wow, having not seen one NBA game all season ive gotta say that this playoffs have been really good, atleast the western conferance,
the games are competative, fans are into it, great players, lots of stories
so i'd say the NBA is back!!

5/15/2007 11:01:42 PM

back from what?

5/15/2007 11:02:29 PM

this could be in the Nba playoffs thread

but, i dont think it was ever gone

5/15/2007 11:03:47 PM

loch

5/15/2007 11:04:35 PM

5/15/2007 11:05:38 PM

sexy was gone at one point

but the NBA never was

except in 1999

5/15/2007 11:05:58 PM

chicago and utah play like college teams.

5/15/2007 11:20:55 PM

what are yall talking about, the NBA was nonexistant for the last 8 years

5/15/2007 11:23:02 PM

I would have to agree with this topic. After being a HUGE NBA fan for years I just quit watching for the past 7 or 8 years but these playoffs have been very entertaining.

5/16/2007 12:49:00 AM

looks like just a bunch of flagrant fouls to me. Hell, in this GS vs Utah series, theres been 5 or 6 cheap shots already. Not the mention the shots b/t nash and bowen etc

but def. some emotion being shown

5/16/2007 12:52:09 AM

this is a bigger slugfest than mayweather de la hoya

5/16/2007 12:53:19 AM

This dude obviously didn't watch the playoffs last year. (which were 100 times more entertaining)

5/16/2007 12:58:47 AM

well im sure it didnt happen overnight but it certainly seems to be back now, it took a while to get out of jordans and other greats shadow

5/16/2007 1:13:14 AM

the nba is always "back" in the playoffs

that's the only time the nba matters

5/16/2007 1:34:14 AM

basketball has been back since 2003 when lebron came in

5/16/2007 1:38:55 AM

its still the nba. you won't remember any of this in 6 months.

5/16/2007 2:57:34 AM

^ lol, ftw.

5/16/2007 6:25:16 AM

i have forgotten everything thats happened in college sports recently

fuck florida, its not worth watching anymore

5/16/2007 8:02:03 AM

more like the NBA is "BLACK"

AMIRITE?

5/16/2007 8:17:16 AM

No, no it's not.

5/16/2007 10:05:15 AM

hey the nfl is back! i havent watched it in the last 7-8 years cause it sucked but now its back!

5/16/2007 11:37:19 AM

i will say that i've enjoyed the nba playoffs this year moreso than those of recent years

and on a side note, espn has completely abandoned its nhl coverage... i realize that's a product of having no tv contract with the league and having one with the nba, but still

5/16/2007 11:40:53 AM

Quote :

"This dude obviously didn't watch the playoffs last year. (which were 100 times more entertaining)"

i agree. the playoffs last year were better than the playoffs this year...which have still been entertaining.

5/16/2007 12:11:19 PM

i liked 2005 playoffs, 2004 playoffs, and 2006 playoffs

in that order

[Edited on May 16, 2007 at 1:03 PM. Reason : 2004 finals was pistons lakers in which EVERYONE thought lakers would win]

[Edited on May 16, 2007 at 1:03 PM. Reason : ^yeah i agree]

5/16/2007 1:02:28 PM

Quote :

"more like the NBA is "BLACK""

Pretty much They sold out awhile ago. But then again I havent payed it much attention since the Hornets fell to shame and left charlotte.... And then we get the Bobcats Talk about a BLACK (and UNC aligned) sports organization if ever there was one...

5/16/2007 3:22:50 PM

no good basketball players are ever black

5/16/2007 4:02:33 PM

^^nope, definitely no good black basketball players. and UNC never had any good players either. definitely can't cheer for the bobcats because they have lots of black people from UNC. seek help buddy

[Edited on May 16, 2007 at 4:12 PM. Reason : ,]

5/16/2007 4:12:37 PM

i used to be a carolina panthers fan...but then when they got that black unc guy peppers i hated the team...also he isnt a good football player

5/16/2007 4:47:38 PM

^^well played

5/16/2007 5:50:18 PM

haha you people are ridiculous

the nba playoffs are always nice

last years playoffs outshadowed the ncaa tourney by far

the pacers/pistons series a few years back was nuts

5/16/2007 6:31:09 PM

i think the 2004 playoffs were also the first time a lot of people heard of dwayne wade

he dunked over some dude for the pacers(i think?) in the first round(believe they lost in the first round and got shaq later that summer)

5/16/2007 6:35:26 PM

i've always been a huge NBA fan, but i'll admit that the league wasn't very fun to watch from 1999-2003. Since 2004, though, it's definitely been entertaining again.

and yes, that pistons-pacers series in 2004, when tayshaun had probably the biggest block of the past 20 years, was incredibly nuts. it was reggie miller's last season, and the media kept talking about reggie reggie reggie the entire playoffs. that particular game, reggie basically carried the pacers back from a huge deficit in the fourth quarter. then he got that steal and was about to tie the game with a lay-up, and i was like "oh shit. now i gotta hear about reggie miller and how freaking great he is for the next month...crap..." but no!! tayshaun prince to the rescue!! he came out of nowhere, threw reggie's shit at the rim, and literally jumped out of my seat. freaking amazing.

to reggie's credit, last week he was color commentating a playoff game, and someone dunked on a fast-break with a defender trailing them - reggie commented "see, that's what i should've done. instead i tried to lay it up and tayshaun got me..."

[Edited on May 16, 2007 at 6:44 PM. Reason : had to talk about that block. shit was tight.]

5/16/2007 6:38:01 PM

99-03 was dope because the hornets were in charlotte (part of that time) and they were actually good

5/16/2007 6:40:09 PM

^ i hear you, wish they had gone farther in the playoffs though. unfortunately those were also the years in which teams regularly scored in the 70's and 80's.

5/16/2007 6:48:18 PM

yeah...i guess for me personally, the only real down years for my own personal tastes were the years where charlotte didnt have a team

5/16/2007 6:49:15 PM

actually i shouldnt have made this thread until the regular season actually became interesting.
but what make this playoffs special is how much the fans are into it.
golden state, jazz, lakers, etc. everybody is hyped up
dallas, san antonio, the fact that i even know who is in the playoffs speaks great volumes.

5/16/2007 6:54:38 PM

regular seasons in most sports dont get interesting to the casual fan until the last month

if the nfl played 82 regular season games it would lose a lot of interest from casual fans

5/16/2007 7:00:34 PM

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5/16/2007 9:40:09 PM

nba

[Edited on May 17, 2007 at 7:56 AM. Reason : .]

5/17/2007 7:56:16 AM

they messed everything up with keeping Boris and Amare out last night

and yeah, I too jumped out of my chair when Tay blocked Reggie, i was glad because I was pulling for the Pistons Lakers matchup... that was a great season

5/17/2007 8:07:26 AM