Introduction: revisited

Alright, I figured I’ve let this languish for as long as necessary; it’s time to get down to The Meat of Things. I love basketball; I love writing; seems like this is the appropriate venue to wax poetic about both. Rereading my earlier introduction piece, I can’t help but change gears as to what I’m going to write about. I’m going to step away from solely analyzing the premise of team-as-a-concept, and more broadly examine the big picture of NBA evolution. If Buddhism has taught me anything, it’s that overemphasis on words and symbols does nothing but direct you away from the “suchness” of reality and truth (see also- Don’t Overcontemplate, Appreciate); as a result, I’m going to focus my writing on being as deceptively descriptive as possible. I don’t purport (or plan) to provide sophisticated statistical breakdowns, or in-depth analysis, I merely want to help bring about as many of those “Aha!” moments that you get when you remember something that you truly cherish being a Witness of (and not in a manufactured Lebron way, I’m talking about witnessing 51 point duels between young Kobe and Jamison, seeing KJ throw down on someone he had no business going up on, that-shit-is-REAL-jump-out-of-your-seat visceral experiences…).

I’ll throw in some period music (whatever that means, in this case it’s mid-90s rap, that halcyon age…) to boot. I hope you enjoy reading about and watching videos of the good ol’ days while listening to some great music on the Streampad down below. And that’s really the key word to all of this (this meaning everything)… enjoy.