<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">For me, it has been 12 beautiful days in northwest Montana, hiking, rafting, enjoying a Moose Drool Ale or two and generally not thinking about the NBA (except for the time at a deli in the tiny town of Bigfork, when I looked into the booth next to me and saw none other than Montana native and Bucks coach Larry Krystkowiak). Now, though, it's back to work. I admit, taking a vacation from being a sportswriter is a bit like having recess during gym class. My question is this: Did I miss anything? Uh, I guess I did. When I left, the NBA was in the news because referee Tim Donaghy had just been found to have gambled on games that he was calling. Not quite the publicity David Stern likes in late July. Even before that, the league was ailing from a miserable Finals in which the Spurs swept the Cavaliers, and there seemed to be little hope for that to change next year -- the Eastern Conference looked as bland as ever. There wasn't much to smile about. But in the intervening couple of weeks, three things happened that should give some hope to those of us who cover this league and are fans of it. Maybe things are not so bleak after all, and the reasons are: </div> Yahoo! Sports This is what has been going on in the world of basketball. What interests me is that, almost every sports writer thinks that the Celtics won't be that amazing because of their lack of 4-12 spot on the roster.
While he was on vacation, did he happen to go on a diet as well? I hate it when fat people preach sports to me.
<div class="quote_poster">Master Shake Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Yahoo! Sports This is what has been going on in the world of basketball. What interests me is that, almost every sports writer thinks that the Celtics won't be that amazing because of their lack of 4-12 spot on the roster.</div> It's the popular thing to do right now. It seems like most writers stick together. Remember Noah last year? EVERYONE was geeking out about him.
