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Basketball Lovers (haters please stay out)

jasonwjasonw Posts: 424
edited September 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I'd appreciate if the haters stayed out of thread, but i know that all i can do is ask, please stay out.

I'm going to go play some ball in a little bit and i was just thinking about how much i LOVE basketball. I think it is beautiful, and i'm dead serious. I think how fluid the game is is what sets it apart from other sports like football and baseball (i know hockey is fluid too, but i've never gotten into it).

I'm gonna list a rambling (probably incoherent) list of things i love about basketball, please feel free to add on

-the suns from when they got nash until when marion left
-the bulls absolutely refusing to lose to the pacers in game 7 of the Eastern conference finals in jordan's last year with the team
-chris paul luring two defenders to him then tossing an opp to tyson chandler
-a big time blocked shot
-reggie miller torching the knicks
-a 14 seed upseting a 3 seed in the ncaa tourney
-a team like princeton upsetting a big time program which backdoor cuts and good shooting
-magic running a break in his prime
-kidd running a break in his prime
-isiah thomas running the pistons
-rodman grabbing every rebound he can
-the physical dominance of lebron
- a jump shot
- the fact that you can play it even if you are all by yourself
- just every little thing about the game
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  • acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    I hate basketball :cool:
    Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
    Sweep the Leg Johnny.
  • jasonwjasonw Posts: 424
    acoustic guy wrote:
    I hate basketball :cool:


    thanks, dick
  • acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    jasonw wrote:
    thanks, dick
    LOL ;)
    Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
    Sweep the Leg Johnny.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    acoustic guy wrote:
    I hate basketball :cool:


    so do Oompah-Loompahs
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • catch22catch22 Posts: 1,081
    i don't watch the nba but i enjoy the occasional buckeye game in ncaa. i more so enjoy playing casually with friends, even though i somewhat suck.
    and like that... he's gone.
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,308
    jasonw wrote:
    I'd appreciate if the haters stayed out of thread, but i know that all i can do is ask, please stay out.

    I'm going to go play some ball in a little bit and i was just thinking about how much i LOVE basketball. I think it is beautiful, and i'm dead serious. I think how fluid the game is is what sets it apart from other sports like football and baseball (i know hockey is fluid too, but i've never gotten into it).

    I'm gonna list a rambling (probably incoherent) list of things i love about basketball, please feel free to add on

    -the suns from when they got nash until when marion left
    -the bulls absolutely refusing to lose to the pacers in game 7 of the Eastern conference finals in jordan's last year with the team
    -chris paul luring two defenders to him then tossing an opp to tyson chandler
    -a big time blocked shot
    -reggie miller torching the knicks
    -a 14 seed upseting a 3 seed in the ncaa tourney
    -a team like princeton upsetting a big time program which backdoor cuts and good shooting
    -magic running a break in his prime
    -kidd running a break in his prime
    -isiah thomas running the pistons
    -rodman grabbing every rebound he can
    -the physical dominance of lebron
    - a jump shot
    - the fact that you can play it even if you are all by yourself
    - just every little thing about the game

    What MSG sounded like when the Knicks were good and can still sound like in an exciting game.

    Any game broadcasted by Chick Hearn in the Magic Johnson era.

    The first round of the NCAA tournament.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • gnr+pj=2bestevergnr+pj=2bestever Posts: 358
    celtics will repeat
    Whats got the whole world faking?
  • brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    gnr+pj=2bestever wrote:
    celtics will repeat


    did they actually win last season?!

    anyway...i love playing the game...but that could be because i am sweet at it.


