The time has come for all NBA junkies to rejoice. That's right, the league's preseason games are finally underway.
My wife Rebecca, who tolerates my obsession with the the Utah Jazz, doesn't appreciate how significant the NBA preseason is. After all the games don't really count, and why bother watching if nobody's really trying to win the game. Since I have to explain it every year, I'll just write it all down and I will refer her to my blog archives every October.
One of the best reasons to pay attention to the preseason is to celebrate the end of the long, long summer sports drought. Some people might argue that there are lots of great summer sports, and I must concede that there are activities that meet the technical definition of the word, which as far as I can tell is "a pastime which, at its most organized levels, provides businesses with people to pay lots of money in exchange for endorsing their products."
Under this definition, summer "sports" include things like major league baseball, the WNBA, golf, cycling, and that last bastion of pure amatuer athletics, the Olympics. But for some reason, these have never managed to capture my attention.
I never played baseball growing up, and the lack of major league teams anywhere near Bone, Idaho made it hard for me to get excited about it. And while I enjoy riding bikes and hacking up the links as much as the next guy, neither of these activities makes for good TV viewing.
The WNBA isn't very satisfying either, mostly because it reminds you of what you really want, but just falls short. If someone ever invented a fat-free, sugar-free donut, eating it would be like watching a WNBA game.
So, the NBA preaseason is your first chance to get what you want. Diehard fans have nothing to lose. If your favorite team wins, you can fantasize about them going to the finals and winning it all. And if they lose, you just shrug your shoulders and tell yourself it doesn't count.
2 comments:
steve, steve, steve,..I will warn and advise you to send your wife, and your wife only to this post every Oct. WHY?!?! See, you silly, silly man,the undertone of your "vison" of the WNBA is a TAD sexist and a bity perturbing(sp)--even to the most adament sports hater in the free world:) SO I say to you for all women athletes of the world, (please stick tounge out and spit on yourself first...) "BOOOOOOOO!"
oh, ya, enjoy preseason!
Okay, Jackie, thanks for helping me stay politically correct. Even though my WNBA comments easily passed anti-sexism screening panel (aka Rebecca), I'll officially apologize if you can tell me who won the WNBA championship the last two years without looking it up. As much as I love basketball, I can't do it either. :)
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