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Old 08-16-2019, 01:51 PM   #165361
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NCAA basketball in March, maybe.

And entertaining does not mean it's a better product. That's like saying Trump is a better president than Obama because he's a shitshow and that's more entertaining to watch.
Point is, Trump is just a better president.
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    That's like saying Trump is a better president than Obama because he's a shitshow and that's more entertaining to watch.
    This is just a bad comparison
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    Old 08-16-2019, 01:54 PM   #165363
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    First, off, 80% of the teams in the NBA are just trash to begin with. The league is so damn unbalanced it's ridiculous. 5-6 years in a row you've been able to just write in the Warriors and not even think about it. Why even play the 82?

    Second, there's no "team" anything in 90% of the league. You have 1-2 guys who are studs and the rest is a supporting cast of mediocre players who are just there to take up space and occasionally pick up the ball when it bounces away from one of the good players.
    This post is so completely wrong, I feel like Trump wrote. Maybe he did:

    Terrorist Steve Kerr hates America (grew up in the middle east) with his boring basketball. No defense! No strategy in the NBA! The failing NBA with their fixed winners. NCAA basketball GREAT and beautiful!
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    NCAA basketball in March, maybe.

    And entertaining does not mean it's a better product. That's like saying Trump is a better president than Obama because he's a shitshow and that's more entertaining to watch.
    More entertaining absolutely means a better whole product for me.

    There are TONS of conference games in NCAAB that are nail biters going down to the wire or OT which have meaning. Give me those every time over watching Lebron drop 40+ for the 150th time
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    Old 08-16-2019, 01:54 PM   #165365
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    It's a great comparison, actually.

    Point is, I honestly don't know a single basketball purist who would tell you that the college game is a better product. If you think it'd more entertaining, that's your personal preference. But the product isn't better. Not even remotely close.

    The argument of "great team defense" in college almost always boils down to shitty offense, by the way.
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    Old 08-16-2019, 01:55 PM   #165366
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    you're just seeing the byproduct of bigger and better athletes

    i enjoy seeing the organized man-to-man switching and 5 man unit playing a disciplined 2-3 zone in the NCAA...you just don't get much, if any, of that in the NBA
    You can't play 2-3 zone in the NBA because the offensive players are too good. You should switch to high school or even middle school basketball, you'll probably like it better than the NCAA.
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    This post is so completely wrong
    Which part? The part about most of the league being trash? I'm open to hearing why I'm wrong. It looks to me, as a casual viewer turned off by the current state of the league, that you have a ton of teams swimming in mediocrity, 10% actively tanking for the lottery, and ~4 teams actually competing for a title.

    Was it the part about the Warriors being easy write-ins for the west for 6 years? Again, I can't see how that is wrong?

    Please, enlighten me and tell me why the NBA is actually a better product to watch for 82 games a year + playoffs.
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    Old 08-16-2019, 01:57 PM   #165368
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    we said MAJOR sports (in America, where we reside).



    It's 100% a better product to watch. The game in the NBA barely resembles basketball anymore.
    The MLS is closing in on NHL for popularity and in 5 to 10 years I think it surpasses it as #4 in America.

    Also the NBA is so far and beyond better in every possible aspect the NCAA. Its laughable to suggest otherwise. The only exciting thing about NCAAB is the opening week on the tourney.
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    This post is so completely wrong, I feel like Trump wrote. Maybe he did:

    Terrorist Steve Kerr hates America (grew up in the middle east) with his boring basketball. No defense! No strategy in the NBA! The failing NBA with their fixed winners. NCAA basketball GREAT and beautiful!
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    Old 08-16-2019, 01:57 PM   #165370
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    The argument of "great team defense" in college almost always boils down to shitty offense, by the way.
    This is the key point.

    Also, one could have made a reasonable argument that the NCAA was more watchable back when players stayed 3-4 years.
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    Point is, I honestly don't know a single basketball purist
    That seems fair

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    You can't play 2-3 zone in the NBA because the offensive players are too good. You should switch to high school or even middle school basketball, you'll probably like it better than the NCAA.
    nah, i'm good

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    The MLS is closing in on NHL for popularity and in 5 to 10 years I think it surpasses it as #4 in America.
    I think that says more about NHL sux than MLS gud
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    Which part? The part about most of the league being trash? I'm open to hearing why I'm wrong. It looks to me, as a casual viewer turned off by the current state of the league, that you have a ton of teams swimming in mediocrity, 10% actively tanking for the lottery, and ~4 teams actually competing for a title.

    Was it the part about the Warriors being easy write-ins for the west for 6 years? Again, I can't see how that is wrong?

    Please, enlighten me and tell me why the NBA is actually a better product to watch for 82 games a year + playoffs.
    You're equating excitement with the quality of basketball. That's why you're wrong.

