"Sit down Chuck" Might be a new catchphrase for me when someone gets crazy.
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NBA finals
- Thread starter slobake
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Had to look it up. It was somewhat depressing to see the only thing that’s really changed in professional sports since I gave up on it is better technology used to pump it into our lives.
As for me I like pro basketball and baseball. NBA games can be exciting and the athletes are amazing. It is even more exciting that the Golden State Warriors are going to the finals. They have fought through two rounds of playoff and there has been some great games. Don't have cable tv so we got Sling tv for one month at half price. After that we will not renew.
I like reading box scores for the MLB and listening to SFGiants games on the radio. I will put on the game when I am working on something. If I hear cheering and the announcer getting worked up I will pause and listen to what is happening. The Giants have some very entertaining announcers especially John Miller. Almost never watch baseball on TV unless the Giants are in the playoffs.
Baseball gives me something to look forward to every spring. Love to turn on my radio in my car and hear the voice of John Miller and the crack of the bat for me first game of the season.
GO WARRIORS! They will be playing Boston or Miami for the championship. Should be and exiting series.
I like reading box scores for the MLB and listening to SFGiants games on the radio. I will put on the game when I am working on something. If I hear cheering and the announcer getting worked up I will pause and listen to what is happening. The Giants have some very entertaining announcers especially John Miller. Almost never watch baseball on TV unless the Giants are in the playoffs.
Baseball gives me something to look forward to every spring. Love to turn on my radio in my car and hear the voice of John Miller and the crack of the bat for me first game of the season.
GO WARRIORS! They will be playing Boston or Miami for the championship. Should be and exiting series.
I fully embraced NBA ball in the late 80s through the mid 90s... LOVED the physical game, especially in the paint. Even guards worth their salt weren't afraid to mix it up. These days just makes me long for the days of old. I'm with Reggie Miller -- today's guys need to toughen up and know what's regular ol' play and what's NOT a foul.
So naturally as a result, the Warriors' offense puts me to sleep. A poop-ton of three-pointers simply doesn't excite me. Sure, Steph is such a shooter... okay, yippie. Plus, his defense isn't there (I can say the same about Luka). I can name 50 guys (past or present) I'd rather watch play ball than Steph and Klay. I like teams with players who let their physical game talk on the court... not mouthy guys who constantly whine to the officials (Draymond and PatBev -- I'm lookin' at you). Yes, I know the game has totally changed since the mid-80s and 90s... [sigh]... but I don't have to like today's product.
It also still chaps my bee-hind that Mark Jackson was booted just as he was making good progress, only to be replaced by an assistant who was handed the keys to a fully warmed-up, dialed-in machine who then went on to win the title in their first year. I can say the same about Dwane Casey in Toronto... both scenarios make me shake my head... but at least Kerr (who is a solid coach) kept it going. Nick Nurse, get outta here! Also, what COACH wears their own logo'd gear??? Would Pat Riley, Phil Jackson, Rudy T or Jerry Sloan do that? What a tool.
So naturally as a result, the Warriors' offense puts me to sleep. A poop-ton of three-pointers simply doesn't excite me. Sure, Steph is such a shooter... okay, yippie. Plus, his defense isn't there (I can say the same about Luka). I can name 50 guys (past or present) I'd rather watch play ball than Steph and Klay. I like teams with players who let their physical game talk on the court... not mouthy guys who constantly whine to the officials (Draymond and PatBev -- I'm lookin' at you). Yes, I know the game has totally changed since the mid-80s and 90s... [sigh]... but I don't have to like today's product.
It also still chaps my bee-hind that Mark Jackson was booted just as he was making good progress, only to be replaced by an assistant who was handed the keys to a fully warmed-up, dialed-in machine who then went on to win the title in their first year. I can say the same about Dwane Casey in Toronto... both scenarios make me shake my head... but at least Kerr (who is a solid coach) kept it going. Nick Nurse, get outta here! Also, what COACH wears their own logo'd gear??? Would Pat Riley, Phil Jackson, Rudy T or Jerry Sloan do that? What a tool.
I agree, and the same thing happened to Doug Collins at Chicago. Both Doug and Mark seemed to take it well, however, and life moves on.
--- so i have to look up the winner the next day! 
