Just wanted to let you know that it’s that time of the month! As always, I’m blogging over at RomancingtheJock.com. This month’s post is about how the 2013 NBA Playoffs feel more like the 1999 Playoffs due to the amount of veterans hitting the hardcourt.
Here’s a piece of my blog post.
The 2013 NBA playoffs feel sort of like 1999…
by Koko Brown
Romancing the Jock’s twitter account follows about three dozen feeds managed by sports teams, athletes, and sports shows. This past week there were two retweets that came across our news feed that took me back in time.
Sports Center’s recent announcement that Tracy McGrady had signed on with the San Antonio Spurs threw me for a loop. In all honesty, I thought the NBA All-Star had retired. A 70’s baby and a member of the class of 1997, I was pleasantly surprised he was still around. I remember the day he was drafted by the Toronto Raptors in 1997 and how he played with his cousin, Vince Carter (also still playing) in 1998. Although, McGrady pops up on a different team almost yearly (Houston 2009, New York 2010, Detroit 2011, Atlanta 2013, and Spurs 2013) you got to love the guy for his perseverance.
And if ESPN’s Jason Romano’s recent tweet is any indication, McGrady isn’t the only veteran who’ve made us question what year it is or puzzled us with their longevity.
Currently, there are sixteen teams in the NBA playoffs (Go, Brooklyn Nets) and more than half of the teams contain veterans born during the disco era, two of them recently turning the big 4-0!
