After Category-5 Hurricane Maria rocked my homeland of Puerto Rico back on September 20th, 2017; most puertorricans suffer from PTSD every time the possibility of another hurricane arises.
The island has paralyzed today because Dorian, the latest tropical storm soon-to-be-hurricane, is expected to cause damage in Puerto Rico during the next 24 hours. As of this afternoon, people are expecting heavy rainfall, flooding, and our energy service to collapse.
Other reports say that Dorian will enter Florida during the weekend as a Category-3 Hurricane.
With the goal to relax while we wait for the inevitable, we take a look at the names for this Hurricane Season 2019 and build a roster off it.
Andrea. Barry. Chantal. Dorian. Erin. Fernand. Gabrielle. Humberto. Imelda. Jerry. Karen. Lorenzo. Melissa. Nestor. Olga. Pablo. Rebekah. Sebastien. Tanya. Van. Wendy.
Starting Backcourt: Jerry West and Gabrielle Union’s Husband
As far as starting backcourts go, two Hall of Famers is as good as it gets. Jerry West and Gabrielle Union’s husband are two of the best to ever do it at their respective positions and would complement each other extremely well.
Starting Frontcourt: Rick Barry, Jerry Lucas, Andrea Bargnani
Two more Hall of Famers are part of the frontcourt with Rick Barry and Jerry Lucas representing 60s and 70s basketball. They are joined by Andrea Barganani to complete a jump shooting trio up top.
Bench:
- Nick Van Excel and Jerry Stackhouse
- Brent Barry, Keith Van Horn, and Bruno Fernando
- Pablo Prignioni and Dorian Finney-Smith
Head Coach and Assistant Coaches:
- Jerry Sloan
- Jeff Van Gundy and Stan Van Gundy
As far as coaching goes, a Hall of Famer in Jerry Sloan as your head coach will win you a lot of games. When you add the Van Gundy brothers to the coaching staff as assistants, this team has three elite basketball minds leading the Hurricane Squad.
WNBA Reinforcements: Wendy Palmer
As reinforcements, WNBA-All Star Wendy Palmer makes the cut as well.
Not many people have experienced the wrath that a hurricane has the potential to bring upon a city, state, or country when it hits directly. For those that have been affected already during this Hurricane Season, those that are currently going through it, and those that will receive one in the upcoming days; stay safe and take care of each other. We’ve got a couple of long months ahead of us. God Speed.
NBA PORKCHOP 