The panic-inducing strobe light at the end of the tunnel is finally here. A season that felt like 40 years in the desert will maybe give fans a lottery pick superstar of an oasis. Hopefully, the days of looking at a Pelicans’ injury report with the same disturbed grimace you had on your face the first time someone forced you to watch, "2 Girls, 1 Cup" is over.
But, before we treat this season like the somewhat acquaintance you pretend not to see at the bar to avoid small talk — let’s take it out back and shoot it in the face properly like an aging dog in a disturbing and emotionally scarring children’s story.