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I am not well.
Allow me to clarify. Physically, I’m doing great. I’ve been going on morning jogs more often; I’m working on eating well (though McDonald’s Japan just dropped spicy McNuggets, and I’m only a man). I feel energetic and healthy, despite my seared corneas due to my numerous hours spent playing Mina the Hollower on my Nintendo Switch 2.
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Career-wise, I’m very pleased with my momentum, as I’m currently writing more than ever and broadening my horizons beyond the world of sports. I’m writing Utah Jazz content daily, and even recording a (rough) weekly podcast about the NBA and Utah’s place in it — apologies for that digging into my increasingly limited time and bandwidth for my posts on SLC Dunk. Add to that the fact that I even picked up work as a video games journalist (print and digital), and I’m booked. But incredibly happy.
But despite the positive momentum in my personal life, I bore witness to the Western Conference’s dramatic changing of the guard. I beheld as a 22-year-old Victor Wembanyama led his fledgling San Antonio Spurs past the flailing defenses of the title-defending Oklahoma City Thunder, and I cheered for the champion’s demise. And though I smiled as San Antonio claimed the Western crown, I know deep in my heart that San Antonio would be the team I cheer against this time a year from now. Should Wemby lead his forces to victory against the Knicks and their Villanovan power of friendship, the target of scrutiny will fall upon his goliath shoulders.
But that pressure doesn’t bother me; the natural ebb and flow from underdog to champion is the natural order of competition, and I have no stake in the Spurs’ well-being.
But knowing that the Utah Jazz intend to vie for a championship in the coming years, the road leads through San Antonio from this point forward — or Oklahoma City will win one back over their adversaries next season, and that’s not a whole lot better.
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The Western Conference is controlled by warring titans, and the Utah Jazz’s chances of scaling the colossus do not do a lifelong Jazz fan well — very little does a…
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