Basketball from a fan’s perspective

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One more story
Friends there are several basketball stories in the NBA and college I intend to follow this upcoming season.  One of these involves Michael Porter Jr., I along with Mizzou Nation desire to see evidence of his basketball talent.  He arrived at Mizzou as one of the top high school prospects in the nation and then the injury.  Porter Jr. played all of three games before declaring for the NBA draft in 2018. 

The Nuggets selected him number 14 in the first round, the injury issue prevented him from being selected higher.  The Nuggets realizing, he still required rehab were okay with him sitting out the 2018-19 NBA season.  The dawn of the 2019-20 season is almost here, is the 6-foot 10-inch Porter Jr. prepared to play?  All indications point out he’s ready, despite the relative short period at Mizzou I’ve got to believe most of Mizzou Nation wants him to succeed.  Michael Porter Jr., a story for the 2019-20 NBA season.  

It was the NFL not the NBA  
Ahmad Rashād has worked at his broadcast career for such a long time a number might not believe he’s a former professional athlete.  Others might believe the sport that led him into the broadcast field was the NBA however that’s not the case.  Born Robert Moore he was an NFL wide receiver at the University of Oregon.  Entering the NFL in 1972 he would play for the Cardinals, Bills and Vikings before retiring from the game in 1982. 

After retirement Rashad went into the sports broadcast field.  Although Rashard has served as sideline reporter for the NFL the NBA is the professional sport he’s most closely associated with.  In the recent past Rashard served as co-host of Inside the NBA among other NBA programs.  Annually he serves as the emcee for the Naismith Hall of Fame ceremony.  Ahmad Rashad played in the NFL however it’s the NBA he’s most closely associated with by those in the sports community. 

This is interesting 

A story last week reported the Warriors intend to sport 6 new jerseys this season.  One of the jerseys is an updated version of an earlier design.  The late Franklin Mieuli who once owned the Warriors designed the iconic jersey.  It might have been the first jersey with no indication of what city or area it represented.  Team owners have several roles in ownership, this might be the only instance of a jersey being designed by an owner.  I talked to a former resident for the remainder of the story. 

Gary informed me “Back in the mid to late 60’s, all over northern California, San Francisco was referred to as: The City. People would say: I am going into the city-and if they lived-in Marin or Sonoma County or even further away, this meant that they were going to San Francisco.”  All these years I believed the Golden Gate Bridge emblazon on the front was enough to identify the city and portion of the nation the team represented. 

The Commish

It seems NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is always on the hot seat for one decision or another.  Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred Jr. would appear to not reach the visibility of football or basketball as his counterparts.  It’s funny ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser co-host of Pardon the Interruption has made it known he doesn’t particularly agree with NBA commissioner Adam Silver. 

I’m unsure if I ever heard him express an opinion about David Stern negative or positive.  Kornheiser and others might not always agree with the decisions rendered by the commissioners however they forget a key point.  Commissioners of all sports work at the behest of team owners, too many unfavorable decisions the commissioner might be looking for a job despite our views.