If the Saints were the Hornets...
by GRlZZ on Apr 12, 2011 9:26 PM CDT
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PrintThink back to a time, long ago (ok about a year ago) when we were not worried about if we were going to have an NFL season...Now look at us: knees trembling, praying we get to see our beloved Saints play football this year. Well what if they don't...they need a job right? Well, I've got one for them...The New Orleans Hornets have stumbled into the playoffs and maybe the Saints could take over! Move over Chris Paul, stand aside Emeka Okafur, get on the bench Quincy Pondexter (oh wait just stay where you are...) Stand up and get loud...for your starting lineup for the NEW New Orleans Hornets!
At Center, from The University of Miami, standing 6'6", and 260 lbs....number "double zero" JJJJJJIMMY GRRRRAHAM!!!!
He played Forward in college, Tight End in the NFL, but coming back to the game of basketball he's been converted to the starting Center for the Hornets. Seeing as he's the 2nd tallest guy on the team (Zach Strief being the tallest at 6'7") he's really our only option, and with his 15 foot wingspan he can hang with the big boys. Seeing as he's one of the only guys that played college basketball, he's already got the experience, should be one of the stat leaders for our team.
Starting at Power Forward, from Bloomsburg, at 6’4"and a whopping 318 lbs, number 74, Jahri "The Enforcer" Evans!!!
Since getting that big paycheck last year, Evans has completely forgot how to play the game of football, well at least put on his helmet...and not randomly show up in the woods...but he can still throw some mean elbows in the paint...which is why he was chosen to be our PF for the Hornets. He will literally make holes for our guards to follow just like he does for our RB's (if only Reggie would follow that trail)...also a great intimidator...no one on the other team will come near the basket with Big Jahri by the rim.
Playing Small Forward, from Hofstra University, standing 6'4" 225 lbs, number 12, Marques Colston!!!!!
When you think basketball, you think of tall guys that can jump...now place Colston in that picture in your head and did it change? I didn't think so...Marques would be seeing the likes of Kevin Durant and well...that's about it (in the western conference) so as long as we don't play the OKC Thunder, Colston should have a fairly easy time in these 2011 playoffs.
At Shooting Guard, from USC, 6'0" 203 lbs, #5 Reggie Bush!!!
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Reggie might actually prosper in this offense, he's got the quickness and strength to play the SG position. Although he is injury prone, even in basketball...Reggie might have found his calling in thie "less than contact" sport. Oh and he can finally stop crying about the NFL not changing the jersey numbers rule, in basketball he can have any number his little heart desires.
And finally starting at Point Guard, from Purdue, 6'0" 209 lbs of pure muscle and shoulder anchors, number 9 Drew Breeees!!!!
Brees will be our Steve Nash to Phoenix's...well Steve Nash...It's hard to replace Chris Paul on the Hornets, but if we had to choose, I'd choose Drew. His dad played basketball in college and from the looks of that 2009 Miami game, Brees got some hops too, which actually surprised me. I really didn't think he could get up that high.
So do you think the New Orleans Saints basketball team could hang with the best? Probably not, but it sure would be more fun than not watching football at all!
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voted for the burger
but laughed and enjoyed myself all the way through the post.
Good job, GRlZZ!!
(By the way, in honor of me now knowing how you actually spell your screen name, when I say it in my head, it now sounds like this: G-U-R-L-Z, instead of G R I Z Z, the shortened form of grizzly like I used to say it in my head.)
Atheists just take a pass,
Watch football in their underpants.
LOL i know…that’s why i was ashamed to admit that…hope you don’t think any differently of me…you can still call me GRIZZ as in grizzly, as that is what my intentions were..
Good point - I'll go with your intent and go with Grizz!
Atheists just take a pass,
Watch football in their underpants.
by Hans Petersen on Apr 13, 2011 7:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Didn't they have some charity basketball game back in the day that Saints players used to play in?
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209 lbs of pure muscle and shoulder anchors
Ha! Don’t forget the goat tendon in his knee.
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he might
but really the goat tendon thing was brought up during the season as a wild “conspiracy rumor” as to how the Saints treated his knee injury in 2010 – Ralph or Kevin speculated that they flew him to a secret hospital in Mexico or Bolivia to have experimental surgery and get goat tendons transplanted into his leg… good stuff!
Atheists just take a pass,
Watch football in their underpants.
by Hans Petersen on Apr 13, 2011 7:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Rec'd it
I thought you were going to try and guilt me into buying tickets. Well done, GRIZZ.
"My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them."-Winston Churchill
Haha.
Love it.
Though let’s be honest, this team is incredibly undersized. Sure, there is plenty muscle mass to go around, but a 6’6" guy is our starting C? Yikes! Not to mention both guards are an even 6’.
yeah but they’re football players, they aren’t meant to be 7 footers, so I went with the tallest guy with the most basketball exp for our center…as for our guards; Chris Paul, Allen Iverson, and many more guards are 6’0" or less, and Currently, the average height of an NBA point guard is 6’0"-6’3
I know that...
I’m just sayin’, when you look at it from a basketball perspective, it’s a short team. And there are definitely short (and very good) PG’s, but SG’s tend to be taller. Though Reggie’s athleticism should make up for it you would hope.
Was gonna say the same
Reg at PG, for quickness, Drew at 2G for pts.
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Not that funny,
we have backup players like G Lance moore. He’s a handful like Nate Archibald used to be.
Do another one, only this time assemble a scab Saints team that fits all of the following criteria:
a.) must be an active professional athlete (any sport).
b.) cannot currently play in the NFL (other professional football leagues are ok).
c.) must have Louisiana ties (either born, played high school ball, college ball or professional ball in state).
Starting lineups only would be sufficient.
"I was not on the boat in question" -Darren Sharper
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