I was always a baseball fan although today I barely follow any kind of sport. Being a Cleveland sports fan tends to do that to the soul. It’s been more than 60 years for the Indians and might as well be another 60. The Cavs shoulda gotten it done when they still had Lebron , and the Browns hahaha the Browns. Fun times.
The Chinese ,however, love basketball. They have their own league , the CBA, which is loaded with foreigners playing , and they follow the NBA quite intensely. Every morning on the subway commute to work, when I can actually see the television screens through the wall of people, the news plays and the NBA games are given a quick recap.
Ever since the first time I saw these scores , I’ve had fun trying to read the Chinese equivalents for the teams and figuring out which team it is in English. The names make sense in Chinese and I’m surprised how many I can read and figure it out. Especially surprising that I remember the team names in English since I never payed close attention.
So here we go with a list of the teams’ Chinese names and an English translation . See if you can figure them out!
1. 快船 Fast Boats
2.国王 King
3.湖人 Lake people
4.太阳 Sun
5.勇士Brave Person
6.灰熊 Gray Bear
7.黄蜂Wasp
8.小牛Little Bull
9.火箭Fire Arrow
10.马刺 Horse Thorn
11.爵士Jue shi (transliteration- it’s trying to sound out the word)
12.掘金Dig Gold
13.雷霆Thunder
14.森林狼 Forest Wolf
15.开拓者Pioneer
16.76人 76 person
17.凯尔特人 Kai er te (transliteration) person
18.尼克斯 Ni ke si (transliteration)
19.篮网 Basket Net
20.猛龙Ferocious Dragon
21.山猫 Mountain Cat
22.老鹰 Eagle
23.热火 Heat Fire
24.魔术 Magic
25.奇才 Genius
26.雄鹿 Male Deer
27.公牛 Bull
28.骑士 Horseman, Knight
29.步行者 Pedestrian
30.活塞 Piston
Alrighty , here are the answers:
1. Clippers
2.Kings
3.Lakers
4.Suns
5.Warriors
6.Grizzlies
7.Hornets
8.Mavericks
9.Rockets
10.Spurs
11.Jazz
12.Nuggets
13.Thunder
14.Timberwolves
15.Trail Blazers
16.76ers
17.Celtics
18.Knicks
19.Nets
20.Raptors
21.Bobcats
22.Seahawks Hawks（Update – Thanks Pat! I prove my ignorance of sports. This is especially bad seeing as how this is now the number 2 google link for Chinese NBA teams haha. I saw 老鹰(Eagle) and the first thing that popped to mind was Seahawks but that would be (American) football. Atlanta Hawks everyone , sorry!
23.Heat
24.Magic
25.Wizards
26.Bucks
27.Bulls
28.Cavaliers
29.Pacers
30.Pistons
This is awesome. FYI though the Seahawks are a football team. Seattle Seahawks
Shit thanks man! I saw eagle and the first thought was Seahawks. Good thing too seeing as how I am getting a bunch of links to my site from google. I have the number two link for the search Chinese NBA teams !
Thanks for correcting your mistake and mine dawg.
Can’t be looking dumb now. What was your mistake though ? haha I wasn’t aware I fixed something you did.
The whole (american) football. I forgot you probaly gotta clarify those things these days.
Hahaha oh yea right. Most of my viewers are stateside but I have a fair amount of international readers so I try to keep it clarified .