How important is the NBA to you?

[CODE_BLUE56]

^my take on that

1.In pro sports players are traded around more so a player isnt committed to a team like they are committed to a school in college
2.You dont see the kind of awesome atmosphere in pro places that you do in college except for baseball(no NBA arena can match a place like Cameron or Allen Fieldhouse)
3.This is a little controversial although college players really try to put more effort on D because of the shorter season(this relates to basketball specifically)
4.The NCAA tournament is absolutely insane....blows the NBA playoffs right out of the water except for maybe a Boston-Chi 2008 series or a great finals matchup and/or series
5.College Rivalries are much more intense,are more storied,and the fans have much more hatred towards each other(except for baseball...baseball is pretty much the exception in all of this imo)
6.Traditions...whether its in football or basketball there are some amazing traditions out there you just dont see in the pros...the A&M yell...the dotting of the I....Cameron Crazies...etc.
7.There are no corrupt superstars in college...you cant make a super college team...college players USUALLY dont get payed and the pros are more like a job with all the contract mess


jmo tho

 

[bossdrb]

1. Football. 2. Baseball. 3. Basketball. 4. Hockey. 8. Jessica Alba pictures.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

1. Football. 2. Baseball. 3. Basketball. 4. Hockey. 8. Jessica Alba pictures.

that's 8!?

you havent hit puberty have u:smoke:

 

[Chi-Town Brahma]

Megan Fox, Katy Perry, Jessica Alba....etc etc. I hope they are on all our lists. :beerbang:

No doubt. :rofl:

 

[Crystallas]

#12 recovering from dominant hand injuries

 

[nickofypres]

I only like the Bulls. The rest of the NBA pretty much irks me.

 

[Chi-Town Brahma]

^
For me.....the Mavs have always irked me.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

i have an dislike for the mavs as well idk why

i like the cowboys

maybe its because i like the spurs and they are "rivals"

its not nowitzki i like him

idk what it is

maybe its cuban

maybe its their playoff chokes

idk

 

[Chi-Town Brahma]

i have an dislike for the mavs as well idk why

i like the cowboys

maybe its because i like the spurs and they are "rivals"

its not nowitzki i like him

idk what it is

maybe its cuban

maybe its their playoff chokes

idk

For me....it's a few things..........

#1. Cuban & his ****** bag over confidence.

#2. Dirk Nowitzki: He is your typical stat guy with Zero accolades to his name (no titles, & highly unproven)

#3. I went to a Mavs/Wolves game in Jan '04. Their fans are a bunch of dicks.

#4. The Mavs are one of the most notorious choke artist franchises in NBA History yet the media & fans for some reason give them hope to win it all.

#5. And finally.......all the above a valid reason CTB will not think otherwise.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

cant imagine the mavs winning a title...i mean like literally its just so bizarre even tho at one point they were VERY close to winning one

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Yes, I realize it is only your opinion, but.....

1.In pro sports players are traded around more so a player isnt committed to a team like they are committed to a school in college

As opposed to the players in college who are only there for one year, and they are done? The only players who stay all four years now are mostly over hyped bums who are only really good because the talent pool in the NCAA is so diluted. Paging Luke Harangody......

2.You dont see the kind of awesome atmosphere in pro places that you do in college except for baseball(no NBA arena can match a place like Cameron or Allen Fieldhouse)

So then are you going for the game, or the atmosphere??

3.This is a little controversial although college players really try to put more effort on D because of the shorter season(this relates to basketball specifically)

They have to put much more effort on D because they are not as good. This idea that in the NBA you don't have players playing defense is tired and dated.

4.The NCAA tournament is absolutely insane....blows the NBA playoffs right out of the water except for maybe a Boston-Chi 2008 series or a great finals matchup and/or series

I'll disagree, but ok, I'll give you that one.

5.College Rivalries are much more intense,are more storied,and the fans have much more hatred towards each other(except for baseball...baseball is pretty much the exception in all of this imo)

In other words; modern day tribalism

6.Traditions...whether its in football or basketball there are some amazing traditions out there you just dont see in the pros...the A&M yell...the dotting of the I....Cameron Crazies...etc.

Whatever. Does that stuff really matter to you? Really??

