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OT: Which pro playoffs are the best?

Flipside said:
Regarding best athletes, this seems like a great place to drop this gem ... the ability to perform at the highest level, whilst chewing other stuffs

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There is a picture out there of Len Dawson of the Chiefs smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer during halftime of Superbowl. Times have changed
 
HCCForever said:
I agree with most of this until the last sentence. NHL players have pretty good body control as well. And some of the greats like Bird and Magic weren’t great jumpers. Michael had exceptional hand-eye coordination but couldn’t hit a baseball in the minors. Of course hitting a baseball is probably the hardest thing to do in sports.

Sounds like we need a reboot of Superstars to see who has best all-around athletes. One year Peter Revson of autoracing fame won the competition.
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As for baseball Jordan was playing the sport after not playing it since he was a junior in high school. He wasn't allowed to play single A ball so immediately had to play double A ball and learn on the fly against tough competition without taking the earlier steps. His manager Terry Francona thinks he would have been a major league player if he stuck with baseball.
 
RuffRuff said:
It doesn’t contextualize the size of the NBA athlete, which is the most impressive part. Have you ever been on the floor with basketball players? They’re doing this at a size that is not normal, top .001%, which to me is a major part of what differentiates them.
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I was next to Emeka for NC in Houston and he towered over my 5’7” frame. NBA players need height or crazy hops and speed like Spud and Bogues.
 
HCCForever said:
I was next to Emeka for NC in Houston and he towered over my 5’7” frame. NBA players need height or crazy hops and speed like Spud and Bogues.
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The Spuds have become a total rarity these days. I’m 6’4” and have been floor level at many college hoops games and the athlete is another level. Meanwhile a soccer player would look pedestrian on the street.

A hockey player has gone from an average of 5’7” during the early days to 6’1” today. Size matters and is part of the factor of “impressive athlete”. It’s not just how fast you run.
 
RuffRuff said:
The Spuds have become a total rarity these days. I’m 6’4” and have been floor level at many college hoops games and the athlete is another level. Meanwhile a soccer player would look pedestrian on the street.

A hockey player has gone from an average of 5’7” during the early days to 6’1” today. Size matters and is part of the factor of “impressive athlete”. It’s not just how fast you run.
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NHL players were never 5'7 on average and the average height in the NHL has been 6'0 or taller since 1978. The average height in the NBA has been 6'6 or more since 1974.
 
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superjohn said:
NHL players were never 5'7 on average and the average height in the NHL has been 6'0 or taller since 1978. The average height in the NBA has been 6'6 or more since 1974.
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More accurate growth chart
 
Globally: Champions League
US overall: NCAA tournament (win or go home)
US professional: NFL playoffs (win or go home)
 
Baseball is my favorite pro sport to follow, but the NFL has the best playoff system.

The original 64 team NCAA tourney was the best postseason for any sport pro or not. Though, with NIL, one can argue that the NCAA is a professional league now.
 
Urgency and importance of each game is the key to great playoffs. As far as the NBA goes, I kind of like the play in thing, but there are just too many teams that make the playoffs. Having all rounds after the play-in 7 game series is dumb. Each game lacks importance. It also takes way too long, over 2 months for just playoffs. Most of the same thoughts on hockey. Think of how much better game 7s are than game 2. Baseball is much better IMO, with fewer teams making the playoffs, wildcards only 3 games, division series only 5 games, much better. The whole playoffs is done in 1 month. NFL is king with the win or go home setup. Every game is life or death, and the whole thing wraps up in a month.
 
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jake14mw said:
Urgency and importance of each game is the key to great playoffs. As far as the NBA goes, I kind of like the play in thing, but there are just too many teams that make the playoffs. Having all rounds after the play-in 7 game series is dumb. Each game lacks importance. It also takes way too long, over 2 months for just playoffs. Most of the same thoughts on hockey. Think of how much better game 7s are than game 2. Baseball is much better IMO, with fewer teams making the playoffs, wildcards only 3 games, division series only 5 games, much better. The whole playoffs is done in 1 month. NFL is king with the win or go home setup. Every game is life or death, and the whole thing wraps up in a month.
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100% with you on this. Urgency is what makes sports, juice. It’s why MLB needs to fix its regular season creatively. The nba playoffs are too much - when over half league gets into playoffs it’s stupid. 2 months of playoffs are ridiculous.

This is what makes March Madness special.
 
