What? Huh? Oh Really?

They tell me that there is still NBA action this weekend. They tell me that the best of the best will be showcasing their immense skills in a number of different basketball related competitions. They tell me all of this and yet I still don't believe them.

I don't think that watching four guys that are generally irrelevant to their teams, stuff the ball through a hoop while doing mild acrobatics in mid-air is really all that pleasing to the senses. Not after watching a hectic and fast paced first half of action. The skills competition, the Man/Lady/Child/Random Fan playing around the world game, the young stars, the all-stars, the new starts, the old stars. All kinds of stars come out for this glorified Hedonism weekend of debauchery. This is the next best thing to Mardi Gras and closing quick.

The point being that I'm a little lost this weekend when the only professional sport I can watch is hockey. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Sharks, but it's hard for me to sit and watch a 4-1 game between Buffalo and Carolina. I'm not fully involved in college basketball for another couple of weeks, and they haven't yet started playing spring training games.

Maybe I should get out and do something now that the weather seems to be cooperating to the fullest? I could go hit the links since I haven't played a round in quite a while. Take the wife and dog out to the beach and enjoy the salty waves. I mean sure, that all sounds nice and rosy, but I'm not your average sports fan. I'm a junkie. My name is Dan The Pundit and I am a sportaholic.

I'm sure I'll find a way to muddle through the next few days while the Not Ballin Atalliation takes a union mandated vacation. Oh yeah, they're checking out Monday too. Great, now that means that I have no reason not to tell the wife I'm not watching The Bachelor.