First off, let me fully disclose that I hopped on the Celtics bandwagon. I did watch Ray Allen play for UCONN back when I was in high school, and I was excited there was a name in professional basketball that I didn’t learn from a commercial or a scandal. Then they started having an amazing season, and I jumped on the bandwagon as quickly as I could. Paul Peirce is my cousin and KG and I have been playing Mario Kart on Saturday afternoons since SNES. Having those deep relationships with the players only made me more excited for the victory in the Championship.<\/p>\n
As an extremely amateur basketball player, I started with no concept of the rules other than there was a 3 point line, and shots past that line are harder to make and worth some larger amount of points. I play with other novices and we have no idea what we are doing. We travel, double-dribble, and fouling is our only defense. I know there’s a difference between the street game and the pro game, but I don’t know what they are, and frankly I don’t think we can handle more rules than the one about turning over the ball when it goes out of bounds.<\/p>\n
Having watched several playoff games, I think I’ve gotten a better feel for how things should work. Translating that to the court is another thing. I can say this: I can definitely appreciate how difficult professional basketball can be. I don’t think I can go 30 seconds without cursing like a sailor or slapping an opponent. Do any of my world-wide readers want to be our coach? If we’re ever going to win a Championship like my cuz, we’re going to need one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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