(Picture from Yahoo! Sports)
I love the NBA, I read 2-3 blogs everyday about the NBA and my team the Trail Blazers. I live in San Jose California and I am from Portland, so the team the last couple of years has been a huge point of pride for me. I have been able to joke around with my local friends about the Warriors, even if every Blazers-Warriors game I have gone to at Oracle the Blazers have lost.
My point is this, my best friend doesn't like professional basketball. His reasoning is "they are all overpaid and don't play hard until the playoffs." I don't think that's true, and if it was I wouldn't care. I love/hate Kobe, I love/hate Lebron, Lamarcus was my hero last year, I have dreams of LA, Oden, Roy and Batum leading the Blazers to a championship. When this season rolls around I can distract myself with the NFL and the NHL, but it won't be the same. I am not emotionally attached to the Seahawks or the Sharks.
But as time wears on, I will eventually accept the invite to watch the Sharks game instead of staying home to watch a league pass Blazers game due to the lockout.
I'm not delusional, I don't think one email will have an impact on a business as large as the NBA. This is more to vent...please figure out a way to end this lockout.
Sincerely,
Nick
