in the current era of free agents and the near continuous trading of professional athletes a friend of mine has concluded there is no point in rooting for the home team since its going to look a lot like the neighbor’s team next year anyway. so he says root for your favorite players wherever they happen to end up and i’ve partially adopted this philosophy (especially since i seem to move with the frequently as a veteran free agent) with the exception of the yankees, duke, patriots, cowboys and raiders which i choose to despise regardless of who plays for them (though ironically enough, these teams do an amazing job of attracting the players i also dislike so it works out even better).

so, congratulations to boston on winning the nba championship. regardless of everyone else on the court i was rooting my distaste for kobe bryant and can therefore say my team won.