Posted on 01/11/2015 8:23:45 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
The most common debunking of the game with slam-dunking is that everything happens in the final two minutes.
And while I agree with the sentiment of this statement, I do not accept that this is the fundamental ailment from which basketball suffers.
The main problem with basketball (thank you for asking) is that it’s too easy for the players to score. And this is not what Benjamin Basketball intended when he invented the sport back in the 1890s.
Okay, his name wasn’t really Benjamin Basketball (sadly)—it was Dr. James Naismith. B
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I used to like basketball. I don’t anymore. No special reason although I’ve long thought that the refs are way too involved.
And the main problem with soccer (from an American perspective) it’s that it’s too hard to score.
The regular season of the NBA is a joke. Nothing gets serious until the playoffs.
THAT headline poses a question that only Bill Klintoon can answer.
I can’t really give an opinion as I never cared for basketball. Always seemed like it was too monotonous.
The confused Brit didn’t bother to do much research. He might have realized that only man to man defense is permitted at the pro level to encourage more scoring. There is zone defense permitted at the college level, so scores are generally lower (assuming a fair matchup).
Personally I don’t much care for either soccer or Basketball (both extremes in scoring).
Well, you did give an opinion, and I happen to agree. I just have no time or interest for it. Not even college ball.
To me it is the most boring sport. I’ve been forcefed b ball my whole life. I just can’t. I like football and adore hockey but basketball just isn’t exciting.
I used to like basketball. I don’t anymore. No special reason although I’ve long thought that the refs are way too involved.
Same here. The refing is way too subjective. I’d watch my daughter play in high school and I used to say that I didn’t care if they won or lost, as long as they did the best. The only time I got agrivated was when I felt they were being challenged more by the refs than the other team.
Thing is, I see sports as just another human activity. It means when a ref clearly makes an intentionally bad call I want him-her to suffer for it. And battery is battery no matter where it happens, which is why I found myself on a soccer field in spite of my daughter’s coaches protests that the ref would take care of it. I asked, “Is the ref a cop?”
My take is that scoring has to be difficult enough to make the game exciting but easy enough to happen more than once every three games.
How could a Brit be confused by any game knowing that cricket is a major sport there? Most of what they do does not make any sense and the the score is always like 13-453-27 to 21-542-12...who won? At least in Basketball, you can easily tell that the players are trying to run down the court and get the ball in the basket. What are they even trying to do in cricket? Hit the ball? Miss the ball? When they hit it, they usually just stand there, but sometimes, they begin running back and forth. WTF? And those ridiculous looking “run and throws” by the one called the bowler seemed to be designed to look silly.
You would have to visit a small midwestern/Great Plains town during tournament time.
Nonstop action, the gyms are packed, entire towns turn out.
Win or lose you get to see the real America at play.
I disagree. The problem with soccer is that the teams don't play to win; rather, they play not to lose. Sitting on a 1 to 1 tie makes for a really boring game. Indeed, I've often thought that points in the standings ought to be subtracted from both teams so that a tie is more painful than a loss.
In addition, all the fake falls and crybaby crap gives the perception that soccer is only one step away from professional wrestling.
Because it's like hockey without goalies.
Next question ...
I started believing that the refs were picking the winners. Tim Donaghy cemented if for me. Donaghy admitted to doing so deliberately, and sometimes without a financial incentive, "just because". I suspect that NFL officials do the same thing, unconsciously. I've seen games were the officials seemed determined to give the game to the Pats, some that they seemed determined to give it to the opponents. Think "tuck rule" and yesterday's game. Flacco fumbled on his own three, and the zebras called it a forward pass.
Is he talking about Saturday night in his local pub ? (meow!)
The pros take 3 steps every time they drive to the basket...and the refs NEVER call traveling.
Add the thug culture, I stopped watching pros many, many moons ago.
College basketball is only interesting in March.
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