7.There are no corrupt superstars in college...you cant make a super college team...college players USUALLY dont get payed and the pros are more like a job with all the contract mess

Laughable. You've obviously never heard of AAU. Even our own Derrick Rose had his share of incidences at Memphis.


To answer the original question of this thread. The NBA is very important to me at least. If baseball were to go away tomorrow, I probably wouldn't bat an eye. If the Bears were to move to another city, or get contracted from the NFL I'd be upset but life would go on for me.

I can sit down and watch any NBA game though. The regular season is fun, and the playoffs are amazing. The only thing about the NBA that I don't bother with is the All-Star game. To put it this way......I'd watch a Portland-Utah game over any college basketball game, any college football game. Probably over any baseball game. Probably not the Bears though.

 

[Crystallas]

I'm still scratching my head to why a 3 and out spammer's ads are still in their sig? Forum sponsor?

 

[Capt. Serious]

NHL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NBA

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

NHL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NBA

:rofl:

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

Yes, I realize it is only your opinion, but.....

As opposed to the players in college who are only there for one year, and they are done? The only players who stay all four years now are mostly over hyped bums who are only really good because the talent pool in the NCAA is so diluted. Paging Luke Harangody......

Ya my first one has not done so well since the one and done rule which has ruined college basketball imo...let those players skip college and have everyone else stay 3+ years. But one and dones make up a very small % of the whole D1 player population....2-3 year players even if they do go to the NBA are not just "passing by" they are at school for those years and are committed to their college....players in the NBA will never root for their former NBA teams but they will always root for their college team.

So then are you going for the game, or the atmosphere??

Well the atmosphere helps the game be more exiciting and college fans are alot more passionate about the sport than NBA fans at an NBA game you dont see seas of the teams color.....NBA games are very well...lackadaisical imo

They have to put much more effort on D because they are not as good. This idea that in the NBA you don't have players playing defense is tired and dated.

i never said that i just said they put more effort on D....doesnt mean the NBA DONT play D

I'll disagree, but ok, I'll give you that one.

In other words; modern day tribalism

What would you rather see? UNC-Duke/Texas-Texas A&M or Miami vs. Orlando? Now you would say Miami and Orlando but they arent really heated rivals and when they play its just another boring nba game the "rivalry" isnt heated or exciting until the playoffs. College rivalries are huge

Whatever. Does that stuff really matter to you? Really??

I can tell you're not a collegiate sports fan

Laughable. You've obviously never heard of AAU. Even our own Derrick Rose had his share of incidences at Memphis.

Ya i realized what i said right after i posted it although you cant say that the NBA isnt more corrupt even with college having the one and done rule you're also looking at a very small % of the NCAA....you dont have Lebron,Wade,and Bosh controlling the spotlight and taking less money to make a super team in college....

Guess we both agree that there shouldnt be a one and done rule

To answer the original question of this thread. The NBA is very important to me at least. If baseball were to go away tomorrow, I probably wouldn't bat an eye. If the Bears were to move to another city, or get contracted from the NFL I'd be upset but life would go on for me.

If baseball was gone i'd be sad but it wouldnt be that bad....same with the cowboys....guess i'd have to start rooting for the texans(oh god no)

I can sit down and watch any NBA game though. The regular season is fun, and the playoffs are amazing.

The regular season imo is ok but hard to watch after 50+ games but w/e....the playoffs are good but i hate the first couple of rounds unless there are upsets because its usually sweeps or 4-1 series...though there have been some exciting series in recent years

The only thing about the NBA that I don't bother with is the All-Star game. To put it this way......I'd watch a Portland-Utah game over any college basketball game, any college football game. Probably over any baseball game. Probably not the Bears though.

