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I love Texas.
Never expected to, coming from a state that abhors the big mess. But I moved to Austin, and Austin has a way of making you love Texas and overlook most of what Texas actually is, which is a gigantic space with very little in it.
I really dig Dallas, too, as different as it is from Austin, so when the All-Star game was announced there I was excited. And I was excited last year, and tried to maintain that excitement through a rash of disappointments. Lebron chickening out. Injuries to All-Stars. Etc. The whole world’s been largely disappointing for the last few years, I think everyone would agree. And we continue to try and shake that feeling only to wake up to it again and again. But at least we have Tyreke Evans, and Memphis, and Oklahoma City, and James’ box score, and the ridiculousness of Hedo Turkoglu.
So even though the event likely won’t be as big and memorable as it could have been due to the specific failures of the fates, it’s still All-Star Weekend in a city that does things big, bad, and raucous.
And oh yeah, we’ll be there.
This little website will be providing coverage of the 2010 All-Star Weekend. Not through another connection. This one. Hardwood Paroxysm, official media member.
Getcha popcorn.
