Christmas in July
In Chicago our cable bill was (hold your breath) $103 a month. Comcast is such a bitch. We weren't allowed by lease to have dishes on our building so we were pretty much screwed into Comcast. Now that was internet and Cable w/the box but we didn't have like 300 channels or anything, so we were getting up the tailpipe pretty bad. The comcast setup was get all three services: Phone, Internet, and Cable tv for 99 bucks. Well that's all well and good if you need all three of those services but their phone service was loaded with all sorts of options that we didn't need and there were hidden charges (of course) what they didn't tell you is that you were gonna pay the same amount for the other two services at the same cost if you turn down the phone service. So we turned it down and then later learned its a hook up time promotion only. Funk you very much Comcast. That's what a town looks like when the cable provider holds a monopoly.
Now the bay area, it's a nice deal. Dish providers, AT&T cable, a local telecom provider, and Comcast. Well we get a nice deal with moving into our complex. It's wired for Comcast and we get a sweet discount. We pay like 70 bucks for internet and cable. BUT THERE'S MORE! Not only is that cheaper but we have close to 350 channels, and not just any channels. HBO, Encore, All the MTVs, some crazy cool channels I've never seen, the NFL network, and the best part of it all NBAtv.
All this build up has led to this moment. Today is the first day of the NBA Vegas Summer League. Just in case you haven't been reading my blog, I love basketball. All the other sports are fine and dandy but I love basketball. Now in the past I knew the summer league existed and was intrigued by the fact it was basically watered down NBA; However, after this draft I see it in a whole new way. NBAtv replays a few taped summer league games and tonight is the Mavericks vs. the Super Sonics. Now in case you don't know the sonics have a few juicy draft nuggets on their team: Kevin Durant and Jeff Green (who I really think is gonna be underratedly [for the sake of argument this is a word] awesome). Now the Super Sonics appear to have turned their story around. They have never drafted anybody who produces out of the gate, their free agents are crap because let's face it Seattle is too far from anyone who cares to promote super stars, and they have been coached by no bodies up until Nate Macmillin (sp?) made a pile of dung get to the second round a couple years ago. This draft shows they are turning it around. They also picked Julius Hodge who up till now has done nothing for two years but playing with Durant and Green, damn that's tasty.
Since I consider myself an ArmChair GM this is like heaven. See the high rated prospects whoop the crap out of players who will never touch the league (oh yeah the summer league is filled with team invitees who are the equivalent of WWE nobodies who are only in the ring to have Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior destroy for the crowd). God am I excited. This is probably the only realistic time of year where the Celtics roster looks dangerous. I am so amped that even though my parents are coming to town and we have plans to romp around the bay I am partially considering faking sick so I can just watch five hours of summer league tomorrow. I mean Greg Oden is taped delayed tomorrow at noon! Damn it! I'm gonna be in Santa Cruz at noon. bah! Once again, thank god for Tivo.
Now the bay area, it's a nice deal. Dish providers, AT&T cable, a local telecom provider, and Comcast. Well we get a nice deal with moving into our complex. It's wired for Comcast and we get a sweet discount. We pay like 70 bucks for internet and cable. BUT THERE'S MORE! Not only is that cheaper but we have close to 350 channels, and not just any channels. HBO, Encore, All the MTVs, some crazy cool channels I've never seen, the NFL network, and the best part of it all NBAtv.
All this build up has led to this moment. Today is the first day of the NBA Vegas Summer League. Just in case you haven't been reading my blog, I love basketball. All the other sports are fine and dandy but I love basketball. Now in the past I knew the summer league existed and was intrigued by the fact it was basically watered down NBA; However, after this draft I see it in a whole new way. NBAtv replays a few taped summer league games and tonight is the Mavericks vs. the Super Sonics. Now in case you don't know the sonics have a few juicy draft nuggets on their team: Kevin Durant and Jeff Green (who I really think is gonna be underratedly [for the sake of argument this is a word] awesome). Now the Super Sonics appear to have turned their story around. They have never drafted anybody who produces out of the gate, their free agents are crap because let's face it Seattle is too far from anyone who cares to promote super stars, and they have been coached by no bodies up until Nate Macmillin (sp?) made a pile of dung get to the second round a couple years ago. This draft shows they are turning it around. They also picked Julius Hodge who up till now has done nothing for two years but playing with Durant and Green, damn that's tasty.
Since I consider myself an ArmChair GM this is like heaven. See the high rated prospects whoop the crap out of players who will never touch the league (oh yeah the summer league is filled with team invitees who are the equivalent of WWE nobodies who are only in the ring to have Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior destroy for the crowd). God am I excited. This is probably the only realistic time of year where the Celtics roster looks dangerous. I am so amped that even though my parents are coming to town and we have plans to romp around the bay I am partially considering faking sick so I can just watch five hours of summer league tomorrow. I mean Greg Oden is taped delayed tomorrow at noon! Damn it! I'm gonna be in Santa Cruz at noon. bah! Once again, thank god for Tivo.
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