With the 2008-09 NBA schedule coming out today, bits and pieces have started to leak, including the goofball opening night epic Nuggets/Jazz. But the real news in that Denver Post item is that, as is so often the case with NBA players, Carmelo Anthony will have to wait a few days for his season to start:
Anthony will not play against the Jazz or in the Nuggets' second game of the season as he serves a suspension for his April arrest on a drinking-and-driving charge.
He pleaded guilty in June to a reduced charge of driving while ability-impaired.
Something I've noticed: Casual fans, and non-fans, only care about the NBA during the preseason media blitz, the first two weeks o[...]