I'm Tim Thomas Pt.1

I went to basketball practice last night for the 1st time in 3 weeks, only to find out that, what do you know, the new season starts today--and I'm not on the team roster.

Last year, the season started in winter, so I figured that before I leave Japan there won't be any games in which I won't be getting any PT. Well team Bacchus joined a new league that starts in the spring. They never asked me to join before last night(partially my fault because I missed practices, but still), and they didn't invite me to join when I was right there last night. They didn't even bother to talk to me, and to add insult to injury, both Adam and Eddie, two guys whom I invited onto the team, are on the roster. In fact, Komura-san was telling Eddie to bring money before tomorrows game, with me standing right there waiting to catch a ride with Eddie.

Having Adam and Eddie on the team will definitely help them. Eddie will dominate the paint and clean up the board because he is more athletic, bigger and stronger than probably anyone he'll face in the league (since he's my height and got King Kong arms, think of him as an Elton Brand type). Adam is tall and long, willing passer skilled off the dribble and active on both ends of the floor (because he's white, think of him as a Gonobili with defense minus the outside stroke). Put these 2 next to a bunch of guards who can't shoot, a couple of SF/PF tweeners who make jumpers but won't bang inside, plus one Bonsi/Marbury type ballhog, and you have a pretty good team.

So where did Jeff fit in? Nowhere.

So how did Jeff respond? During practice, while I didn't lay the smack down, I had success getting into the lane for floaters or kick-outs, made a few threes, and had a back spasm.