• SPORTS
    AND
    GAMING
  • Welcome Guest!
    Posting RulesBluelight Rules
  • Sports & Gaming Moderators: ghostfreak

Official 2013 NBA Thread vers. flippity floppity

Status
Not open for further replies.
Being good enough to drive to the basket to where they feel the need to foul you is just as important as making a big shot. Foul Shots are like the one time in all of basketball where it's basically 100% mental and the dynamics of the game are magnified. It's just as much a reflection of clutch ability than anything else.

I'll tell ya, if the Spurs and Heat get to the finals its going to be an interesting series as both teams represent such fundamentally different styles. The Spurs kinda got last year's Dallas Maverick's feel to them with the super honed chemistry and plays and good back-up shooters. The Heat are operating on a higher level than ever though, so it's going to be intense.
 
TBH I was never any good at basketball, so thats probably why I dont care for it.

Ill prolly watch some games from the finals so I can talk about it and work and such.
 
Care said:
I love the idea of the game of basketball, but it just seems like the implementation is so.... unentertaining.

I cannot stand how in close games it almost always comes down to both teams standing around while someone takes free shots at the basket. High level sports should be decided by team play not who can make free throws.

As it is, I can hardly stand to watch this shit.
Click to expand...

I think a lot of basketball fans feel some version of this.

The reason it seems to come down to free throws at the end of games is that the team that's behind is fouling intentionally. Their goal is to slow the game down, but it slows the game down to an unwatchable trickle. If I were commissioner I'd immediately institute this rule: a team can choose to not take free throws after a non-shooting foul.

Also making these games unwatchable is the onslaught of time outs at the end of games. I understand that broadcasters want to air as many commercials as possible, but how many viewers are you losing when every 10-second basketball play is followed by two minutes of T-Mobile ads?

Here's a very interesting article: Why timeouts are destroying the NBA
 
awww - Lil Wayne didn't feel the love while watching a playoffs game @ OKC

Lil Wayne says he feels 'unwanted' at arena

Lil Wayne said that after a recent NBA playoffs ticket dispute, he felt unwelcome and "unwanted" at the Oklahoma City arena and isn't planning to return.

The rapper said two Thunder players -- Kevin Durant and James Harden -- had reached out to offer him tickets to Saturday's fourth game of the Western Conference finals.

"That's not the point, though," he told The Associated Press in an interview Friday night. "It's the players stepping up but of course the players aren't white. I don't want to be sitting there on behalf of you and I'm sitting next to a (person) that's like, 'I don't want this (guy) sitting next to me.' (Forget) you ... I'm in Forbes," he said, laughing.

Lil Wayne said in a tweet Thursday night that he had been "denied by the team to be in their arena." The team responded by saying the seats he wanted were already taken.

But the Grammy-winning rapper, during an appearance in Los Angeles, described a more complicated scenario.

He said he typically procures tickets for such games "from this guy named Mike." Lil Wayne said Mike had requested special security, parking and entrance for the rapper, but Mike said the team responded that it would sell the seats only for Mike's personal use.

Lil Wayne said a manager had advised him not to return to the city's arena for sports events or concerts, but "I never say never."

He said he felt welcome at other arenas including Miami and likes being able to energize players -- many of whom are fans of his music -- on their home court.

"That's like me going on stage and ... seeing LeBron (James) in the crowd with his hand up. I'm going to perform a little bit harder," he said.

But in Oklahoma, he said, while "the players want me there, I don't want to feel -- I'm going to still feel unwanted."
Click to expand...
 
aanallein said:
That officiating was soooooooooooooooooooooo bad.
Click to expand...

Everyone is pointing to the Lebron disqualification, but the double foul was even more egregious. Worst of all, Keyon Dooling made a 3 pointer on a pass from Ray Allen for which Allen was clearly standing out of bounds.

Now the officiating bias swings back to the Heat for game 5.
 
The worst call of the whole game was the Wade mugging of Pierce on his way to the hoop then Wade takes it the other way for a layup. Nothing surprises me anymore about the officiating in this series.
 
