AirBasket

Shoot all you want. We'll play along. Right now you're holding your phone: working, studying, or just zoning out. How long has it been since you hit the court and played until your shirt was soaked? For the first time or the ten-thousandth, without even noticing, you load your shoulder, raise your arm, set your guide hand, snap your wrist, and let a soft, easy shot fly into thin air. It isn't a basketball you're shooting. It's the youth and passion that never came back. You probably never expected an answer. But this time, the ball that isn't there spins three and a half times, arcs in from beyond the three-point line and drops clean through the net. The second most beautiful sound in the world rings out, warm and steady like an old friend: Swish. In that instant, every tired cell in your body lights up. You're not alone. Someone out there gets you. Yes, we made air basketball real.…