    And parity is such a dumb thing to bring up. There's hardly parity in any professional US sport outside of maybe baseball. The Patriots have like 30% of the Super Bowls over the last 19 years.
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    NHL is completely mismanaged from a marketing perspective, that’s one of its biggest problems. That and the in person experience vs Tv is tilted way too heavily in the wrong direction.
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    This is the key point.

    Also, one could have made a reasonable argument that the NCAA was more watchable back when players stayed 3-4 years.
    Agreed.

    I mean, I love both, but to argue that the NCAA is a better product is dumb.
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    If you are a fan of one of the 20+ teams in the NBA either toiling in mediocrity or actively tanking for the lottery, what incentive is there to watch at all during a season that lasts nearly 9 months?
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    The elusive #rodemelt in its natural habitat.
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    Which part? The part about most of the league being trash? I'm open to hearing why I'm wrong. It looks to me, as a casual viewer turned off by the current state of the league, that you have a ton of teams swimming in mediocrity, 10% actively tanking for the lottery, and ~4 teams actually competing for a title.

    Was it the part about the Warriors being easy write-ins for the west for 6 years? Again, I can't see how that is wrong?

    Please, enlighten me and tell me why the NBA is actually a better product to watch for 82 games a year + playoffs.
    Bold: The entire post I quoted.

    Underline: The NBA is a better product because the skill level, athletic level, strategy, defense are a million times superior than the college game.

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    If you are a fan of one of the 20+ teams in the NBA either toiling in mediocrity or actively tanking for the lottery, what incentive is there to watch at all during a season that lasts nearly 9 months?
    Better basketball?

    How many NCAA teams are realistically win the title every year? Probably 10 or less. % wise, the NBA teams have a higher % teams that are contenders.

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    You're equating excitement with the quality of basketball.
    No. I'm not saying the quality of the basketball games themselves are bad. I'm saying that the entire league, as a whole product, is bad for viewers at large. It's largely noncompetitive, far too superstar driven, and pretty terribly marketed.
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    Throwing my hat in the college basketball ring. Can’t stand the NBA.
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    Throwing my hat in the college basketball ring. Can’t stand the NBA.
    Amen brother. Welcome to the resistance!
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    No DH speeds the game up. I’m in favor


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    I think the NBA is creating a mess for itself with all of the "weird" free agency stuff, imo. In turn, despite having better individual components, the overall product is inferior, imo.

    Edit: Team No DH


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    No. I'm not saying the quality of the basketball games themselves are bad. I'm saying that the entire league, as a whole product, is bad for viewers at large. It's largely noncompetitive, far too superstar driven, and pretty terribly marketed.
    1 out of 3 ain't bad (#2 is correct that it is superstar driven, but I don't see that as a negative)
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    Bold: The entire post I quoted.

    Underline: The NBA is a better product because the skill level, athletic level, strategy, defense are a million times superior than the college game.



    How many NCAA teams are realistically win the title every year? Probably 10 or less. % wise, the NBA teams have a higher % teams that are contenders.
    Yeah I’m not buying the bold, superstar players just take over, possessions hardly last more than 15 seconds. Don’t disagree with the rest of the first part.

    The second part isn’t a good faith point, NCAA teams have more attainable goals than just winning a NC. Winning a conference is a huge accomplishment, as is making the elite 8 or final 4.
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    https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c1dcb10366.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e52fd14fbc.jpg

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    Fred Van Vleet basically won a team two playoff series, including the NBA Finals, but superstar players are the only good ones!
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    No DH speeds the game up. I’m in favor
    It really doesn't though: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...the-game-down/

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    My first check was the simplest. I divided all games into four categories: games between AL teams, those between NL teams, interleague games hosted by AL teams (which have the DH) and interleague games hosted by NL teams (which don’t). Games between AL teams were, on average, two minutes and 15 seconds longer than games between NL teams.

    But that gap might be because certain AL teams — notably Boston and New York — are slower than NL teams and not because of different rules. Luckily, interleague and World Series games provide a useful test, because teams typically have played each opponent roughly the same number of times at home and away — albeit not necessarily in the same season. That should control for any effect from particular teams or matchups.

    So, when the same two teams played each other in an NL park or an AL park, which game was longer?

    On average, surprisingly, the longer game has been in the NL park — by 15 seconds. That calculation is based on more than 2,000 games each in NL and AL parks — defining interleague to include regular-season and World Series games between an AL team and an NL team.

    That’s solid evidence that it’s the style of individual teams, rather than the DH rule, causing the discrepancy in length of AL and NL games.
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    Fred Van Vleet basically won a team two playoff series, including the NBA Finals, but superstar players are the only good ones!
    yeah because they DEFINITELY would’ve been in that situation without Kawhi.
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