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Rate me some of ur fav nba rarepairs like its a food review plz I must know whats hot over here
so any ship that isn't some combination of lebron, kyrie, KD, westbrook, or any of the warriors (also kyle lowry/demar derozan back in the day. apparently.) counts as a rarepair for me.
which means i have a lot on my mind. and thus to review and rate.
i think i also got two distinct categories for my rarepairs: "ones i found that immediately gave me brainrot for the next 228383682 years" and "i made this up, they're just personal pairings for me, and now i look delusional whenever i talk about them" lol
imma rate them out of 10 just because it's cool
found ships
jayson tatum/jaylen brown: probably too popular to be considered a rarepair at this point but compared to like. the lebron and steph curry ships, i might as well lump em in here. 9/10 mainly cause one of my fav fics was an immaculate one about these two. only reason its not 10/10 is cause jaylen irl can be a little very frustrating sometimes (ranging from "he's out of line, but he's got a point" to "diet coke kyrie" and who knows where in that spectrum he could be at any given day)
nikola jokic/jamal murray: 9/10 generally, 100/10 for the emotional hurt/comfort potential. give them as many rings as possible. championship rings, wedding rings, same thing when it comes to these two. nikola really caring for jamal (and the rest of the team, but especially jamal) but he struggles to show it sometimes because he'll probably look dumb to the general public. jamal feeling the same but also feeling like shit sometimes because of that stupid fucking injury somebody (aka nikola) give this man a hug please
giannis antetokounmpo/khris middleton: might be biased because i'm a half-closeted bucks fan but 100/10. proper rivals-to-lovers and domestic fluff story (im pretty sure they were competing against each other early into their careers) that's never talked about because the NBA media only cares about separating these two and putting giannis in fucking LA or miami or whatever. shipping him with lebron instead of the man he's known since he stepped foot into the bucks basketball court.
giannis antetokounmpo/marcus smart: 8/10. found it off tumblr one forever ago, spinning in my head ever since because it makes much more sense than it needs to. not 10/10 because my brainrot is mostly fueled by making marcus and thanasis (giannis' brother) besties and that itll be its own post soon. but i can see the vision. tall happy kind boi getting along with short feral man. probably another rivals-to-lovers in the making (prob one-sided rivals with marcus trying really hard to antagonize giannis who doesn't really care much lol). can't get enough of that.
ja morant/jaren jackson jr.: these two are idiots in their own way and im all for it actually. 8/10 mainly because ja irl can be a bit frustrating at times. but at least i know jaren is gonna be protected when things get really bad lmaoooo
my personal delulu ships
luka doncic/jalen brunson: 7/10 for the fluff potential, 10/10 for the "luka making friends with people who end up leaving him due to circumstances beyond his control" kinda angst potential. like man can't luka keep a real one for once???
jeremy sochan/victor wembanyama: i had a vision the moment wemby got drafted. a ship that would finally breathe some life into the boring af spurs. only a 7/10 since i have yet to see the on-court chemistry but i could see the potential from a mile away. like the off-court vibes are immaculate at times, i wanna see that translate into basketball soon.
devontae cacok/talen horton-tucker: 8/10. i have brainrot for the 2020 bubble lakers, especially talen and their two-ways (devontae and kostas). these guys would be lowkey chaotic and i'm all for it. im already working on a awkward love confession fic about these two
alex caruso/kostas antetokounmpo: the real goat and giannis' other brother. another bubble lakers ship. technically a found ship because i saw a throwaway line in a trashy lakers fic on wattpad pairing them together and it's been spinning in my head ever since. but i've been going insane over these guys anyway so into the homemade pile you go. only 7/10 tho cause def a fluffy side ship, not sure how they would fare as the main romantic plot tho. ill work on it tho
damian lillard/pat connaughton: YES I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS ONE AFTER THE TRADE™. like i thought of pat when it happened and went "oh those guys were teammates on the blazers for a bit......." and it just immediately spiraled into yet another potential ship for my brain to froth over lmao. its still kinda barebones tho so it gets a 6/10 for now, but im already trying to make a fic for them lmaooooo
unhinged rarepair of your choice + things they like about each other/things they find annoying about each other
fuck it. them.
they're literally my go-to lol. it's a little long so beware
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his smile!!!
khris: *grinning like a goof*
giannis: *humanity restored*
also when they're having team dinners at the players' lounge in their practice facility and khris starts picking out his teeth with a toothpick
he looks stupid but in a good way
very calm and chill in general. like giannis could come to his house uninvited with no prior communication and khris would be like "oh hey what's up"
except when it comes to video games and even then it's more of a tranquil fury
he starts calmly swearing at what he thinks was a no-call in madden and giannis (and his teammates) can't help but collapse from laughter
khris, quietly: "that's great, you know what else would be great? stuffing that fucking whistle down your goddamn throat"
giannis: "calm down khris what the"
only khris gets to peek at giannis' little notebook™ and not get immediately pump-faked to the face with it
like even his brother gets a stray notebook to the face if he looks at whats inside for more than 5 seconds
but anyway khris doodles on it out of boredom sometimes and they're small and cute
cue giannis being super happy over a cube that khris drew on the top right corner for the next 30 minutes
when khris insists he's paying for even minor things like snacks tho :(
like giannis feels a lil. obligated to carry the load for his friends even off the court. like footing bills and carrying bags to the team plane and stuff
also when khris growls at anything related to shamrocks
clover plants. lucky necklaces. everything about the boston celtics. that time he told thanasis that the logo on his panathinaikos jersey is yelling at him
giannis is both confused and frustrated whenever he does that (he does not know khris has slight AAU trauma. probably.)
