From the moment the NBA settled on the Walt Disney World Resort complex to host the league’s restarted season, hotel accommodations were unsurprisingly a major topic amongst the teams.
Team personnel were concerned about the varying hotel quality within the Disney complex. They wondered if every team was going to get assigned a different hotel (we held a mock draft for that) or would several teams be grouped into hotels?
The NBA ultimately settled on three hotels and assigned those accommodations in tiers based on team record on Tuesday. It was a fair way to go about it.
After all, the best teams should get the best hotels. And while the three hotels selected — Gran Destino, Grand Floridian and the Yacht Club Resort — are all nice hotels, the six teams headed to the Yacht Club should expect plenty of jokes come July. It’s a label of mediocrity.
We already saw NBA fans bust out the hotel trash talk for the Yacht Club-bound Blazers, Kings, Pelicans, Spurs, Suns and Wizards. The jokes were so good.
Ay yooo 😂😂😂😂😂 this is hilarious and true https://t.co/BCTEIummIh
— Josh Hart (@joshhart) June 16, 2020
Lakers food vs Lower Seed’s Food. pic.twitter.com/hgNRugxukW
— 📍 (@HellaADZ_) June 16, 2020
From now on, we refer to teams stuck in the middle of the league (teams that aren’t quite good, but aren’t quite bad) as “The Yacht Club” https://t.co/0NLe0KVbLF
— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) June 16, 2020
Suns players after losing by 30 and having to go back to sleep on the Yacht Club beds pic.twitter.com/8x1jCYN03N
— Andrew (@AndrewLeezus) June 16, 2020
Devin Booker when folks see his room at the Yacht Club pic.twitter.com/shVNFzryOa
— “She in racial chat rooms showing feet!!!” (@PBS_Impulse9) June 16, 2020
"look y'all they just lost to a yacht club team" pic.twitter.com/kx40R14Z2B
— Grant Goldberg (@GrantGoldberg) June 16, 2020
Lillard watching all the other superstars check into the better resorts, while he’s stuck at the Yacht Club pic.twitter.com/25jpzEBNYq
— Louie. (@louie_louiee_) June 16, 2020
Beal could’ve been a raptor at the grand destino but now he’s gonna be ordering pizza at the yacht club oh man loyalty never pays
— Two Time Champ! (@The_6ix_man) June 16, 2020
Spurs at Yacht Club? pic.twitter.com/sGCt2qZPST
— Tom Petrini (@RealTomPetrini) June 16, 2020
Yacht Club seems like a not-so-fun time omg pic.twitter.com/nra9kEXPl3
— Ali (@itsYDG2) June 16, 2020
And, again, the Yacht Club is by no means a bad hotel. It actually looks decent — just an older hotel.
Feel so bad for the NBA teams that have to stay at the Yacht Club. Looks rundown and terrible 🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/OsEesXvCZ0
— SportsTalk Minnesota (@MinnySportsTalk) June 17, 2020
But everybody is going to know who the Yacht Club Teams are, and nobody is going to want to lose to a Yacht Club Team.
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