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New Yorkers guess NBA teams based on their logos, results are hilarious

Originally posted on 5 GOATs | By Dustin Schutte | Last updated 8/17/23

The Brooklyn Nets took a page out of the Tennessee Titans’ playbook and did something unique with their 2023-24 schedule reveal. It involves New Yorkers guessing NBA team names based on logos … which did not go well.

Brooklyn’s social media team hit the pavement and asked for people to guess the NBA team names based on logos. The results to some of these — actually all of them — are priceless.

After you watch the video, we have a big question to ask …

Can confirm these are all real logos (s/o the @Titans for the inspo) pic.twitter.com/Z4RHwPhKVz
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) August 17, 2023

The question? Which name did you like best: Where an axe murder is keeping all his stuff in the close (Denver Nuggets), Insurance (Atlanta Hawks), The Brooklyn Bridge in a basketball (Golden State Warriors)? Or did another one pop out to you?

Several NBA teams put out schedule releases in really unique ways. It’s one of the good parts of social media. But this video from the Nets probably takes the cake.

Appropriately, they gave a shoutout to the Titans, who originated the idea during the NFL‘s schedule release. That received so much attention that it felt appropriate to shift it to the NBA.

Hopefully we see more of this type of humor in sports. It seems to be something everyone loves, whether they’re fans of the NBA or not.

Highlights of 2023-24 NBA schedule

The NBA season tips off in just two months. With the schedule being released, we can take a look at some of the key dates and matchups of the 2023-24 campaign.

NBA action gets underway on Tuesday, Oct. 24. with a big double-header on TNT. The Los Angeles Lakers take on the reigning champion Denver Nuggets at 7:30 p.m. ET. Then, it’s the Phoenix Suns playing the Golden State Warriors at 10 p.m. ET.

The first five days of the 2023-24 regular season will feature 10 national television games, with two doubleheaders each on @NBAonTNT and @ESPNNBA and one on @NBATV.

Those games will showcase 14 teams and three rematches from the 2023 Playoffs (DEN-LAL, MIA-BOS and GSW-SAC). pic.twitter.com/D8mH5l4xdb
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) August 17, 2023

The in-season tournament — new in 2023-24 — runs from Nov. 3 through Dec. 9. The All-Star festivities are scheduled for Feb. 16-18. The regular season concludes on April 14 with the play-in tournament scheduled for April 16-19.

On April 20, the NBA Playoff get underway. The first game of The Finals is set for June 6.

The final big appeal of the NBA schedule release? Matchups on Christmas Day. Those are as follows: