I can't stand professional basketball anymore. This is what happens when you raise ticket prices through the roof, to the point where it's too expensive to take your kids to see a game. All major sports are guilty of this and that is why I watch college sports. In college at least these kids are playing their asses off, not that they don't in the pros, but it is 3x cheaper to go see a game and sometimes far more thrilling.
ps. I agree with unsung that the NBA is crap now. I used to love basketball, watching people like Jordan, Pippen, Ewing, Bird, Magic, Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, John Stockton, David Robinson, etc… These athletes where professional and they did what was best for the team. Now a days you have players who only care about how much money they make or how many touches they get a game. They bitch and complain if they don't play enough minutes or if another team mate got the ball in the last minute of the game. It's like watching a bunch of individuals on the court instead of a team. The quality has surely slipped in the NBA.
Name these players you speak of please, and in terms of quality, did you watch last season?
No more than hockey? I'll take my chances and lay my money on that bet.
Give me one hockey player, any hockey player in the NHL that is as bad as Ron Artest. Or Latrell Sprewell. Or Dennis Rodman, Jayson Williams, Kobe, Shawn Kemp, Jason Kidd, Isaiah Rider... the list goes on.
Only 3 of those guys are even in the league anymore. And one of them is not guilty of a certain "rear entry" crime.
Actually the NBA right now is a pretty clean sport. The Major stars are all pretty good guys.
Dwight Howard, Lebron, Chris Paul, Steve Nash, Greg Oden, Deron Williams etc . . .
At least the NBA doesn't have Pac Man Jones & Baseball's steroid problem.
I won't be going to any games either they're TOOO damn expensive. I'd rather attend a hockey game instead.
Economy is hitting everybody will you skip out on any professional games?
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people still give a shit about the nba? amazing.
i'll be going to some hockey games this year....albiet AHL games. live too far from any nhl cities, and i especially don't want to be driving long distances in the winter. as far as any other pro games go, i'll be hitting up some yankee games next season in the new stadium. looking forward to it, can't wait.
"Have you ever.........pooped a balloon?"
~D.K.S.
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No more than hockey? I'll take my chances and lay my money on that bet.
Give me one hockey player, any hockey player in the NHL that is as bad as Ron Artest. Or Latrell Sprewell. Or Dennis Rodman, Jayson Williams, Kobe, Shawn Kemp, Jason Kidd, Isaiah Rider... the list goes on.
They're only 3 of those players you name are in the league.
They're far more in the NFL with thuggery in their past. I haven't been to a basketball game since Jordan was here in DC and that was $40 back then for nose bleed. Hockey tickets for a Bruins game down in Florida was $30-$35 and I was able to move down to the really nice seats near center ice.
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i'll be going to some hockey games this year....albiet AHL games. live too far from any nhl cities, and i especially don't want to be driving long distances in the winter. as far as any other pro games go, i'll be hitting up some yankee games next season in the new stadium. looking forward to it, can't wait.
Why is that amazing? A lot more people care about the NBA than the NHL.
The NBA is like Saturday Night Live.
You only like the generation you grew up watching it seems.
I remember when it was Sandler/Spade/Schneider/Farley.. all people did was bitch about how unfunny it was... and now so many of us remember those as the good old days, and then it was "good until ferrell left"...
Same thing with the NBA.. Isiah/Bird/Magic/Jordan... blah blah.
I will admit there was kind of a dead time there at the end of the 90's...
but right now, as mentioned above, the league is very strong with both Youthful individuals (Paul, Lebron, Wade, etc) and slightly older guys like Duncan, KG and Nash.
and Isiah may still be technically employed by the Knicks (I actually was not able to find any confirmation if they ever technically fired him- he was going to be a "special consultant" when they brought in Walsh) but he definately has no say in coaching or personnel decisions.
1. Football aka. Soccer
2. Cricket
3. Tennis
4. Field Hockey
5. Baseball
6. Basketball
7. Volleyball
8. Table Tennis
9. Rugby
10. Golf
Where you get this list?
You mean ice hockey is not on there anywhere, you see that's what happens when you strike and miss an entire season. Love hockey but way too many teams the sport is completely watered down.
I thought volleyball was the most popular sport.
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.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
You mean ice hockey is not on there anywhere, you see that's what happens when you strike and miss an entire season. Love hockey but way too many teams the sport is completely watered down.
