worst2first
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I'm a homer and love the Rangers win or lose.
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I'm a homer and love the Rangers win or lose.
Good year to jump on the Stars wagon. They'll probably shit out in the playoffs due to defense issues but they score a ton
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sayo
YEET
My wasteland starts after the nba finals. Baseball and NASCAR don't do it for me.
worst2first
Well-Known Member
It's a funny thing. I am not a real baseball fan by any stretch of the imagination. I doubt I could name more than a handful of players not on the Rangers' roster. Yet I have come to love going to Ranger games and following the team.
I'll watch March Madness because I love underdogs and they're still allowed to play defense in college basketball but other than that I have little to no interest.
@kella I have tried to get into hockey without luck. I appreciate it but I don't really enjoy it.
BasinBictory
OUT with the GOUT
This is me. That two month stretch between the end of the NBA Finals and the start of exhibition footbaw is torture. Like @worst2first, I'm a very casual beisbol fan (Doyers) but I really don't get that interested in baseball until after football has already started.
At least there's MLS Soccer.
worst2first
Well-Known Member
That's the other thing, Aston Villa is turrible but I won't let myself stop supporting them.
GR8 2 B FL G8R
Well-Known Member
I know Tejas is a big state, but one would assume word of Corch Pop would have reached W2F
worst2first
Well-Known Member
Sort of.
sayo
YEET
I'm going to have to strongly disagree here. It's a common complaint about the nba, but an argument could be made that the league as a whole has the best defensive play ever. Players are more athletic than ever in addition to systems being more complex. Yes, they can't be as physical as before due to rule changes but they definitely helped the game more than harmed it.
My opinion is going to probably be unpopular here but the lack of offensive quality in the college game gives off the appearance that better defense is being played.
You mean a 5'11" point guard dribbling out the game clock down 1 and heaving a 30 foot 3 pointer to win is not quality high octane offense?
worst2first
Well-Known Member
Look at the NBA in the 80s and compare it to today. That's when they were allowed to play defense.
I also don't like how much the refs influence the outcome of games. Far too many of the fouls called are purely judgement calls. If it isn't certain a foul occurred, let them play. It's clear that star players are treated differently by the refs than everyone else. I strongly suspect that the league intentionally manipulates games in order to get the matchups they want or to extend playoff series to increase revenue. I can't prove it, but things just fall into place to benefit the league too often for me to chalk it all up to coincidence.
Regardless of all of that though, I just don't find the NBA to be that entertaining. I know a lot of people do and that's okay. A lot of people like professional wrestling too.
I also don't like how much the refs influence the outcome of games. Far too many of the fouls called are purely judgement calls. If it isn't certain a foul occurred, let them play. It's clear that star players are treated differently by the refs than everyone else. I strongly suspect that the league intentionally manipulates games in order to get the matchups they want or to extend playoff series to increase revenue. I can't prove it, but things just fall into place to benefit the league too often for me to chalk it all up to coincidence.
Regardless of all of that though, I just don't find the NBA to be that entertaining. I know a lot of people do and that's okay. A lot of people like professional wrestling too.
sayo
YEET
Fair enough. They were allowed to be a lot more physical back then, but the team defense you see nowadays can't be matched. I don't know, it's just a great time for the league right now. The Spurs/Warriors are changing the way teams approach the game. It's crazy to think that just ten years ago, iso ball ruled the league and Detroit was winning conference titles by scoring 80 points. 
GR8 2 B FL G8R
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Those detroit teams had gr8 defense. I dont know how they are being brought into this discussion. All Ben Wallace could do was play d. Tayshaun Prince had the length and speed to hang with virtually anyone. Rip Hamilton could lock down most 2s. Sheed could pull down the boards, which is partially defensive by not allowing 2nd chance points.
BasinBictory
OUT with the GOUT
Yeah, the type of basketball played in the early and mid 1990s in the Eastern Conference was some of the ugliest, most unwatchable basketball ever. It was like Greek soccer every game in the East, with scores in the 80s all the time, and fouling galore. If that's great defensive basketball, then fuck great defensive basketball. Or perhaps you want to outlaw the forward pass in football as well?
The Spurs' championship run two seasons ago was some awesome team basketball, and only improved upon by what the Warriors have done the past two years.
The Spurs' championship run two seasons ago was some awesome team basketball, and only improved upon by what the Warriors have done the past two years.
goblue96
Disney and Curling Expert
Anybody named Gord?
Rutgers Mike
Dr. Sad
Never knew baseball hall of fame Ed Delahanty died by falling over Niagara Falls.
goblue96
Disney and Curling Expert
He played for the Phillies....it makes sense.
adchester
A-1 From Day 1
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...ou-classic-2014-grambling-vs-southern-profile
Article's a couple years old, but great read about Grambling, Southern, and the Bayou Classic.
EDIT: Oops wrong forum, don't curr
Article's a couple years old, but great read about Grambling, Southern, and the Bayou Classic.
EDIT: Oops wrong forum, don't curr
Soonerfan09
Well-Known Member
I'm sure this has already been posted (prolly by Mak 6 years ago), but this is the first time I've seen it.
Fuck you! And fuck me! And fuck everybody!
Fuck you! And fuck me! And fuck everybody!
goblue96
Disney and Curling Expert
So, Australia try to check into their rooms in Rio today.
http://deadspin.com/rio-olympics-athletes-village-declared-uninhabitable-1784219622
Snorky's Shame
Well-Known Member
Still can't believe Hawthorn went out in straight sets.
Mr. Radpants
Trog Five Standing By
An invisible man walks into a bar...
try to get this back on track
was gon post this in the NBA thread, but this transcends basketball
but Pop, doing Pop things
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/9/26/1...-kaepernick-national-anthem-protests-comments
"My players are engaged citizens who are fully capable of understanding what their values are, and what they think is appropriate and inappropriate, and what they feel strongly about. Whatever actions may or may not be taken are their decisions, and I’m not going to tell anyone ahead of time that if they don’t do A, B and C, they’re going to be gone or traded. I think that’s ignorant."
was gon post this in the NBA thread, but this transcends basketball
but Pop, doing Pop things
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/9/26/1...-kaepernick-national-anthem-protests-comments
"My players are engaged citizens who are fully capable of understanding what their values are, and what they think is appropriate and inappropriate, and what they feel strongly about. Whatever actions may or may not be taken are their decisions, and I’m not going to tell anyone ahead of time that if they don’t do A, B and C, they’re going to be gone or traded. I think that’s ignorant."
Hachiko
The Akita on Utopia
Auwe! Dis not sakkah. Iz AFL, brah.