"NBA China Games 2008 will tip-off in Guangzhou on Wednesday, October 15 when the Warriors will take on the Milwaukee Bucks at the Guangzhou Gymnasium (capacity 13,000) in the first-ever NBA game played in Guangzhou. The two teams then travel to Beijing to play on Saturday, October 18 at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Arena, which is an NBA-style arena with a capacity of 17,173."
-www.warriors.com
In addition, the Warriors will be bringing 11 Warrior Girls along to dance during both games! It's exciting to know I'll be halfway around the country for eight days with ten of my best friends.
We are scheduled to take a red eye flight on the night of October 11th and returning October 18th. It's amazing that Susan was able to keep this a secret from us all summer. August 22nd was our very first dance rehearsal and we all wondered why, Administrator of Game Operations, Brett Yamaguchi, was there (P.S., he's Kristi's brother).
"11 Warrior girls will be going to the NBA China Games 2008."
Silence. Complete astonishment. Throughout the whole season last year, we had the impression that the office didn't like the dance team so much. We were only allowed to dance once (instead of twice) during the games, the Hoop Troop had more floor time than us (even the NBA told them the WGs needed to be out more), our calendar was never displayed in the team store, and one time they even told us we couldn't sit on the sidelines during a game. Not until the end of rehearsal did we realize a trip to China was in our hands. The only obstacle for me is to find some vacation time from my full-time job after already taking a week off to go to New York City this summer.
No words can really express the excitement we all have, but every now and then a random text will go around saying, "China!" which says it all.
