1. Finally getting to watch the OKC Thunder take the West.
  2. Da Bulls and Lupe Fiasco’s #SmelltheRoses Tweets about the greatness of Derrick Rose.
  3. This may be the last season I get to watch Steve Nash and Grant Hill play.
  4. Ricky Rubio’s passing and my fellow Arizona Wildcat Derrick Williams’ athleticism combine to make the Timberwolves more exciting to watch than the Lakers and the Heat. Well, to me at least, I think Los Angeles and Miami might disagree.
  5. Dwight Howard’s shoulders.
  6. Hearing the announcers say “Metta World Peace” instead of Ron Artest, and hoping that the announcers are using air quotes and rolling their eyes every time they say it.
  7. Witnessing the epic rise of LeBron’s headband. My psychic powers tell me he’s hiding quite the receding hairline.
  8. The Round Mound of Rebound’s awesome Weight Watchers commercial.
  9. The fact that I can barely understand Shaq on TNT.
  10. TNT showed my Tweet during the halftime show on Dec. 29!! Check it out:

Also, there’s something about having the nation seeing my Twitter profile pic on TV that is making me question it…