10.31.06 THE NBA IS BACK! WELL, KIND OF

As everyone surely knows, the NBA returns tonight with a doubleheader on TNT: the Bulls at the Heat, followed by the Suns at the Lakers. I'm going to do my best to keep up with the NBA for a full 82 games, but to be honest, I probably won't really start caring until the players do — probably after the All-Star game.

Thankfully, there are 800 million NBA blogs for you to read. My favorites — just like everybody else — are the indispensable TrueHoop, the newly podcastic Basketball Jones, and of course FreeDarko, which combines a passion for the League of Stars with philosophical mumbo-jumbo too dizzying to disagree with. I can never understand FreeDarko, but I always do the reading, because the T.A. usually clears things up in discussion section.

Also, for those of you are new to the ideas of "blogs" and this league called the "NBA," you may enjoy the sometimes overlooked but always high-quality YAYsports! NBA. Also, Wizznutzz is a favorite amongst sailors of this great big blogosphere — I admit, they have a certain autistic ingenuity, but as a stern grammarian I can't condone their celebration of the deterioration of the English language. But if you like that picture and/or need daily worship of Gilbert Arenas, Wizznutzz is the place for you.

…And I'm spent. Welcome back, NBA. Have fun tonight. But please, leave your guns at home.