As I sit on the couch and wait for my very pregnant wife to give birth to our first child, I’m filled with excitement and anticipation. Yes, I’m going to be a father any day now and while there are nerves aplenty, there’s also a great deal of excitement emanating from our little Melbourne home.
That’s emotion I haven’t felt in a long time watching the Portland Trail Blazers.
Let me be clear, while I will always support this team, my current domestic situation is a much more important distraction.
I plan to spend a lot of time watching the Blazers with my little girl, explaining to her in a few years that while Anfernee Simons is the reigning MVP and Nassir Little Defensive Player of the Year, they had uneasy, slow starts to their respective careers.