Clips site looks very nice, though not as good as LGW. ;)
And I love these pregame Q&A with the opposing team's bloggers. It's awesome to get the perspective of the die-hard fans from the other side, the people who know when the stars have been slacking, which role-players are on a hot streak, what the "obvious" weaknesses of the team are, that sort of thing.
Like, just think about how many people outside Dubs Nation will know that we've beaten the Suns, Nugs, Sixers, and barely lost to the Raps in our past 5 games with basically nothing but bench/role guys... let alone, that Marquese Chriss has been one of our best players on the court lately, Mychal Mulder is a shooter to look out for, and Wiggins is recording career highs in steals and blocks since being traded? (No slight intended to Paschall, who has also been on a tear, but the league *has* at least heard of him being good already.)
There's a lot of basketball out there, so it's impossible for anyone but the most dedicated to know close to all of it. But these kinds of cross-blog interviews give us a window into the important bits of other teams' seasons at a relevant time.
It also reinforces the bonds between us, as fans of the same sport. Even if we root for different teams, we have a lot in common, and it's great to appreciate that sometimes.
It is really cool to build these partnerships. As more fan's of teams move away from their evil overlords I hope we can establish these forums to be able to connect with other teams.
Clips site looks very nice, though not as good as LGW. ;)
And I love these pregame Q&A with the opposing team's bloggers. It's awesome to get the perspective of the die-hard fans from the other side, the people who know when the stars have been slacking, which role-players are on a hot streak, what the "obvious" weaknesses of the team are, that sort of thing.
Like, just think about how many people outside Dubs Nation will know that we've beaten the Suns, Nugs, Sixers, and barely lost to the Raps in our past 5 games with basically nothing but bench/role guys... let alone, that Marquese Chriss has been one of our best players on the court lately, Mychal Mulder is a shooter to look out for, and Wiggins is recording career highs in steals and blocks since being traded? (No slight intended to Paschall, who has also been on a tear, but the league *has* at least heard of him being good already.)
There's a lot of basketball out there, so it's impossible for anyone but the most dedicated to know close to all of it. But these kinds of cross-blog interviews give us a window into the important bits of other teams' seasons at a relevant time.
It also reinforces the bonds between us, as fans of the same sport. Even if we root for different teams, we have a lot in common, and it's great to appreciate that sometimes.
Is this the return of webrings?
Nice to see other communities looking successful post SBNation, too.
Great looking site that 213hoops.
It is really cool to build these partnerships. As more fan's of teams move away from their evil overlords I hope we can establish these forums to be able to connect with other teams.
Robert, congratulations on 213hoops.com!