NBA on the brink

[SeattleUte]

Hee hee. Die NBA. Die fucker.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090227

[UtahDan]

Hee hee. Die NBA. Die fucker.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/090227

Big money has ruined the NBA more than any other sport, IMO. I feel about the NBA going away like I felt when hockey canceled the Stanley cup. Nothing. And I love basketball. Fortunately the NCAA has preserved the sport.

[TripletDaddy]

The second I clicked on the link and saw "Bill Simmons," I clicked out and didn't even read the article.

My guess is that he figures out some way to get in a Kobe dig in the article, make a reference to Charles Barkley's weight, and talk about how he and his dad love the Celtics and Red Sox.

[myboynoah]

Hee hee. Die NBA. Die fucker.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/090227

Yeah. Haynesworth signs today for $100 million while the economy is contracting. Unreal.

[smokymountainrain]

Yeah. Haynesworth signs today for $100 million while the economy is contracting. Unreal.

And while his league is laying off employees and the commissioner is taking a 20% pay decrease.

[New Mexican Disaster]

Big money has ruined the NBA more than any other sport, IMO. I feel about the NBA going away like I felt when hockey canceled the Stanley cup. Nothing. And I love basketball. Fortunately the NCAA has preserved the sport.

NCAA basketball has become completely unwatchable to me after watching a lot of the NBA. Such an inferior level of play is hard to watch.

[Donuthole]

The second I clicked on the link and saw "Bill Simmons," I clicked out and didn't even read the article.

My guess is that he figures out some way to get in a Kobe dig in the article, make a reference to Charles Barkley's weight, and talk about how he and his dad love the Celtics and Red Sox.

0 for 3. It's like you are Kobe in game 7 or something.

[MarkGrace]

The second I clicked on the link and saw "Bill Simmons," I clicked out and didn't even read the article.

That's typically my reaction as well, but I was curious to see what he had to say because of the increasing evidence that the NBA is in a major financial crunch. There was some interesting stuff in there.

[TripletDaddy]

0 for 3. It's like you are Kobe in game 7 or something.

More like Karl Malone in the NBA Finals.

[Donuthole]

More like Karl Malone in the NBA Finals.

Stealing Simmons' material, eh? Pretty lame after bagging on his stuff.

[SeattleUte]

That's typically my reaction as well, but I was curious to see what he had to say because of the increasing evidence that the NBA is in a major financial crunch. There was some interesting stuff in there.

Yeah, they've decided to tax the rich including the ones with real jobs who put people to work, slash social services, put a deadline on the war in Iraq; states are slashing education, law enforcement, etc.

Sooner or later handouts to NBA owners and players are going to take a hit. It's bound to happen.

[SeattleUte]

NCAA basketball has become completely unwatchable to me after watching a lot of the NBA. Such an inferior level of play is hard to watch.

Well, it's a different sport. You probably would miss the silk robes and affected acrobatics and loud thuds watching collegiate wrestling instead of WWF. I guess it depends on what you value in sport. Personally, what I hate about the NBA is watching guys that make tens of millions of dollars a year play at quarter speed until June.

I hate the NBA. Is that clear? I have a life goal never to live in a city with an NBA team.

[il Padrino Ute]

Well, it's a different sport. You probably would miss the silk robes and affected acrobatics and loud thuds watching collegiate wrestling instead of WWF. I guess it depends on what you value in sport. Personally, what I hate about the NBA is watching guys that make tens of millions of dollars a year play at quarter speed until June.

I hate the NBA. Is that clear? I have a life goal never to live in a city with an NBA team.

I think you'll be able to achieve that goal living in Seattle.

[TripletDaddy]

Well, it's a different sport. You probably would miss the silk robes and affected acrobatics and loud thuds watching collegiate wrestling instead of WWF. I guess it depends on what you value in sport. Personally, what I hate about the NBA is watching guys that make tens of millions of dollars a year play at quarter speed until June.

I hate the NBA. Is that clear? I have a life goal never to live in a city with an NBA team.

Well, if the the NCAA played an 82-game regular season, followed by 2 months of playoffs, my guess is that some of the earlier games would lose their importance.

Ever been to a standing room only MLB game in late April?

[SeattleUte]

Well, if the the NCAA played an 82-game regular season, followed by 2 months of playoffs, my guess is that some of the earlier games would lose their importance.

Ever been to a standing room only MLB game in late April?

Yeah, that's a problem in the NBA. Ever sat in a seat costing over $100 to watch players just shuffle through a pretense of playing?

The baseball games mean a lot more because you don't have 80% of the teams making the playoffs. In baseball, everyone loses a lot of games, but there are teams with winning records that don't make the playoffs. Also, baseball is an individual sport in parallel with team sport so players care about their individual numbers.