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What Is Up With Nba Fans.

josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,173
edited February 2007 in A Moving Train
i mean 400 arrested after the allstar game gime a freaking break ,it was not even a championship game ...discuss ,opinions what ever.....
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  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    really? I hadnt heard that. I really didnt know there was a problem with NBA fans and I go to bulls games quite often
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    this is vegas ... a couple of articles were written about it - basically, the city does not have the police force to handle the event (combine that with a huge fashion thing and chinese new year celebrations) ...
  • chromiamchromiam Posts: 4,114
    polaris wrote:
    this is vegas ... a couple of articles were written about it - basically, the city does not have the police force to handle the event (combine that with a huge fashion thing and chinese new year celebrations) ...

    exactly plus the NBA All-Star weekend has been a haven for all types of unsavory individuals for years now...
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,173
    chromiam wrote:
    exactly plus the NBA All-Star weekend has been a haven for all types of unsavory individuals for years now...
    good to know this, will make it a point to stay away from the allstar game and to think in the old days you could go to the game and actually feel safe.
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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    I used to be a huge basketball fan, but the NBA is not the same as it used to be. Now the NBA is full of thugs and wanna be gangsters.
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  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    mammasan wrote:
    I used to be a huge basketball fan, but the NBA is not the same as it used to be. Now the NBA is full of thugs and wanna be gangsters.

    Agreed. I am hoping that it will lose some of this gangsta street vibe as more players from different countries are allowed to play ... Get some diversity in there.
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    reborncareerist wrote:
    Agreed. I am hoping that it will lose some of this gangsta street vibe as more players from different countries are allowed to play ... Get some diversity in there.

    I used to love watching basketball in the late 80's- the mid to late 90's. After that it went down hill.
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  • even flow?even flow? Posts: 8,066
    mammasan wrote:
    I used to be a huge basketball fan, but the NBA is not the same as it used to be. Now the NBA is full of thugs and wanna be gangsters.


    What kind of racist crap are you spewing! ;)


    I heard the fans went to town because it had been a while since the west had won the big game. Was that O.J. handing the MVP trophy over to Kobe?
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    To be fair, it wasn't NBA "fans" who were causing problems at the all-star game. The typical NBA "fan" can't afford to go to the all-star game.

    These were wannabe rappers and thugs and other hangers-on that seem to populate the outer fringes of NBA entourages. It seems like everybody in the league knows about four or five Ray-Rays from back home who just got out of the joint. And they all show up for the all-star game.

    Vegas makes it worse, because for some reason, Vegas doesn't employ police officers.
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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    even flow? wrote:
    What kind of racist crap are you spewing! ;)


    I heard the fans went to town because it had been a while since the west had won the big game. Was that O.J. handing the MVP trophy over to Kobe?

    I'm not racist. I have a black friend. ;)
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  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    mammasan wrote:
    I'm not racist. I have a black friend. ;)

    Really? That's dope.
    :)
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    mammasan wrote:
    I used to be a huge basketball fan, but the NBA is not the same as it used to be. Now the NBA is full of thugs and wanna be gangsters.

    two words: Steve Nash

    actually, if you look at the mvp candidates this year ... nowitzki, nash and wade ... all solid role models ...
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    polaris wrote:
    two words: Steve Nash

    actually, if you look at the mvp candidates this year ... nowitzki, nash and wade ... all solid role models ...

    That's a very good point.

    On a side note, my NBA Live 07 for 360 should be in today, yay for me.
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    ledvedderman wrote:
    That's a very good point.

    On a side note, my NBA Live 07 for 360 should be in today, yay for me.

    my feeling is that the game is great now ... the western conference playoffs are gonna be some awesome basketball ... and my raptors are playing great team basketball ... and all the teams that are doing well - play like that ...
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    polaris wrote:
    two words: Steve Nash

    actually, if you look at the mvp candidates this year ... nowitzki, nash and wade ... all solid role models ...

