1. 01-31-21 12:03 PM #36
    Roger T. Bannon
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    Nobody watches games for defense. The NBA is an 82-game pre-season. Why does anybody watch?

    Tune in playoff time and they will play a little defense for you when the games count.
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  2. 01-31-21 12:07 PM #37
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    that not true a lot of people watch games for defense, im for one do as you see i play more unders in sports than over.......what you are saying it more sexy for the highlites to get a big dunk ect.
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  3. 01-31-21 12:07 PM #38
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger T. Bannon View Post
    Nobody watches games for defense. The NBA is an 82-game pre-season. Why does anybody watch?

    Tune in playoff time and they will play a little defense for you when the games count.
    But you need defense to make it interesting.Scoring without defense is like eating your favorite food everynight. It gets boring after awhile.
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  4. 01-31-21 12:08 PM #39
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    what we have today is a all star type of bs every day and you know how boring the nba all stars games are
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  5. 01-31-21 12:09 PM #40
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    Quote Originally Posted by carolinakid View Post
    that not true a lot of people watch games for defense, im for one do as you see i play more unders in sports than over.......what you are saying it more sexy for the highlites to get a big dunk ect.
    Yes, the US has been dumbed down. There was no 3-point shot, there no shot clock. There was tons of strategy in basketball. Fans don't like strategy. They like fast breaks and dunks and they like 3-pointers.

    If they break out the four corners, you are going to start bitching.
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  6. 01-31-21 12:11 PM #41
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    More BLM and Social Justice crap? That should send the viewership skyrocketing.
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  7. 01-31-21 12:12 PM #42
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    I refuse to watch the nba simply because I’m white and can’t stand being labeled a systematic racist simply because I’m white. However it seems more people are watching the nba than last year

    NBA TV Ratings On TNT, ESPN, ABC Up 34% From Last Year, Per ...
    Jan 21, 2021 — NBA viewership for nationally televised broadcasts on TNT, ESPN and ABC through the Martin Luther King Jr. Day tripleheader is up 34% over the comparable 27-game period from last season, an average of 2.0 million per game versus 1.49 million, according to Nielsen Media Research data released by the league on Thursday.
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  8. 01-31-21 12:14 PM #43
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    Many more players gay now too, affairs with opposing players, etc

    No defense

    Cancel Culture

    Black Privilege

    Its bad
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  9. 01-31-21 12:15 PM #44
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Many more players gay now too, affairs with opposing players, etc

    No defense

    Cancel Culture

    Black Privilege

    Its bad
    I was just about to post about the gay thing.
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  10. 01-31-21 12:15 PM #45
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    There are too many blacks. It is time to start looking at LaCrosse as a national sport. It will take the blacks at least 10 years before they are all black.
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  11. 01-31-21 12:18 PM #46
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger T. Bannon View Post
    There are too many blacks. It is time to start looking at LaCrosse as a national sport. It will take the blacks at least 10 years before they are all black.
    Too many blacks all of a sudden?? Its been like this nearly 50 years.
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  12. 01-31-21 12:20 PM #47
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    Bring back Jordan, Olajuwon, Stockton, Barkley etc

    I was spoiled growing up, NBA has been trash for 20+ years
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  13. 01-31-21 12:20 PM #48
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    Quote Originally Posted by capitalist pig View Post
    I refuse to watch the nba simply because I’m white and can’t stand being labeled a systematic racist simply because I’m white. However it seems more people are watching the nba than last year

    NBA TV Ratings On TNT, ESPN, ABC Up 34% From Last Year, Per ...
    Jan 21, 2021 — NBA viewership for nationally televised broadcasts on TNT, ESPN and ABC through the Martin Luther King Jr. Day tripleheader is up 34% over the comparable 27-game period from last season, an average of 2.0 million per game versus 1.49 million, according to Nielsen Media Research data released by the league on Thursday.
    Not so fast...

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  14. 01-31-21 12:20 PM #49
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    Quote Originally Posted by seaborneq View Post
    Too many blacks all of a sudden?? Its been like this nearly 50 years.
    It has gotten too pronounced when it comes to NBA.

    It is always the same. First it was the white shoes the blacks wore. Then everybody started wearing white shoes.

