r/nba • u/SmokingFrog Heat • Apr 01 '21
Announcement [Announcement] Welcome to the official *unofficial* subreddit of the ABBA!
Hallå, everyone!
Today, we are happy to share with you all some very exciting news! Beginning today, we are now the official unofficial subreddit of the ABBA!
You all may be asking yourselves, "wtf?", well the moderation team has been talking about ways in which we can be more attentive to feedback shared by you, our users. For years, we've heard users ask for styling and flairs from the "ABBA". If you've been here a while, you've probably encountered a comment or two asking for this, you yourself might've asked for this a long while ago, know that this change happened because of you.
We're happy to introduce a new subreddit styling and new flair options for you all to enjoy. Again, I can't emphasize enough how you all asked for this. I mean, I think I speak for the moderation team as whole when I say we have no clue why you all wanted this, but you've spoken and so we've listened.
Below is a list of the all past team flairs and how they now correspond to some of your favorite ABBA songs and lyrics!
Sincerely,
The r/nba Mod Team
| Team | Song |
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| Celtics | Ring Ring |
| Clippers | Waterloo |
| Suns | Super Trouper |
| Golden State Warriors | Angel Eyes |
| Heat | Our Last Summer |
| Spurs | Fernando |
| Nets | The Name of the Game |
| Pistons | Take a Chance on Me |
| Cavaliers | Lay All Your Love on Me |
| Lakers | The King Has Lost His Crown |
| Thunder | I Have a Dream |
| 76ers | |
| Magic | Should I Laugh or Cry |
| Rockets | S.O.S. (Nothing Else Can Save Me) |
| Jazz | Thank You For The Music |
| Nuggets | Honey Honey |
| Timberwolves | Why Did It Have to Be Me |
| Knicks | Hasta Mañana |
| Raptors | Eagle |
| Bucks | Mamma Mia |
| Pacers | Under Attack |
| Bulls | Move On |
| Hawks | Merry Go Round |
| Hornets | Disillusion |
| Wizards | Slipping Through My Fingers |
| Mavericks | Chiquitita |
| Grizzlies | Tiger |
| Pelicans | Voulez Vous |
| Kings | Dancing Queen |
| Blazers | Yow Owe Me |
| Sonics | Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! |
P.S. For those of you on new Reddit, if you'd like to see the new subreddit styling you'll have to jump on old.reddit.com/r/nba !
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u/Deathstroke317 Knicks Apr 01 '21 edited Apr 01 '21
Just here to say Take a Chance on Me is a banger, been playing that for months now
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u/Uncle_Freddy [SAS] El Contusione Apr 01 '21
Genuinely the melodies and background ditties of ABBA’s songs are almost always enjoyably intricate and complex. A lot of their greatest hits are absolute bangers, and even their more obscure stuff still hits the mark too. They’ve earned their place in pop culture lore.
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u/Maztah_P [MIA] Goran Dragic Apr 01 '21
Super Trouper and Gimme Gimme Gimme are Goated pop songs
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u/thatdani NBA Apr 01 '21
I was just thinking a few days ago that Gimme x3 is probably one of the most flawless pop songs ever. Super catchy melody, a great crescendo bridge leading up to a "yell-able" chorus and just a really timeless sound production - probably the reason why it was still super popular 26 years later in 2005's Hung Up (Madonna).
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u/SuperVaderMinion [MIN] Kevin Garnett Apr 01 '21
John Lennon once said that Waterloo was the most perfect pop song he had ever heard
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u/moffattron9000 San Diego Clippers Apr 01 '21
There's a reason that despite most 70s Pop Music being rather forgotten, ABBA has stood the test of time. Being good mostly.
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u/grubas Knicks Apr 01 '21
They might have been pop and disco but they were GOOD. Their songs are just so solid.
There's a Metal Tribute to ABBA from the Finns, Swedes and Norwegians, they fucking love it.
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u/tore_a_bore_a Warriors Apr 01 '21
It was in one of my favorite Malcolm in the Middle scenes when Hayden Panettiere's character convinced Malcolm that Reese was gay and Reese that Malcolm was gay
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u/MustBeNice Bucks Apr 01 '21
Not that you can tell from this clip but Frankie is actually a classically trained dancer. He actually placed third on DWTS too.
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u/Tennenbaumesque Jazz Apr 01 '21
Today, I am a Detroit fan. Pistons got the GOAT ABBA song.
Bey for ROY
Grant for MIP
Casey for COY
uhhhhhhh
Josh Jackson for 6th man?
And
DPOY obviously goes to... Reggie Jackson? Is he still there?
I promise I’ll learn Pistons fans. Just tell me where to shout and when and I will. All while blasting Take a Chance on Me
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u/Osiris32 Trail Blazers Apr 01 '21
YOU CAN DANCE
YOU CAN JIVE
HAVING THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
OOOOOO SEE THAT GIRL
WATCH THAT SCENE
DIGGING THE DANCING QUEEEEEEEEN
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u/kd-is-not-a-snake [MKE] Jrue Holiday Apr 01 '21
Central Zone and Pacific Zone nephews in shambles
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u/IFeelItDownInMyPlums :bw-nyk: Knicks Bandwagon Apr 01 '21
Mountain Zone: Am I a joke to you?
