4# Because every other post of yours won’t be about steroids or Roger Clemens.
5# You get to write about a Mamba, a King, an Agent, Aristotle, Might Mouse, and Jesus.
6# Reading your RSS is another excuse not to watch American Idol.
7# What the hell else would you do in the winter?
8# Because the Western Conference exists.
9# Because this happens.

10# This too.
11# You get to have your own biased unbiased ranking system.
12# You get to spread tons of rumors.
13# In some cases, people actually pay you to write this junk.
14# You can verbally abuse someone about an MVP vote while hiding behind your monitor.
15# Because Superman was born again.
16# Because Michael Beasley, Derrick Rose and Eric Gordon are coming.
17# Because Kevin Love won’t make it.
18# You can meet a ton of interesting friends.
19# The NBA has All-Star games in Las Vegas and New Orleans.
20# Because Greg Oden’s Fro-GO-Hawk happens.
21# Because LeBron will be in New York soon.
22# You get to interview all kinds of people.
23# Because it’s like being in a fraternity, only it doesn’t suck.
24# Because your post appearing on Yahoo, ESPN or SI rules.
25# We were blessed with Odenized.
26# My family and friends all think I’m an expert now. (hah!)
27# Because 23 years of Air Jordan’s won’t happen again.
28# Obsessing over trade deadlines is fun, sort of.
29# Random NBA players date Adrianna Lima.
30# Because scoring 116 points and losing by 50 happens.
31# Because crediting someone else’s basketball work feels good.
32# Because I’m doing this from my job, right now.
33# You can interact with Europe on a regular basis.
34# Because Stephon Marbury does interviews.
35# You can tell people to “shut the hell up” about the LeBron and Gisele cover.
36# Because Basketbawful exists.
37# Because owning the front page of BallHype feels so good.
38# Sitting in a bar with your laptop is no longer “weird.”
39# You thought having your own fan base was impossible.
40# Because writing about Sonics dancers’ faces is acceptable.
41# Because I’m the hugest Barry Bonds fan and he loves the NBA.
42# Gives me an excuse to rock an NBA jersey in public.
43# Deleting comments pisses certain individuals off.
44# It allowed some random guy to visit every single NBA arena.
45# Writing about broke ass NBA players is entertaining.
46# Because I love Damon Jones’ style.
47# Because I can say “I wrote a blog about that before he did!”
48# Mark Cuban is a hypocrite.
49# You can call yourself an “owner” or “editor in chief” of something.
50# Because NFL, MLB and NHL blogs are lame?

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