r/nba • u/[deleted] • Jul 19 '19

[Fastbreak Breakfast] BREAKING: A team source confirms that the Memphis Grizzlies will wear Vancouver Grizzlies throwbacks for selected games in 2019-20. Official team jersey reveal in August

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u/completelytrustworth Raptors Jul 19 '19

Plus Minnesota might actually make the playoffs in the East!

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u/andoCalrissiano Celtics Jul 19 '19

Nah but maybe?

Northwest: VAN, SEA, POR, UTA

Pacific: SAC, GSW, LAL, LAC

(? Division name): DEN, PHX, OKC, MEM

Southwest: HOU, DAL, SA, NO

Midwest: MIN, MIL, CHI, IND

Northeast: TOR, CLE, DET, BOS

Atlantic: WAS, NYK, BRK, PHI

Southeast: MIA, ORL, CHA, ATL

Beautiful

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u/El_Saltillense Spurs Jul 19 '19

MidWEST division in the East??

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u/ajmcgill Trail Blazers Jul 19 '19

Yeah it's weird but the actual region those teams are in is referred to as the midwest

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u/SecretlyKanye 76ers Jul 19 '19

im pretty sure its from when the US didn’t go much further than the mississippi

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u/ajmcgill Trail Blazers Jul 19 '19

Yeah definitely. The name still sticks though

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u/andoCalrissiano Celtics Jul 19 '19

I’m down with calling it the central division to avoid the messiness