NBA

[jacobkdoyle]

Predictions?

Warriors in 5?

[GarradJ21]

Originally Posted by jacobkdoyle

Predictions?

Warriors in 5?

Cavs in 6

[UCalum08]

Originally Posted by GarradJ21

Cavs in 6

I am going with this as well. Book it 😉


I am rooting for the Warriors though. I hate everything Cleveland.

[jacobkdoyle]

Can't imagine Golden State ever going 2-4.

[Queens_NYC]

Warriors in 5.

[prancer]

Do you guys watch much NBA? What do you find appealing about it? I'm honestly curious. I have a couple friends who are big NBA fans, but I've never understood the appeal.

I'll tune in to a handful of games each season, but I find it unwatchable most of the time. Granted, NBA players are insanely talented -- I'm absolutely impressed by their quickness, athleticism, shooting ability, etc.

But for most of the games there never seems to be any energy on the part of the players or the fans. If you have to play music during the game to make it entertaining, then something is wrong. Even baseball doesn't do that while the ball is in play. What drama and suspense there is in NBA games feels... manufactured. (Like rogue foul calls for star players or the ball-advancement rule on a timeout -- gimme a break.)

College bball is the exact opposite. There's passion from the players and fans. Games are hard-fought. Teams press! (Imagine that.) If a player plays garbage defense, his ass is on the bench. In the NBA, it makes him an All Star. (Seriously though, I can't remember a single college player that has blatantly given as few f**ks about defense as, say, James Harden. And every one of them gets paid $28.3 million less than him.) Sometimes the effort seems to drop dangerously close to Harlem Globetrotter levels.

Energy improves during the NBA playoffs, but so it also does in every league in every other sport. And just being engaging during playoff time isn't good enough.

I don't want to come off as ragging on the NBA. These are just some of my frustrations, because I'm a huge college bball fan and I wish the NBA delivered a brand of basketball that I find more exciting.

[Miller193]

Warriors in 6, this is a better team than last year.

[Nayers]

cavs in 7. I think they are clicking well right now and love has been playing the best basketball of his Cleveland tenure recently. I am rooting Cleveland all day, can not stand the warriors, or their fans. They remind me of OSU fans.

[Patrick Bateman]

Originally Posted by prancer

Do you guys watch much NBA? What do you find appealing about it? I'm honestly curious. I have a couple friends who are big NBA fans, but I've never understood the appeal.

I'll tune in to a handful of games each season, but I find it unwatchable most of the time. Granted, NBA players are insanely talented -- I'm absolutely impressed by their quickness, athleticism, shooting ability, etc.

But for most of the games there never seems to be any energy on the part of the players or the fans. If you have to play music during the game to make it entertaining, then something is wrong. Even baseball doesn't do that while the ball is in play. What drama and suspense there is in NBA games feels... manufactured. (Like rogue foul calls for star players or the ball-advancement rule on a timeout -- gimme a break.)

College bball is the exact opposite. There's passion from the players and fans. Games are hard-fought. Teams press! (Imagine that.) If a player plays garbage defense, his ass is on the bench. In the NBA, it makes him an All Star. (Seriously though, I can't remember a single college player that has blatantly given as few f**ks about defense as, say, James Harden. And every one of them gets paid $28.3 million less than him.) Sometimes the effort seems to drop dangerously close to Harlem Globetrotter levels.

Energy improves during the NBA playoffs, but so it also does in every league in every other sport. And just being engaging during playoff time isn't good enough.

I don't want to come off as ragging on the NBA. These are just some of my frustrations, because I'm a huge college bball fan and I wish the NBA delivered a brand of basketball that I find more exciting.

NBA action is FAN-tastic

[Helicopter]

Originally Posted by prancer

Do you guys watch much NBA? What do you find appealing about it? I'm honestly curious. I have a couple friends who are big NBA fans, but I've never understood the appeal.

I'll tune in to a handful of games each season, but I find it unwatchable most of the time. Granted, NBA players are insanely talented -- I'm absolutely impressed by their quickness, athleticism, shooting ability, etc.

But for most of the games there never seems to be any energy on the part of the players or the fans. If you have to play music during the game to make it entertaining, then something is wrong. Even baseball doesn't do that while the ball is in play. What drama and suspense there is in NBA games feels... manufactured. (Like rogue foul calls for star players or the ball-advancement rule on a timeout -- gimme a break.)

College bball is the exact opposite. There's passion from the players and fans. Games are hard-fought. Teams press! (Imagine that.) If a player plays garbage defense, his ass is on the bench. In the NBA, it makes him an All Star. (Seriously though, I can't remember a single college player that has blatantly given as few f**ks about defense as, say, James Harden. And every one of them gets paid $28.3 million less than him.) Sometimes the effort seems to drop dangerously close to Harlem Globetrotter levels.

Energy improves during the NBA playoffs, but so it also does in every league in every other sport. And just being engaging during playoff time isn't good enough.

I don't want to come off as ragging on the NBA. These are just some of my frustrations, because I'm a huge college bball fan and I wish the NBA delivered a brand of basketball that I find more exciting.

Its simply not possible to go all out for a 48 min game 82 times a year and maybe 100 times including playoffs. Compare it to Nascar or long distance running. You don't sprint the whole time you pick your spots to push ahead and jockey for position.

Second with the defensive effort, yes players like Harden and Steph are liabilities but again their offensive talent outweighs their need on defense. Kerr does not want Steph blowing through his energy, risking collision/injury on the defensive end, or picking up fouls. That's what Klay and Draymond and the bench are for. Also I think people assume because the NBA has rules in place since the Steve Nash era to allow for more space on offense and couple that with the freakish offensive ability of every player to make a jump shot that there is no defense. There is defense and energy and effort but its exhibited differently and at a different pace then college ball. If an NBA team pressed and face guarded every possession they would get waxed.