NCAA 2009-10 Hoops: Yo, mah Jordans, nigga

[derspiess]

College basketball is interesting and exciting, and the NBA is fucking boring and lame.

Correct.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Anyway at least the NFL season is only 16 games.  If the NBA had a 40 game regular season it would not matter there were so many playoff spots it would still be alot more compelling.

There needs to be fewer regular season games, but 40 might not be enough unless they change the playoff format (potentially 28 games).  That strike season was really exciting all year (it probably helps that the Spurs kicked some ass that year  ), but it was only 50 games long, and was almost awkwardly short, especially when they had a regular playoff schedule (first round was only best of 5 then though).  So maybe tacking on an extra 10 games to that would help, for a total of 60.  22 fewer games compared to now, the playoffs won't seem abnormally long after a super short season, but if you lose...probably 20-25 games, at least in the current West, you're really really close to being fucked and not making it.  Leave the divisional winner+5 more playoff system.

E: They will never do this, of course.   

[CountDeMoney]

I remain flabbergasted at how big the following of college basketball is on this board compared with the almost total lack of interest for the NBA.

Pro sports are pretty much non-existant in Austin.  I am only a NFL fan because my father is from DC where the Washington Redskins are an obsession.

The Redskins are only an obsession with NoVa homers and PG and Monkey County.  DC proper is full of transplants that brought their Cubbies hats with them.

[CountDeMoney]

Posted because in basketball, the ACC is the only conference that matters.

When will Maryland be relevant again?

GO CUSE!

Meh, I'm used to the AL East, so being 3rd in a conference as the best possibilitiy is old hat.

[Admiral Yi]

The Redskins are only an obsession with NoVa homers and PG and Monkey County.  DC proper is full of transplants that brought their Cubbies hats with them.

The 60% of DC that is black and home grown is big on the Skins.

[CountDeMoney]

In which ways is the NBA boring and lame for you?

No defense, no fundamentals.  PASS THE BALL FOUR TIMES BEFORE SHOOTING.  FOUR!

[CountDeMoney]

The Redskins are only an obsession with NoVa homers and PG and Monkey County.  DC proper is full of transplants that brought their Cubbies hats with them.

The 60% of DC that is black and home grown is big on the Skins.

They can't afford tickets, so they don't count.

[Admiral Yi]

They can't afford tickets, so they don't count.

The old dude who dressed up as an Indian and got his ass kicked up in Philly was black.

[CountDeMoney]

They can't afford tickets, so they don't count.

The old dude who dressed up as an Indian and got his ass kicked up in Philly was black.

I think Daniel Snyder sued him.

[Neil]

Edit:  Oh, and the NBA and NHL seasons are the same number of games, and the same number of teams (16) make the playoffs.  They also both have the same total number of teams (30). 

Really?  You're going to say that something is alright because the NHL does it too?  The NHL, the worst-managed pro league there is?  The NHL, whose popularity has disintegrated over the last twenty years?

And BTW:  Baseball is for fags.  Either stop watching it or get a divorce.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Really?  You're going to say that something is alright because the NHL does it too?

what

And BTW:  Baseball is for fags.  Either stop watching it or get a divorce.

Who are you talking to?

[Neil]

Really?  You're going to say that something is alright because the NHL does it too?

what

30 teams, 80-something games, more than half the league in the playoffs.  Those are the things that the NBA and NHL have in common.  They are also part of what has destroyed the NHL as a top-flight league.

And BTW:  Baseball is for fags.  Either stop watching it or get a divorce.

Who are you talking to?

Valmy.

[MadBurgerMaker]

30 teams, 80-something games, more than half the league in the playoffs.  Those are the things that the NBA and NHL have in common.  They are also part of what has destroyed the NHL as a top-flight league.

Okay.  It is too bad about the NHL, yes. 

e: Speaking of things that have destroyed the NHL, the, or one of the, minor league affiliates of the Coyotes is here.  They're not generally all that good, but it's a nice change of pace hitting up one of their games every once in a while.  They're owned by the wildly successful local NBA team.

[The Larch]

In which ways is the NBA boring and lame for you?

No defense, no fundamentals.  PASS THE BALL FOUR TIMES BEFORE SHOOTING.  FOUR!

I'd say that that was more the case some 5 years ago or earlier, I've been following the league regularly for the last few years and I don't get that vibe. Other comments seem similarly dated to me, like the "new Jordan" ones and so on.

Have you guys been following the league lately, or did you stop in the early 00s? I mean, sure there are some guys and teams that have that kind of streetball mentality and so on, but I think that the level of the game has gotten better lately, so I'd say that you could give this NBA season a shot, just to check. 

[CountDeMoney]

In which ways is the NBA boring and lame for you?

No defense, no fundamentals.  PASS THE BALL FOUR TIMES BEFORE SHOOTING.  FOUR!

I'd say that that was more the case some 5 years ago or earlier, I've been following the league regularly for the last few years and I don't get that vibe. Other comments seem similarly dated to me, like the "new Jordan" ones and so on.

Have you guys been following the league lately, or did you stop in the early 00s? I mean, sure there are some guys and teams that have that kind of streetball mentality and so on, but I think that the level of the game has gotten better lately, so I'd say that you could give this NBA season a shot, just to check. 

Meh, the other great thing about college over the NBA: white guys can still impact the game.

And yes, I stopped watching the NBA somewhere around 9/11.

But when NBC dumped John Tesh's master work, that was it for me.