Stefano DiMera said:
...a lot of you old fogies don't know what you're missing that say you don't watch the NBA .
This has been the best playoffs I've ever seen..and we just started the 2nd round..
Two more not just buzzer beaters tonight. But two thrilling games.
Mitch Blood Green said:Stefano DiMera said:
...a lot of you old fogies don't know what you're missing that say you don't watch the NBA .
This has been the best playoffs I've ever seen..and we just started the 2nd round..
Two more not just buzzer beaters tonight. But two thrilling games.
We should catch a Mavericks game tonight. Oh, they're not in.
I haven't watched any of this year's playoffs and likely won't. But the NBA playoffs have always been good. The problem with that league is that you only see any defensive intensity and urgency for one month a year and have to endure major sports' worst regular season to get there.Stefano DiMera said:
...a lot of you old fogies don't know what you're missing that say you don't watch the NBA .
This has been the best playoffs I've ever seen..and we just started the 2nd round..
Two more not just buzzer beaters tonight. But two thrilling games.
MLB's 162 games says hi.bear2be2 said:I haven't watched any of this year's playoffs and likely won't. But the NBA playoffs have always been good. The problem with that league is that you only see any defensive intensity and urgency for one month a year and have to endure major sports' worst regular season to get there.Stefano DiMera said:
...a lot of you old fogies don't know what you're missing that say you don't watch the NBA .
This has been the best playoffs I've ever seen..and we just started the 2nd round..
Two more not just buzzer beaters tonight. But two thrilling games.
You just don't like baseball. But the game still looks -- and is largely played -- the same in April and May as it is in October. That the regular season is long is only a drawback to those who don't care for the sport in the first place.LTBear19 said:MLB's 162 games says hi.bear2be2 said:I haven't watched any of this year's playoffs and likely won't. But the NBA playoffs have always been good. The problem with that league is that you only see any defensive intensity and urgency for one month a year and have to endure major sports' worst regular season to get there.Stefano DiMera said:
...a lot of you old fogies don't know what you're missing that say you don't watch the NBA .
This has been the best playoffs I've ever seen..and we just started the 2nd round..
Two more not just buzzer beaters tonight. But two thrilling games.
It's hard to expect fans to care about the regular season when the players themselves don't in many cases.guadalupeoso said:
I love the NBA and always have. Always will. However, I wish more of the regular season felt this way. I keep up with the NBA all throughout the regular season, but don't watch that many of the games (other than when the Spurs are playing) because they just aren't worth the investment considering for many of the games the stakes simply don't feel that high. I think if the NBA would shorten the schedule to somewhere between 45-65 games and wouldn't start until Christmas time, the regular season would be much more enjoyable.
Completely agree. Also the league has always struggled with how to handle team's "managing" players rest by sitting them. I think NBA offices would like to penalize teams for doing so, but that feels extreme considering how many games the teams have. If they were to shorten the season, it would likely help justify any penalties that the NBA would want to assess against teams who sit star players in games against bad opponents just for pure "load management."bear2be2 said:It's hard to expect fans to care about the regular season when the players themselves don't in many cases.guadalupeoso said:
I love the NBA and always have. Always will. However, I wish more of the regular season felt this way. I keep up with the NBA all throughout the regular season, but don't watch that many of the games (other than when the Spurs are playing) because they just aren't worth the investment considering for many of the games the stakes simply don't feel that high. I think if the NBA would shorten the schedule to somewhere between 45-65 games and wouldn't start until Christmas time, the regular season would be much more enjoyable.
Basketball is the one pro sport I think could really benefit from shortening its regular season. Give more days off between games to keep star players from sitting out so often and shrink the margin of error to force teams to play more often with playoff-level urgency.
I've said this before and I stand by it. There is no sport with a bigger gap -- both in quality and effort -- between its regular season and postseason than the NBA. The league has to do something about that because it's literally not worth watching until the playoffs.
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bear2be2 said:You just don't like baseball. But the game still looks -- and is largely played -- the same in April and May as it is in October. That the regular season is long is only a drawback to those who don't care for the sport in the first place.LTBear19 said:MLB's 162 games says hi.bear2be2 said:I haven't watched any of this year's playoffs and likely won't. But the NBA playoffs have always been good. The problem with that league is that you only see any defensive intensity and urgency for one month a year and have to endure major sports' worst regular season to get there.Stefano DiMera said:
...a lot of you old fogies don't know what you're missing that say you don't watch the NBA .
This has been the best playoffs I've ever seen..and we just started the 2nd round..
Two more not just buzzer beaters tonight. But two thrilling games.
The same cannot be said for the NBA, which is a terrible product until the playoffs. It's not even worth watching until the postseason.
