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A Friendly Jazz-Warriors Wager

Trading Places In a development that certainly surprised the experts, the Jazz and Warriors are facing off in the Western Conference Semifinals. As it turns out, the series has extra meaning in my family, because my brother is a lifelong Jazz fan, and I've been on the Warriors bandwagon since the midpoint of their 12-year playoff drought. So, we've decided to follow in the well-trodden footsteps of mayors, governors, and millionaires by setting up a friendly wager. (See my penalty candidates from gurdflavor.)

To making things a bit more interesting, we've both agreed to nominate 4 loser's penalties and let Ballhype users make the final call. Choose an option below to help decide gurdflavor's penalty for if when the Warriors win:

Write 2,500 words comparing this year's Warriors to the 1974-75 champs
Get photo taken wearing my (now-useless) Hardaway Warriors jersey in front of John Stockton statue at Energy Solutions Arena
Acquire and deliver a We Believe t-shirt
Compose and sing a Warriors playoffs theme song to be posted on Ballhype
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Gallup’s Got Nothing on Us
BallHype Blog — ... and gurdflavor’s penalty if the Jazz lose. I’ve lived with Jason before when he shaved his head… I haven’t dealt with a mohawk.

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You Been Blinded - Now in Dazzling HD — ... Basketball can tear a family

Matt "Mohawk" Barnes Would Be Hyped!
Golden State Of Mind — ... A Friendly Jazz-Warriors Wager [Ballhype]

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