Tonight we get to watch the Blazers play Denver. That should be a good game (we hope). The NBA does all things possible to make Christmas Day games compelling, but this is hard to do when they schedule games in the pre-season. The one story line missing from the day is any big rookie playing on one of the most watched basketball days of the year.
If anybody is trying to get a foot into basketball, or rookie collecting, the NBA does a rookie power ranking here. And really surprisingly, the only rookie playing today from the top ten list of rookies is Ty Lawson (at #8). I know the NBA tried to do it's best with Kobe/Lebron and Celtics/Magic, but truth be told, it hasn't lived up to the hype.
But from the Portland perspective, I'm hoping that Denver's Ty Lawson isn't much of a factor. He's one of the fastest players in the league (truly quick player) and I'm hoping he doesn't use the national television coverage for a coming-out party. Here's an offering of one of Ty's RC offerings:
3 comments:
You do a fine job writing about basketball cards. Very engaging, considering the subject. (Panini??) :)
Still, perhaps you will consider coming to the light......
signed,
a baseball card person
I know. I'm left with Panini as a source of primary material. But they're only five or six releases in, so I can't call my hobby a failure yet. Plus, there is a plethora of Bowman boxes out there to be busted yet.
I appreciate the compliments though. I do love baseball. I really do. But the Padres tore my heart out when they traded Peavy to the White Sox. I'll have to write about that in another post, lol.
I may consider the Mariners now that they're prepared to fill out a decent lineup card. And I'm in their market, so I get all their games anyways. I'll leave the offer for illumination 'pending further discussion' for the time being.
signed,
a basketball card person
Im a Blazer and Mariners fan from Oregon. M's are gonna have a great year! And the Ducks are gonna kick 'the' ohio states ass friday, cant wait.
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