Preseason Musings

My favorite part of preseason? The desperate pleas for cash on Craigslist from season ticket holders. The flood of tickets going for 60, 70, 80 percent off of face value says it all about fans' reaction to preseason. Sure, it has its value. After all, you have all the stars back after what felt like years off, but it's not quite right. It's like the season of The Hills after they got rid of LC. Why even do it?

Just this morning, the Blazers hit my inbox with an ad on Groupon for half off tickets to the (now annual) preseason game at the Memorial Coliseum. I love what the Blazers did here. Every preseason game should be half off. The teams are giving half effort, why should the fans be asked to pay full price? The games themselves are a competition between coaching staffs praying that the players don't get hurt before October 26.

Basically, preseason is the worst kind of sample taste. Sure we get actual basketball at the Rose Garden, but all it does is leave you with the knowledge that the season still doesn't start for yet another three weeks.