RuffRuff said:
NBA - way too long
NHL - same, boring TV sport
NFL - pretty cool, week apart, one game format, winter
MLB - feel like there is a disconnect in how the regular season flows into the playoffs - needs a reformatting. Makes no sense that a 162 game season leads to a 3 game WC.
World Cup - pretty cool
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Agree on NBA and NHL too long

NFL - IMO this is the best but they should hold SB the weekend after the Conference Championships rather than waiting 2 weeks

Agree on MLB

World Cup - Even MORE boring than either NBA or NHL. Cross Country running while kicking a ball.
 
alphasigko said:
Agree on NBA and NHL too long

NFL - IMO this is the best but they should hold SB the weekend after the Conference Championships rather than waiting 2 weeks

Agree on MLB

World Cup - Even MORE boring than either NBA or NHL. Cross Country running while kicking a ball.
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Hard disagree on world cup
 
alphasigko said:
Agree on NBA and NHL too long

NFL - IMO this is the best but they should hold SB the weekend after the Conference Championships rather than waiting 2 weeks

Agree on MLB

World Cup - Even MORE boring than either NBA or NHL. Cross Country running while kicking a ball.
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I disagree on World Cup and NHL.

In fact this a great time of year with NFL, MLB playoffs and start of NHL season.
 
Playoff baseball is still the best. Last night's Yankee game, 1 game out of many, was crazy. You get tons of games like this in MLB.
I do agree hockey is very similar but baseball is better for me simply because I understand it all.
 
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Jaydumo20 said:
Playoff baseball is still the best. Last night's Yankee game, 1 game out of many, was crazy. You get tons of games like this in MLB.
I do agree hockey is very similar but baseball is better for me simply because I understand it all.
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I don't like baseball but If I was going to watch something like that I think I would prefer the more athletic version of the game in cricket.
 
RuffRuff said:
We need to find a way to create a relegation system in the US - it's good entertainment.

As for NHL - truly an acquired taste. I for one, find it incredibly boring watching a tiny puck shoot around on TV. It's organized chaos. No real sets or alternate possessions, just madness. Reduces the drama. Also, major drag when one of these Floridian expansion franchises dominate vs storied franchises in real hockey playing locations. If a hockey game isn't within one goal or two within the last period or so, find it truly pointless to watch.
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I agree with the relegation. It would also give us small market clubs which would be fun.
 
Kolumbo said:
Name the best overall athlete in the nba today and see if we can find someone to top him. Or 50 people to top him. I'd argue that the nba has the least physicall or athletic players of the big sports. And it's not even close. No one in the nba even needs to sprint and all they do is shoot a basketball in a non-contact sport. please. It's clear you've never watched soccer. Haaland is 6'5" and can run like the wind. Your boys can't run for 5 minutes without puking.
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What on earth is this opinion.
 
alphasigko said:
Agree on NBA and NHL too long

NFL - IMO this is the best but they should hold SB the weekend after the Conference Championships rather than waiting 2 weeks

Agree on MLB

World Cup - Even MORE boring than either NBA or NHL. Cross Country running while kicking a ball.
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The World Cup is BY FAR the greatest sporting event we have.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
The World Cup is BY FAR the greatest sporting even we have.
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Even if you're not a soccer fan The World Cup is awesome. The way the fans and players get into it, the pride in country, the hot women everywhere, the different styles of play, the pageantry, the cultural impact.
 
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superjohn said:
Even if you're not a soccer fan The World Cup is awesome. The way the fans and players get into it, the pride in country, the hot women everywhere, the different styles of play, the pageantry, the cultural impact.
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My friends who can’t name 5 club soccer teams drop everything to watch and invest in it. I’m a massive soccer fan so it’s obvious that I look forward to it, but those that are casual and even less into it buy in completely too.
 
I feel like the World Cup and NFL are rigged. My answer is MLB and NHL. That being said the NBA is the worst.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
My friends who can’t name 5 club soccer teams drop everything to watch and invest in it. I’m a massive soccer fan so it’s obvious that I look forward to it, but those that are casual and even less into it buy in completely too.
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I enjoy soccer but almost never watch it. I become obsessed with it when The World Cup rolls around.
 
Another subjective question for debate. All personnel preference.

I watch four sports for the most part. MCBB, NFL, MLB and NBA.

I live and die with every regular season game that includes our Men’s BB and my favorite NFL team.

I could care less about regular season MLB and NBA outcomes.

So for me the answer is MLB playoffs since at least for me they provide more drama than the NBA playoffs.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
The World Cup is BY FAR the greatest sporting even we have.
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Please explain how watching grown men running around for 3 hours chasing a ball, kicking each other and falling down in faked pain, generally not scoring at all, and ending a tied championship game with a kick off rather than sudden death is exciting, and not completely boring.
 
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