This week is NBA draft week. Most Australian basketball fans are keen to see where Patty Mills ends up. If he goes late in the first round, he could end up with an automatic contender, and possibly joining
Luc Longley, Brett Brown and Andrew Gaze as Aussies with an NBA Championship Ring. Patty's story is well known. I used to see him play for the ACT when he was in Under 14's. I particularly remember watching him play against Shoalhaven, with Jeff & Ben Dowdell, so no team of mugg players. This kid, I thought he was probably one of the Cannons import players sons, he just ran the team, played so well. Seemed like a player to watch. We shall see.
A guy I am really hoping does well is Joe Ingles. Joe used to date a player I coached, which is how I first heard of him. My wife and I saw him play a couple of times at Wollongong last year. He left the game with a minor twinge in his leg, but as he was stretching it out, he was talking to the kids, the fans of both teams, and all with a massive smile on his face. I really hope Joe gets drafted, in a similar way to Nathan Jawai last year, to a team that wants him, trades for him, gives him a go.
Loving the new Rancid album.
Let the Dominoes Fall is a brilliant piece of "old skool" street ska punk! If you are into anything like that, have a listen. If you used to be into that stuff, have a listen.
Another band I discovered for the first time is "The Almost". Famous as an Underoath side project, they have combined the meltacore music of Underoath with a great deal of melody. This album is hard to come by in Australia, I downloded it via Nokia Music (loving that part of my new phone).
A CD I am not a fan of is 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day. I've given it a few listens now, and it just missed. Sorry kids.
I love this site. If you go to my page, youcan check out what I've been listening to. You can compare your musical taste with mine, and see what is popular on your media player this week. http://www.last.fm/user/coachdeakes is my user profile. I hope more people sign up to last.fm and share what they are listening to.
QLD just won, comgratulations to them. NSW is turning into a bogan state, Rugby League is a bogan sport, but QLD dominate both times.
until next time
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