Welcome to another Five Out, this time a silly one. Or sillier, anyway. You have been warned. If you don’t like silly stuff, only want the hard hitting content I’m not known for, well, sorry. Not much going on in NBA world.
We’re still a month away from the majority of NBA training camps opening (some open a bit earlier for teams playing overseas preseason exhibitions). October first will mark the return of the NBA. Until then? We have each other.
We also have the giant spider egg sac that is American Football starting to burst open in the corners of your bedroom. Today the student athletes of the NCAA burst forth in their NIListic glory, but the NFL isn’t far behind.
Between the two it should be possible to watch a football game every single day of the week, if you can manage the subscriptions, or streaming, or just whatever it is they’ve made of the old order.
Honestly I don’t hate football, though I don’t have the insane love that many Americans, particularly fellow Texans, have for it. I’m excited for the Texans, specifically the Houston Texans for the first time, maybe ever
They now seem like a team capable of outsmarting an opponent occasionally, which is admittedly a low bar, but they’ve spent most of their existence well below that bar.
As for other footballs, Association Football, Australian Rules Football, and probably some other footballs I don’t know, or recall, I like them, too.
I enjoy soccer, and have to have some regard for any sport that has a guy in a suit and a great hat making cryptic gestures.
Basketball games don’t last forever. One could get caught in a four hour plus NCAA football game. I know this because it’s happened to me.
That’s not a game, that’s a life commitment. Even the most exciting contest can lose luster when extended that long. By contrast, most NBA basketball games last about two hours and fifteen minutes.