Wait... Basketball

A lot can go down between thursday and saturday... So imagine what can happen between February and July! After my return post went up (you can find it directly below this one), I realized that I didn't say one word about basketball. On this BASKETBALL blog.

WHAT!?

So, like I said, it's been a while. Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up. The Heat won another championship, after the Spurs choked it up. LeBron James was handed another MVP award (Most Valuable Player to the league's budget, not necessarily to a team), free agency made quite a splash, Kobe may be lost forever, some trades were made, the Celtics look worse than Shawn Marion's jumpshot, the Nets are the new Spurs, the Lakers are staring a losing record in the eye, the Rockets and Thunder look ready to battle for the West for the next 4 years, Derek Fisher's term as representative for the players' union expired (these are all equally important events), apparently Detroit has a basketball team, and Kevin Hart is ready to win a record third consecutive MVP in the Celebrity All-Star game.

Wow.

That right there is the NBA. Three-time Defensive Player of the Year winner Dwight Howard, former MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and 15-time All-Star Kevin Garnett, Ten-time All-Star and former Finals MVP Paul Pierce, former Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans, All-Star Andre Iguodala, Slam-Dunk Contest Champion Josh Smith, and former Defensive Player of the Year Metta World Peace are all notable players that found new homes this off-season. This was a HUGE year for free agency. Not only because of the names above, but also because of the fact that the moves teams made this summer set up for next year's free agents, including Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James.

Also, did anybody know that Chauncey Billups and Elton Brand were still in the league? I thought they were living in senior homes.

Needless to say, the events of the 2012-2013 NBA season are more than enough to set a MAJOR stage for this upcoming year, and we are all lucky to have a front row seat.

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He's alive! Alive!

So yes, I realize that Buckets has not been updated for a good 5 months. My bad. Really dropped the ball on that one. Between journalism, AP Testing, playing basketball, and maintaining a social life, Buckets has been pushed to the back of my mind. I apologize for that. For all 297 that have ever visited this blog, I owe you an apology.

So no more of the past! This year, we start anew. The ultimate basketball coverage is on it's way. In the words of Tim Tebow following the loss to Ole Miss in 2008: "But I promise you one thing: A lot of good will come out of this. You have never seen any player in the entire country play as hard as I will play the rest of this season, and you'll never see someone push the rest of the team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of this season, and you'll never see a team play harder than we will the rest of this season. God bless."

Now, I am no Tim Tebow, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Also, please substitute the word "writer" for "player, "work" for "play", and "myself" for "rest of the team". But, you get the point.

So how did I get from basketball to football in 4.2 seconds? Not quite sure. I tend to do that sometimes. And I have my shortcomings; there is no way I will be able to update this blog every day. I am human, and a busy human at that. Preparing for my toughest year academically, playing two sports, and attempting to start a podcasting network (more on that later) will take quite a bit of my time. But I will try my best.

So until next time, loyal readers. I will count the seconds until I post once again.

And how sick is this picture? T-Mac just never gets old.

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