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

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MM must not be watching this Mavs/Lakers game FAMS!
 
The NBA became unwatchable when they injected politics into the game during the BLM riots.
 
THE HCP said:
Not really. Showing you polls on Twitter don’t amount to shit.
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One is a right wing nut job with almost 10k followers, while the other is a lighthearted account that does polls with almost 800k followers. But like I said, ok
 
The NBA has been unwatchable since David Stern took over and manipulated the system in favor of big market teams. It has only gotten worse since the biggest stars leverage their way to the Lakers (and the Warriors to a degree) and the league bends over backwards to facilitate it....and encourages it. Because TV ratings drive the bus. It's tough watching Trailblazer games knowing they need a lightning strike coupled with a miracle to ever have any hope of winning a ring. We're the sad sack Washington Generals because that is where the league wants us. And it certainly doesn't look like the league is interested in changing that dynamic anytime soon. Portland's job is to serve as cannon fodder for the rest of the league.
 
Terry Stotts was right...whoever shoots the 3 best wins in the modern NBA...that's what killed the NBA playbook. Players barely know how to set a screen or throw an oop in the modern game it's all drive and kick or shoot from deep with 3 secs off the shot clock.
 
Goddamn there are a lot of you who dedicate time to one team's out of the 30 in a league that you are contending is an unwatchable product.
 
blazerkor said:
Goddamn there are a lot of you who dedicate time to one team's out of the 30 in a league that you are contending is an unwatchable product.
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Interesting take all things considered. Do you ever take a step back and consider how much time YOU dedicate to analyzing (and over analyzing) one team out of 30 in a league that we contend is an unwatchable product? It's a question that has to be asked in light of your observation of the rest of us.......
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Interesting take all things considered. Do you ever take a step back and consider how much time YOU dedicate to analyzing (and over analyzing) one team out of 30 in a league that we contend is an unwatchable product? It's a question that has to be asked in light of your observation of the rest of us.......
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I love the NBA. I talk basketball with family and friends a lot. They love the game. Sure some things could be improved but the league is very watchable for myself and a lot of people I know.

So I don't find it strange that I spend a good amount of time on my favorite team's official forum. I think it's weird that people would spend time complaining and I mean a lot of time, instead of just not paying attention to the sport at all anymore, if it is so unwatchable.

No, I think all of you saying it's unwatchable are being hyperbolic. You likely find it less watchable or maybe you really aren't watching and for some crazy reason still come to this forum to constantly discuss the sport, that you aren't watching.
 
blazerkor said:
I love the NBA. I talk basketball with family and friends a lot. They love the game. Sure some things could be improved but the league is very watchable for myself and a lot of people I know.

So I don't find it strange that I spend a good amount of time on my favorite team's official forum. I think it's weird that people would spend time complaining and I mean a lot of time, instead of just not paying attention to the sport at all anymore, if it is so unwatchable.

No, I think all of you saying it's unwatchable are being hyperbolic. You likely find it less watchable or maybe you really aren't watching and for some crazy reason still come to this forum to constantly discuss the sport, that you aren't watching.
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We're all entitled to our opinions. As a much younger man I immersed myself in the Blazers, riding out some incredibly boring and predictable losing seasons until Paul Allen bought the team and we were viable again. Then the landscape changed (Thanks to David "Only Big Markets Matter" Stern) as I pointed out. The NBA literally gamed the rules to handcuff small market, deep pocket owners like Paul Allen because those owners had no problem spending for talent. I'm glad you are surrounded with Blazer (and NBA) fans. But that doesn't make those of us who aren't impressed with the current product any less wrong. I'm just tired of watching a less than entertaining style of basketball (by an entire league) and waiting for a literal miracle to occur before the Blazers will ever be relevant again. And at my age, if I don't have a team in the mix, there is no point even watching.
 
Mediocre Man said:
At the product or the thread?
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Once (regardless of the subject) a certain poster weighs in on a topic being debated is all the fault of those damn Commie Libs, that thread has pretty much jumped the shark/swirling the drain.

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UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
We're all entitled to our opinions. As a much younger man I immersed myself in the Blazers, riding out some incredibly boring and predictable losing seasons until Paul Allen bought the team and we were viable again. Then the landscape changed (Thanks to David "Only Big Markets Matter" Stern) as I pointed out. The NBA literally gamed the rules to handcuff small market, deep pocket owners like Paul Allen because those owners had no problem spending for talent. I'm glad you are surrounded with Blazer (and NBA) fans. But that doesn't make those of us who aren't impressed with the current product any less wrong. I'm just tired of watching a less than entertaining style of basketball (by an entire league) and waiting for a literal miracle to occur before the Blazers will ever be relevant again. And at my age, if I don't have a team in the mix, there is no point even watching.
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If I’m not mistaken before David Stern only about 30% of games were even broadcast. And there was a shit national TV deal. Games were tape delayed or not shown at all. Not to mention a really bad cocaine problem across the league. I don’t things were ass glorious as some on here think.
 
This Wolves vs Lakers game is fantastic. Definitely watchable.
 
THE HCP said:
If I’m not mistaken before David Stern only about 30% of games were even broadcast. And there was a shit national TV deal. Games were tape delayed or not shown at all. Not to mention a really bad cocaine problem across the league. I don’t things were ass glorious as some on here think.
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