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Why I don't watch the NBA...
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Main reason I don't watch anymore has nothing to do with talent, skill, Or dedication of the players. And has nothing to do with rule changes or officiating. It has everything to do with the fact that the NBA is devoid of true rivalries. The NFL is starting to move that way as well. It's what I love about college football and basketball.
- Jun 19, 2014
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No rivalries, quality of play sucks, depth of good teams is lacking.
Example, I'll take Game 4 of the first round of the NBA playoffs in Charlotte in 1992, where the Hornets broke through in what was Mchale's last game as a pro it turned out. The old Hive absolutely rocked with 24,000 every night, like a college atmosphere. I was blessed enough to be in the top of the upper deck that night in that building, and, to this day, it was the loudest indoor building I have ever been at for any sporting event, that includes Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup games, a Duke/UNC hoops game in Chapel Hill in 2000 where Forte hit a buzzer beater that forced OT, SECC games galore, etc. The crowd that night was beyond electric.
The loudest moments were obviously when Mourning hit the shot at the buzzer late, but that first minute of the game, two consecutive dunks by Gill and Newman, and Ford, the Celtics HC, had to burn a 20 second timeout a minute in and down 4-0? You NEVER see that...ever.....just play the first 1:10 of this clip....the crowd was beyond ape ****......the Mourning shot was around the 1:27:25 mark or so for another crowd ape **** moment, and them putting time back on the clock after, but that crowd burst was something.......
Example, I'll take Game 4 of the first round of the NBA playoffs in Charlotte in 1992, where the Hornets broke through in what was Mchale's last game as a pro it turned out. The old Hive absolutely rocked with 24,000 every night, like a college atmosphere. I was blessed enough to be in the top of the upper deck that night in that building, and, to this day, it was the loudest indoor building I have ever been at for any sporting event, that includes Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup games, a Duke/UNC hoops game in Chapel Hill in 2000 where Forte hit a buzzer beater that forced OT, SECC games galore, etc. The crowd that night was beyond electric.
The loudest moments were obviously when Mourning hit the shot at the buzzer late, but that first minute of the game, two consecutive dunks by Gill and Newman, and Ford, the Celtics HC, had to burn a 20 second timeout a minute in and down 4-0? You NEVER see that...ever.....just play the first 1:10 of this clip....the crowd was beyond ape ****......the Mourning shot was around the 1:27:25 mark or so for another crowd ape **** moment, and them putting time back on the clock after, but that crowd burst was something.......
- Jun 10, 2014
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When they stopped letting these guys play defense and started letting them get away with 4-5 step travels is when I lost interest.
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I lost interest after Jordan's second threepeat. I cared a few more years after that, but once the league was full of the iversons of the world and enbraced the gangster rap era of the NBA they lost me. The guys they have now have done a good job embracing moving away from the days of the Jailblazers era, but the lack of effort and star distrubution non existant I could care less. It also doesn't help that around the early 2000s is when everyone stopped going to college and developing which has hurt the ability to draft depth for anyone outside the top couple of picks which is why everyone tanks to try and get that one guy worth 20 extra wins.
- Jul 29, 2014
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Never really thought of it that way but it's kind of true....Again free agency has kinda changed it for me because the players seem to come and go from team to team so fast.
- Jun 18, 2014
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Refs don't even enforce the fundamentals i.e. traveling, moving screens etc.
Plus, the flopping is out of control lead by the game's best player (who I can't stand).
Plus, the flopping is out of control lead by the game's best player (who I can't stand).
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I live in South Florida so I go to as many games at the Triple A as I can get to but I literally watch all 82 Heat games. If we can't get there I watch on Sun Sports. If I can't see it live I record it and nobody is allowed to tell me the outcome. When I was stationed in SoCal in the 80's I'd go to see the Lakers as often as I could and even the old San Diego teams. I have enjoyed every decade of the NBA. Total basketball junkie.
BTW the Heat just won their 11th in a row!!
BTW the Heat just won their 11th in a row!!
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Actually in those days the NBA officials probably protected the stars more than any time in history. That would make the NBA a better game and a more honest game today.
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The picture would lead me to think "not enough white guys" ;) MY DAD would love to see that video. He was the reason I became a Celtic fan. He started when Russell played.
But I get you completely. Years ago when I kept seeing just clear outs for the star to go one on one or just set a pick for the star I gave up. And when players started jumping all over for $$$ it was like "who is my team now"
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When I saw that movie clip years ago I laughed my azzz off. "You tell your old man to drag Waltons or Lanier up and down the court for 48 min." Greatest sports ref in any movie.
- Jun 9, 2014
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Athletes for the most part are better today than in the past. The problem is, they go so far out of their way to let you know it, an obliging media with its own agenda acting fully complicit. There's never been more self-promotion or me-first entitlement in sports. Or money. So many examples to point to leading up to it. Terrell Owens pulling out a Sharpie pen in the endzone after a score, LeBron James hosting an hour-long TV special over his basketball future, high school players scheduling news conferences to announce which college they chose. All of it. It's been building and building for some time.
When you score a TD, hand the ref the ball and trot the f*ck off the field. Act like you've been there before.
Sports was best when the experiences you had on a ballfield as a kid were being played out in packed stadiums. It seldom happens anymore.
When you score a TD, hand the ref the ball and trot the f*ck off the field. Act like you've been there before.
Sports was best when the experiences you had on a ballfield as a kid were being played out in packed stadiums. It seldom happens anymore.
- Jun 12, 2014
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It's 2017
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This is me too.
When the league decided (mid 80"s) that the league was entertainment versus sports they chose to ignore many of the rules of the game in an effort to make it a circus, they lost me. To make it worse, the sports media gushes over guys that pick up the dribble and take a run to the basket like it is a miraculous feat.
The first time I saw a clear out play run, I knew that Dr. Naismith was turning in his grave.
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Miami are some of the worst fans in the world. They deserve nothing.
