The NBA season is upon us. It’s year 3 of Team Hold covering the ins and outs of the Association which means it is also year 3 of attempting to a Newsletter. If memory serves me right as long as we hit ‘publish’ 4 times this year we will set our newsletter high. Small goals. Baby steps.
Prior to becoming an elder millennial basketball youtuber, I spent 10 years working in higher education, predominantly in Residence Life. ResLife is just a fancy way of saying LANDLORD. Sure, there were lots of other services provided. Pizza parties, programming, guest policies, and pretending I didn’t smell marijuana at 6:30pm on a Thursday coming from a dorm room so that I wouldn’t have to do any paperwork. However, when explaining it to people outside of the education space it was just easier (and funnier) to say landlord. A term that comes with immediate negative vibes. Before we continue, take a moment to think of a time where you had a positive interaction with any landlord? Okay, you can open. Exactly. Having ZERO landlord interactions are truly the only positive ones.
The one parallel between my life as an NBA YouTuber and that of Higher Education is the feeling upon a new year. We all get to start with a clean slate, new expectations, and the hope that *this* year will be different. Let’s keep this Higher Ed/NBA comparison going and welcome our Student Body.
THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS = Wemby, Scoot, and the Rookie Class
Ahh yes, the Freshmen. Nervous. Excited. So much expectation and so many unanswered questions. Will they adjust to their new surroundings? Will Wemby put on the Freshmen Fifteen?
TRANSFER STUDENTS - Jordan Poole
This student population always got the shaft. Even though they are also a new student in a new place, universities never gave them the same attention those Froshies received. Is this Transfer student here because the last place was not the right fit? Maybe they always wanted to be at ZAKARIAN UNIVERSITY but could not get in out of High School? Or maybe their classmate punched them in the face and then ran a mini documentary before the NBA season started that no one can figure out how it was greenlit?
THE RA - Chris Paul
Cp3 is on a new team so this is call might be rubbing you the wrong way. How can he be an RA while also being a Transfer Student. It’s a great call out. But here’s the thing. If you are someone that gets people in trouble for not tucking their shirt in properly you are forever an RA. Resident Assistant’s are skilled in many ways but most notably for knowing all the rules and knowing EXACTLY how to get away with breaking them. That. Is. Chris. Paul.
Van Wilder - LeBron James
The 7th year Senior who we will absolutely miss when he’s gone but good lord how are you still here?!
We could continue but this has already been the longest newsletter we will do this season. Let’s see what is on tap for Team Hold this NBA season!
Our 3rd Annual NBA Season Tipoff show is back. 8 hours of content beginning at Noon EDT on 10/24. I continue to be blown away with the guests that agree to come on and this year is no different.
Let’s ball.