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I tried. I really tried

Waquoit said:
Seeing the shooting team actually contest a rebound was rare. When a shot got jacked up, they started jogging back on D. If the ball went in, the other team walked it up the floor. If it missed, they guy who got the ball walked it up the floor. Are you telling me that if I watch a game now I won't see a lot of what I describe?
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Yes that's exactly what I'm saying
 
Only people watching NBA games right now are degenerate gamblers. World Series...NFL...college football heating up. I won't be watching NHL or NBA until halfway through the winter at least.
 
navery12 said:
Yes that's exactly what I'm saying
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Then I'll take your guys word on it and give it another try next time I grab a late bite at a sports bar.
 
XLCenterFan said:
Only people watching NBA games right now are degenerate gamblers. World Series...NFL...college football heating up. I won't be watching NHL or NBA until halfway through the winter at least.
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So what you're saying is you're not quite at degenerate gambler level yet.
 
I'm watching Melo Ball put on a show against the Celtics in the first half and can't even imagine preferring the dreck that is college basketball over this. But I know why a certain subsection prefers college basketball over the NBA, and it hasn't nothing to do with the actual product on the court.
 
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aceboon said:
But I know why a certain subsection prefers college basketball over the NBA, and it hasn't nothing to do with the actual product on the court.
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imno1 said:
So what you're saying is you're not quite at degenerate gambler level yet.
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I must confess. Late last night after the MNF football game, I put on the end of the Portland/Clippers game. It was brutal. But hey...sports are sports.
 
aceboon said:
I'm watching Melo Ball put on a show against the Celtics in the first half and can't even imagine preferring the dreck that is college basketball over this. But I know why a certain subsection prefers college basketball over the NBA, and it hasn't nothing to do with the actual product on the court.
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Why does that subsection prefer college to pro? I am one of them. Just wondering what you think of me!
 
8893 said:
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XLCenterFan said:
Why does that subsection prefer college to pro? I am one of them. Just wondering what you think of me!
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No idea what he is thinking, but here are a few reasons I prefer the college game.
  • The game was designed a certain way, and the skills and size of athletes long ago exceeded what was intended. That process has continued. Golf would be boring if guys could drive the green on par 4s, so courses are adjusted to prevent that. Basketball gets boring when the shooting percentages get too high, even against good D. Scoring should be harder. There is no other sport where scoring is easier. Rules need to be changed: end the second step, call more offensive fouls, end star treatment. At least put the rules back 30 years.
  • Crowd/atmosphere, smaller venues have more energy (this is true for college football too)
  • Too many games, they don't matter often enough. Baseball has this problem too. In College basketball each game is important. NFL is the only American pro sport where every game matters.
 
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I actually enjoy modern NBA. Not the lousy to average teams. But the teams that make it deep into the playoffs. Love the spacing. Love the deep shooting... which creates the spacing.

Remember the Knicks of the mid 90s? That was the worst basketball.
 
NDakotaHusky said:
I actually enjoy modern NBA. Not the lousy to average teams. But the teams that make it deep into the playoffs. Love the spacing. Love the deep shooting... which creates the spacing.

Remember the Knicks of the mid 90s? That was the worst basketball.
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People who say they hate the modern NBA don't actually watch the NBA. Nobody expects you to watch or care about the Magic Vs Pistons game in October either.
 
Just to continue. Seriously, if anyone watches Steph Curry, KD, Giannis, Luka, Jokic, or any of the other top 10/15 players, and doesn't enjoy themselves, imo they just don't like basketball.
 
Huskyforlife said:
People who say they hate the modern NBA don't actually watch the NBA. Nobody expects you to watch or care about the Magic Vs Pistons game in October either.
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Speaking of the pistons, good lord. Was just looking at their starting 5 tonight - Jerami Grant, Saddiq Bey, Isaiah Stewart, Killian Hayes and Hamidou Diallo. Combined for 37 points. Cory Joseph (remember him lol) ,led the squad with 13!
 
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NDakotaHusky said:
I actually enjoy modern NBA. Not the lousy to average teams. But the teams that make it deep into the playoffs. Love the spacing. Love the deep shooting... which creates the spacing.

