Eastern Conference

Boston Celtics: Celtics are people from Ireland, so it’s edible.

New York Knicks: Knicks are pants, so they’re not edible.

Milwaukee Bucks: Bucks are deer, deer are edible.

Cleveland Cavaliers: Cavaliers are daring, fearless men who never surrender, no matter the odds. Men are edible.

Orlando Magic: Magic is inanimate, so it’s not edible.

Indiana Pacers: Cars aren’t edible.

Philadelphia 76ers: 76ers refer to the 1776 signing of the declaration of independence. Doesn’t sound edible.

Miami Heat: Heat is inanimate, so it’s not edible.

Bulls: Bulls are alive, so edible.

Hawks: Hawks are a bird, edible.

Brooklyn Nets: Nets aren’t edible

Raptors: Raptors are animals, so they’re edible in theory.

Hornets: Hornets are edible

Wizards: Wizards wield magic, so it might be hard to eat them, but they are still alive, so they’re edible.

Pistons: Pistons are not edible.

Western Conference

Thunder: Thunder isn’t edible.

Nuggets: Gold nuggets aren’t edible. Chicken Nuggets however are.

Timberwolves: Wolves are edible.

Clippers: Sailing ships aren’t edible.

Mavs: Horses are edible

Suns: The sun isn’t edible obviously, being a giant ball of fire and gas.

Pelicans: Pelicans are birds, so they’re edible.

Lakers: Lakers are people so they’re edible.

Kings: Kings are people so they’re edible.

Warriors: Warriors are people so they’re edible.

Rockets: Rockets are not edible.

Jazz: Jazz is a type of music, not edible.

Grizzlies: Grizzlies are bears, edible.

Spurs: Spurs are a metal tool designed to be worn on the heels of cowboy boots for the purpose of controlling a horse’s movement and direction. Not edible.

Trail Blazers: Blazers are people, edible.

Totals

• Edible: 16
  • Eastern: 8 (Celtics, Bucks, Cavaliers, Bulls, Hawks, Raptors, Hornets, Wizards)
  • Western: 8 (Timberwolves, Mavericks, Pelicans, Lakers, Kings, Warriors, Trail Blazers, Grizzlies)
• Not Edible: 14
  • Eastern: 7 (Knicks, Magic, Pacers, 76ers, Heat, Nets, Pistons)
  • Western: 7 (Thunder, Nuggets, Clippers, Suns, Rockets, Jazz, Spurs)