Like many other deeply depressed Hoops Heads, I too went instantly into a dark sad place when the season abruptly ended March 11th. You can’t help but be sad. You also can’t linger in those dark places too long without getting really weird and maybe shaving your eyebrows off. Here is my survival guide to beating the no hoops COVID blues.
Pour out a Lil liquor
Times are tense. We lost our close friend aka Hoops right smack in the middle of peak Basketball. No playoffs battles for eighth seeds nor March Madness to bust brackets and boost draft stocks. As stupid and/or self-destructive as it sounds. Sometimes you need to tie one on, mourn your losses, and pour some out for your Dead Homies.
I’ve seen plenty of “Quarantini” posts 2.5 oz Vodka one packet EmergnC stirred in rocks poured into a chilled martini glass with a dry vermouth rinse. Basic, How Becky of you. Might I suggest a similarly vitamin enhanced beverage of my creation? The Emergen-Rita: 2 oz Tequila, two packets of EmergenC, (dealers choice) 1 oz sour mix, .25 oz triple sec, shaken hard, and poured into a chilled pint glass dressed with EmergenC and Salt rim then garnished with a lime wedge. To truly beat the no hoops Covid blues. You’ll need to consume two to six of these with some tequila shots peppered in for good measure.
Now You’re Ready To Slap
The only sure-fire 100 percent cure to beat the COVID no hoops blues is to watch the following Basketball Holy Grail videos at your own pace.
If this doesn’t scratch the itch for hoops and remind you why basketball is worth waiting for or if you’re one of the lucky A-Holes that has toilet tissue to spare for your many many tears, then maybe, just maybe this video will do the trick.
This season has been a roller coaster of emotions. 2020 in its infancy has been one hold my beer meme after another with no signs of letting up no matter how loud we cry, Uncle. Do yourself a favor. Remember the beauty of this game. From the perfection of that 10 foot hoops height allowing for some of the smoothest, most fluid English to transpire between the Maestros of offensive players battling a determined defensive combatant gliding through the air guiding a ball intuitively between the backboard and the twine. It’s Art, it’s beauty, it is everything that makes me a Hoops Head, Basketball Fanatic, and succeeds at beating the no hoops COVID blues.
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