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Posted on 5/27/15 at 10:53 pm to goldennugget
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Damn right a script exists
I said before the playoffs started that the NBA would have Cleveland lose to the Clippers-Spurs winner in the finals and that is what is going to happen
tSCRIPT
Posted on 5/27/15 at 10:58 pm to LSU Piston
The script is real
Posted on 5/28/15 at 12:14 am to LSU Piston
Okay
after a lot of deep thought on this issue (semi seriously) I've figured out what is "missing"
I'll agree. the skill level from top to bottom is probably, at least as good if not better than it was. I still think the skill level of the top flight stars back in the 90's / 80's was better, but overall from top to bottom it's as least as good.
There are more athletic players now.
The problem is simply, free agency has killed basketball.
the guy above me had it 100% dead on. there is no intensity anymore
When I was what.. 10-12 years old, 93-95, the heat versus the knicks was must see fricking TV and I hated both teams with every bit of my heart. Not becuase John Starks is much better than Klay Thompson, or becuase ewing was so good.. It was must see TV becuase of Anthony Mason pulled out a 45 and shot Alonzo morning in the 3rd quarter, i really wouldn't' be all that surprised
These motherfrickers HATED each others guts. There was no fricking teaming up and ring chasing and shite like that. the knicks HATED the fricking heat and the heat HATED the knicks.
look at this shite lol LINK
And what made jordan so great is that he knew he was going to take a fricking beating, and he'd still tear your heart out and eat it.
I think free agency has ruined rivalries. It's not that it's not entertaining. It's just not something I get all worked up about anymore.
after a lot of deep thought on this issue (semi seriously) I've figured out what is "missing"
I'll agree. the skill level from top to bottom is probably, at least as good if not better than it was. I still think the skill level of the top flight stars back in the 90's / 80's was better, but overall from top to bottom it's as least as good.
There are more athletic players now.
The problem is simply, free agency has killed basketball.
the guy above me had it 100% dead on. there is no intensity anymore
When I was what.. 10-12 years old, 93-95, the heat versus the knicks was must see fricking TV and I hated both teams with every bit of my heart. Not becuase John Starks is much better than Klay Thompson, or becuase ewing was so good.. It was must see TV becuase of Anthony Mason pulled out a 45 and shot Alonzo morning in the 3rd quarter, i really wouldn't' be all that surprised
These motherfrickers HATED each others guts. There was no fricking teaming up and ring chasing and shite like that. the knicks HATED the fricking heat and the heat HATED the knicks.
look at this shite lol LINK
And what made jordan so great is that he knew he was going to take a fricking beating, and he'd still tear your heart out and eat it.
I think free agency has ruined rivalries. It's not that it's not entertaining. It's just not something I get all worked up about anymore.
This post was edited on 5/28/15 at 12:17 am
Posted on 5/28/15 at 1:05 am to vengeanceofrain
You could argue that Olympic basketball ruined intensity. That's where things like Miami's Big Three have come from. By the time the Dream Team played, they'd hated each other for years. Now, these kids have all played each other with prep schools and AAU tournaments for a lot of their lives.
From the view of a player, though, you almost have to move until you get to a championship caliber team. With teams tanking year after year, decent players have no choice. Tanking should NEVER be an option in the league. It should be like soccer where you have to play every game to compete or you're screwed. Without relegation, I'm not sure how you do it, but something needs to be done. We reward the worst teams for giving their fans nothing. That doesn't bring parity. It just encourages teams "rebuilding" dish out all of their assets to attempt to get several years of high draft picks.
If anything the mindset of GMs and them being allowed to turn on the Panzer 40 games in is what hurts the league. You end up with 10-12 teams battling it out in for seeds and the remaining 3-5 in each conference just pack up for the season and start seeing who they can offload the be more terrible than the other shite teams.
From the view of a player, though, you almost have to move until you get to a championship caliber team. With teams tanking year after year, decent players have no choice. Tanking should NEVER be an option in the league. It should be like soccer where you have to play every game to compete or you're screwed. Without relegation, I'm not sure how you do it, but something needs to be done. We reward the worst teams for giving their fans nothing. That doesn't bring parity. It just encourages teams "rebuilding" dish out all of their assets to attempt to get several years of high draft picks.
If anything the mindset of GMs and them being allowed to turn on the Panzer 40 games in is what hurts the league. You end up with 10-12 teams battling it out in for seeds and the remaining 3-5 in each conference just pack up for the season and start seeing who they can offload the be more terrible than the other shite teams.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 5:01 am to AlaTiger
welcome! i've been watching through the dog years. it started to turn the corner with D'Antoni Nash and the Suns.
Posted on 5/28/15 at 6:17 am to Dijkstra
Meh intense hatred is born in the playoffs. It is why those Bron/Celtics series were so great or how the Grizz/Clips has become a thing.
The East has struggled to put together more than 2 above average teams in to the playoffs each year. It is no coincidence that Miami and Indiana became a thing.
The issue in the West is that no team hates the Spurs in classic rivalry sort of way. They are top nice. Dallas and Portland are also on the meh side of things. A GS/Mem vs. Clippers conference finals would have been full of hate
The East has struggled to put together more than 2 above average teams in to the playoffs each year. It is no coincidence that Miami and Indiana became a thing.
The issue in the West is that no team hates the Spurs in classic rivalry sort of way. They are top nice. Dallas and Portland are also on the meh side of things. A GS/Mem vs. Clippers conference finals would have been full of hate
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