NBA preseason (and there was light)
Finally the long wait is over... it's been a long summer without the NBA... very few interesting trades... pretty slow and dull... but here they are, the Phoenix Suns and the Phila 76ers playing their 2006-07 preseason game in Cologne... could we ever miss this game? 'Course not!
Well... a couple of considerations... first of all, the friendliness of the locals was once more underlined when they started booing Phoenix towards the end of the game as most of them supported AI... speaking about AI, what's all this fuzz for? He good... he is a scoring machine,but he also ain't a "team player" and last time I checked, basketball was still a team sport. Anyway, I had this SLIGHT feeling most of them knew AI and not much else about basketball... luckily enough, the game was very entertaining, with PHX taking a consistent lead twice during the game and eventually ending up losing... I even got the chance of shouting a couple of things to Raja Bell, the Kobe-stopper... I believe he enjoyed himself, his smile was the proof... for me, the best things of the eve were provided by Steve Nash... his assists were simply amazing, no wonder he is 2 times MVP of the league...
Before this, we watched CSKA Moscow-Maccabi Tel Aviv... the remake of this year's Euroleague final... the outcome was the same, with Moscow leaving with a victory... got to take a pic with coach Ettore Messina, one of the best and winningest Italian coaches of the last 20 years (the other two are coach Dan Peterson and coach Mike D'Antoni). Coach was very kind, as he remembered he promised me a picture at half time and then walked all the way up to where we were to keep his word. Thanks coach, you're real cool!
Almost forgot, during the games the cheerleaders (... oh, not too bad, I tell you :P ) were throwing t-shirts and small basketballs to the fans... the very last one, thrown at us with just over 8 seconds remaining, was just a bit too far on my right, but with one last effort (all my previous efforts were gone into the cheeseburgers!) I managed to tip it and direct it right at Steve... he now will wear it with eternal gratitude :)
So here we are... a bunch of basketball-addicted people... :)
Next day, everyone at Pels' for the Draft of our fantasy NBA league... ten of us, spending some time together with unhealthy but damn tasty food, and with a surely healthy passion... basketball... first pick went to Chappy (the man with only consonants), with which he selected Kevin Garnett... here is the whole first round: 1-the Big Ticket, 2-King James, 3-Nowitzki, 4-Flash, 5-the Matrix, 6-EB, 7-Kobe, 8-Nash, 9-Arenas and 10-Pierce. May the fun begin! :)
Next stop, October 31 for the opening night of the new season...
Well... a couple of considerations... first of all, the friendliness of the locals was once more underlined when they started booing Phoenix towards the end of the game as most of them supported AI... speaking about AI, what's all this fuzz for? He good... he is a scoring machine,but he also ain't a "team player" and last time I checked, basketball was still a team sport. Anyway, I had this SLIGHT feeling most of them knew AI and not much else about basketball... luckily enough, the game was very entertaining, with PHX taking a consistent lead twice during the game and eventually ending up losing... I even got the chance of shouting a couple of things to Raja Bell, the Kobe-stopper... I believe he enjoyed himself, his smile was the proof... for me, the best things of the eve were provided by Steve Nash... his assists were simply amazing, no wonder he is 2 times MVP of the league...
Before this, we watched CSKA Moscow-Maccabi Tel Aviv... the remake of this year's Euroleague final... the outcome was the same, with Moscow leaving with a victory... got to take a pic with coach Ettore Messina, one of the best and winningest Italian coaches of the last 20 years (the other two are coach Dan Peterson and coach Mike D'Antoni). Coach was very kind, as he remembered he promised me a picture at half time and then walked all the way up to where we were to keep his word. Thanks coach, you're real cool!
Almost forgot, during the games the cheerleaders (... oh, not too bad, I tell you :P ) were throwing t-shirts and small basketballs to the fans... the very last one, thrown at us with just over 8 seconds remaining, was just a bit too far on my right, but with one last effort (all my previous efforts were gone into the cheeseburgers!) I managed to tip it and direct it right at Steve... he now will wear it with eternal gratitude :)
So here we are... a bunch of basketball-addicted people... :)
Next day, everyone at Pels' for the Draft of our fantasy NBA league... ten of us, spending some time together with unhealthy but damn tasty food, and with a surely healthy passion... basketball... first pick went to Chappy (the man with only consonants), with which he selected Kevin Garnett... here is the whole first round: 1-the Big Ticket, 2-King James, 3-Nowitzki, 4-Flash, 5-the Matrix, 6-EB, 7-Kobe, 8-Nash, 9-Arenas and 10-Pierce. May the fun begin! :)
Next stop, October 31 for the opening night of the new season...
posted by Raf at 9:25 AM
3 Comments:
damn, that screen is HUUUUGE !!!! :-D
Those were two fun-filled nights, complete with fattening food and great company !!!
yeah, that screen was very imprssive - that impressive that i had to show it to my colleges in the office.
and i had a lot of fun taking part the first time, although i was very tired.
but love for the game keeps you in life ;-)
and remember, it's only half... ehehe :)
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