How I roll

So it is now October, which means that basketball season is shortly upon us, which means I will soon have many chances to write about my hometown team, the Sacramento Kings.

Some background: I am a 25-year-old, who grew up watching the likes of Lionel Simmons, Duane Causwell and Bobby Hurley play ball (in fact, the last guy lived down the street from one of my friends in 1994.) Essentially, I grew up watching terrible, terrible basketball, until about the time when I was 15 and the Kings traded for Chris Webber, drafted Jason Williams, signed Vlade Divac and suddenly became relevant.

Fast forward ten years. The renaissance has come and gone, and Sacramento is once again a lottery team. Times have been tough in recent years, yet I see the potential for good. The roster has undergone an overhaul, and young players like Jason Thompson, Donte Greene, Spencer Hawes, Francisco Garcia, Beno Udrih and Kevin Martin, form a promising core.

ESPN.com recently pegged the Kings to finish 23-59. While I'll admit Sacramento has needed a power forward ever since Webber got traded away, they really aren't too far off from returning to the playoffs.

Expect more posts on this topic...

Edit (11.5.08) -- Actually, 23-59 might be spot on. This season is barely a week old and my Kings are 0-4 and not looking good.

A Phillies-Rays World Series???

Man, it seems unbelievable, but I guess it could happen: The Philadelphia Phillies already beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series and is awaiting the winner of the Boston Red Sox-Tampa Bay Rays ALCS. Tampa, long since one of the shittiest, least-watched teams in the American League, holds a 3-1 advantage over Boston and can eliminate the Sox and advance to the World Series tonight. I haven't paid too close of attention, but would like the Rays to prevail, in part because a dude from my hometown, J.P. Howell, is one of their top relief pitchers. Granted, a Philadelphia-Tampa World Series would be something of a shit-fest (and each team will probably lose 90 games next year) but it's what I'm rooting for. Plus, how many titles can the Red Sox win all of a sudden? Just doesn't seem right.

Hello again

So it's been almost four months since I wrote anything here, to which I owe some explanation. Essentially, I am an all or nothing person. I want every post I write to be a masterpiece worthy of Esquire Magazine. If I feel I am falling short, I don't even try. Translation: I got held up on my first significant entry, which concerned my thoughts on the NBA Draft back in June, and I have not attempted anything further. This will change.

New goal: Post more often, forget Esquire.