The NBA's first game was in 1946 and was played at Toronto's SkyDome. The New York Knicks which known back then were the New York Knickerbockers versus the Toronto Raptors who were known as the Toronto Huskies. Knicks won that night, 68-66. So, seeing as that game was played 62 years ago, which is a dam long time, we should come up with 62 reasons to look forward to next season. And here they are.

Looking foward:

1. To see if the Celtics will repeat

2. To see if Derrick Rose, OJ Mayo, Beasley etc. are the 'Real Deal'

3. To see the Wizards go home in the first round again

4. To See if the Kidd trade is a winner or loser

5. Two words: LeBron James

6. To see if a rejuvenated Wade and a rookie can lead Miami to the playoffs

7. To see if Kobe can repeat as MVP

8. To see if Steve Kerr is really an idiot because of the Shaq trade

9. To see how Oden will go

10. To watch the Houston Rockets fail miserably after the Artest trade

11. Andrea Bargnani officially not becoming the next Euro-bust

12. To see the Lakers win the 2008-2009 NBA championship

13. To see if andrei kirilenko can return to his former do-it-all self

14. To see the thunder's 1st season

15. To see Vince Carter prove all haters wrong, and make the all-star team.

16. To watch Vince Carter make a few highlight reel dunks, lead his team to an 11th place finish, but get voted into the all-star game by the fans, cuz really what the hell do they know anyways

17. To see how the bosh-o'neal combo works out

18. For the Wizards to defeat the Cavaliers in the playoffs.

19. To see how dumb Denver is for the trades.Or how smart they are.

20. To see how the blazers do

21. To see how calderon performs while holding the pg position all to himself

22. To see if Allen Iverson career will go down hill.

23. To watch Chris Paul vs Deron Williams

24. To watch 24 vs 23 (Kobe vs LeBron)

25. To see if the pistons go in a decline, or can put up another good season.

26. Watching Bosh continue his emergence as one of the best players in the league, and heck he might even get some recognition south of the border for his play this year.

26. To see if the "Odd Year" Thing really works for the Spurs.

27. To see how good bynum and gasol can play together

28. To see if losing 200 pounds will actually help Stephon Marbury

29. To see how well odom can play at the small forward position

30. To see how the Phoenix Suns do with a defensive minded coach.

31. To see if Yi can play better in NJ

32. To see what Elton Brand and the sixers can do in the eastern confrence.

33. To see if the Bulls can become competitive again

34. Mascots and the dance team

35. Another year of excellence by David Stern... (lol -- kidding folks)

36. Watching big upsets

37. Buzzer beaters to force overtime

38. To see how Yao and the rest of the Rockets play together with Ron Ron

39. To see if the Rockets can stay healhty and get out of the first round

40. To see Kevin Durant's soph campaign

41. The ROOKIE CLASS!

42. To see if Mike D'Antioni can make The Knicks worth a watching...........Again

43. To see if Shaq will fulfill his promise to the Suns fans.

44. To see if cp3 can finally lead the hornets past the second round... and beyond

45. To watch the Suns take the Mavs out of its miserable misery once and for all.

46. To watch artest go on another fan bashing spree after the rockets get swept in the first round.

47. To see another ridiculousy lop sided trade that leaves one team title contenders and another at the bottom of the celler for the next 10 years

48. to see how all the off-season moves work out

49. To see the next fan of the year winner on fanvoice.

50. Z-BO!

51. To see the Grizzs fail once more..hehehe

52. To see Nash and STAT's Pick n Roll

53. To see if Dwight Howard can get any better from last year and to see if he can win the M.V.P award.

54. How will Carlos Arroyo gone would effect Nelson

55. To see Josh Howard prove everyone wrong

56. It's know as The Big Easy (Chris Paul alley oop to Chandler)

57. Boozer/williams pick-n-roll

58. To see how Artest plays on the Rockets

59. Nate Robinson vs Yao Ming

60. To see just how good the Phoenix Suns Training Staff really are (Nash, Shaq, Hill)

61. To See if the cavaliers decide to make a move at trade deadline, or sit with there current Roster to make a run in the Free agent market of 2010.

62. To see OJ Mayo start his rise to power.

62 years passed, and 62 reasons have been given to look forward to the 2008-2009 NBA season. All reasons were made by members of the binarygangster.com forum and can be viewed here: http://www.binarygangster.com/gen-nba-discussion/reasons-look-forward-the-nba-next-season-t2749.html