World Cup taking place this year in South Africa?

Your guess is as good as ours, but SLAMOnline has ventured to find the link between the two – “South Africa is certainly gonna be “where amazing happens”“.

In their article, “Cup Comparisons”, they compare the NBA teams to the different countries taking part in the World Cup, noting the favourites for the tournament to be Brazil, Spain, England, Italy and Germany.

"Spheres", by MissTessmacher via flickr

It’s just a bit of a good humoured look at a comparison and makes for some light entertaining reading.

In the comparison, they draw similarities between the Lakers and Brazil, as well as between the Celtics and Italy. Wouldn’t it be ironic if either of those teams end up taking the World Cup home as well.

You can read the full SLAMOnline article here.

Darren spent many years playing basketball in Pretoria, searching out every possible way to gain extra inches on his vertical in order to disprove the theory that white men can't jump. After being distracted by the corporate world for several years, Darren returned to the game he loves to contribute in some way to its' future. Darren firmly believes we will see basketball in its rightful place as one of the top sports in South Africa, and that one of the keys to doing so is seeing information about the game made easily accessible to everyone. This is why he is now part of the MyBasketball team.