I just stapped back and realized the NBA is barely entertaining

You just realized this?

 

i feel you. honestly, its hard/painful for me to watch any nba game that doesnt involve the rockets. THe NBA game is poor. A lot has to do with officiating, imo. games are overly long and the excess fouls called destroy any flow to the game. Most of the regular season games are guys going through the moties, etc.

honestly, i prefer NCAA. i'd rather watch 2 average or poor teams in college play eachother than 2 average of poor teams in the nba play.

 

i casually watch the playoffs when there's nothing else on but i only find entertainment in watching the rockets play. the nba isn't what it used to be, i'd rather watch a random french open match then the pistons/cavs series, for example.

the money and refs are a huge problem and i really wish they'd go back to the pre-zone era. that's the main reason why i find college basketball completely unwatchable.

 

that's why i wanted the suns/gs to advance...san antonio is a vanilla team <yawn>

 

i like the nba game but it's boring when half the players don't really try to win during the season.

you want players to play hard all the time? give them a 10% raise in salary for every 5 games above .500 thier team is at the end of the season. also give them a 10% reduction in salary for every 5 games below .500 thier team is.

i bet you would see some of the most hard faught basketball of your life.

 

its not even about the styles. Personally, i like to watch methodical teams work, like the spurs. Its pure basketball and a joy to watch. the suns/gs are fast paced teams but its not really better basketball, just faster and more shooting. that doesnt necessarily make it more fun

 

Oh my god...

 

I've been saying for years that the NBA needs to scrap the 3-point line all together. Didn't they originally put it in so that teams still had a chance to tie if they were down by 3 with 5 seconds left? Maybe I remember that wrong.

But there are too many bad shooters taking too many 3-pointers causing too many long rebounds which makes boxing out almost a lost art. Without the 3 point line, you would see more players taking more mid-range shots (another lost art), and going to the basket more. Less standing around and waiting for the outlet pass too.

Seems like almost every NBA offense looks exactly the same, with the exception of the mavs, suns and warriors.

 

STAPP BACK NOW YA HEAR?

 

I think long seasons are a part of it. It's a marathon, and the importance of a single game is not much. I think that's why the NFL and NCAA basketball/football are more interesting and in general more intense. A 50 game season might make it more compelling, although financially the NBA has no reason to make any dramatic changes.

 

lol

i dont think he got it

 

Aceshigh7 just got a woody.

 

You're just sad the Rockets are not in the Finals.

 

I think the NBA is in pretty good shape, sure some teams I don't want to watch but there are always games on that I love to watch.

just got a thread idea!

 

It sucks because the Spurs are in the Finals again.