'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
The NBA's absence is being met with responses ranging from lukewarm disappointment to outright apathy, the cultural equivalent of a collective yawn and shoulder shrug.
In Los Angeles — home to the Lakers, a widely popular and successful franchise featuring superstar player Kobe Bryant — veteran sports columnist Bill Plaschke recently wrote that "the league might be missing games. But we're not."
