Ni hao, y’uns! Don’t be alarmed – it’s just me, the Optimist – checking in from semi-retirement here at the temporary offices of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Some of you might be thinking: ‘Hey Optimist, I thought semi-retirement meant fishing out at Mosquito Lake with Bob Finnan or signing autographs at the Mid-America Boat Show.’
Well, it pretty much does. I really just come around here for the sweet office hijinks – which we’ll get to in a moment – or a VERY special occasion: which tonight’s 2019 NBA Draft Lottery quite obviously is.
[And it’s not that I’m the guy who just shows my head every time there’s a chance to get the No.