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Presently, basketball is all there is.
It’s going to be a short season after an even shorter off-season. We had limited time to track player movement, team development and bring you in depth team analysis, like we did last year. So the bros and bro-ettes at NBAO decided we’ll follow in the footsteps of the NBA and provide you with…
This may be as obvious a statement as saying that Blake Griffin greatly prefers a violent dunk instead of a simple lay up, but the NBA is a highly competitive sport. There are legendary team rivalries, Lakers vs. Celtics or Knicks vs. Heat, as well as intense player battles like Kobe’s legacy vs. Jordan’s legacy or even watching LeBron James fight his own self-confidence in a big game. That said, it still somehow seems as if the competitive nature of the sport we all love, has yet to spill over into the online community.
There will always be that hustle to provide original or exclusive content, of course, yet you rarely see writers doing the Sam Cassell dance after a great blog post or a killer tweet during a mid season Nuggets-Blazers game. While we all have our own different styles, it doesn’t prevent us from linking & retweeting the work of others who we enjoy. We are united by a common passion for the game.
Today, the team here at NBA Off Season, the self proclaimed Wu Tang Clan of basketball blogs here on Tumblr, has a request. We’d like you, our ever-loyal readers, to help us support The Classical. For those unfamiliar, The Classical intends to be more than another sports site. It will hopefully take sports writing to great new heights. A lot of people that we love, and most likely you love as well, are behind the Classical. Bethlehem Shoals of Free Darko fame, Ball Don’t Lie writer Eric Freeman, Lang Whitaker, and, Tom Scharpling, the host of “Best Show on WFMU”. That lineup, in addition to the other writers they’ve assembled so far, should have you giddy with excitement. If it didn’t, get yourself to a doctor ASAP, as you probably don’t have a pulse.
We want to help The Classical reach their Kickstarter goal and at the same time be able to help you, the loyal reader. Starting today, we’re going to donate a percentage of NBA Off Season merch sales to The Classical. So, get a cool shirt and help support a great cause. It’s a win-win situation. If you’re not interested in a shirt, please donate to this great cause on Kickstarter.
We’ve also embedded a video from The Classical below to help you get a better understanding of where they’re coming and why we need to support this.
Kickstart for The Classical by buying some of our NBA Off Season merch.
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Basketball is the greatest sport in the history of things that don’t actually matter. Because it is at points so beautiful and exciting to watch that it tricks you into believing it is the only thing that matters. Kind of a “greatest lie ever told” thing. The latest proof is this video of Kevin Durant dropping 66 points at a rec game at Rucker Park in Harlem, USA.
3:15 on especially.
![Spring is in the arena:
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Here are the Boston Celtics, specifically on offense, some dying campfire that twitches an occasional rush to remind you of its glow; here too are the New York Knicks, specifically on defense, as though some magic kindling for that fire, propelling it towards “Heat.”
Rajon Rondo has NBA 2K’d for 50 assists against New York this season in only 3 games. A few of them may have been to Ray Allen, a rhythm shooter, who gets to play D’Antoni ball for at least 4 games. Paul Pierce, peacock that he is, will yet take more bows, assume the ritual with Spike, in the world’s most famous arena. Celtics bigs get to earn back some pride against a frontline that is Amar’e and [insert 6’9 player named Williams].
I know, I know Knicks fans, Carmelo and all that, but that time is not now. It will come, but still more lessons to be learned — the hard way — and what better opponent to learn them from; and what better class than 101 East Coast playoff ball? No layups, and if there are layups, WHY?
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Spring is in the arena:
Here are the Boston Celtics, specifically on offense, some dying campfire that twitches an occasional rush to remind you of its glow; here too are the New York Knicks, specifically on defense, as though some magic kindling for that fire, propelling it towards “Heat.”
Rajon Rondo has NBA 2K’d for 50 assists against New York this season in only 3 games. A few of them may have been to Ray Allen, a rhythm shooter, who gets to play D’Antoni ball for at least 4 games. Paul Pierce, peacock that he is, will yet take more bows, assume the ritual with Spike, in the world’s most famous arena. Celtics bigs get to earn back some pride against a frontline that is Amar’e and [insert 6’9 player named Williams].
I know, I know Knicks fans, Carmelo and all that, but that time is not now. It will come, but still more lessons to be learned — the hard way — and what better opponent to learn them from; and what better class than 101 East Coast playoff ball? No layups, and if there are layups, WHY?
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