    Players like Nash and D. Wade are a rarity in the NBA now.
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    mammasan wrote:
    Players like Nash and D. Wade are a rarity in the NBA now.

    i'd say the proportions are no different then any other sport ...
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    polaris wrote:
    i'd say the proportions are no different then any other sport ...

    Well let's just agree to disagree. To me the NBA has lost it's luster.
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  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    polaris wrote:
    i'd say the proportions are no different then any other sport ...

    Not sure, but I agree with the basic point re. guys like Nash. He's awesome.
    Other sports also have negative role models (cough ... Barry Bonds), but they don't seem to be inundated with this gangsta subculture.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    it's not a big deal really, loads of people partying, long lines, frustration, general airport annoyance a few bad apples etc.

    There were a ton of people in Vegas between the NBA alstar game and the MAGIC convention. Arrests happen, I bet it wasn't much more crazy than say new years eve or any other huge event.
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,173
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    it's not a big deal really, loads of people partying, long lines, frustration, general airport annoyance a few bad apples etc.

    There were a ton of people in Vegas between the NBA alstar game and the MAGIC convention. Arrests happen, I bet it wasn't much more crazy than say new years eve or any other huge event.
    well i would say that it was different i mean to make the news and 400 arrested that is a bit more than your typical partying night no ??..
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    it's not a big deal really, loads of people partying, long lines, frustration, general airport annoyance a few bad apples etc.

    There were a ton of people in Vegas between the NBA alstar game and the MAGIC convention. Arrests happen, I bet it wasn't much more crazy than say new years eve or any other huge event.

    paco - read simmons pg. 2 article ... on espn.com ... funny and relevant to this thread ...
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    polaris wrote:
    paco - read simmons pg. 2 article ... on espn.com ... funny and relevant to this thread ...

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/070220

    awesome.

    Sounds a lot like freaknik only on a grander scale! :D Good times. Wow that is a long article.
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  • mrwalkerbmrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    polaris wrote:
    i'd say the proportions are no different then any other sport ...

    I don't know man how often do you hear about hockey players getting in shit? like aside from the ones that get all the press, bertuzzi and Heatly, Jose Theordre's family had tax problems or something and Pronger wanted a trade, other than that I can't think of much, nothing like the NBA and NFL
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/070220

    awesome.

    Sounds a lot like freaknik only on a grander scale! :D Good times. Wow that is a long article.

    his vegas pieces are classic ... :D
  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    I don't know man how often do you hear about hockey players getting in shit? like aside from the ones that get all the press, bertuzzi and Heatly, Jose Theordre's family had tax problems or something and Pronger wanted a trade, other than that I can't think of much, nothing like the NBA and NFL

    hockey players are also not covered as much ... knowing people who know hockey players - there are a fair amount of pricks playing that sport too ... they may not dress up as gangsta's but they are aholes ...
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    polaris wrote:
    hockey players are also not covered as much ... knowing people who know hockey players - there are a fair amount of pricks playing that sport too ... they may not dress up as gangsta's but they are aholes ...


    ......Eh - holes.
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  • mrwalkerbmrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    polaris wrote:
    hockey players are also not covered as much ... knowing people who know hockey players - there are a fair amount of pricks playing that sport too ... they may not dress up as gangsta's but they are aholes ...

    granted they may be asshole jocks but it's never on a grand scale like the other sports
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    granted they may be asshole jocks but it's never on a grand scale like the other sports

    maybe its a perception thing ... but here in the t.dot ... the guys on the raptors seem like nicer guys then the leafs and blue jays ...
  • mrwalkerbmrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    polaris wrote:
    maybe its a perception thing ... but here in the t.dot ... the guys on the raptors seem like nicer guys then the leafs and blue jays ...

    No doubt Chrios Bosh is a great example of what is right with the game and it might just be all teh espn radio shit ignores the NHL, but come on what about Matt Stajan he is the bomb in every regard
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    No doubt Chrios Bosh is a great example of what is right with the game and it might just be all teh espn radio shit ignores the NHL, but come on what about Matt Stajan he is the bomb in every regard

    yeah ... but mccabe is a complete dick, and so are tucker and o'neill ...
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