[cheeze]

I am an Oakland native and it just feels...surreal to have such a dominant force in Bay Area sports. I am an A's and Raiders fan, and didn't get to live through any of their peaks. I was too young to appreciate the bash bros era, the magical playoff run in 02 was just too small a taste, and after the Raiders got trashed in the Superbowl, Oakland sports was content to crawl in a hole to die.

Then there was the "We Believe" season and I've been HOOKED on NBA ball since. To watch the the rise of both the league and the Dubs has been truly special. Steph Curry especially. He would have 20sec spurts of the magic we now see early on in his career, but nobody could have guessed this is where he and the team would go.

The league has also had great success, particularly internationally and I strongly believe that Adam Silver's legacy will be defined by how he took the game into the popularity realms of soccer. There's talk of adding a team in Mexico City where the league would immediately add 30mil fans as it stands.

Guess that was a bit of a rant. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm in love with the CoCo.