    So then they started wearing black shoes. And then everybody starting wearing black shoes.

    It is always the same. You can't beat 'em.
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  15. 01-31-21 12:21 PM #50
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    Players not killers anymore

    The will to win just not there too rich
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  16. 01-31-21 12:24 PM #51
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAKEPEAVY21 View Post
    Bring back Jordan, Olajuwon, Stockton, Barkley etc

    I was spoiled growing up, NBA has been trash for 20+ years
    NBA at it's best.
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  17. 01-31-21 12:26 PM #52
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    You boys never saw Bob Cousy, Walt Frazier and Pete Maravich. Now that was basketball.
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  18. 01-31-21 12:27 PM #53
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    the nba today is just a real life video game today
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  19. 01-31-21 12:31 PM #54
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    That is what they have to compete with. I don't think Jordan would even be all that good today. He'd be a very good player. He would not be Jordan.

    The players just get better and better. Defensive ends play WR now.
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  20. 01-31-21 12:34 PM #55
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    it all about the money today, not the game
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  21. 01-31-21 12:36 PM #56
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    NBA was a much better watch without the 3 pt. line. Totals were averaging 222 and the game was actually basketball, not ping pong................
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  22. 01-31-21 12:36 PM #57
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    They've been saying that since the 80s when Dave Winfield signed for $1 million. That really pissed people off.

    I don't watch sports anymore because I can't take the commercials. I don't like the way the games are played either. But I'm past my prime. The kids want what they want.
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  23. 01-31-21 12:39 PM #58
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger T. Bannon View Post
    That is what they have to compete with. I don't think Jordan would even be all that good today. He'd be a very good player. He would not be Jordan.

    The players just get better and better. Defensive ends play WR now.
    That's ridiculous. Jordan would average 50 a game with current (non)defensive rules. Boston, Detroit games had boxing matches break out and fouls weren't even called. Today you bump somebody and it's a flagrant 1.
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  24. 01-31-21 12:39 PM #59
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    Look at this great defense in the paint. Amazing he could score on it. lol

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  25. 01-31-21 12:40 PM #60
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    Quote Originally Posted by swordsandtequila View Post
    That's ridiculous. Jordan would average 50 a game with current (non)defensive rules. Boston, Detroit games had boxing matches break out and fouls weren't even called. Today you bump somebody and it's a flagrant 1.
    No, he wouldn't. Neither would Dr. J. They were not good shooters. They were supreme athletes. LeBron is a tank.
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  26. 01-31-21 12:46 PM #61
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    Its like any other game. You got a 50-50 chance to win. Im looking at cross props at Westgate on NBA players against Super Bowl players. Love the cross props. Just pick right side you got a winner. I watch all the games I bet if on tv. JUST WIN BABY!!
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  27. 01-31-21 12:54 PM #62
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    Stop the draw a foul culture. Every big name star can basically drive to the hoop and draw a foul it’s ridiculous, they can’t play defense because every fukin thing is a foul
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  28. 01-31-21 01:34 PM #63
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    Remove the 3 point line
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  29. 01-31-21 01:56 PM #64
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    Start removing cunnts like Harden from the league who is averaging 40 points per game with 30 of them coming from free throws.
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  30. 01-31-21 02:03 PM #65
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAKEPEAVY21 View Post
    Bring back Jordan, Olajuwon, Stockton, Barkley etc

    I was spoiled growing up, NBA has been trash for 20+ years

    Kinda - you are On The Right Track but you left out "bring back 1985-1991 Detroit Pistons".

    Beloved in Motown, loathed pretty much everywhere else but damn they were fun to watch
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  31. 01-31-21 02:14 PM #66
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger T. Bannon View Post
    No, he wouldn't. Neither would Dr. J. They were not good shooters. They were supreme athletes. LeBron is a tank.
    Dude stop. Jordan shot 49.7% from the field for his career, 50.9% effective shooting percentage (adjusted for 3 pointers). As a shooting guard. Jordan got the shit beat out of him on a regular basis (Jordan Rules ring a bell?). If Jordan, Iverson, etc. got the calls Harden gets today they'd never take a jump shot. Drive, foul, free throw. Repeat.
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