Pretty funny stuff and somewhat true..
Posted Knicks and 3 other teams discussed a lot here in UK.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/56390/the-game-of-thrones-to-nba-playoffs-translator-book-2-essos-conference
New York Knicks
The Knicks seem pretty obvious to me: Maester P, a.k.a. Py$op Rocky, a.k.a. Many Chainz, a.k.a. Grand Maester Pycelle. Maester P — long of tooth and beard, his mobility hampered by age and ponderous chains — is not considered a contender to the throne. Despite this (and despite how much you'd like to), you can't ignore him because of Maester P's ability to do damage from long range via raven. Neither the Knicks nor Maester P can be said to be powerful in the general sense of the word. However, both wield outsized influence because of their proximity to power. In the vulgate of the real estate business it's about location, location, location: Pycelle's spot in King's Landing on the small council, and the Knicks’ location in New York City. The Knicks are the oldest team in NBA history. Pycelle is guaranteed to be the oldest guy in the room. The Knicks are owned by a vindictive billionaire who forces people to listen to his music. Pycelle is beholden to King Joffrey, whose penchant for torture seems benign in comparison to JD & the Straight Shot.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/56160/the-game-of-thrones-to-nba-playoffs-translator-book-1-westeros-conference
Houston Rockets
I see the Rockets as Daenerys Targaryen and the dragons. At the beginning of the first season, Daenerys's brother Viserys planned to marry her to the Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo in return for an army with which to take back the Iron Throne. As Westerosian power grabs go, pretty standard stuff: Use a strategic asset (Daenerys) to cement an alliance with an established military power. The Rockets were pursuing a similar strategy: Use strategic assets in the form of young players to swing a sign-and-trade for an established star in the form of Chris Bosh. Both plans fell apart in embarrassing fashion: Drogo dead, Viserys left with face full of molten gold, and Rockets GM Daryl Morey left holding an iPad with Bosh's name engraved on it. But Daenerys managed to recover in a way no one expected because she saw the true value in holding on to something that others would have simply sold: her three dragon eggs. She held firm and eventually the eggs hatched: Asik, Lin, and Harden.
[Imagines Morey, having just signed Harden, nude in his office surrounded by ashes as his staff looks on in amazement.]
I have a counterproposal for the Rockets. In terms of ethos, approach to the game, and aesthetics, the Spurs are a great fit for the Night’s Watch. (Can anyone doubt that the men of the Spurs have taken the Black?) But the Rockets-as-the-Night's-Watch story line fits the 2013 playoffs a little better. Although the Rockets are pursuing the championship like anyone else, in so many ways they seem more like an experiment by Morey (Lord Commander Mormont) in how to build a team. Rather than look for the quick fix, he takes the long view, believing that there's a purer way to understand the game than via gaudy but misleading per-game numbers and the traditional box score. Any success the Rockets have is evidence that Morey's approach works, just as the Night's Watch stake their hundreds of years as successful guardians of the Wall to their oaths of poverty and celibacy.
And here's the clincher: Harden as Jon Snow. Banished from House Stark, a.k.a. Oklahoma City, he finds a new home where he can become more than just a sixth man. He can become a leader. And wow: I just realized there are five legitimate Stark children, which really makes Snow a strong Sixth Man of the Year candidate.
Denver Knuggets
The Nuggets are the Dothraki of the NBA: respected as a regional power capable of overrunning any opponent with their decentralized, fast-break attack, yet also dismissed as not being true contenders for the throne because of their structural and tactical deficiencies. In the playoffs, when the pace slows down, will the Nuggets be able to score without a superstar? Do they defend well enough to contend? The Dothraki are a fearsome tribe of horse-mounted warriors who pillage all before them, but they lack charismatic leadership in the wake of the death of Khal Drogo and, in any case, don't have the ability to build ships to cross the Narrow Sea. The Nuggets and the Dothraki: two opponents no one believes will be there in the end that no one wants to face.
Plus let’s not forget about how Kenneth Faried has such long hair because he will only cut it after he’s defeated in battle.
Golden State Warriors
There was a stretch earlier in the season when the Warriors looked legitimately dangerous, especially given how well they were holding everything down without Andrew Bogut. But then Bogut came back and instead of getting better, they got worse. It was not unlike how the Thirteen in Qarth initially appeared so daunting, but turned out to mostly be hollow men. Sure, Xaro Xhoan Daxos has a lot of size down low, but the advanced analytics show his defense to be lacking. And Pyat Pree can be all over the court at once, but he turned out to be surprisingly vulnerable to sprained ankles and being burned alive. And like the inhabitants of exotic Qarth, the Warriors dress funny.
