A New Season Dawns, and Media Day Marks the Morning

I’m currently in that bizarre nexis of life where it’s unclear as to whether or not I can still play video games. As I get older, it seems like there should be a better way to spend my time. And if I do play video games, I can only do it while I’m listening to a book on tape or something. Welcome to my internal monologue as I set about tackling “maturation.” Luckily, I’m not alone:

That’s from RaptorsHQ, who spoke to Chris Bosh, Marco Belinelli, and Jarret Jack at Toronto’s media day. Definitely worth a look, and check out their interviews with Amir Johnson, Antoine Wright, and Marcus Banks, an outlandishly athletic trio that, coincidentally, would be completely unstoppable in a game of SlamBall.

Our own Steve Perin, of SBN’s excellent Clips Nation, was in attendance at media day for the Clippers, and had a nice account of what went on. A sample:

See? Bloggers can have credentials! And he wasn’t the only “web logger” in attendance, as True Hoop’s Kevin Arnovitz was there to report, as well:

SBN’s Timberwolves blog, Canis Hoopus, was at Minnesota’s media day, and reported that the T’wolves players are looking to this year, not 2010 and beyond, to be successful in Minnesota:

For more on Wizards media day, check out Bullets Forever:

Raptors HQ, SB Nation’s Toronto Raptors blog, was on hand yesterday when the team held its media day. Here are a few notes from them:

Click here for more quick hits, and be sure to check out their more in-depth coverage as it emerges. For one thing, they talked extensively to Jarret Jack, rookie Demar Derozan, and team president, Bryan Colangelo. Lots of good stuff, there.

Out West, Sacramento held its media day earlier today, SBN’s Sactown Royalty was on hand for the festivities. Below are some of their notes. Click here for the rest of their notes, as well as a great collection of photos:

My favorite news of media day came in the form of two tweets, one from Ziller, and one from Cowbell Kingdom, a Kings blog that’s part of the True Hoop network. First, this is the type of thing you learn at an NBA media day:

I stand corrected, I think. It didn’t occur to me that—obviously, in hindsight—media would remind Ellis of Don Nelson’s stated plan for he and Curry. As Sporting News’ Sean Devaney reports, Ellis was steadfast even in light of the reminder that no, there’s no way they’ll play together and be successful:

So… I don’t know. I stand by my contention that this isn’t really a big deal, but we’re still talking about a player that openly contradicted the coaching staff in just about the most open forum possible. That Ellis is correct in his assessment makes it no more justified, and probably more problematic. Should he recant his opinions, this could easily die by Wednesday.

If this were football, and I was Mike Florio, I would make this into its own story. Are the Warriors Rebelling Against Their Coach? But, more than likely, that’s not what’s in play, here. Still, Fanhouse’s Matt Steinmetz relayed the following incongruous statements from the Golden State gathering at media day.

And again:

Check out Bullets Forver for full coverage of Wizards media day, and here’s a sample of what Gilbert Arenas had to say:

The Washington Post’s Wizards beat writer, Michael Lee, emerge from today’s media session with plenty of material. Below, he offers some initial thoughts in the wake of the inaugural media session:

Didn’t I say earlier that the Wizards have the most entertaining media day?

SBN’s Celtics Blog will be live-blogging from Boston’s media day, so be sure to check out their coverage for nuggets on everything from Garnett’s knee to Sugar Ray’s awesome tweets. Click here for the coverage, and below is some of what you’ll get.

The NBA season is upon us, and with teams set to open training camp throughout the league, that means media day is here! Because NBA players are probably funnier and more engaging than athletes in any other major sport, NBA media days are always pretty entertaining. Certainly better than preseason basketball, anyway.

So today’s activity across the league figures to generate plenty of material worth your time. Luckily, we’ll have a number of bloggers on location to give us updates, analysis, and hopefully a slew of goofy photos. Stay tuned throughout the day and week to see what our bloggers come up with.