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re: Pro Sports has lost its shine and is becoming mediocre
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:33 am to NawlinsTiger9
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:33 am to NawlinsTiger9
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NBA is better than ever.
Better than Bird/Magic/Jordan?
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Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:33 am to LarrytheGolfer
I agree what many have said in here. The NBA is putting out a pretty good product right now despite there best efforts.
Believe it or not I think it is great when the same five teams are not dominating.
I am more inclined not to watch a game featuring the Knicks, Lakers, Celtics. I got tired of seeing the same damn teams compete and get all of the national air time. I like watching the Warriors, Thunder, Blazers, Spurs a lot more.
Believe it or not I think it is great when the same five teams are not dominating.
I am more inclined not to watch a game featuring the Knicks, Lakers, Celtics. I got tired of seeing the same damn teams compete and get all of the national air time. I like watching the Warriors, Thunder, Blazers, Spurs a lot more.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:36 am to LarrytheGolfer
The NFL is sucking the life out of the sport by banning hitting, and only having 14 padded practices and no 2-a-days (negotiated into the CBA). They are resting on their laurels. It's getting soft and the product will continue to suffer in the form of blowouts and inconsistent mediocre play.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:39 am to LarrytheGolfer
Whoa an Alabama fan that doesn't like pro sports...shocker
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:40 am to LarrytheGolfer
I'm guessing you haven't heard about the new TV/Media deal for the NBA....
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:45 am to bigpetedatiga
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The NBA is putting out a pretty good product right now despite there best efforts.
I don't think you know what "despite" means.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:45 am to kywildcatfanone
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Better than Bird/Magic/Jordan?
Yes. So much more talent in this league.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:46 am to alabamabuckeye
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College sports are infinitely more entertaining than professional sports imo.
College football is great.
College basketball bores me to death and I have quit watching it entirely.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:49 am to mylsuhat
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and it's still boring as hell.... says something
Lolololololololololol.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:50 am to SportsGuyNOLA
Fantasy Football makes pro football wildly entertaining for me. Without fantasy football, I couldn't care less about pro football.
I enjoy LSU baseball, but the professional season is too fricking long. I start watching pro baseball when the playoffs begin.
I enjoy LSU baseball, but the professional season is too fricking long. I start watching pro baseball when the playoffs begin.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:52 am to c on z
I've always told people I like the NFL more than the NBA, but I don't think that's true anymore.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:53 am to LSUChamp06
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Without fantasy football, I couldn't care less about pro football.
I took the year off, and it makes me realize I'm not the fan I thought I was.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:55 am to SwaggerCopter
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I don't think you know what "despite" means.
in spite of...
Does it mean something different to you?
It is no secret that the NBA has been catering to their bigger markets forever. Well, a lot of those teams are down now and this provides more parody across the league which I think (just my opinion) has helped boost interest.
This helps fans from all market levels take interest in the league and not just those attached to a big market or the bandwagon fans.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:55 am to alabamabuckeye
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College sports are infinitely more entertaining than professional sports imo.
Posted on 11/19/14 at 8:59 am to LarrytheGolfer
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We've seen the decline in MLB and NBA over the past 20 years
i can't speak for the MLB, but the NBA has not declined, brah
Posted on 11/19/14 at 9:06 am to bigpetedatiga
The NBA has had the problem it has always had: a virtually meaningless regular season. Not only do they have a long, boring season, upsets in the playoffs beyond 1-2 seed lines are pretty rare. So, really, things don't get going unitl the second round of the playoffs.
That said, last year was one of their most wild playoffs in NBA history, and it also came with a glut of long series. I do think the 80s were more exciting because defense hadn't been invented yet, but cheap shots abounded leading to some true bad blood that we just don't see in pro sports anymore (salaries are too big for people to risk truly injuring one another). But I think the NBA has its highest quality of play since the 80s, and it's certainly light years ahead of the early post-Jordan era, which was cringe-inducingly awful.
We could use some more genuine hatred, but I think those days are gone. Things like the Bad Boy Pistons could not exist in today's NBA (or any pro league).
That said, last year was one of their most wild playoffs in NBA history, and it also came with a glut of long series. I do think the 80s were more exciting because defense hadn't been invented yet, but cheap shots abounded leading to some true bad blood that we just don't see in pro sports anymore (salaries are too big for people to risk truly injuring one another). But I think the NBA has its highest quality of play since the 80s, and it's certainly light years ahead of the early post-Jordan era, which was cringe-inducingly awful.
We could use some more genuine hatred, but I think those days are gone. Things like the Bad Boy Pistons could not exist in today's NBA (or any pro league).
Posted on 11/19/14 at 9:07 am to kywildcatfanone
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Better than Bird/Magic/Jordan?
seriously, go pull up some of those games from the mid-80s on youtube. they're TERRIBLE to watch
simplistic, repetitive, and boring
Posted on 11/19/14 at 9:08 am to bigpetedatiga
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. I got tired of seeing the same damn teams compete
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I am more inclined not to watch a game featuring the Knicks, Lakers, Celtics.
not sure if...serious
Posted on 11/19/14 at 9:11 am to SlowFlowPro
Knicks fricking suck
Posted on 11/19/14 at 9:13 am to Baloo
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We could use some more genuine hatred, but I think those days are gone.
If the Grizzlies/Warriors/Kings run into the Clippers or Bulls vs. Cavs happens in the playoffs you will see some genuine hatred.
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