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"remember when Karl Malone tried to set a pick for Kobe in the All Star game and Kobe pretty much told him to get the fuck out of his way? Yeah, that's when I knew the NBA was headed to ghettoville "

You think any pick up games in the ghetto would go anything like an NBA all-star game?

if so, you probably need to culture yourself, or at least not post or talk about shit you know nothing about




[Edited on January 11, 2008 at 10:48 AM. Reason : ]

1/11/2008 10:48:00 AM

you best check yourself before you wreck yourself

1/11/2008 10:48:50 AM

yeah they will actually wait till after the all-star game to shoot you

1/11/2008 10:49:02 AM

All Star weekend in Vegas was pretty ghetto. Am I right?

1/11/2008 10:49:57 AM

in 2nd grade, my best friend was a black guy who was from the ghetto in charlotte.

1/11/2008 10:50:46 AM

I have black friends

1/11/2008 10:51:12 AM

did he let you set a pick for him?

1/11/2008 10:51:17 AM

yea, i played quite a lot when i was little. I was a long range shooter though. swishing those 3's like no other. ya heard ?

1/11/2008 10:53:31 AM

the bill simmons article last year about the all-star weekend was hilarious.

i think he referred to it as "black people's superbowl"

1/11/2008 10:53:53 AM

did you say "RASHEED WALLACE" when you hit the J?

lol

1/11/2008 10:54:12 AM

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"i just dont care for a bunch of overpaid, half hearted quasi-criminals playing a lackluster game of basketball. there is hardly any sense of teamwork, the coaches can barely control their players, and the attitudes of the individuals is piss poor."

None of your BOYS are out there

If Simmons was scoring 20 a night

If Hodge was getting triple doubles on the regular

If Powell led the league in rebounds

If Evtimov was raining 3's like Kapono

If Levi Motherfuckin Watkins was doing anything at all

You guys would all love the NBA


You can deny it, try to to avoid it...but its so true

1/11/2008 10:54:31 AM

haha

just wait until this year in New Orleans. THAT is gonna be a spectacle

[Edited on January 11, 2008 at 10:55 AM. Reason : .]

1/11/2008 10:54:49 AM

no

I wouldn't


because it's hard enough for me to like basketball

^ I'm sure it'll be there soon, they try to get every even possible down there now

[Edited on January 11, 2008 at 10:55 AM. Reason : d]

1/11/2008 10:55:05 AM

nah, i pretty much drop following all my favorite college players once they hit the draft.

i start finding new favorite players to fill that red jersey

1/11/2008 10:56:10 AM

i would always yell out, hot damn. id sometimes yell out, boom shakalaka

1/11/2008 10:56:19 AM

As twist said earlier, if you don't like basketball in general

and only force yourself to tolerate it to support NC State's team

thats one thing

its the people who love college ball and hate the pro game

who I'm targeting

1/11/2008 10:57:11 AM

i dont even like state football. i just like to get drunk at the tailgates. and sometimes go skiing the night before a tailgate.



well, i use to anyways.

1/11/2008 10:58:31 AM

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"i just dont care for a bunch of overpaid, half hearted quasi-criminals playing a lackluster game of basketball"

how bout overpaid half hearted quasi-criminals playing football? baseball? acting in hollywood movies?

let alone the lack of effort you imply is completely false...it always seems like the people who don't like the nba base it off common stereotypes and not actually watching it

[Edited on January 11, 2008 at 11:02 AM. Reason : .]

1/11/2008 10:59:49 AM

People who hate the NBA and like rap music

they've got their shit together

1/11/2008 11:01:31 AM

I'll watch the Cavs from time to time, but my god it's painful.

whatever happened to the good ol days of Mark Price, Larry Nance and Brad Daugherty

1/11/2008 11:03:22 AM

they all got old and either retired or took their black redneck ass into the NASCAR announcers booth

1/11/2008 11:08:24 AM

I was an NBA fanatic back in the day. Now, not so much

1/11/2008 11:09:34 AM

I always laugh at the people who say they enjoy the "college style of play" more than the NBA. What? You enjoy shitty quality basketball? Retarded officiating where if you fall down and have a Duke or UNC on your jersey you get the call?