Remember the Knicks of the mid 90s? That was the worst basketball.
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The game evolves, the 3 pt shooting game is the passing game in the NFL.
 
Scoe said:
The game evolves, the 3 pt shooting game is the passing game in the NFL.
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I believe college sports started the trend with mid major teams like Loyola Marymount, now the power house teams shoot way more 3s , in college football teams running the spread offense such as Houston, BYU, Texas Tech. Now you have power house teams such as Alabama having more of a passing game, when they were always known as a ground and pound team, not saying you still can't have a semblance of a running game too, even Bamas rbs are a lot faster such as Derrick Henry and are more involved in the passing game.
 
Scoe said:
I believe college sports started the trend with mid major teams like Loyola Marymount,
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Hate to say it, but it was Pitino at PC that put 3-pointers on the map.
 
Woodson said:
Speaking of the pistons, good lord. Was just looking at their starting 5 tonight - Jerami Grant, Saddiq Bey, Isaiah Stewart, Killian Hayes and Hamidou Diallo. Combined for 37 points. Cory Joseph (remember him lol) ,led the squad with 13!
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Big fan of Bey tbh. But yeah they better hope Cade is the real deal.
 
Husker Husky said:
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.
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Well yeah. The NBA is 90% going through the motions 90% of the time. It’s not like anybody particularly cares passionately about beating Cleveland like UNC does about beating Duke or we and Syracuse used to in Big East days. For most of the regular season it’s a job and the games feel like it. I guess people get excited watching the athleticism but as competition, it just isn’t there for me.
 
NDakotaHusky said:
I actually enjoy modern NBA. Not the lousy to average teams. But the teams that make it deep into the playoffs. Love the spacing. Love the deep shooting... which creates the spacing.

Remember the Knicks of the mid 90s? That was the worst basketball.
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Ewing, Oakley, Starks, Jackson, and Gerald Wilkins were a blast to watch.
 
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To put it another way, watching the NBA to me is like watching gymnastics. You see some incredible athletes, but it’s boring as heck. And the typical regular season game has all the intensity of the 2nd half of UConn vs LIU.
 
HuskyHawk said:
No idea what he is thinking, but here are a few reasons I prefer the college game.
  • The game was designed a certain way, and the skills and size of athletes long ago exceeded what was intended. That process has continued. Golf would be boring if guys could drive the green on par 4s, so courses are adjusted to prevent that. Basketball gets boring when the shooting percentages get too high, even against good D. Scoring should be harder. There is no other sport where scoring is easier. Rules need to be changed: end the second step, call more offensive fouls, end star treatment. At least put the rules back 30 years.
  • Crowd/atmosphere, smaller venues have more energy (this is true for college football too)
  • Too many games, they don't matter often enough. Baseball has this problem too. In College basketball each game is important. NFL is the only American pro sport where every game matters.
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Get rid of the 3 point shot. I tried watching a Knick game and couldn’t make it to half time. Nothing but a 3 point shooting contest
 
Ignore the NBA regular season and you miss Morris v. Joker last night.

Cheap shot by Morris putting a shoulder in to Joker while he is airborne and defenseless and a cheaper shot by Joker in to the upper back of Morris.

 
Chin Diesel said:
Ignore the NBA regular season and you miss Morris v. Joker last night.

Cheap shot by Morris putting a shoulder in to Joker while he is airborne and defenseless and a cheaper shot by Joker in to the upper back of Morris.

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I saw Jokic getting killed for this last night but I didn't have a problem with it. I hope Morris isn't actually injured but the guy is throwing shots at people all the time. I thought it was funny that he took a shot at Jokic and then went down like he had been shot after he hit him back.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Ignore the NBA regular season and you miss Morris v. Joker last night.

Cheap shot by Morris putting a shoulder in to Joker while he is airborne and defenseless and a cheaper shot by Joker in to the upper back of Morris.

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Do you think Morris was embellishing how hurt he was? Certainly looked it. Cheap shots by both of them. Morris is known to do that stuff.
 
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