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cuseinseattle said:
It is such a joke of a league and it's amazing how terrible they are at developing skill set for players.
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Totally disagree.

Look at a guy like Westbrook and how he's developed his shot.
Whiteside, Giannis, Rudy Gobert, Myles Turner. There's plenty.

There can only be so many elite players. Guys that don't make it, maybe they just aren't that good?

Just as an example. After multiple years in the NBA, MCW still can't shoot at an elite level clip. The idea that if he stayed one more year at Cuse he'd be a good shooter? I just don't buy it.
 
Bayside44 said:
The kid isn't some sort of unique talent, 2 guards are easy enough to find. A guy like Dion was ready to go physically, etc. Teams have a finite period to get a guy ready or the people involved lose their jobs.
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Truest statement I have read. The reality is, there are 30 first round picks. Maybe 5-1o of them find longevity in the league. Unlike the NFL where there are so many positions and a much shorter career life, NBA teams can play 5 guys, and stars will play for 10-20 years. The turnover of players that have already made it is much lower and guys really need to distinguish themselves. The NBA is the hardest pro league in my opinion, to stick on a roster.
 
How is the NBA a "joke of a league?". It can't be level of play, since it makes college ball look like a shtshow. It's not fan support, since they just signed a huge TV deal and NBA attendance set a record last season.

I don't know. They seem to be doing a lot right.
 
HOFCeluck said:
How is the NBA a "joke of a league?". It can't be level of play, since it makes college ball look like a shtshow. It's not fan support, since they just signed a huge TV deal and NBA attendance set a record last season.

I don't know. They seem to be doing a lot right.
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I've lived around the country, the only people that think the NBA is a joke from what I've seen are Syracuse fans. The city is pretty much has no ties to an NBA team and is so invested into the Orange that they have no reason to be. And in true Syracuse fashion if it's not something they love then the blinders come on and hate spews out.
 
two3zone said:
I've lived around the country, the only people that think the NBA is a joke from what I've seen are Syracuse fans. The city is pretty much has no ties to an NBA team and is so invested into the Orange that they have no reason to be. And in true Syracuse fashion if it's not something they love then the blinders come on and hate spews out.
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This is not true. Syracuse fans tend to be fans of the Knicks. If you are basing your idea of what the NBA is on the Knicks, I can see why someone would think the NBA isn't that great a thing.
 
HOFCeluck said:
How is the NBA a "joke of a league?". It can't be level of play, since it makes college ball look like a shtshow. It's not fan support, since they just signed a huge TV deal and NBA attendance set a record last season.

I don't know. They seem to be doing a lot right.
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The league is great. I know people who dislike the NBA that have been tossing the same criticisms out for the last 15 years...while at the same time they haven't actually really watched in 15 years either. When they do catch part of a game, they'll look for the first thing wrong and harp on it and use it as proof that the whole league sucks, and talk about how much better it used to be. Seeing what they want to see, basically.

The league is way better now than it was for most of the 90's, which some people weirdly harp on as some golden era.
 
OrangeDW said:
The league is great. I know people who dislike the NBA that have been tossing the same criticisms out for the last 15 years...while at the same time they haven't actually really watched in 15 years either. When they do catch part of a game, they'll look for the first thing wrong and harp on it and use it as proof that the whole league sucks, and talk about how much better it used to be. Seeing what they want to see, basically.

The league is way better now than it was for most of the 90's, which some people weirdly harp on as some golden era.
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Its great in the playoffs, the problem is there is no parity,there are two teams that can win a title, and the season is way too long. I remember back in the late 80's and early 90's, the product was so much better, I would watch every game that I could.
 
HOFCeluck said:
How is the NBA a "joke of a league?". It can't be level of play, since it makes college ball look like a shtshow. It's not fan support, since they just signed a huge TV deal and NBA attendance set a record last season.

I don't know. They seem to be doing a lot right.
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The difference between the value of the Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics is 600 million. Fan support, are you even serious. The LA Lakers play in a facility that holds 19k people. The Seattle Seahawks play in a facility that holds 67,000. Syracuse could sell out Staples a few times.
 
Briancuse said:
Its great in the playoffs, the problem is there is no parity,there are two teams that can win a title, and the season is way too long. I remember back in the late 80's and early 90's, the product was so much better, I would watch every game that I could.
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It's gotten that way this year, but the West was legitimately loaded the previous 5 years or so and there was not a consensus favorite. Depending on the year you had OKC, San Antonio, GS, the Clippers looking like real contenders. Even the Rockets won a ton of games a few years ago, when Portland knocked them out round 1. The East has been the Lebron show after since the Celtics got old.

Late 80s- very early 90's, sure. Most of the 90s the quality of ball wasn't as good as it is now, and a lot of the most talented players who should've been the next ones to step up and carry the league didn't fully hit...our own DC, Penny, Hill, LJ, Kemp, Manning, K. Anderson, etc...fantastic players at their peaks who didn't have nearly the careers they could have for various reasons. Throw Webber in there to a lesser extent too.
 
Briancuse said:
Its great in the playoffs, the problem is there is no parity,there are two teams that can win a title, and the season is way too long. I remember back in the late 80's and early 90's, the product was so much better, I would watch every game that I could.
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Yeah man, anytime you had Wayman Tisdale's Sacramento Kings vs the Roy Hinson led Nets in 1989 you just had to be watching! Imagine the ISO play!!
 
cuseinseattle said:
The difference between the value of the Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics is 600 million. Fan support, are you even serious. The LA Lakers play in a facility that holds 19k people. The Seattle Seahawks play in a facility that holds 67,000. Syracuse could sell out Staples a few times.
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So Syracuse had more fan support than the Lakers?
 
cuseinseattle said:
It is such a joke of a league and it's amazing how terrible they are at developing skill set for players.
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Obviously you're entitled to your opinion, but the NBA is not a joke. The level of play right now is unbelievably high -- probably the best it's ever been.
 
djcon57 said:
Yeah man, anytime you had Wayman Tisdale's Sacramento Kings vs the Roy Hinson led Nets in 1989 you just had to be watching! Imagine the ISO play!!
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Those were two really bad teams. There have always been bad teams, the kings and nets today are both pathetic.
 
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djcon57 said:
What the hell is going on here?
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A point was made about the NBA's new TV deal and how great it is. So I compared the estimated value of an NBA team to the estimated value of an MLB team. I then compared the attendance requirements of an NBA facility compared to an NFL facility. What is wrong with that? If you compare the NBA to the other two major sports leagues I think their player development and general value is far inferior.
 
two3zone said:
So Syracuse had more fan support than the Lakers?
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Do you really believe that was the point I was making? It's not that hard to fill an 19k seat arena. Especially when you have one of the best brands in the NBA.
 
cuseinseattle said:
A point was made about the NBA's new TV deal and how great it is. So I compared the estimated value of an NBA team to the estimated value of an MLB team. I then compared the attendance requirements of an NBA facility compared to an NFL facility. What is wrong with that? If you compare the NBA to the other two major sports leagues I think their player development and general value is far inferior.
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Can't compare basketball attendance to football attendance though, with the huge difference in number of games and also just how conducive the sport is to hosting large crowds.
 
OrangeDW said:
Can't compare basketball attendance to football attendance though, with the huge difference in number of games and also just how conducive the sport is to hosting large crowds.
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So obvous.
 
cuseinseattle said:
Do you really believe that was the point I was making? It's not that hard to fill an 19k seat arena. Especially when you have one of the best brands in the NBA.
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Then why would you even say it, I don't understand the point.
 
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