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    brainofPJ wrote:
    did they actually win last season?!

    anyway...i love playing the game...but that could be because i am sweet at it.
    Yes, Boston won its 17th Championship.

    there is a nice 2008-09 thread already as well...
    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=297627
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    two words....George Mikan...:D
    scratching my butt...
    kinakamot ang aking puwit...
    me rascando pompis...
    krap mijn reet...
    boku no ketsuoana o kizu...
    bahrosh teezy...
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    - Inside the NBA
    - Bill Walton
    - NBA League Pass
    - Allen Iverson and the way he plays the game
    - The Knicks teams of the 90s
    - The theme song for NBC when they used to broadcast games
    - Playoffs
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    -Bill Walton
    -Pistol Pete
    -Clyde the Glide
    -Walt Frazier
    -John Starks
    -2010 NBA Champions The Portland Trailblazers
    NERDS!
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    South of Seattle wrote:
    -Bill Walton
    -Pistol Pete
    -Clyde the Glide
    -Walt Frazier
    -John Starks
    -2010 NBA Champions The Portland Trailblazers

    lol i forgot about frazier. how could i possibly forget him? that prolific scorer is dishin and swishin!
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    GlorifiedAnimal wrote:
    lol i forgot about frazier. how could i possibly forget him? that prolific scorer is dishin and swishin!

    I forgot about this :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gex2CpfWkwg

    All praises to Allah!
    NERDS!
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I forgot about this :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gex2CpfWkwg

    All praises to Allah!

    i get the chills everytime i see that. one of the greatest things ever.
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    GlorifiedAnimal wrote:
    - Inside the NBA
    - Bill Walton
    - NBA League Pass
    - Allen Iverson and the way he plays the game
    - The Knicks teams of the 90s
    - The theme song for NBC when they used to broadcast games
    - Playoffs
    with the exception of "pride of a champion", everything you listed are amongst my LEAST favorite things about the NBA... not that theres much to like these days...

    for me its all about mike, scotty, toni, luc, dennis, steve, bill, dickey, randy, jud, phil, bj, john, etc etc etc... the BEST era to grow up a bball fan... especially in chicago! even college basketball is starting to get corrupted by all the BS that goes on in the pros
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

    http://seanbriceart.com/
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    South of Seattle wrote:
    -Bill Walton
    -Pistol Pete
    -Clyde the Glide
    -Walt Frazier
    -John Starks
    -2010 NBA Champions The Portland Trailblazers
    ha... you poor seattle folks have been reduced to cheering for the trailblazers
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

    http://seanbriceart.com/
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,308
    sgossard3 wrote:
    ha... you poor seattle folks have been reduced to cheering for the trailblazers

    except that he's south of seattle which place him in portland, home of the trail blazers.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • HushBullHushBull Posts: 996
    Since the shortened lockout year, I have never enjoyed the NBA like I did growing up.
    "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    except that he's south of seattle which place him in portland, home of the trail blazers.
    depends how far south you want to interpret that as... los angeles is south of seattle too... maybe hes a clippers fan
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

    http://seanbriceart.com/
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,308
    sgossard3 wrote:
    depends how far south you want to interpret that as... los angeles is south of seattle too... maybe hes a clippers fan

    he's definitely a blazers fan. this is the clippers' only fan:

    http://clipperdarrell.com/cgi-bin/pager.pl?
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    he's definitely a blazers fan. this is the clippers' only fan:

    http://clipperdarrell.com/cgi-bin/pager.pl?
    ha... pathetic
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

    http://seanbriceart.com/
  • suns rivalsuns rival Posts: 15,926
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    he's definitely a blazers fan. this is the clippers' only fan:

    http://clipperdarrell.com/cgi-bin/pager.pl?

    what the... i thought billy crystal is the only clipper fan? :eek: :D
    scratching my butt...
    kinakamot ang aking puwit...
    me rascando pompis...
    krap mijn reet...
    boku no ketsuoana o kizu...
    bahrosh teezy...
  • jasonwjasonw Posts: 424
    sgossard3 wrote:
    with the exception of "pride of a champion", everything you listed are amongst my LEAST favorite things about the NBA... not that theres much to like these days...

    for me its all about mike, scotty, toni, luc, dennis, steve, bill, dickey, randy, jud, phil, bj, john, etc etc etc... the BEST era to grow up a bball fan... especially in chicago! even college basketball is starting to get corrupted by all the BS that goes on in the pros


    Please elaborate on this "BS" and give examples....and i think the NBA is the best it's been in a long time
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Head-to-head...3 slots available!

    NBAJammers http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/nba/35479
    password: versus15

    Live draft: October 19th, 10p.m. EDT.
    ;) 15th anniversary of Vs.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
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