Ya the all star game sucks hard. And i like the NBA dont get me wrong because of the stuff ive said about it....in fact basketball is my favorite sport barely ahead of football(i actually like college football and the NFL pretty evenly) College basketball is just my favorite....my absolute favorite....if i divided it into college and pros i'd go:

1.College b ball
1b.NFL
1b.NCAAFB
2.NBA(?)
3.MLB
4.Soccer
5.Australian Football(if this was in america it'd be above football..seriously this sport is effing awesome)

 

[TopekaRoy]

Here are my top 10 rankings in order of interest:

!. NFL Football
2. College Football
3. NBA Basketball
4. NCAA Basketball
5. NHL Hockey
6. Aussie Football (thanks to Mhz Worldview broadcasts)
7. Arena Football
8. Woman's Beach Volleyball
9. Professional Tournament Poker
10. MLB Baseball

The NBA hasn't been important to me since The Bulls won their Last NBA Championship, but that's changing. Coincidentally, that fall was the year I moved to Topeka. Kansas City doesn't have an NBA team so it's completely ignored here until the playoffs, then it's mostly ignored. I'm 20 minutes from the KU Jayhawks campus, so NCAA basketball is HUGE in this town. I became a K-State football fan when I moved down here and a KU Basketball fan.

Living in the Chicago area, I never paid much attention to NCAA sports, other than occasionally checking the scores/standings for Illinois and Northwestern. That's changed in the last 11 years. I don't think most people in the Chicago area fully understand how passionate fans are about college sports outside of the big cities. I certainly didn't. Code Blue is right on about the rivalries, traditions, etc. in the NCAA. I can't tell you how many times I've heard an entire crowded sports bar chanting "Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk, Kaaay Youuu" at the end of a basketball game.

Tell a Chiefs fan around here that "Kansas City sucks" and most will say "I agree, but this year ..." Tell a KU fan that "the Jayhawks suck" and your likely to get your ass kicked, or at the very least get into a heated argument about how they are better than K-State, or Mizzou.

Regarding the NBA, I probably would've ranked them below arena football a year ago. I passively followed the Bulls, mostly just to see how Hinrich was doing, until about the last third of last season. Now that Rose and Noah have hit their strides, and after all the improvements they've made this summer, I'm very anxious to see them play this winter.

As far as the playoffs go, I have to agree that the NCAA tournament is far more exciting than the NBA playoffs (except for Bulls games). They go from 64 teams to the final four in two weekends and every game is do or die! The NBA playoffs take forever.

I'm a football fan first, and always will be. Most NBA games aren't very exciting until the final 3 minutes or so. But thanks to online streaming, I'll be watching all of the Bulls games this year!.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Ya my first one has not done so well since the one and done rule which has ruined college basketball imo...let those players skip college and have everyone else stay 3+ years.

I think if you want to play college basketball, you should and do it for as long as the NCAA allows you to. If you think you can make the jump from high school to the NBA, that is your choice, but you need to understand the gamble (Kwame Brown).

But one and dones make up a very small % of the whole D1 player population....2-3 year players even if they do go to the NBA are not just "passing by" they are at school for those years and are committed to their college....players in the NBA will never root for their former NBA teams but they will always root for their college team.

Well sure, they'll always have a connection more to the amateur level than the professional. I think that is probably the same with most people.

Well the atmosphere helps the game be more exiciting and college fans are alot more passionate about the sport than NBA fans at an NBA game you dont see seas of the teams color.....NBA games are very well...lackadaisical imo

I'd say they probably show their passion in other ways. Just because you're not sitting in a student section, and painting your face the colors of your team doesn't mean you aren't passionate.

I mean, it kind of is comparing apples to oranges. In college, you have student sections, with discounted tickets, and really, what else can you do in Champaign-Urbana?

Compare that to going to a Bulls game, where I'll admit, it is corporate atmosphere. You also though, have much higher ticket prices and a lot more things you can do in the city on a Monday night.

i never said that i just said they put more effort on D....doesnt mean the NBA DONT play D

My bad. I apologize for taking that the wrong way.

:elephant:

What would you rather see? UNC-Duke/Texas-Texas A&M or Miami vs. Orlando? Now you would say Miami and Orlando but they arent really heated rivals and when they play its just another boring nba game the "rivalry" isnt heated or exciting until the playoffs. College rivalries are huge

Honestly? I'd rather see Miami vs. Orlando. I would very much disagree that rivalries only show up in the playoffs. A lot of teams have heated games during the regular season. I don't particularly care for the yuppie entitled 'Cameron Crazies' (who probably will never see Durham again after graduation) chant their hilarious slams at UNC players.

I can tell you're not a collegiate sports fan

Quite the contrary.

