I am now on Yahoo! Sports as well as here at TMRB.com. How can they coexist? Easy. All Bismarck and hoops related stuff with be there. Everything else including MySpace messages and the poem game will be here. See how easy that is? It wont be too hard for you to check both. The main thing you should note is that my Yahoo! blog will be updated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Noon ET. TMRB updates whenever I feel like. Maybe I'll start feeling like it more often. Who knows?

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Today I made my return to Bismarck, North Dakota official. I faxed in my contract sealing my season (or hopefully just a part of it) as a D-League baller. You know what I'm saying... like KG except I aint worth a dollar, right?

My contract had the usual agreements on it:Check it out...

I had this entry done a week ago. It was then that my computer pretended to run out of batteries and turned itself off. In any case, it's here now. I was released by the Nets a week ago. Before I get into the Nintendo reference and my future, I'll recap my last days in Jersey.
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I've now been in New Jersey for a month. I'm gonna be honest with you. I probably spent 20 hours a day inside the hotel during the week. The other four hours were spent in the gym. After reading both of my Patterson books in the first few days, I needed something more to do. First, it was watching different episodes of The Hills After Show online. I even watch "An American Tale"... twice. I know the songs "Never Say Never" and "Somewhere Out There" by heart now. Then, it was onto other various things on MTV.com such as casting and what not. I figure if they have a "True Life: I Live in a Hotel" or something like that, I should be a shoe in. Now it's time to recap the whole month in one post. So what if it's a long post... deal with it.Check it out...

I stepped off the plane in Newark, New Jersey with and headed down to the carousel to get my bag. I spent the next 45 minutes just waiting for my bag to come out. I don't think I've ever waited so long, but it wasn't bad because I got to inspect the scenery. People were talkin with their accents which was pretty sweet. There was actually a driver waiting for me who was holding a sign that said "Benson" which was also pretty sweet. He had an accent too, another thing that was sweet. I think I heard someone use the word "wiseguy" -- again, sweet. I walked over to the towncar and got in. As we headed to the hotel I could see the New York skyline. Sweet. I also saw some sort of really big docks. I've seen enough T.V. to know that you don't want to end up "down by the docks", which I thought was sweet. I finally got to the hotel and went to my room and laid my head down. Right before I went to be I thought to myself "You're on the east coast. Sweet."Check it out...

My off season continues to roll on as August passes and September comes on in. I arrived in Sacramento 3 weeks ago direct from my NBA Fair extravaganza in North Dakota. Since getting up here, things have really slowed down for me. It seems like everything I do now has a meaning to it. The season is right around the corner, and what I do now will have a direct correlation with the season. I think they call this focus in some places. If so, this is the most focused I've ever been, but that doesn't mean that I can't have different kinds of excitement along the way.Check it out...

I'm currently awaiting a phone call from my agent alerting me of who I will go to training camp with (provided that anybody out there wants me). While in wait mode, I got a phone call from the media relations guy (Mike, if that's not your title, my bad) from the NBDL Dakota Wizards, Mike. Mike informed my that the NBA would contact me soon about an appearance they hoped I would do. A few days later I was on the phone with an NBA representative who informed me that the NBA has something called the NBA Fair.Check it out...

Tags: Matt Barnes, RIcky Davis, Justin WIlliams, North Dakota, NBA

While I was home in Cardiff (San Diego), I got wind of some basketball tournament at Glen Park. Glen Park is where I grew up playing since I was 8 years old. If I was a star in EA Sports NBA Street, Glen Park would be my home court and my story would tell of days ballin at the park, drankin slurpees at 7 Eleven, then walking to the beach. Anyways, I was told that the Glen Park Classic (GPC) would be held while I was back in Cardiff. At first I had no interest in the event. Why would I? I grew up playing against these guys my whole life and I had never even heard of the GPC. Also, I spent the last two weeks guarding guys like Rudy Gay and Chris Kaman, what could really come out of participating in the GPC?
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Tags: Jordan Feramisco, Kam Walton, Tyler Newton, GPC, Cardiff, Utah State, The Cup

Wow, has it really been a month since I last posted something? I swear I've nearly had my life threatened by people waiting for me to post my new blog. Well, there have been a couple of reasons for my delay. For starters, my hard drive crashed on my macbook, putting me out of commission for a few weeks. Then there was this little matter of playing in the NBA Vegas Summer League. So, I guess I'll just pick up where I ended the last post...
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Tags: Chris Kaman, NBA, Memphis, Cleveland, Detroit, Darius Rice, Dave Joeger, Mike Conley, Rudy Gay

While the college kids are preparing for the NBA Draft, us older guys are out trying to take the free agent route.  So a couple of weeks ago, I got a call from my agent.Check it out...

Tags: Toby Bailey, 4th Grade, 1996, Jelani McCoy, Warriors, Bucks, Don Nelson

After winning the NBDL championship, it was celebration time with the team. I had to give Pooh Jeter a reason to hate me as well...Check it out...

Tags: Pooh Jeter, Dakota, Championship, NBDL

You’ve seen it a hundred times.  There is a team who wins a championship.  They head back to the locker room jubilant as the camera crews follow them in.  The lockers are already covered with plastic and the hats and t-shirts are already coming out the their boxes.  All of a sudden, someone pops open a bottle of champagne and the madness begins.  That’s what it’s all about.  Champions. Check it out...

Tags: Jerome Beasely, Dakota, Madden, No Homo, Championship

I haven’t written a thing in 3 weeks.  Why?  Well I’ll say it has 30% to do with the fact that I play Madden during my usual blog time, but also because I was in the middle of a very productive month on the court.  Since I’ve sucked the last few games, I guess I can get back to my old bloggin’ ways.Check it out...

Tags: Jerome Beasely, Dakota, Madden, No Homo