The first month of the season has taken me to Boston, Miami, Indianapolis, Auburn Hills, Mich., East Rutherford, N.J., and, of course, Madison Square Garden, where ESPN hasn't yet managed to get an assigned work station in a press room where Bloomberg News gets two spots. The only time Bloomberg double-staffs a Knicks game is when the mayor attends with his bodyguard.
Despite all those nights of game coverage in NBA arenas, the one thing I'm doing more than ever before is watching television. Yep, practically every night it's Insider and the dog, sometimes with a visit from my 7-year-old son or my wife's feet, melting into the couch while flipping through the games. I don't want to say I've watched a lot of Celtics games, but I believe I've seen each of Dan Dickau's 14 turnovers, the majority of which have come when he was simply trying to advance the ball upcourt. Memo to Delonte West: Get back quickly.
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