I get what you're saying, but a lot of that '80s-'90s basketball wasn't basketball, IMO. When a player knocks an opposing player into the crowd without even making a real attempt to block the shot, there's nothing tough about it. You're just admitting you can't guard the opponent, and have to take cheap shots to keep him from embarrassing you. I have no problem with hard fouls as long as they are actual basketball plays. Too much of the '80s-'90s stuff was taking an opponent's legs out from under him while he's in the air, or coming down on him with your whole body. What's even worse is that truly skilled defenders like Dennis Rodman participated in this mayhem. If your team's defensive philosophy is "no easy layups, no easy dunks," that's cool, but as least try to legitimately block layups and dunks; don't try to put your opponent in the hospital if he attempts one. Anybody can push a guy while he's in the air. That's not basketball - again, IMO.
Has today's game gotten too soft? Perhaps. But I like the fact that you have to actually guard your opponent as opposed to deliberately trying to injure him.
Since I'm a big Klay Thompson fan (go, Cougs!) I follow the Warriors when the playoffs come around. Other than that, I don't care much about basketball (other than WSU basketball.)
I'm ready to see a good championship series, and hope the Warriors win it.
I'm ready to see a good championship series, and hope the Warriors win it.
Agreed.
The same thing happened in the NFL to Tony Dungy in Tampa Bay, but Jon Gruden was an outside hire.
Agreed. The occasional dust-up is gonna happen in basketball as the sport can easily get physical.
But...
When a team (like the Pistons of the late 80s/early 90s) make putting on the floor a part of their strategy? No thanks. I didn't care for it back then... although it made great video you couldn't turn away from.
But...
When a team (like the Pistons of the late 80s/early 90s) make putting on the floor a part of their strategy? No thanks. I didn't care for it back then... although it made great video you couldn't turn away from.
What happened?I'm with you @Low8. I bailed on the NBA when Clay Bennett and David Stern did Seattle dirty.
I was at this game. Remember that play like yesterday. Flying chickens in the barnyard, the Coliseum went absolutely bonkers.
-Mike
Yes my friend. That is an open wound that I am not sure I will ever get over.
I know, I should get over it, grow up and move on, yadda yadda. But this was different for me. Those Sonics were an integral part of my life all through middle and high school and into my young adulthood.
-Mike
I know, I should get over it, grow up and move on, yadda yadda. But this was different for me. Those Sonics were an integral part of my life all through middle and high school and into my young adulthood.
-Mike
Things change and evolve around us. Nothing stays the same. That includes, music, clothes, cars, movies, tv ... the list goes on and on. When it comes to entertainment we can enjoy what is available today or choose something else. Neither is right or wrong but just a choice we make. It is doubtful that things will go bad to they were before so we are left with take or leave it.
Not too many contemporary movies or tv I enjoy so mostly I stream old movies. Good thing there are so many available to watch.
Not too many contemporary movies or tv I enjoy so mostly I stream old movies. Good thing there are so many available to watch.
I bet Seattle gets another NBA team in the next 10 years... expansion or otherwise. There's no way the Kings are still in Sacramento by then.
For me to support it or be excited in any way, it'll have to be an expansion team. I know all to well the pain of having your team ripped out from underneath you. I don't wish those crappy feelings on anyone and would never want the team from the city that it was taken from.
-Mike
So Anyway, some of the NBA players are starting to act like the soccer players (football every else) who fall over at the slightest touch... trying to draw a foul.
6' 5" 230 lb man gets touched on the wrist while shooting and ends up on the floor. And then gets up and plays defense where he's grabbing, pushing, shoving and wrestling with another player...and not falling down.
Maybe the refs should call a foul for bad acting now and then.
But I'll be watching game 7, and the finals.
6' 5" 230 lb man gets touched on the wrist while shooting and ends up on the floor. And then gets up and plays defense where he's grabbing, pushing, shoving and wrestling with another player...and not falling down.
Maybe the refs should call a foul for bad acting now and then.
But I'll be watching game 7, and the finals.
As a Sacramento native who's still hoping the Kings will once again reach those late-'90s/early 2000s heights, I appreciate your post.*
*Although I do know the Kings didn't originate in Sacramento
