They are covered at this blog.
But why this team should be the Daily Kos supported team is demonstrated well by a fact and an article.
The fact? The team colors are Orange and Blue.
The article on the flip.
ESPN's Andy Katz went to Gainesville and visited with Florida's Big Four:
What you find on the inside are posters and photos that help explain four diverse personalities and offer up some understanding of why this team is so unique in today's got-to-get-my-NBA-check mentality.
Joakim Noah is parts Swedish, Cameroonian and French, and the son of a former tennis star and a model mom. Al Horford is a proud Dominican and son of a former pro player. Corey Brewer is devoted to his family and the only one who didn't come from significant means. Taurean Green is the son of a former big-time college player and coach.
A gorgeous mosaic no? (David Dinkins reference.) More:
Whose images do you think adorn the walls of this pad? Well, if you guessed John Lennon, John Coltrane, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix (in classic '70s attire) and Nelson Mandela, you're a lot smarter than most. That's quite a cast of characters from the past 30 years, a highly diverse group for this impressionable crew.
You got to admire the musical taste right? Lennon, Coltrane, Marley and Hendrix? And Nelson Mandela as a bonus.
And the reasons for the admiration are compelling:
"John Lennon, great guy, really held it down in the 60's," Noah said. "To me, John Lennon, New York City, he's a Beatle, just a guy against war. It means a lot. I know my Mom really likes him -- that's why I put him up there. Big-time dude, John Lennon."
"Everybody has a couple of their posters here, a little piece of themselves. You know what I'm saying," Horford said. "This is Bob Marley right here; Jo and I are big fans of Bob, so we have a lot of Bob stuff up around."
Mandela's image hangs in the kitchen. Noah said he'll grab his box of Cocoa Krispies and look at the former South African president, one of the most famous political prisoners of the past 50 years. "He's just an unbelievable man, one of the inspirations in my life," Noah said "Everything that he has gone through, from going to jail for so many years because of his beliefs, I mean that just speaks for itself right there, just a very powerful man, an inspiration right there."
And more reason to support this team:
The quick tour of the four rooms offers up something a bit different in each one. Guess what Brewer is so proud of, what he has framed in his room. I'm not sure everyone would guess two all-SEC academic plaques. But he does.
The Dominican Horford is a proud Latino:
I'm very proud of my heritage and of my country," said Horford, who follows Dominican baseball players like any fantasy player, but in his case he actually knows these guys like personal favorite David Ortiz of the Red Sox. "I'm just trying to do it big in basketball."
Even the "gamer" Green has good political instincts:
t would be a major mistake, though, to think that Green is the least political of the four. On one side of his wall is the late Tupac Shakur. On the other is a poster of the late Malcolm X. "He's just an inspiration, and growing up, I learned a lot about him," Green said of Malcolm X. "My Dad sat down with me and we watched the movie. What a great leader."
But Jo is the big gabber on politics too, not just hoops:
If there is one poster that is the most powerful -- and maybe the most surprising -- in Noah's room, it is the famous picture from the 1989 Chinese uprising in Tiananmen Square. How many college students, let alone basketball players in this era, do you think have this poster on their wall? My guess is not many.
"To me, it's just like the symbol of a guy just standing against tanks, and tanks are war to me and they're used to hurt and harm and I don't see nothing peaceful with tanks," Noah said. "And I see this guy just standing there probably coming home from work with groceries or something in his hand just like a normal man, and is about to give up his life for his beliefs for peace, and I think that's just really powerful. And I just love that picture."
So tell me, how can you not be convinced that this is the team for Daily Kos?
Course, doesn't hurt they are the defending champs and are favored to repeat.
So everybody be prepared for March - LET'S GO GATORS!!