[quote name='Soodmeg']I dont know what the deal is but I lose interest more and more in the NBA every year. There is something about the games that just dont thrill me anymore.
The games dont have any flow to them and the lack of a hard nose defensive team just makes it boring. I guess I am just to much of a fan of the old NBA where games didnt average 40 plus fouls and every game was a
ing war. (thats a real stat by the way) and the fouls that did occur were Man sized fouls and none of this pussy "the offensive player had to adjust thats a foul."
I really hate Davids Sterns Nickelodeon Style NBA. Every interview is cookie cutter, every press conference is full of the same 3rd grade questions and half answers. And I feel like I watch free throws and huddles more than the actual game.
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I have felt the exact same way over the years. They punish good defense way too much because someone's jersey touched another's. The one thing I really hate is the way many attackers (Kobe included) will purposely move their bodies into a standing defender for "contact" just to get the foul call and possible 2+1. Bullshit.
That and fouls just take way too much time. The last 1 minute of a close game can take like half an hour with all the foul delays. It's mind numbing.
And yes, the interviews don't offer a whole lot. Personally, I'd love to see someone come up with a buzz-word bingo card for them. "We just had to adjust." "We gave it 110%." "We played hard." BINGO!
The NBA pushed me into the arms of another lover. Her name is the NHL. There is so much less princess pampering there and the pace is unrelenting. A small foul means a face off in the offending team's zone. A big foul means a man sits out and gives the opposing team a numbers advantage for a couple minutes. They don't even stop to rest tired players. They hop in and out of the rink mid play!