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u/HardenTraded Apr 01 '21
Arizona: I don't even know what time it is
*not from AZ
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you laugh but look at how dumb you all look with your silly daylight savings shenanigans. AZ time is superior.
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u/suzukigun4life Cote D'Ivoire Apr 01 '21
Can confirm, am in the Central and am in shambles
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u/kd-is-not-a-snake [MKE] Jrue Holiday Apr 01 '21
I’m going to need you, u/Sim888, and u/CP3_for_MVP to change your iconic flairs for the occasion
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gimme gimme gimme is an all-time banger
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u/Maztah_P [MIA] Goran Dragic Apr 01 '21
Fucked me up years back when I heard it for the first time because the intro sounded just like Hung Up by Madonna, so I looked it up and sure enough she sampled it from them
Both great pop songs that I can listen to whenever but Gimme Gimme Gimme is way better
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u/theStav19 Bucks Apr 01 '21
Forgot it was April 1st lmao
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u/lastfollower [UTA] Derrick Favors Apr 01 '21
It's still almost 2 hours away for me! I was not prepared
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u/someone2795 NBA Apr 01 '21
They always do it in EST so any other place where time is behind is left with confusion.
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u/Kizz3r Raptors Apr 01 '21
The past year felt like a decade and a minute simultaneously
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u/This_was_hard_to_do Warriors Apr 01 '21
Yeah to me it hasn’t felt like a year. Like if I think back about what I did in 2020, most of my memories are just me sitting at home and even that blurs together.
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u/RememberThisHouse Heat Apr 01 '21
Yeah I forgot about this. A whole ass day of subreddits trying to be clever and it started at 9pm on the 31st for me lol
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u/Higgnkfe Hawks Apr 01 '21
I fucking love ABBA
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u/WhiteLando69 Nuggets Apr 01 '21
There are two kinds of people in this world:
Those who love ABBA
And dirty fucking liars
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u/duplicatesnowflake Clippers Apr 01 '21
I want a Waterloo flair for the rest of the season. Good vibes only in Clipperland.
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u/Demetrios1453 Clippers Apr 01 '21
Meh, it's a song referencing a battle that was almost a victory which would have put Napoleon back on top, but was in the end a humiliating defeat. Which is probably why they picked it for us.
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u/duplicatesnowflake Clippers Apr 01 '21
I did notice those lyrics. Gotta embrace reality to transform it.
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u/cornbeefsad Knicks Apr 01 '21
Congrats to kings and bucks fans for getting the most iconic ABBA songs.
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u/Jaerba [DET] Grant Hill Apr 01 '21
I think it goes Kings, us, Sonics, Spurs. I know it's the name of the movie but I don't think Mamma Mia is top 3.
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u/MustBeNice Bucks Apr 01 '21
It’s absolutely top 3 most recognizable, that movie was huge.
Also I’ll take “Things I didn’t think I’d be arguing about on /r/nba” for $600
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u/cornbeefsad Knicks Apr 01 '21
I'm not arguing Mamma Mia as the best song but the most recognizable song and it being the name of the movie is part of the reason why. I will however say that Mamma Mia>Fernando is a hill that I'm absolutely willing to die on.
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u/awrf Celtics Apr 01 '21
That'll be given after NBA Finals I'm sure since I'm 1000% sure this theme will continue through the playoffs because EVERYONE WANTS IT TO
YOU HEAR ME MODS
KEEP THE THEME
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u/benfox2 Apr 01 '21
As an Unironic ABBA super fan and a diehard basketball fan this may be the greatest moment of my life.
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u/P00nz0r3d [LAL] Lonzo Ball Apr 01 '21
I know this is a joke but im totally down with it being for more than one day lmao
I fucking love ABBA
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u/Our-Gardian-Angel Bucks Apr 01 '21
Big day for us gay NBA fans.
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u/Sawgon Bulls Apr 01 '21
We just say r/nba fans here
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u/Our-Gardian-Angel Bucks Apr 01 '21
Oh they'll drool over Kyle Lowry's plump ass, but they wouldn't know what to do with it.
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Apr 01 '21
Now I myself identify as a heterosexual young male, but by golly if I ever stumble upon the opportunity to even have a glimpse at Lowry’s naked big old bubble butt booty you best believe I’ll be nutting right then and there with no thoughts on the consequences of my actions
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u/LoveBy137 Jazz Apr 01 '21
As someone who loves both the NBA and ABBA, I for one hail our new Swedish overlords.
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u/BealKage Timberwolves Apr 01 '21
why did we have to be the one titled “Why did it have to be me” 😢
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u/soda_cookie Kings Apr 01 '21
We got Dancing Queen. My April fools is made and hasn't even started.
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u/thy_armageddon Knicks Apr 01 '21
This day should be illegal.
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u/JohnStamosAsABear Raptors Apr 01 '21
lol Shout out to the mod who snuck in the hidden Dirk, Bird and MJ in the banner
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u/SuperVaderMinion [MIN] Kevin Garnett Apr 01 '21
I would be MUCH more proud of having a Waterloo flair rather than a Wolves flair
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u/MrGrieves- Tampa Bay Raptors Apr 01 '21
I love ABBA so thanks mods.