Everyone is pointing to the Lebron disqualification, but the double foul was even more egregious.
Click to expand...

Garnett was CLEARLY holding Lebron's hand to prevent him from moving over to challenge Rondo. Instead there's a "double foul" wtf?



I don't even care "which way" the refs tried to take the game (clearly they wanted boston to win this one and miami to win game 2). The series would probably be 2-2 right now without Ref interference. It just makes the game unwatchable to see such bullshit being called all over.
 
yeah but the refs in the NBA surely suck the most dick out of all the refs/umpires of any and all the other pro-sports - COMBINED
 
China Rider said:
whining about officiating in any sport at any level is annoying as fuck
Click to expand...

It's annoying if you just bitch at calls against your team. I'm bitching that they are wrong all over and making the game unwatchable.



For example I just watched the first play of the spurs/okc game and turned it off in disgust. I'm not going to spend the next 2 or so hours watching bullshit like that. (and just fyi I like both teams equally)
 
Last edited:
axl blaze said:
yeah but the refs in the NBA surely suck the most dick out of all the refs/umpires of any and all the other pro-sports - COMBINED
Click to expand...

It's really hard not to completely agree. Is it that they are so bad, or that they are still double agents from Las Vegas, or simply that their decisions effect the outcome so dramatically that we can't help but bitch about every single foul they call?
 
if you guys hate officiating in sports so much maybe you should try getting into PGA

where the player who performs the best over a 4 day span wins every single time
 
axl blaze said:
yeah but the refs in the NBA surely suck the most dick out of all the refs/umpires of any and all the other pro-sports - COMBINED
Click to expand...

IMO that is a result of the rules stating that touching a guy on the finger is a foul, and other such BS. I used to ref soccer and sometimes during fast paced plays it is hard to make the right decision in the moment, so I tend to cut the refs some slack.
 
fans wear emotionally covered glasses when watching their favorite teams, so annoying

the refs are out to get them, brah, it's sooo fixed
 
China Rider said:
fans wear emotionally covered glasses when watching their favorite teams, so annoying
Click to expand...

well, you're wrong on your assertion because I have no horse in this race. and I truly despise 3 out of the 4 teams left in both the Conference Championships. which are the Miami Heat, the Boston Celtics, and the San Antone Spurs, in case you are wondering. and let's just say that my horse has been out of this race for a LONG time. even a pedestrian NBA fan could tell you that NBA officials are the worst in all of pro-sports. you really defending them, or are you trollin'??

Care said:
IMO that is a result of the rules stating that touching a guy on the finger is a foul, and other such BS. I used to ref soccer and sometimes during fast paced plays it is hard to make the right decision in the moment, so I tend to cut the refs some slack.
Click to expand...

well the NBA hasn't always been about such pussy-footing. remember in the 90s when EVERY TEAM (most notably Isiah Thomas + his Pistons) were out for MJ's blood? or even more recently the Hack-a-Shaq tactics that were employed during the pinnacle of his career? the past 5-10 years there has been a complete shift of bullshit calls, and protecting superstars. it would be scary to think of MJ's numbers if he played in this gilded age of pro-basketball, where stars like LBJ + Kobe are put on an untouchable pedestal

and yeah, I've done some officiating in my day. I have no qualm with the zebras (well except when they would call fouls on me left-and-right in indoor LAX because I was obviously the football bro trying out LAX for a season). BUT if you get paid to ref, then you should be a damn professional about it. I suppose CoffeeDrinker is right again, problem is, other fellas are payin' these refs more ;)
 
axl blaze said:
well, you're wrong on your assertion
Click to expand...
dude i wasn't saying only fans of the teams are going to claim the officiating sucks , im just saying it's almost a guarantee(except for the rare folk like my self) that a fan is going to whine and cry and blame the officiating on the loss

99/100 times the better team is going to win

fans only notice the big calls and plays but there are so many little things that determine the outcome of the game that are practically ignored, yet are collectively more potent than a few single plays/calls

and i'm always kinda sorta trolling, but i'm just speaking how i feel
 
2rnk3yx.jpg
.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top