Craig's Blog of Destiny

I quite enjoy the NCAA tournament every year, but it’s been a long, long time since I paid any attention to the NBA.  If I do happen to catch a game I’m generally disappointed in the level and quality of play.  (Although, as I write this I have the third quarter of the NBA finals game 5 on, and I am somewhat impressed with the Celtics play; not so much the Lakers, their play can only be described as the “all Kobe, all the time, show”)  But this morning I saw something that did catch my attention.  At the turn around point of my bike ride (Marine Park this morning) there were six folks – I can’t be absolutely sure, but I believe it was co-ed – out on kayaks playing “basketball.”  You can’t see it too well (all I had was my phone camera) but the buoys in the picture actually have basketball type rims with a net at the top of them.  The ball they were using was a little smaller than a soccer ball,  easily palmed though they spent just as much time scooping it up and passing it with their oars.  None of them could shoot very well, I saw lots of missed shots, but they were obviously working hard.  Myself and a small crowd of about a dozen heartily cheered every score – at both ends.  I thoroughly enjoyed the fifteen or twenty minutes I spent watching them.

By the way, in this NBA game that’s on we’re now in the fourth quarter and sure enough, the Celtics are looking as bad as the Lakers do…