It's one thing if the people like the atmosphere or would rather root for something they have a definite connection to... that is understandable. But the "style of play" argument is just hilarious...

1/11/2008 11:11:36 AM

I'll go to a bobcats game every once in a while. . but i'd never pay full price to see them lose.

1/11/2008 11:12:00 AM

^^yeah i've been to over half of the bobcats home games this year and the atmosphere definitely isnt like a college atmosphere...thats a legitimate gripe...but if i went to 41 bobcats games and the intensity was like tomorrow's game versus UNC every single game, i'd have a heart attack before the season ended

[Edited on January 11, 2008 at 11:12 AM. Reason : ^^]

1/11/2008 11:12:39 AM

i just like the fact that in college the players try and compete to make the most out of the 4 years they have with that program. a program that most, i know not all, gain a definitive connection to.

in the pros, if it doesnt work out in 2 or 3 year..oh well fuck it, i'll just slack off till they trade my ass. its just hard to get behind that.

1/11/2008 11:14:44 AM

I think the point people are trying to make is



NBA ballas keep it real

1/11/2008 11:16:06 AM

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" in the pros college, if it doesnt work out in 2 or 3 year..oh well fuck it, i'll just slack off till they trade and transfer my ass"

1/11/2008 11:16:49 AM

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"you fall into the same trap as a lot of nba haters, who equivocate low scores in college to great defense, instead of shitty offense "

exactly

an avg nba has far more possessions than the avg ncaa game due to it being 8 mins longer with a shorter shot clock & there being a higher percentage of teams who want to have as many possessions per game as possible (teams in the suns & warriors mold)

obviously higher amounts of possessions leads to highers scores

also ppg allowed is such an outdated way to measure a team defensively...i believe a teams defensive efficiency rating (or points allowed per 100 possessions) is a much better predictor of defensive ability

lo & behold, detroit is ranked 3 in points per 100 possessions and 2nd in points allowed per 100 possessions (they are a distant second behind boston)

not to mention that denver averages the most possessions per game while ranking 4th in defensive efficiency, which goes to show that just b/c you want to run up & down the court doesn't mean you can't also play D

[Edited on January 11, 2008 at 11:22 AM. Reason : not to mention that gem of a game last night b/t GW & StL]

1/11/2008 11:19:45 AM

yeah 48 minutes to 40 minutes means 20% more time to score in the nba = higher scores

24 second shot clock versus 35 second shot clock means more shots per minute = higher scores

not being able to have your center stand under the basket on defense the entire game and force him to have more skills than george muresahn = more chances for inside (non transition) baskets = higher scores

1/11/2008 11:32:28 AM

Also the longer 3 point line helps higher scores

It makes 3's harder, but spaces the floor the give much bigger lanes for driving players pick and roll-type plays

In college, the middle gets too clogged because no one is more than 20 feet from the basket

It takes the flow out of the game and creates scores in the 40s and 50s

1/11/2008 11:35:46 AM

Practice?!!!!

1/11/2008 11:35:55 AM

We talkin bout goin to class man...not playin versus UNC man, we're talkin bout goin to class?

Boosters?!!!!!

1/11/2008 11:36:37 AM

yeh, i mean its one thing to say i prefer college games live due to the tie to your school or the better atmosphere

but to say the actual on-the-court performance in college is better than that in the nba only shows the persons basketball ignorance


that said, the nba needs to take a page from the ncaa & cut down their playoffs....there is ZERO need for a best of 7 opening round, or second round for that matter

1/11/2008 11:36:58 AM

i think the 7 game series could be a lot better if they simply aired them earlier...i remember playoff basketball back in the day was often on sunday afternoons...now a Denver Lakers game might start at 10:30 eastern

1/11/2008 11:38:10 AM