NBA Things I'm Thankful For

Last night I attended the Celtics 12-point loss to the Spurs. I used to live in Boston and went to Cs games all the time during the 2009-10 season (cheaper cost of living = more disposable income!), and being back at the TD Garden with one of my best friends from my time living there just felt like home. As such, I got the corny idea to make a list of NBA things I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving, both about the game last night and the NBA in general. Enjoy!

• Jason Terry still doing the arms-out jet thing like he's flying around the court after he hits a shot. This man is 35 years old. 
• The ability of JET to score 11 points per game in the loudest possible fashion.
• The ability of Tim Duncan to get 20 and 15 without you noticing at all.
• When your team is playing the Spurs and you see Joey Crawford on the court.
• The little rush you feel when you purchase NBA tickets.
• The equally fun little rush when the tickets you purchased from a stranger on StubHub get scanned and work, like you just got away with something.
• That three-second clip of Kevin Garnett's head screaming directly into the camera during the Celtics intro video.
• KG banging his head against the basket support and talking to himself like an insane person before every game, whether it's game seven of the conference finals or a preseason exhibition against the Bobcats.
• Rajon Rondo leading the fast break and dumping it off to someone when he has a wide open path to the basket just to pad the assist stats. 
• Manu Ginobili's bald spot, easily seen from the upper deck and, I assume, space.
• Rasheed Wallace being back in our lives. Welcome back, you crazy bastard.
• The AARP Knicks somehow lighting it up.
• The impending doom of Amar'e coming back and ruining everything. Let's face it, everybody likes it when the Knicks are having a meltdown, especially Knicks fans.
• The Lakers' Phil Jackson debacle and the immensely personal beef between Phil Jackson and Jim Buss. I have a strong feeling the next decade of Laker basketball is going to look nothing like this past one.
• Dwight Howard remaining incredibly detestable. Everybody needs a bad guy and hating on LeBron isn't that much fun anymore.
• Lamar Odom falling off the face of the earth. Good riddance.
• Kris Humphries enjoying his freedom from the Kardashian mafia. He deserves so much better.
• Andray Blatche being this year's JaVale McGee.
• Nick Young's "shoot every time you touch the ball and don't waste any energy on defense" doctrine.
• Kyrie Irving's incredible dribbling.
• The Uncle Drew video and the Derrick Rose rehab commercial. 
• No ads on NBA jerseys (yet).
• BrooklyKnight, the terrifying Power Ranger/Nets mascot. 
• Nine subway lines going to Barclays Center! So convenient! Unless there's a hurricane!
• Unfollowing Stephen A. Smith on Twitter.
• The twitter feeds of Delonte West and DeMarcus Cousins.
• Russell Westbrook's "I'm wearing this to confuse white people" post-game outfits.
• The emerging Zach Randolph-Kendrick Perkins beef. It's only just begun.
• The Jalen Rose Report podcast. If you're not listening to it, you're doing it wrong.
• Zach Lowe's prolific blogging on Grantland.
• The impending David J. Stern farewell tour. So much booing, so many wry smiles. That guy is the best.
• Mike Bibby taking time out of his busy day of listening to Smash Mouth on his Minidisc player to write for No Regard.
• The good people at TrueHoop linking to our posts.
• And most of all, this NBA season I'm thankful for the rest of the guys here at No Regard letting me get involved. Thanks, fellas.