I thought volleyball was the most popular sport.
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I googled it and compared it to several lists. This was the most common listing. I thought basketball and golf would be higher myself.
maybe where you live. nobody i know watches the nba, or even cares about it.
Look at tv ratings and such.....isn't the nhl on the versus network? I'm sure ratings and revenue give a more complete picture than just polling the 30 people you know
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No more than hockey? I'll take my chances and lay my money on that bet.
Give me one hockey player, any hockey player in the NHL that is as bad as Ron Artest. Or Latrell Sprewell. Or Dennis Rodman, Jayson Williams, Kobe, Shawn Kemp, Jason Kidd, Isaiah Rider... the list goes on.
Look at the latest thuggish behavior in Adam Pacman Jones and his suspension from the NFL *Indefinately* Football is far worse for it's thuggery.
Peace
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*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Look at tv ratings and such.....isn't the nhl on the versus network? I'm sure ratings and revenue give a more complete picture than just polling the 30 people you know
why the fuck do you keep bringing up hockey? jesus.
the nba sucks balls. no entertainment value at all. you want to see real basketball, watch college hoops.
by the way, i know more than 30 people that think the nba is nothing but a giant steaming pile of shit. sorry if that upsets you so much.
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why the fuck do you keep bringing up hockey? jesus.
the nba sucks balls. no entertainment value at all. you want to see real basketball, watch college hoops.
by the way, i know more than 30 people that think the nba is nothing but a giant steaming pile of shit. sorry if that upsets you so much.
The NBA is fine it's just too expensive and the season is way tooooo long. The playoffs can get intense especially if the [color]CELTICS[/color] are involved.
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*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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why the fuck do you keep bringing up hockey? jesus.
the nba sucks balls. no entertainment value at all. you want to see real basketball, watch college hoops.
by the way, i know more than 30 people that think the nba is nothing but a giant steaming pile of shit. sorry if that upsets you so much.
You are the one who is swearing and seems upset. I bring up hockey because YOU said no one cares about the nba and then started talking about hockey. So i was making a point that more people care about the nba than the nhl. Again, YOU were the one who brought up hockey.
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Check out the thread on Congrats Pacman Jones It's worse in the NFL that's why there's a crackdown in the league
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*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Wow four pages about which pro sports league has more criminals and not a single mention of Michael Vick.
Well with him being formerly in the NFL covers HIS thuggery.
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*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Too many thugs in basketball for me to care, plus I really can't stand Dick Vitale or Marv Albert. Albert makes every two points sound like they are the last to ever be scored and Vitale is simply annoying.
I love how this thread started about how the economy is effecting pro sports, and by the 4th post someone turns into a thread about "too many thugs" in the nba and it leads to a 4 page thread about which sport has more criminals (yes, i know i added to the thread)
Artest has been suspended how many times and for how long? Spreewell tried to kill PJ Carlesemo, Rodman kicked a photographer in the groin area amongst many other wrongdoings, Kobe may have gotten away with RAPE but we won't know because money talks, Iverson got away with kidnapping, how many NBA players have been arrested on drug charges? How about gun charges? How many NHLers have thumped their wives like Jason Kidd?
You really want to play a race card? Shall we go back ten years and list all of the trouble makers and see what their demographics are?
I love how you equate drug charges with being a thug. People on this board post about smoking weed all the time and I'm pretty sure if they got arrested no one would call them a "thug". Or if Seth Rogan got arrested no one would call him a "thug". And don't tell me that hockey and baseball players don't own guns. It seems like the "race card" is appropriate here.
You are the one who is swearing and seems upset. I bring up hockey because YOU said no one cares about the nba and then started talking about hockey. So i was making a point that more people care about the nba than the nhl. Again, YOU were the one who brought up hockey.
i answered the OP's question about going to any games this year by saying i would be going to a few AHL games. that's all i said about hockey. not to mention the fact my first reply to this thread was on page 3. there was other talk about hockey way before i posted, yet you decided to give me shit. i also brought up baseball, how come you didn't have a comment about that?
oh, and the nba still sucks, nothing changed overnight.
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Name these players you speak of please, and in terms of quality, did you watch last season?
Only 3 of those guys are even in the league anymore. And one of them is not guilty of a certain "rear entry" crime.
Actually the NBA right now is a pretty clean sport. The Major stars are all pretty good guys.
