Standing in line at the grocery store today, I noticed the guy in front
of me wearing a commemorative t-shirt about the Minnesota Timberwolves'
2017 NBA championship.
Wait, what? The Warriors won the title in 2017. The T-Wolves went, as records indicate, 31-51 and missed the playoffs entirely.
I took a closer look just to make sure I wasn't reading things incorrectly, and as one tends to notice when someone is staring at you, he caught my glance and chuckled.
"Cool shirt, huh?"
"I'll say. I must've missed that NBA Finals."
"I'm a T-Wolves fan. I figured since they'll never win, hey, might as well get a shirt!"
As a fan of truth, logic, and universal order, his attitude is shocking. But as a fan of random nonsense....it's kind of amazing. He gets to walk around proudly repping his team as if they were the ones who, say, drafted Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, or Draymond Green*, and then ridden that core into becoming a modern sports dynasty. The majority of people will just walk by and not take a second glance at his t-shirt, yet those that do will laugh at the absurdity. It's the perfect conversation-starter of a garment.
* = fun fact! The T-Wolves had both the fifth and sixth overall picks in the 2009 NBA Draft, and addressed their dire need for a point guard by doubling up at the position, taking Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn. The Warriors, picking seventh, took Curry. Oof. Minnesota had the #2 pick in 2011, Thompson's draft year, but took Derrick Williams, long before Klay came off the board with the 11th pick. Double oof. It looks like the Timberwolves dealt their pick in the 2012 draft so they couldn't even get any chance of Green before he went in Golden State in the second round. Oof x3
This takes the old idea of a crossover sports jersey (i.e. a Tom Brady Red Sox jersey, or a Sidney Crosby Steelers jersey) to the nth degree. This is creating a complete alternate reality of events. It's so crazy it just might work.
Wait, what? The Warriors won the title in 2017. The T-Wolves went, as records indicate, 31-51 and missed the playoffs entirely.
I took a closer look just to make sure I wasn't reading things incorrectly, and as one tends to notice when someone is staring at you, he caught my glance and chuckled.
"Cool shirt, huh?"
"I'll say. I must've missed that NBA Finals."
"I'm a T-Wolves fan. I figured since they'll never win, hey, might as well get a shirt!"
As a fan of truth, logic, and universal order, his attitude is shocking. But as a fan of random nonsense....it's kind of amazing. He gets to walk around proudly repping his team as if they were the ones who, say, drafted Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, or Draymond Green*, and then ridden that core into becoming a modern sports dynasty. The majority of people will just walk by and not take a second glance at his t-shirt, yet those that do will laugh at the absurdity. It's the perfect conversation-starter of a garment.
* = fun fact! The T-Wolves had both the fifth and sixth overall picks in the 2009 NBA Draft, and addressed their dire need for a point guard by doubling up at the position, taking Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn. The Warriors, picking seventh, took Curry. Oof. Minnesota had the #2 pick in 2011, Thompson's draft year, but took Derrick Williams, long before Klay came off the board with the 11th pick. Double oof. It looks like the Timberwolves dealt their pick in the 2012 draft so they couldn't even get any chance of Green before he went in Golden State in the second round. Oof x3
This takes the old idea of a crossover sports jersey (i.e. a Tom Brady Red Sox jersey, or a Sidney Crosby Steelers jersey) to the nth degree. This is creating a complete alternate reality of events. It's so crazy it just might work.
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