Hoopennium Begins!

So here you are. You've stumbled upon this thing, Hoopennium. You're here and you're probably thinking to yourself..what is this? Who would do such a thing? 1000 hours of basketball consumption in four months, is that boy nuts?

Well I'm here to tell you that yes I am nuts. I am crazy, and basketball is what drove me there. Here's my story.

So I was in my shower thinking of ways to connect myself with the game that I love. I was trying to think of countless gimmicks to have a creative outlet for basketball. I came to realize a few things:

One - I've taken so much from the game. I've consumed it as a player, and happy to say I still play as often as possible even though I'm washed up. As a fan first and foremost (Nets 2010 baby!). I've dabbled into coaching a little, 10 year old AAU is a lot rougher than you might think. And lately I've really been deep into the blog world, spending countless hours reading and listening to podcasts and what have you about basketball. You know what, it's time to give back.

Two - As previously mentioned, I really like watching and discussing basketball.

So given those two facts this is the best idea I came up with. The 1000 hour basketball movement. To be perfectly clear of what the goal is here: The goal is to consume (I'll get into why I use the word consume later) 1000 hours of basketball from July 1 - October 31 (Four months, roughly end of NBA season to roughly beginning of NBA season).

I want this to be a movement of sorts..sort of like the book The Wave. I want the movement to gain national acclaim. We're hitting the streets (digital) hard. We got the facebook, we got the twitter, and we got the blog obviously so we're set to go.

Now I know what some of the nay sayers might be saying. 1000 hours of basketball in four months, I do that in my sleep! Well I'm trying to represent the everyday man. The common basketball fan who has to work for his basketball consumption. I don't have the privilige (yet) of waking up everyday and popping in some basketball dvd to earn my money.

Doing some simple math. 4 months = 120 days. 120 days = 2880 hours. 1000/120 days = 8 hours a day! Some mathematician can probably figure out the percentage that 1000 is of 2880, and I am sure it is high. So thats the hill we're looking to climb right now Hoopennium followers!

What I plan to do is consume my basketball everyday from July 1 to October 31. When I say consume, I think it will mostly be video watching. Video will consist of NBA games past or present, european games, college games, high school games, instructional videos - basically anything I can get my hands on. However I use the word consume to leave the option open for camp counseling (which I'm going to be doing to make money, so deal) and playing (which I can't give up, so deal.) So for instance, if I play a two hour game of pick up baskeball thats going to go into the count. Now each night after I do whatever it is I do, I'm going to jump onto this blog and reflect on what I did. Now because a major motivation of this is to gain more knowledge most of my posts will be analytical or at least thats the plan. But there will be the humorous or my attempt at least at humor, or just simply reflective pieces in there.

Over the next month I'm going to be working my hardest on getting the Hoopennium movement out there, and amassing film. But spread the word, spread the word. The more followers the better. This thing is going to take off and you're all going to be better for it. Until then, keep following the movement. Check your twitters for some posts, check your facebooks for pokes, you know the deal. You can email the movement anytime of day or night at Hoopennium@gmail.com. Let the movement begin.