The NBA is unwatchable. A heartfelt thread by your friend, MM

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    2, 3, 4 and 5 has been the case for 40+ years.
     
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    heavy boy replays galore
     
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    I actually think it is a culture / world-point of view issue.

    Can anyone here tell what fans are supposed to be rooting for?
    Are we rooting for a team? A player? A coach? The lines have blurred intentionally IMO over the years - so the crowed is broader.... But that comes with a price of quantity over quality.

    Once the weight have shifted from a team oriented fanhood to All-stars fanhood - the essense of rooting for NBA related issues was watered down IMO.

    Disclosure - I am here because of Deni.. so I represent a fan currently following a player career development, which is AN aspect of the game, but I do not have any NBA team I root for.
    If you compare this to Europe and Euroleague teams - being a fan of a team has little to do with star players of the team - the team and coach are above the stars and fans root a follow the team preciesly because of these attributes.
    Do note - Camara and Deni were both growing up as kids in these types of European Basketball fandom.. and I do believe it to be a major contributor for them being able to care so much for each minute they are on the floor..
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Man, I hate Polish jokes. I remember when I was younger. I walked into a store and asked for a Polish sausage. The guy said oh you must be from Poland and I’m like dude if someone walked in here from and ordered a German bratwurst do you think they were from Germany? Someone walked in here and ordered a French pastry. Do you think they’d be from France? Someone walked in here and ordered a Cuban sandwich. Do you think they’d be Cuban? Why on earth would you think just because I ordered a Polish sausage that I’m from Poland. And the guy says well First of all this is a hardware store
     
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    when you blend the nba with the PBR bullriders circuit shot clock, you got mike d'antoni's wet dream. let the analytics guys/geeks do their thing with the results and it is welcome to todays nba. they should of kept the old hand check rule, "no crying in baseball/basketball", and award foul shots to the opposing team for flopping. the euro flop has had as big a negative impact as the three point shot IMHO. nothing irritates me more than watching a player crying to the ref while the other team takes advantage of the 5 on 4 to score on the other end of the court.
     
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    This is too far. You know damn good and well that Hiswife is two words
     
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