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FrankmasonFrankmason Posts: 51
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Who do you like? Who is going to be good? Who is NOT going to be good? Give me your thoughts!

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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    : crickets chirping :

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  • JrMacdaddyJrMacdaddy Posts: 506 ✭✭
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  • FrankmasonFrankmason Posts: 51
    Nobody likes Basketball up in this place?
  • TreetopTreetop Posts: 1,474 ✭
    Frank,

    You work in Corona, CA?

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  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭
    celtics are going to be good, i hope!!!!

    i like the bulls as well and phoenix this year
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  • ArnyVeeArnyVee Posts: 4,245 ✭✭
    I hope that Ricky Davis can be a team player because he has talent and is a much better fit for this team than Antoine Walker. I'm happy about the trade and optimistic that Flash will/can get us to the finals again! image
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  • AhmanfanAhmanfan Posts: 4,389 ✭✭✭✭
    Rockets are looking good.
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  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    I didnt know they still played?

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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The NBA folded some years ago, I forget the exact year, I believe it was replaced with the WNBA.
  • bags05bags05 Posts: 93


    << <i>The NBA folded some years ago, I forget the exact year, I believe it was replaced with the WNBA. >>



    Man that is perfect! That made my day. Thanks.
  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭
    Big basketball fan here Frank. I love the Bulls and we just had are season ticket holder lucheon with the team. Got alot of autographs and was great to see all the players close up. I always get really pumped up after these lucheons and have a good feeling about the Bulls chances this year. The Bulls will have their hands full in the Central division. I believe the Celtics,Pistons, and Bulls will be the top three in the East. The Spurs, Suns,and Mavericks in the West.

    The 76ers will be awful in the East, and the Timberwolves in the West.


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  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    They play basketball in the NBA???? I quit watching it years ago.
  • RangermanRangerman Posts: 276 ✭✭
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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Rockets are looking good. >>



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    The NBA still sucks donkey scrotum, though..
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • MajorDanbyMajorDanby Posts: 1,343
    I follow the NBA. You're on the wrong boards to talk about basketball. Even college ball, which is fairly across age, gender and race, doesnt get as much attention here.

    I dont have one specific team I root for. Followed the Lakers for a long time, but got off the wagon after the team got Shaq and Kobe. Just dont like either of them. Once Kobe goes away, I'll go back to my roots.

    I follow the Clippers more so these days. Not much there to like given that Brand is out for nearly all season.

    I expect Houston to make a nice leap this year. I think New Orleans will surprise if Peja can stay healthy.

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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think it would be tough to script a more boring sporting event than NBA basketball. Firstly, the players have outgrown the dimensions of the game. If anyone gets excited anymore by a dunk shot, I would suggest getting a life - watching some 7 footer run down the court get a pass, dunk the ball, and then hearing the lame announcer hype it like it's some supernova explosion occuring, is about as exciting as watching goldfish in a bowl. The dunk has turned the game into a dreadful bore.

    The first order should be to raise the basket, perhaps about two feet or higher so that dunking basically won't exist - that's the first thing among several other things that need to change, especially the playoff season being way too long - the regular season should be shortened as well. Otherwise there will be a continuing eroding fan base.

    College basketball is still good sport as it is - that doesn't need to change.


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  • MajorDanbyMajorDanby Posts: 1,343
    stevek..i have several theories about why the NBA is not as popular as the NFL or the MLB. The way the game is played obviously is the biggest factor. It's more individual oriented vs. team oriented. Play is slow, dunks are overrated and the timeouts and questionable reffing really bogs down the game. That's why college ball gets more attention...because the game play is a lot more smoother. Also, the lack of a dynamic superstar hurts. Shaq, kobe, mcgrady, carter....even duncan....some are more dynamic and outspoken than others, but none have really captured the attention of the masses as jordan did in the 90's and bird/larry/Dr J did in the 80's. Also, the perception that the NBA is thug, bling and R&B'ed out doesnt jive with middle class america...who are the largest consumers in our society. And let's face it....race is important. In football, there are a lot of thugs, criminals and guys with posses...but, they wear helmets on the field and their race isnt as salient. Plus, there is enough balance of black and white superstars in the NFL. Not really the case in the NBA (steve nash and Dirk [who isnt "American" in the traditional sense]...vs. a ton of black superstars). People like what they are familiar with and are similar to....on a football field, it's a bunch of guys with helmets on...in the majors, there is a lot more balance with white/black/latino and even asian athletes....and they wear long sleeved jerseys and hats/batting helmets....in basketball, with guys wearing no sleeve jerseys and no helmets or hats....their race is a lot more salient.

    for the latter point, let's not get into a debate about race. it's a factor, but not the biggest. i think the game play is the biggest factor as to why the NBA is not as popular as it once was.
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  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭
    Well I guess basketball now can be put in the same catagory as hockey,tennis,golf, and soccer. I personally love football and baseball, but I like to watch those other sports too. I guess you can call me crazy.
  • AhmanfanAhmanfan Posts: 4,389 ✭✭✭✭
    If you don't have anything constructive to post, don't post!

    The Celtics will be good, but I don't see them in the finals. Pistons or Bulls I think will come out of the East, the Suns, Spurs, Mavericks out of the West (hard to choose)

    Expecting big improvement from the Hawks, Magic, Warriors, Rockets, Nuggets, Celtics.
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  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭
    Surprise team in the East that may cause some teams problems may be the Knicks. In the West I see it being Houston.
  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Since I live in the SF Bay Area I would like to see the Warriors play the exciting, fast paced, run and gun style of basketball the played so well late last season to sneak into the playoffs and beat the Mavs in round one.

    If the Warriors have a better season (no injuries and a stable roster of greyhounds) than last year and with a repeat trip to the playoffs, that would help out the rather horrible quality of pro and major college sports that resides in the Bay Area at this time.
  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    Wrong time of the year for basketball to begin, this is football season, there will of course always be overlapping seasons for various
    sports but basketball in Oct.? They are starting now and the playoffs will not be over until next June!!!, the season and playoffs are just
    way too long.



  • bigred1bigred1 Posts: 667
    Celtics are sentimental favs along with mine, but I see Bulls in East and Suns, as long as Shawn Marion stays content, in West, with championship being in West.
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    im interested to see how the Celtics will do this year after their big acquisisitons.
  • bigred1bigred1 Posts: 667
    I hope it goes well, they traded half of the team, including Jefferson, which may hount them.
  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nobody likes Basketball up in this place? >>



    I do, just not the NBA kind. image
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  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭
    Alot more talk today about Kobe coming to Chicago. Kobe being the best player in the NBA would most likely take the Bulls all the way, but really dont like Kobe as a team player.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    He got booed by the LA fans last night.

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    Even Magic sided with the booing fans:

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    << <i>Lakers fans booed Bryant before tipoff, and at halftime, Magic Johnson spoke on their behalf in the TNT studio.

    "'I think the Laker fans want him to stay," Johnson said. "I mean . . . let's be frank about it. Colorado happened. Who supported him? The Laker fans. The Laker management supported him as well, through all of that. The Kobe-Shaq situation. The Laker fans still supported him. Laker management supported him.

    "It's all of those things. We have to understand that nobody wants to see him go, but he's demanding that he wants to go. So fans, they get upset when they have been there for years supporting you. They want you to stay.

    "So when you say, 'Hey, it's time for me to get out of town,' you're not going to expect them to be happy about this situation." >>



    But I thought only NY fans boo "the best" player in the game.

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  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭
    Yeah. I saw that game last night too. I thought that was great they boo him. image
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