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his drip
like giannis does not care if he walks down the tunnel in a hawaiian shirt and shorts (fuckin. tim duncan-type beat) as long as it feels comfortable for him and khris is all for it
also when he's on the court and he's so focused on stabbing the entire opposing team one by one (metaphorically of course)
when he starts ranting about something in greek because he can't exactly completely explain his opinion in english and khris just nods like he understands what he's saying
then looks at thanasis like "what is your bro saying"
khris: *gets an explanation* "what do you mean he got rashes from that soccer field we played on last week"
but then he takes it back whenever giannis goes on a very vulgar verbal assault in his native language while playing fifa in particular
he takes that game way too seriously and khris is shocked because it's often out of nowhere. and he laughs because bro is that passionate for football fr
also his laugh.
ffs his laugh
giannis: *starts giggling like a goof*
khris: *kmid22.exe has stopped working*
unless he's laughing from losing his shit after losing a game he should've won while playing fifa. then it's just scary as hell
anyway khris finds it really amusing whenever giannis has his little notebook™ out for some reason
like a regular notebook looks small in his hands
sometimes he gets bored and starts drawing on it and they're like really doodle-y depictions of bucks teammates or opponents or whatever
and khris takes pictures of it they lowk look good. fights the urge to post them on whatever social media accs he has
that fucking "big fat meanie" doodle from spongebob but with james harden and khris laughs at it
when giannis keeps counting and recounting his money especially while footing bills tho (he does not know it's a childhood habit for him) (giannis has financial trauma)
like he takes too long sometimes and khris gets a lot more mildly annoyed over it than he should
Jayson Tatum (for the sad scenarios prompt)
whomst art thou /lh
tw: gaslighting
"i've always loved you. i hope you didn't forget that." "sure didn't... maybe." "there's no maybe when it comes to love."
jayson walks into the practice facility one time, with a sweatband already on. someone asks him what's up with that. jaylen shoots a glare at them from a distance.
jayson tells them it's just his style now. freaks out and swats out their hand when they reach for it.
jaylen breaks up the scuffle before it escalates. asks jayson if he's alright.
jayson hesitates. jaylen asks him again. finally says he's fine.
jaylen tells him that he's always got his back. he's so close that he may as well be breathing at his cheeks. it's giving jayson the worst headache of all time.
"jayson?" "yeah?" "are you sure you're alright?" "i— i don't know."
jaylen escorts him to the training room. it's quiet and eerie and so fucking scary on the way there. jayson feels something blocking his throat. like he can't say anything.
jaylen takes out a towel he got from his bag. dumps it in one of those rehab pools. removes jayson's sweatband, wraps the towel around his head. it's so cold.
"are you feeling better?" "no." "well, you'll feel better in no time." "that's what you keep saying all the time." "what do you mean, 'all the time?'"
jayson recalls him shoving his head against the locker room doors after a harsh loss. "i was outside. you probably just tripped on a chair."
"i know it was you, we were arguing about—" "about what?" "the loss?" "against who?" "the... mavs, i think?" "then why would you accuse me of something that you don't even remember me doing?"
jayson is speechless. he starts to question himself. maybe he's remembering things wrong. maybe he really did trip on a chair and hit his head on the locker room doors.
jaylen comforts him, going on about how he'd never hurt anyone, how he'd never forgive himself if he dared to hurt jayson. how he's getting worried about him forgetting certain details.
jayson feels so uncomfortable tho. especially with jaylen being this close. like he's about to hit him in the head again. but he said he'd never do that. but he did. unless that never happened and jayson's making it up. or that was someone else.
he's scared. he's close to crying. but he can't. not in front of jaylen. he'll look so fucking stupid.
maybe he really wouldn't ever do all that. maybe he's not actually a threat.
no. he really isn't.
after all, there's no maybe when it comes to love... right?
I know they’re kinda obscure but anything Cavs for the sad prompts?
oooooh........ now this is what i call a challenge. going for the modern cavs with this one. can't find a good gif or set of pictures tho 😭
"how do we explain this?" "how about we don't?" "that's not a good answer." "and you expect a good reaction from spida if we tell him the truth?"
evan mobley and jarrett allen messing around in the locker room too much, accidentally break a trinket hanging in donovan mitchell's locker
they get too hung up on whether or not to tell him that they don't really notice dmitch peeking into his locker and noticing the broken trinket.
it's a seashell pendant that he got back when he was on the jazz.
rudy gobert gave it to him when he got drafted, as a little gift. maybe even a good luck charm. says the shell came from some beach he visited back in france.
"granit rose?" "yeah. i'll take you there some time." "i've seen some pictures. looks beautiful." "even more so when you've been there."
he stopped caring about it at some point. doesn't react much when evan and jarrett finally notice they're not alone—
"eh. i got it long ago. it's bound to break at some point." "you... don't care?" "not when it's gotten a little stained." "what do you mean by—" "i'd rather not talk about it."
donovan picks it up. mulls over throwing it into the nearby bin. hesitates for a moment. how would rudy react if he saw it in there?
he shakes his head and tosses it into the trash. he probably doesn't care either. not anymore, at least.
it stings seeing it amidst empty gatorade bottles and crumpled paper towels. but its good luck has run out. it's been tainted with too many bad memories to be kept around.
too bad evan picked it back up and tried to glue the shell back together. even had the audacity to return it to donovan during a bus trip to indiana for a game against the pacers.
"nah, you can keep it." "ain't this yours, though?" "well i don't need it anymore. you fixed it anyways. it's yours now."