I tried. I really tried

[Husker Husky]

to watch former UConn players in the NBA. But, the game is so unwatchable that I just can't do it. The last straw was Kemba vs the Celts. Just brutal.

I'll watch and root for them at Storrs and on the road. I'll wish them luck in their future endeavors. But, to sit through an NBA game...no way.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Okay

 

[HooperScooper]

 

[huskyfan224]

I’ll still watch, but it is a poor product. Hard to take it serious since Queen James won the Mickey Mouse tournament with zero fans.

 

[Chin Diesel]

 

[Rocktheworld]

Congratulations

 

[Hankster]

If I catch one of our guys playing for sure I will watch. My opinion only. College hoops is it. I may catch some playoff games. These NBA'ers run up and down the court. No setting up. No play to run. Dribble down, three point line and hoist it. Run back down the court. Now when Magic and Bird played, that was a whole different story. Those were battles. I like college were I jump off the coach pumping my fist. NBA? Sometimes I go out to cut the lawn or snow blow snow. Which ever comes first.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Thoughts and prayers.

In all seriousness, I'm not a huge NBA guy, but @Husker Husky, you seriously cannot fault that Knicks/Celtics game: excellent game.

 

[eebmg]

Got to respect the Knicks work ethic and exceeding their talent level. Sometimes the games become stagnant 1-1 matchups but still very high entertainment value imo

 

[tuvent08]

I too prefer worse things.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Thoughts and prayers.

In all seriousness, I'm not a huge NBA guy, but @Husker Husky, you seriously cannot fault that Knicks/Celtics game: excellent game.

yeah I mean it’s definitely your prerogative to prefer the inferior product but that was an entertaining game and a pretty weird example for the “i MiSs ThE pAsSiOn AnD fUnDaMeNtAlS cRoWd.”

 

[MTBingNinja]

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I’m by no means a big NBA guy but there is nothing worse than a person who thinks hating the NBA is a personality.

 

[TheChamps990411]

to watch former UConn players in the NBA. But, the game is so unwatchable that I just can't do it. The last straw was Kemba vs the Celts. Just brutal.

I'll watch and root for them at Storrs and on the road. I'll wish them luck in their future endeavors. But, to sit through an NBA game...no way.

I can watch Uconn guys in the NBA. What i cant watch is another Uconn player playing in Charlotte.

 

[Mr. French]

I PREFER college over NBA just for the excitement, shall we say ... the school pride and all of that, but the basketball itself is clearly not as good.

I always tell people it's not because "no one plays D" or "no one calls plays" it's because these guys are so dang good it looks like that.

 

[coachn]

College hoops are the best but enjoy the NBA too. Just love basketball.

 

[TheChamps990411]

I PREFER college over NBA just for the excitement, shall we say ... the school pride and all of that, but the basketball itself is clearly not as good.

I always tell people it's not because "no one plays D" or "no one calls plays" it's because these guys are so dang good it looks like that.

I love college hoops and have always preferred it over the NBA but i must admit the game i loved in the 90s and early 2000s is long gone.

 

[Edward Sargent]

I can watch Uconn guys in the NBA. What i cant watch is another Uconn player playing in Charlotte.

Luck for you then that he hasn't played

 

[Waquoit]

I was a captive audience for almost entire NBA game last spring, Lakers v Utah. Nobody runs or hits the boards anymore, or they didn't that game. The NBA is a different game now.

 

[Psolo12]

I was a captive audience for almost entire NBA game last spring, Lakers v Utah. Nobody runs or hits the boards anymore, or they didn't that game. The NBA is a different game now.

Nobody runs or hits the boards? What are you talking about?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I was a captive audience for almost entire NBA game last spring, Lakers v Utah. Nobody runs or hits the boards anymore, or they didn't that game. The NBA is a different game now.

YUP. Just a bunch of dudes walking around until they trip of the ball

 

[bendm]

to watch former UConn players in the NBA. But, the game is so unwatchable that I just can't do it. The last straw was Kemba vs the Celts. Just brutal.

I'll watch and root for them at Storrs and on the road. I'll wish them luck in their future endeavors. But, to sit through an NBA game...no way.

sounds like a connecticut suns fan to me

 

[alphasigko]

I can watch Uconn guys in the NBA. What i cant watch is another Uconn player playing in Charlotte.

Actually, as of recently, he is not playing....

 

[Chin Diesel]

The sweet spot was after Lakers/Celts in the 80's where you had to get to 120 to win and that was with almost all 2's and FT's and the last of the Bulls championships where 85 points was a feat in the playoffs.

End of Lakers, The Bad Boys, Bulls 1-3 and Houston's two championships were a good time. Plenty of physicality and you could tell players were physically more developed to play defense and before the Bulls 4-6 it went sour. Then it flipped back over to the start of 3 point shooting and metrics and the demise of the mid-range game.

Is today's game more efficient at scoring? Yes. Is the object of the game to win? Yes. Is it more entertaining for the fans? For me, no.