Dwight Howard, Lebron, Chris Paul, Steve Nash, Greg Oden, Deron Williams etc . . .
At least the NBA doesn't have Pac Man Jones & Baseball's steroid problem.
people still give a shit about the nba? amazing.
i'll be going to some hockey games this year....albiet AHL games. live too far from any nhl cities, and i especially don't want to be driving long distances in the winter. as far as any other pro games go, i'll be hitting up some yankee games next season in the new stadium. looking forward to it, can't wait.
~D.K.S.
I already have, try and keep up.
I think the NFL is by far the worst of all sports when it comes to questionable characters of their behaviors.
I'll add KG, Ray Allen, Carlos Boozer, Shane Battier and Derek Fisher are good characters in the game as well.
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
They're only 3 of those players you name are in the league.
They're far more in the NFL with thuggery in their past. I haven't been to a basketball game since Jordan was here in DC and that was $40 back then for nose bleed. Hockey tickets for a Bruins game down in Florida was $30-$35 and I was able to move down to the really nice seats near center ice.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Why is that amazing? A lot more people care about the NBA than the NHL.
Yep.
maybe where you live. nobody i know watches the nba, or even cares about it.
~D.K.S.
You only like the generation you grew up watching it seems.
I remember when it was Sandler/Spade/Schneider/Farley.. all people did was bitch about how unfunny it was... and now so many of us remember those as the good old days, and then it was "good until ferrell left"...
Same thing with the NBA.. Isiah/Bird/Magic/Jordan... blah blah.
I will admit there was kind of a dead time there at the end of the 90's...
but right now, as mentioned above, the league is very strong with both Youthful individuals (Paul, Lebron, Wade, etc) and slightly older guys like Duncan, KG and Nash.
1. Football aka. Soccer
2. Cricket
3. Tennis
4. Field Hockey
5. Baseball
6. Basketball
7. Volleyball
8. Table Tennis
9. Rugby
10. Golf
Where you get this list?
You mean ice hockey is not on there anywhere, you see that's what happens when you strike and miss an entire season. Love hockey but way too many teams the sport is completely watered down.
I thought volleyball was the most popular sport.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
I googled it and compared it to several lists. This was the most common listing. I thought basketball and golf would be higher myself.
Look at tv ratings and such.....isn't the nhl on the versus network? I'm sure ratings and revenue give a more complete picture than just polling the 30 people you know
Look at the latest thuggish behavior in Adam Pacman Jones and his suspension from the NFL *Indefinately* Football is far worse for it's thuggery.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
why the fuck do you keep bringing up hockey? jesus.
the nba sucks balls. no entertainment value at all. you want to see real basketball, watch college hoops.
by the way, i know more than 30 people that think the nba is nothing but a giant steaming pile of shit. sorry if that upsets you so much.
~D.K.S.
The NBA is fine it's just too expensive and the season is way tooooo long. The playoffs can get intense especially if the [color]CELTICS[/color] are involved.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
No it is not.
You are the one who is swearing and seems upset. I bring up hockey because YOU said no one cares about the nba and then started talking about hockey. So i was making a point that more people care about the nba than the nhl. Again, YOU were the one who brought up hockey.
Check out the thread on Congrats Pacman Jones It's worse in the NFL that's why there's a crackdown in the league
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Well with him being formerly in the NFL covers HIS thuggery.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
And how many Bengals got arrested last year? (or maybe it was the year before that). 8? 10? And the Vikings boat thing.
I love how this thread started about how the economy is effecting pro sports, and by the 4th post someone turns into a thread about "too many thugs" in the nba and it leads to a 4 page thread about which sport has more criminals (yes, i know i added to the thread)
I love how you equate drug charges with being a thug. People on this board post about smoking weed all the time and I'm pretty sure if they got arrested no one would call them a "thug". Or if Seth Rogan got arrested no one would call him a "thug". And don't tell me that hockey and baseball players don't own guns. It seems like the "race card" is appropriate here.
i answered the OP's question about going to any games this year by saying i would be going to a few AHL games. that's all i said about hockey. not to mention the fact my first reply to this thread was on page 3. there was other talk about hockey way before i posted, yet you decided to give me shit. i also brought up baseball, how come you didn't have a comment about that?
oh, and the nba still sucks, nothing changed overnight.
~D.K.S.