Ya i realized what i said right after i posted it although you cant say that the NBA isnt more corrupt even with college having the one and done rule you're also looking at a very small % of the NCAA....you dont have Lebron,Wade,and Bosh controlling the spotlight and taking less money to make a super team in college....

Actually in most cases it's taking more money to make a super team. Despite them not winning, one could easily argue that Kentucky this past year was a super team. I have to question how legitimate some of those scholarships were.

Guess we both agree that there shouldnt be a one and done rule

Absolutely. Let the kid take the gamble and go straight to the NBA.

5.Australian Football(if this was in america it'd be above football..seriously this sport is effing awesome)

Could not agree more.

 

[Chi-Town Brahma]

Here are my top 10 rankings in order of interest:

!. NFL Football
2. College Football
3. NBA Basketball
4. NCAA Basketball
5. NHL Hockey
6. Aussie Football (thanks to Mhz Worldview broadcasts)
7. Arena Football
8. Woman's Beach Volleyball
9. Professional Tournament Poker
10. MLB Baseball

The NBA hasn't been important to me since The Bulls won their Last NBA Championship, but that's changing. Coincidentally, that fall was the year I moved to Topeka. Kansas City doesn't have an NBA team so it's completely ignored here until the playoffs, then it's mostly ignored. I'm 20 minutes from the KU Jayhawks campus, so NCAA basketball is HUGE in this town. I became a K-State football fan when I moved down here and a KU Basketball fan.

Living in the Chicago area, I never paid much attention to NCAA sports, other than occasionally checking the scores/standings for Illinois and Northwestern. That's changed in the last 11 years. I don't think most people in the Chicago area fully understand how passionate fans are about college sports outside of the big cities. I certainly didn't. Code Blue is right on about the rivalries, traditions, etc. in the NCAA. I can't tell you how many times I've heard an entire crowded sports bar chanting "Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk, Kaaay Youuu" at the end of a basketball game.

Tell a Chiefs fan around here that "Kansas City sucks" and most will say "I agree, but this year ..." Tell a KU fan that "the Jayhawks suck" and your likely to get your ass kicked, or at the very least get into a heated argument about how they are better than K-State, or Mizzou.

Regarding the NBA, I probably would've ranked them below arena football a year ago. I passively followed the Bulls, mostly just to see how Hinrich was doing, until about the last third of last season. Now that Rose and Noah have hit their strides, and after all the improvements they've made this summer, I'm very anxious to see them play this winter.

As far as the playoffs go, I have to agree that the NCAA tournament is far more exciting than the NBA playoffs (except for Bulls games). They go from 64 teams to the final four in two weekends and every game is do or die! The NBA playoffs take forever.

I'm a football fan first, and always will be. Most NBA games aren't very exciting until the final 3 minutes or so. But thanks to online streaming, I'll be watching all of the Bulls games this year!.

If there is another team I'd root for in college sports it'd be Mizzu (or Mizzou to everyone else lol).

Loved watching them with Kareem Rush back in the early 2000's.

 

[TopekaRoy]

If there is another team I'd root for in college sports it'd be Mizzu (or Mizzou to everyone else lol).

Loved watching them with Kareem Rush back in the early 2000's.

Sorry ... Reflexive action

 

[tbo41fan]

The Blackhawks and the NHL have always been and will always be my number one team/sport hands down. Ever since I started college, College sports have jumped up on my list. I watch every Bears game I can get on tv out here, and i follow all their games checking for scores and looking at rumors. The Cubs have always been another team I follow religiously. I continue to watch them even when they are horrible (this year). Thank god I get WGN out here. lol

The Bulls have never really been that high on my list. In the past I always checked their score every day and followed rumors. But since I started watching college basketball here at Arizona, I've gotten more into basketball and am excited to watch more Bulls games this year.

As for other oddball sports, my family has a history of soccer (my 2nd cousin played for Yugoslavia's National Team) so Soccer is one of my favorites as well

1. Hockey(Blackhawks)


2. Baseball (Cubs)
3. College Football (University of Arizona)
4. College Basketball (University of Arizona)
5. Football and Basketball Tied (Bears/Bulls)
6. Soccer (Serbian National Team/Manchester United/Chicago Fire)