Breakfast..

working off of not too many hours of sleep on a Friday is tougher than you think.. especially considering that's it's been about 3 of those nights already.. but here i am.. trying to play a bit of catch up on some back-end business stuff.. boring, i know.. even more boring when you're tired!! put yourself in my shoes! stop being selfish!! :)

yea, i just put a smiley face in my blog, and??

the day ahead consists of a couple meetings, a few calls, and a couple games.. Syl is playing in her last home game, and I'm hoping they end on a good note.. i'm a bit concerned that they will be losing a few season ticket holders and a few more fans this off-season.. i've had some people come up to me and mention that the Sky HAVE to be a winning team for them to invest their money into not only the tickets, but the expense related to how far from the city the games are.. maybe not in true miles, but most definitely in the amount of time it takes and the headaches of driving through Chicago rush hour to get to the games.. it's difficult, especially considering the talent on that team.. Syl will be Syl.. there's nothing the league or other players can do to stop her.. that's not bragging or anything.. there are just some players who stand apart from others.. Syl is one of those players.. Epiphany Prince (what up Piph) is one of those players too, and I will enjoy watching her continue to develop this off-season overseas.. I'm seriously considering visiting her at some point in time over there.. probably not to Russia, but you know!! she just can play ball.. the slowest explosive game you'll see.. seriously.. when i watch her play, i watch her eyes.. she sees beyond 3 moves.. like each dribble is deliberate and calculated, and then she's out.. i was convinced during 1 game, where i watched her get a steal, get bumped, the defender was running ahead but riding her right side.. Piph NEVER put the ball in her right hand.. she used her left hand the whole way down the court, while the defender was pretty much bumping her.. Piph didn't lose sight of the goal.. EVER.. she ended up exploding to the rim w/ her left hand (on the right side though), and got an And-1.. that's when it all added up to me.. most of the times, it's the simple things in basketball.. and she does the simple things efficiently.. Jia and Canty are good.. i like Jia's poise.. Canty has the experience.. but Piph has the talent.. would love to see Jia and Piph in the backcourt together more often..

ok, ok, i feel like i'm Piph's groupie right about now.. but that is my peoples.. getting to know her this year was a highlight for me.. i only want the best for her.. real talk..

but back to the point.. i'm hoping that the fans increase and more support is shown to the Sky, and I'm going to figure something out this off-season to make that happen.. i had some ideas this season, but none truly panned out the way i expected.. the commute killed it.. maybe getting a party bus from downtown to the game would work.. but that could mean some ROWDY fans.. then again, that might not be a bad idea.. then i won't feel alone w/ yelling at refs and coaches all game long.. y'all know the refs run up my blood pressure!! they need to institute referee school next season.. seriously.. if not, Syl is getting kicked out of half of the games.. y'all thought her getting kicked out of that one game was something? shoot, that was mild.. (glad they won, though, on A FAMily Affair night!!) it's a respect thing.. those refs truly try to control the game.. that's not your job.. call the game.. let these women play.. it's bad enough they have that "no touch" zone, which allows the slowest guards in the league to play 30 minutes, knowing they wouldn't see the court if they were truly getting D'd up.. wait, did i say that? oh well..

let me stop here.. it's been fun.. will update y'all later..

i - Q..