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Is it me or does anyone think the NBA sucks today?

PostPosted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 5:25 am
by 3Peatkb24
Remember the Lakers vs Celtics in 1984/1985/1987? Magic vs Bird! We won in 85 and 87 but Bird got us in 84. Remember the Lakers vs Jazz - Stock + Malone + Eaton/Mavs - Aguirre + Blackmon/Pistons - Isiah + Dumars + Dantley in 1988? All of those series went 7. Remember series like when the Pacers had the Bulls beat in the 1998 ECFinals? I mean Jordan/Pippen and Phil got lucky as fuck to win that. Reggie played Jordan pretty even, that went 7! Bulls barely won Game 7, Smits was punking the Bulls Centers LOL. How's about Lakers vs Kings in the WCFinals in 2002, the Kings had my stomach turning that whole fucking series. Shaq and Kobe took down a stacked Kings team with Webber + Bibby + Divac! Horry saved us in Game 4 with a 3! We don't see that great play now days. Those teams were awesome!

Re: Is it me or does anyone think the NBA sucks today?

PostPosted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:34 am
by KobeMVP888
You know how I feel about the way the NBA has evolved into a "live by the 3, die by the 2" league. How bothersome is it that when your team only scores 2 points on a beautiful turn around mid-range jump shot, it is more than wiped out 5 seconds later by a long chuck? 3's have lost their luster. They are almost like lay ups when a player shoots a wide open 3, especially in the corner. They are no longer even worth 3 points in my view. They need to bring back hand checking, let these guys get more physical and, most important, move the damn three point line back 18 inches and get rid of the fucking corner 3!

But the real reason the NBA sucks is because the Lakers still suck. Let's tell it like it is.

Re: Is it me or does anyone think the NBA sucks today?

PostPosted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 2:52 pm
by 3Peatkb24
KobeMVP888 wrote:You know how I feel about the way the NBA has evolved into a "live by the 3, die by the 2" league. How bothersome is it that when your team only scores 2 points on a beautiful turn around mid-range jump shot, it is more than wiped out 5 seconds later by a long chuck? 3's have lost their luster. They are almost like lay ups when a player shoots a wide open 3, especially in the corner. They are no longer even worth 3 points in my view. They need to bring back hand checking, let these guys get more physical and, most important, move the damn three point line back 18 inches and get rid of the fucking corner 3!

But the real reason the NBA sucks is because the Lakers still suck. Let's tell it like it is.


Yeah the Lakers not being Good doesn't help. I guess if they were Good I wouldn't of created this topic. I was just looking back on history and was remembering all of those great players and series.

Re: Is it me or does anyone think the NBA sucks today?

PostPosted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 5:42 pm
by KobeMVP888
3Peatkb24 wrote:
KobeMVP888 wrote:You know how I feel about the way the NBA has evolved into a "live by the 3, die by the 2" league. How bothersome is it that when your team only scores 2 points on a beautiful turn around mid-range jump shot, it is more than wiped out 5 seconds later by a long chuck? 3's have lost their luster. They are almost like lay ups when a player shoots a wide open 3, especially in the corner. They are no longer even worth 3 points in my view. They need to bring back hand checking, let these guys get more physical and, most important, move the damn three point line back 18 inches and get rid of the fucking corner 3!

But the real reason the NBA sucks is because the Lakers still suck. Let's tell it like it is.


Yeah the Lakers not being Good doesn't help. I guess if they were Good I wouldn't of created this topic. I was just looking back on history and was remembering all of those great players and series.


Hey, on a certain level, the Lakers lucked out. They were the last of the great plodding teams. Starting with the 2011 Mavs, the term "live by the three, die by the three" became obsolete. Remember kpmclean? As much as he got on my nerves, he was 100% correct in terms of where this league was headed. He saw it clearly and I refused to see it. BTW, I don't like it!

Re: Is it me or does anyone think the NBA sucks today?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 8:18 am
by lakerevolution
3Peatkb24 wrote:
KobeMVP888 wrote:You know how I feel about the way the NBA has evolved into a "live by the 3, die by the 2" league. How bothersome is it that when your team only scores 2 points on a beautiful turn around mid-range jump shot, it is more than wiped out 5 seconds later by a long chuck? 3's have lost their luster. They are almost like lay ups when a player shoots a wide open 3, especially in the corner. They are no longer even worth 3 points in my view. They need to bring back hand checking, let these guys get more physical and, most important, move the damn three point line back 18 inches and get rid of the fucking corner 3!

But the real reason the NBA sucks is because the Lakers still suck. Let's tell it like it is.


Yeah the Lakers not being Good doesn't help. I guess if they were Good I wouldn't of created this topic. I was just looking back on history and was remembering all of those great players and series.


To others (like, say, Warriors fans), the NBA sucked when the Lakers were winning the Pacific Division and threarening to win it all year after year - though there were many great teams in both the East and West back then. To others, the NBA sucked when it was Jordan's Bulls and nobody else to compare. It all depends on the fans and what excites audiences. The game, the rules and the way the product is marketed (and how players choose to buddy up) has all shifted the landscape - particularly for guys like us who have watched the evolution since the 70s.

But everything new becomes old again, and I still see the purity in the way these new-age ballers do their thing. The NBA itself is confused, I think, about what it wants to be - but in the meantime nothing stops the show. Kaepernick didn't stop the NFL from proceeding on its usual highly-viewed path, and despite our Lakers continuing to struggle, the NBA will keep being popular with fans across the globe. Yes, some of the players have become softer than a wet sock and social media has turned everyone into a gossiping betty, but as long as the round ball is being chucked at the orange hoop, the NBA will always be full of action.

Re: Is it me or does anyone think the NBA sucks today?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 9:18 am
by KobeMVP888
lakerevolution wrote:But everything new becomes old again, and I still see the purity in the way these new-age ballers do their thing. The NBA itself is confused, I think, about what it wants to be - but in the meantime nothing stops the show. Kaepernick didn't stop the NFL from proceeding on its usual highly-viewed path, and despite our Lakers continuing to struggle, the NBA will keep being popular with fans across the globe. Yes, some of the players have become softer than a wet sock and social media has turned everyone into a gossiping betty, but as long as the round ball is being chucked at the orange hoop, the NBA will always be full of action.


A thing of beauty, Rev. :xclaphands: :kingclaphands: :kingclaphands: