What’s Blowing My Mind, 2015 Edition (Part 1)
“Your mind…blow it, blow it.”
-David Bowie, “The Gospel According to Tony Day”
Steph Curry
Steph Curry can also fly, apparently.
As of this writing, the last day of the All-Star break, My Golden State Warriors have the best record in the league at 42-9. They have been so good, so consistently, that at times it’s become a little bit boring. After they methodically squeezed the life out of the at-one-time-considered-a-threat Houston Rockets a couple weeks back, sweeping the season series in decisive fashion, columnist Ray Ratto’s summary was:
Warriors add another sculpture to their Tedium Through Excellence exhibit.
This is a whole different world from what Warriors fans are used to, and while we’ve had a couple years to get used to the team not sucking anymore, my little monkey brain has not quite caught up to where things are now. In the days before the All-Star game I would see promos prominently featuring players in the familiar blue and gold and it would take me by surprise, even though Steph Curry was #1 in the overall voting, beating out even LeBron James.
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