First a little history. Been as diehard a CBB fan as anyone back in the day. Used to follow it religiously. Favorite day of the week was when my issue of Basketball Times would show up in the mail. used to know where every player in the top 100 was going to college. I was hard core. Used to play bball 6-7 days per week.
Then, in the early 2000's I had my 3rd back surgery and was told I could never play bball again. I was so depressed about it that it became painful to even watch basketball. So I stopped. Didn't follow the sport for about 10-15 years.
Then a few years ago I realized I was over the hurt of not being able to play anymore and decided to give CBB another try. Being a DePaul fan I obviously don't have a team to cheer for so I needed new teams to cheer for. Decided to pick a freshman that grabbed my eye and follow that team. First year was easy for me since Jalen Brunson is from the town next to me and went to my wife's high school. So I became a Nova fan. Also decided to follow Ben Simmons since I was always an LSU fan and he was the #1 rated frosh.
Last year I stuck with Brunson, but in December Lonzo Ball caught my eye and I became a huge fan and followed UCLA last year.
This year I was wondering who I was going to follow and then I caught Trae Young on TV a couple weeks ago. I was instantly impressed and it was no brainer that he would be my guy this year. So Oklahoma it is! Go Sooners! I'll even forgive Oklahoma for failing me out of there after one semester as a freshman back in 1988 with a 0.00 GPA. I can't really blame them since I didn't go to class from mid October on and didn't show up for finals lol. As a 47 year old attorney I can laugh at that crap now, but I was damn close to being the fry guy at McDonalds.
So anyway the tl:dr version of this is Trae Young is awesome and I'm very excited to watch him develop this year and maybe even challenge my guy Brunson for the title of best PG in the country this year.
Then, in the early 2000's I had my 3rd back surgery and was told I could never play bball again. I was so depressed about it that it became painful to even watch basketball. So I stopped. Didn't follow the sport for about 10-15 years.
Then a few years ago I realized I was over the hurt of not being able to play anymore and decided to give CBB another try. Being a DePaul fan I obviously don't have a team to cheer for so I needed new teams to cheer for. Decided to pick a freshman that grabbed my eye and follow that team. First year was easy for me since Jalen Brunson is from the town next to me and went to my wife's high school. So I became a Nova fan. Also decided to follow Ben Simmons since I was always an LSU fan and he was the #1 rated frosh.
Last year I stuck with Brunson, but in December Lonzo Ball caught my eye and I became a huge fan and followed UCLA last year.
This year I was wondering who I was going to follow and then I caught Trae Young on TV a couple weeks ago. I was instantly impressed and it was no brainer that he would be my guy this year. So Oklahoma it is! Go Sooners! I'll even forgive Oklahoma for failing me out of there after one semester as a freshman back in 1988 with a 0.00 GPA. I can't really blame them since I didn't go to class from mid October on and didn't show up for finals lol. As a 47 year old attorney I can laugh at that crap now, but I was damn close to being the fry guy at McDonalds.
So anyway the tl:dr version of this is Trae Young is awesome and I'm very excited to watch him develop this year and maybe even challenge my guy Brunson for the title of best PG in the country this year.