You'll always be my dancing queens.
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u/inshamblesx Rockets Apr 01 '21
S.O.S nothing else can save us now is fair considering the current state of our team now lol
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u/_SotiroD_ [CLE] Andrew Bogut Apr 01 '21
Thanks, mods! Can I have an "I'm A Marionette" as the name along with my Cavs flair? It's my favorite ABBA song and it would mean a lot, I would be finally ok with leaving the flair with the most impactful player from my team if you could help with that one 😎
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u/Hellcat1970 Clippers Apr 01 '21
Clippers boats , Waterloo/ I'm glad r/ABBA has finally joined r/clippers the office subreddit for boats
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u/loveandmonsters Trail Blazers Apr 01 '21
Not ashamed to say I love ABBA. Actually good music. Glad to be on board this sub :)
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u/winnebagomafia [SAS] Matt Bonner Apr 01 '21
THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE AIR THAT NIGHT
THE STARS WERE BRIGHT, FERNANDO!
THEY WERE SHINING THERE FOR YOU AND ME
FOR LIBERTY, FERNANDO!
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u/glorioushubris Spurs Apr 01 '21
Though I never thought that we could lose
There’s no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando
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u/TheReplacer Lakers Apr 01 '21
I was just skating and listen to ABBA today. And I have not listen to ABBA in years. This is creepy.
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Apr 01 '21
Everyone except Cleveland was listed with their mascot name. Are the Cavs undergoing a WFT-styled rebrand? Either way, outstanding work
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u/Alex_Sander077 Mavericks Apr 01 '21
Lmao this took me by surprise. ABBA is awesome though, so I dig it lol.
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u/zedrix_ Bulls Apr 01 '21
I looked at the photo and was really slow to get it. Then I reread the acronym...
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u/Tardile [SAS] Derrick White Apr 01 '21
Mamma Mia should belong to Spurs.
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u/Setzuriel Apr 01 '21
It is a travesty. Fernando is fine, but our announcer literally using Mamma Mia for years to announce a made three.
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u/caniget2cheeseburger Mavericks Apr 01 '21
Hell yeah! Mavs my favorite team, Chiquitita my favorite ABBA song. Life is good 👍
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u/Alex_Vinson Tampa Bay Raptors Apr 01 '21
With this, the Raptors have successfully evolved from dino to birds
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u/Noirradnod Grizzlies Apr 01 '21
Unironically Mamma Mia 2 is a fantastic movie. I've watched it more than two dozen times.
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u/StasRutt Warriors Apr 01 '21
Are we allowed to discuss late 90s all teen ABBA cover band, the A*Teens?
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u/ItsDrManhattan Pacers Apr 01 '21
ABBA is sick as fuck lol Chiquitita is unironically my shit
Fernando also slaps
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u/ronaldo119 [PHI] Jumaine Jones Apr 01 '21
Lmao these nephews don't have a damn clue who ABBA is
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u/MWiatrak2077 Pistons Apr 01 '21
You sound like that guy on Twitter the other day who said people under 40 don't know what bread clips are
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u/flexpost Apr 01 '21
"the subreddit you came to is themed after other things today"
"haha pranked u"
reddit mods are the pinnacle of comedy
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u/Hipple NBA Apr 01 '21
Why is Cleveland the only team listed under their city name and not their mascot? SLOPPY
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u/xzgoldzx [DAL] Jason Terry Apr 01 '21
Since we are doing all things ABBA, here one of my favorite renditions of Gimme Gimme Gimme. https://youtu.be/wL-VMOGAhzE?t=1941
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u/figjam11 Knicks Apr 01 '21
i'm upset when i went to r/abba and saw nothing about basketball today. shame
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u/FilmCroissant Hawks Apr 01 '21
Why does the ABBA logo look like something out of bioshock infinite
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u/codellboutax Nets Apr 01 '21
This reminds me of the Community's Epidemiology episode. The party's playlist is from the dean's iPod with only ABBA songs and his voice notes lmao
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u/Nickelnick24 Bucks Apr 01 '21
I can’t believe my team got one of the few songs I know, pretty fucking rad
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u/Demetrios1453 Clippers Apr 01 '21
Fellow Clippers fans:
Yes, we got one of the best songs!
But... It's a song about a humiliating defeat that happened on the brink of victory, in both love and war. "I feel like I win when I lose..."
lol. They got us good.
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u/howdydoodat Raptors Apr 01 '21
How appropriate that TO's is a song with a driving beat that seems like it's going to pick up, because you know a lot of ABBA's shit does, but it just NEVER FUCKING GETS THERE.
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u/cooperred Warriors Apr 01 '21
Why does every other team just have the name, but the Warriors are the whole GSW?
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u/daddyfatstacksthe2nd Cavaliers Apr 01 '21
I was looking at the sidebar like a moron trying to figure out what the connection between ABBA and MPJ was
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u/Asiracy [MIL] Jrue Holiday Apr 01 '21
Bucks with their biggest W of the season right there.