Sixers Season thread 2

[SunMo]

the entire NBA is alarmingly average, i'm drifting towards college ball more and more

Definitely a better game all around, IMO.  Always has been, in fact.

yeah, you're probably right.  i wasn't even 10 years old when Magic/Bird were in their prime in the league, but the NCAA game was probably still better.

the atmosphere around the college game is really what makes it fun too.  NBA arenas are like a funeral home.

[hunt]

yeah...college hoops has a much better atmosphere.  the only thing that makes it hard to follow is all the players leaving early.  some schools have a new roster every year.
i can't blame the players though. 

[SunMo]

yeah, i agree with the players.  but if you are just looking to see good games, that doesn't really matter.

i actually think that the players going from high school and leaving early helped the college game.  you had kids there who wanted to be there, who wanted to be part of the team and play team ball.  i'm worried that now that kids are forced to play in college before the NBA, it will turn into a "look at me" showoff situation with some kids

[Rome]

I've said it before... the best basketball experience can be found @ the Palestra.

Sure, the NBA has more talented players & whatnot but the experience you get from strictly a basketball experience at an NBA game is dwarfed by a great college game.

Actually, the best basketball game I ever saw, period, was between Villanova & Georgetown in the late '80s at the Spectrum and that place was a tomb for basketball compared to the Palestra. 

Absolutely electric.

[rjs246]

The NBA eats a whole lot of ass.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

They're not even mediocre.

On a scale of good, average, fair, poor... Sixers = Fair at best.

Just goes to show you what a joke the Eastern Conference is.

^^^Orlando Magic fan^^^

[SunMo]

The NBA eats a whole lot of ass.

and not Alba ass, we're talking about Hollis Thomas after a night of Tex-Mex ass

[Sgt PSN]

the entire NBA is alarmingly average, i'm drifting towards college ball more and more

I started that movement a few years ago.  In the 80's/early 90's the NBA was far superior to the NCAA.  I couldn't stomach the NCAA at the time.  Now it's almost the complete opposite.  I'll watch 2 scrub college teams play in the preseason before I'd watch Pistons/Spurs Game 7. 

[hunt]

athleticism has replaced basketball talent in the nba...that's why there's a lack of true point guards, outside shooters, & big men with low post moves. 
tony parker leads the nba in points in the paint.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Yeah, but dating Eva Longoria taught him the secrets to successful penetration.

[rjs246]

She doesn't strike me as the type to require any sort of 'secret' to achieve penetration. Something tells me any good-looking guy with a car could hit that up and down.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

You'd be surprised.  She's on record as saying the best sex she's ever had was with a "Rabbit" vibrator, so I'm sure she's capable of turning down guys once in a while.

[rjs246]

I'm not saying she would necessarily enjoy it, just that the words "No" and "You're not my type" are rarely coming from out mouth.

[Sgt PSN]

athleticism has replaced basketball talent in the nba...that's why there's a lack of true point guards, outside shooters, & big men with low post moves.
tony parker leads the nba in points in the paint.

Alot of that has to do with so many highschool kids and college freshmen coming into the NBA.  I know Stern was pushing for an age limit in the draft......20 years old or something.  Did he get it? 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

No, he didn't.