Tuesday, October 28, 2008

It's Basketball Season!

Tonight is the start of the 2008-2009 NBA season.  Another grueling year of 82 hard games has begun, and as always, there are many intriguing story lines.  The first off is the Boston Celtics, the defending champions.  With the addition of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, the Celtics went from last to first in one season.  They won it all, and now the question is can they do it again.  The next plot line to watch is the Los Angeles Lakers, the defending West Coast champs.  They have the MVP Kobe Bryant, and get Andrew Bynum back from a knee injury.  People are already talking about a championship for them.

Since were talking about the Lakers, it would be a good time to mention their opponent for tonight, the Portland Trailblazers.  They are a young team, and were surprisingly good last season, starting off strong.  Sorry to say, but they fizzled out, but with a new year and the addition of their previous first round draft pick, Gregg Oden.  Oden was the number one pick last year, but after having knee surgery, he missed the season.  So now we finally get to see what he's made of.  Other rookies are the top two draft picks, Derek Rose and Michael Beasley.  There was a lot of debate over who should be taken first, who would be the better pick.  Well now we get to see.

As always we look to forward to great dunks, close games, and Lebron James going crazy and tearing it up.  And for my finals pick, I say Lakers vs. Knicks.  Just kidding, I have no idea.

1 comment:

Joe's Sports Blog said...

I was always into basketball until it jsut became a jump shot contest and players dog it if they are not on a good team or not getting paid well. I am no longer a fan of the game on TV and turn the channel as soon as it's on. i will say that Gregg Oden is starting to get under the title of injury prone suffering a sprained ankle. What a waste of a pick.