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I really couldn't care less. I haven't watched NBA basketball since Jordan quit the first time around.
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Both the basketball and football teams have held my state hostage, demanding taxpayer built and maintained stadiums. They both got them. Meanwhile, ticket prices are so high that many dads can't take their kids to a game. There just isn't enough money floating around to sustain the pro sports business model.
Well he is definitely a great player thats for sure. Im not a fan of his personally BUT its not like we hang out lol so I dont really know him. But they would NEVER sway my opinion of his basketball skills. He is a great player and when he is down he will go down as a top ten player and even haters will have to have him top 20.
Among my other favorite players are Deron Williams-Nets, Danny Granger-Pacers, Tim Duncan, Ray Allen, it's actually quite a lengthy list.
I'm a student of the game so there's a lot of guys I study and try to learn from.
Whaaaaat? Think about it man...if they shut down the NBA season all those people spending money on that idiotic venture will have MORE to dump into the economy. Instead of stuffing the owners pockets and the players pockets they can buy health insurance, food, pay bills.People don't know or care now, but they will once the regular season starts ticking away and the impact it could potentially have on the economy.
I used to love watching the NBA. Then it stopped being a team game. Two years ago I tried watching some of the finals. I've seen 12 year olds play a better team game at the local Boys and Girls Club. The game is so catered to the superstars that it has lost all resemblance of the game Magic, Larry, Dr. J., and Kareem used to play. I don't care if they cancel the whole season. Basketball has become like baseball to me. If my favorite team makes the post-season I'll watch, otherwise, I don't really care.
I can sympathize with much that you have to say. I think the best years of the NBA were the 70's and 80's. You had a wonderful blending of the basic fundamental team game - for lack of a better term - the White Game (think gene Hackman in HOOSIERS) and the more innovative individual artistry of the Black Game or the Playground game (think of the ABA at its craziest) . That blending produced the best basketball of all time.
Then they changed the rules to encourage more dunking, allowed for the clear out which I hate - allowed players to carry the ball ad nauseam which discouraged passing and adopted two different rules of defense for superstars and everybody else.
But I do like the playoffs and hope they work this thing out and get back on the court.
I couldn't care less. College ball is so much better
They charge too much for their tickets. Why am I paying over $30 for nosebleed seats to see the Charlotte Bobcats play? With somewhere around 40 home games, to see half of them I have to pay $600 for crappy seats? Why would I do that? It is no wonder they are all losing money.
I did enjoy the NBA Finals last year, though.
They charge too much for their tickets. Why am I paying over $30 for nosebleed seats to see the Charlotte Bobcats play? With somewhere around 40 home games, to see half of them I have to pay $600 for crappy seats? Why would I do that? It is no wonder they are all losing money.
I did enjoy the NBA Finals last year, though.
If you want to see real non stop ballin at both ends of the court, go to the Y, or just about any community gym or blacktop...win and stay; you lose...you get run off the court. All 10 players are busting their ass on both ends of the court. The NBA...hell...2, maybe 3 players are engaged on any posession and most of the 'defense' is non-existent. all the talent in the world...no doubt. But they dont produce a good product at all IMO.Why stop with college? If you are looking for little talent and all passion, HS basketball is the key! Personally, i would much rather watch highly skilled players.
We already have Hockey...we dont have more of it because most people dont watch it. Most people dont understand it. Definitely most have never played it.I care about it a lot. I want it to ruin the NBA so that we finally get it off TV and perhaps replace it with a real sport like NHL.
Basketball sucks, the refs bet on the game, the rules aren't called fairly. It's a sham. Should have replaced it with Slamball when they had the chance. We deserve a real sport like hockey instead. More NHL, less NBA.