During practice last night I learned that it is always competitive no matter what the circumstances are. With the conference finals only a few short days away we were able to get back on the freshly finished Wooton High School basketball court for a few hours. Having not been able to access the gym for a couple of months it was nice to have the opportunity to work in the middle of the week before the weekend. I think that it is natural to want to play well and play hard as we would normally do and with that might come the extra pushing and shoving and battling between teammates. Overall, I felt like the practice was needed and that in the end everyone did what they do best.
There has been so much speculation on what the final roster was going to be for the big game(s) this weekend and with A.H. not making an appearance last night as scheduled it is harder and harder to expect anything more than a possible cameo in the games this weekend. Any time you are coming off a semi-serious injury and are forced to sit out for several weeks without playing you are going to be rusty, bottom line. Without getting some work last night I think A.H. went from being a solid contributor to mostly a spectator this weekend. It would be great if we could get him 10-15 minutes in the opening game but I am worried he is not going to be much help. I guess we will see how it goes and make the decision once things get going.
Without looking past the importance of this weekends action, the NBA starts for us in about ten days and as usual we have questions on who exactly is going to be made available to participate. Making the jump from what essentially is the "D" league up to the big show is a step we have been talking about making for a couple of years now. Finally, we feel like we need to be tested regardless of the outcome this weekend. Win or lose, we need to see where we are at. Granted, we have high expectations and believe in our team, we still realize it is going to be a struggle to compete week in and week out if we do not give 100% effort every game. I guess we will patch together the best roster we possibly can before this weekend and submit our final opening day roster and hope for the best!
A preview of the remaining 3 teams headed into the championship weekend will be available soon, maybe today but certainly tomorrow at the latest. I think these two teams rival the last two we defeated last season to win the championship so I know it is going to take a supreme effort to get it done. Especially since they once again have stacked the deck heavily against us with the "no rest policy" if we do happen to win the first game. I expect nothing less from a place that does not want to see us with 4 straight titles to our name....
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