There is only one season----its’ basketball season 365/24/7
Mizzzzzoou
University of Missouri basketball announced its first Class of 2015 commitment. A verbal commit was received from 6-6 175 pound shooting guard Ronnie Suggs on August 25. Suggs is from Washington (MO) about 50 miles from downtown St. Louis. I haven’t seen him play nor do I even know if he can play. This I do know, Frank Haith and his coaching staff continue to beat the bushes all over the nation for talent. Suggs is awarded 2 stars by the scouting source Rivals.com. A Mizzou fan commented; “when is Haith going to recruit a 4-star or McDonalds All American?” This view is not totally correct, several 4-star athletes have committed to Mizzou during the tenure of Haith. The first McDonalds All American recruited is yet to arrive; I might ask the fan if All American status ensures success on the basketball court.
Comedy or something else
I think I have a sense of humor; sometimes my wife misses my intended point. That’s okay; on the other hand attempting to add humor to a subject it’s got to be easily understood. Unless its clear comedy is the intent the letter writer can appear to not make sense or just be plain stupid---sorry I’m just calling it as I see it. The Lakers announced new jerseys would be worn for specific games this season. The article prompted this response from a reader. “This move is all merchandising. Enough is enough! The only team that should have a new jersey, is New Jersey.” His comment regarding merchandising might be correct. On the other hand his last sentence if he is an NBA fan he should realize the Nets no longer reside in New Jersey. Maybe he was referring to the Devils of the NHL only he knows for sure.
My town
This is a rehash of a 2012 story; I thought it might be of interest to those who were not readers at the time. The Cincinnati Royals moving to Kansas City and becoming the Kings might never have occurred, there were a series of events that had proved fruitful the move would have never occurred. A pro basketball team would have been playing here much earlier than the Kings 1972 arrival. Kansas City was chosen as an ABA franchise, I’m not referring to the start-up ABA 2000 the original ABA. The ABA of Dr. J., Moses Malone and George “Iceman“Gervin, Kansas City would have been a destination in 1967. *“The Denver Larks/Rockets/Nuggets, a team that had originally been assigned to Kansas City, Missouri, moved to Denver without playing a game in Kansas City due to the lack of a suitable arena in Kansas City.” The interesting portion of the narrative (at least for me) at the time the Royals moved arrangements were made for them to play in Municipal Auditorium which was in existence prior to 1967. As for the name change the baseball Royals were here and the decision was made to choose another name----Kings. *Wikipedia
“The Worlds Most Famous Arena”
The headline is one of the many titles bestowed on MSG, Madison Square Garden or simply the Garden. The arena might be forced to move based on New York City Council action. The council granted MSG Company a 10-year lease beginning right now; can you hear the clock ticking? In the fall of 2023 the Knicks, Rangers, NIT Basketball and Ringling Brothers Circus will operate from a yet to be announced location somewhere in Manhattan. If a new building is eventually opened it would continue a long-line of arenas with the same name. *“It was the site of two venues called Madison Square Garden, the first from 1879 to 1890, and the second from 1890 to 1925. A third Madison Square Garden opened in a new location, on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, from 1925 to 1968.” In 1968 the present building was opened at 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, it should be noted the present location has undergone two major renovations, 1989-1991 and recently 2011-2013. The edict set by the city council has nothing to do with the age of the building, MSG sits atop Pennsylvania Station and the city wants the space to expand and develop the station. *Wikipedia
Hall of Fame for him????
Either I missed it or it hasn’t occurred yet, the official retirement of Allen Iverson. We know Tracy McGrady’s made his official. Now the debate begins T-Mac a Hall of Fame player? He certainly was a talented player no argument but Hall of Fame is questionable. T-Mac was quite traveled during his NBA career playing for 7 NBA teams. He was an All-Star on more than one occasion but key did he make any team better? The question might not be fair we could ask the question of a number of HOF players. Throughout his career T-Mac was an athlete who scored a great quantity of points (18,381), won a couple of scoring championships but played little defense. Despite his point totals it seems he was missing in action due to a slew of injuries during portions of his career. I might be questioned how I could include Iverson in a HOF discussion and exclude T-Mac. Despite the sometimes volatile relationship with Coach Larry Brown Iverson was a leader for those 76er teams. In addition he won an MVP award something T-Mac was never able to accomplish.
