August is the slowest month in sports. For basketball fans, the most important part of the free agency period is over and they’re coming off a high of watching top NBA prospects play in summer league.
Without anything interesting occurring, hoop heads are left with reading headlines about players who still live with their mothers.
But this purgatory is about to end soon.
The month is wrapping up and teams are gearing for training camp. That’s when all the interesting, but usually embellished story lines, begin to pop up. “Player x is getting the best of player x in camp…” or the always dependable “player x came to camp 20 pounds overweight.