Like many casual basketball fans, I grew up watching the NBA two ways:  on television, and occasionally, through extraordinary good fortune, from the cramped, obstructed-view seats of the old Hemisfair Arena.  Both, to me, were amazing.  I developed a love of the game and an undying affection for my hometown Spurs.  I also learned, early and thoroughly, an essential truth about professional basketball—refs suck. 

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[I originally posted this in the comments section of ATS' post, but LatinD among others suggested I re-post, so here it is...]

{oh-- and Stampler, if you read this-- I'm STILL waiting for a scathing recap....}

I’ve been lurking on this blog since a buddy of mine forwarded me Stampler’s re-cap of the Golden State Warriors game in which James White got his first NBA dunk. I felt like I was trapped in a bad Jim Rome e-mail as I proctored a mid-term for my university class and desperately tried not to laugh so hard that I sprayed Diet Coke all over my keyboard. "an erection that would frighten Traci Lords" indeed… hilarious.

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