So there I was, sitting at my desk minding my own business when an email popped into my inbox offering free tickets to a basketball game in Tokyo. As it so happened a fellow Googler had come into possession of a pocket full of premium seat tickets and was exercising some Googlely generosity. With nothing to do that night and a a new found interest in Japanese basketball I quickly replied, "yes I'll take two". And off we went...
The tickets was for the Tokyo Apache basketball team vs. another team of equal or worse skill. The team played at Yoyogi National Gym #2 which is located not far from my house near Yoyogi Park. After work I hoped in a cab and headed to the stadium for the game in much anticipation of some solid basketball.
I must admit that my expectations of the skill level were not high at all. At best I expected some NBA rejects with a few college drop outs and maybe some High School prodigies to round out the teams. Sadly, however, even those expectations were too high. These guys were bad, I mean real bad. I've seen many high school teams who would blow these guys out of the water. I've seen ad hoc teams in the playgrounds who would blow these guys out the water. There is no way they're being payed for this.
I left after the first half just so I can save whatever precious moments I had left in my evening. I felt like just being there was a wasted opportunity and I could be outside counting cars instead.
