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nwuhockey
10-16-2009, 05:50 PM
Who likes Basketball?
200tang
10-16-2009, 05:53 PM
nobody.
OregonDuck1989
10-16-2009, 05:53 PM
David Stern

...no wait, no he doesn't.
5dodgers5
10-16-2009, 05:57 PM
I love it. My life revolves around it haha.
guidi2009
10-16-2009, 05:58 PM
Big basketball fan here.
SirKodiak
10-16-2009, 06:01 PM
I used to. The whole superstar rules thing turned me off, as did a lot of the antics that went along with the NBA. I still kinda like NCAA basketball.
KowboyKoop
10-16-2009, 06:27 PM
College basketball is fan-freaking-tastic.

NBA....playoffs can be okay. Regular season is a gigantic waste of time. If the NBA would cut the # of playoff berths in half, thereby creating some actual fight for the playoffs spots..then it would be a lot better. As is, it's just a giant tickle fight for seeding..even mediocre teams that can barely touch .500 are guaranteed a spot pretty much.
filihok
10-16-2009, 06:31 PM
Playing basketball


Coaching basketball





Watching NCAA basketball











Watching the NBA
Jeffy25
10-16-2009, 06:49 PM
I used to. The whole superstar rules thing turned me off, as did a lot of the antics that went along with the NBA. I still kinda like NCAA basketball.

agree fully with Kodiaks' sentiments.
dps
10-16-2009, 09:58 PM
I enjoy shooting some hoops, but I don't really care much for it as a spectator sport.
etothep
10-16-2009, 10:05 PM
used to, not really sure what why i rarely watch it anymore
FloydtheBarber
10-16-2009, 10:27 PM
You're mom likes basketball, just ask KowboyKoop.
ragecage
10-17-2009, 06:05 PM
I love March Madness, very fun to watch, NBA, not so much.
DiceDig
10-19-2009, 02:37 PM
I shoot hoops all I can during the summer and referee every weekend during the season.
I always lose big time in NCAA tourney pools. I love watching old 90's NBA on ESPN Classic, too.
skudplayr
10-19-2009, 03:40 PM
I like it. However, my problem with the NBA is that it's so hard to become good quickly and there is little to no parity.

Unless you get a top pick and get a franchise changer like LeBron or Howard, you aren't going to be getting better very quickly thanks to the salary cap and guaranteed contracts. As a Sixer fan, we haven't had a top 5 pick since 1997 and haven't had a top 10 pick since we drafted Iguodala. Signing Elton Brand has not looked too good (although he's looked great this preseason).

But, the fact that I know that my team will only be able to finish somewhere from 4-8 and will likely not make it out of the 1st round is kind of depressing. I also know that the Lakers, Hornets, Nuggets, and Spurs will be somewhere 1-5 in the West and that the Celtics, Cavs, and Magic will be the top 3 teams in the East. The NBA needs a new CBA, one that either loosens the salary cap's stranglehold or minimizes guaranteed contracts.
Coach Owens
10-19-2009, 05:03 PM
College basketball is awesome. The NBA sucks and much of that has to be credited to David "Bribes accepted here!" Stern. I'm pretty sure that all sports fans who liked the Sonics at all hate him. And for a good reason, too.
OregonDuck1989
10-19-2009, 05:48 PM
I like both college basketball and the NBA. But I really don't get too into the NBA until the playoffs.