Posted on 10/08/2022 1:36:30 PM PDT by conservative98
As the NBA scene grows more uncivil — last week, Warriors star and repetitive reprobate Draymond Green put on a vulgar public show following his assault of a teammate — commissioner Adam Silver continues to whistle past the dump.
Silver seems unwilling to firmly or even tangentially deal with what’s increasingly plaguing the NBA.
Brings to mind Silver’s mentor, the late NBA commissioner David Stern, who, during an interview with NBC’s Bob Costas, scoffed at the notion that taunting and trash-talking inspire too many on-court fights.
The next season, the NBA added anti-taunting rules to reduce the number of on-court fights.
Over the past, oh, 10 years, readers — too many to ignore — have let it be known they no longer hold an interest in the NBA, no longer even check the standings, as it has become a harbor for selfish, profane players, disruptive in-house audiences, sense-depriving, pounding piped-in “music,” and games reduced to basketball-barren 3-point barrages.
And TV-dictated late weeknight NBA Finals have become far too easy to ignore for those who once watched as conditioned. People aren’t going to lose any sleep missing the NBA Finals.
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You’re going to start seeing players from France become a big part of the NBA. They have a program there for basketball similar to how they build their soccer program, from the ‘banlieues’. You’ll see more players drafted straight from Europe than from US colleges.
Yes, I just posted about how international their talent already is. Our traveling team/AAU system is pretty intense, but turning pro outright as an early teen tops even that.
Bud, Kerr is a white, guilt-ridden leftist. I was giving the jerk an excuse for his stupidity. Sorry you didn’t t catch that.
Start handing out year long suspensions for fighting/without pay.
I could care less, I gave up NBA long ago.
Bud you’re just stupid.
Bud, you are a scumbag.
I’ve stopped watching all sports (golf is an ‘activity’). I like seeing them get some comeuppance. (I can’t spell schadenfreude).
But it’s all part of the game - like wrestling and all their false bravado...
19 goals in 12 games is okay...
We need the NBA to look more like America.
Isn’t that how it works?
Should have had two today but he hit the post.
BWAHAHQAHAHAHAHAH
Gosh you’re just a pathetic little fly aren’t you? Well, all you’ve got is dumb, you are beneath my notice. Say the last word, I’m sure I won’t even care.
Maybe he’ll go nuts and get three next time...
Is it a hat trick in soccer?
Yep, and he has several already this year. Got 3 last week against Manchester United.
I remember when Man U was unstoppable back in the day.
Have you seen a show/documentary with Ryan Reynolds and a dude from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
They buy a soccer team that’s at the very bottom of relegation. It’s pretty interesting.
Not any more. In China.
I made a sarcastic comment that was over your head. You reacted just like the leftist fool that you probably are. I refuse to join you any further in your miserable, rancid stew.
The last 5 minutes of a BB game often take 20-30 minutes to play! That’s when the coaches use all their timeouts.
The refs call slight bumps as fouls, so lots of wasted time with the ball being thrown in from out of bounds or by the penalty shots.
BB is almost as boring as soccer.
They already play in: Chicago...NYC... Philly...!!
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