Kolek planning to go pro
Herd Woeful on the crystal set say rumor is da Dear wanna hire a prez of bb operations. Thru out Bird's name. Wunder if da stink wit Parker is two far down da sewer to retrieve? Anyways, da Yanks have doubled der bread in fore years. Beets stickin' it US Treasuries, aina?
As was I. Prunty allowed a 20 point lead to dwindle to 3 before he took a timeout. Incredible.Also, the Bucks went from absolutely refusing to switch anything at any point the entire regular season to suddenly switching everything anytime two offensive players crossed paths. Morris would just be running across the court without even attempting to set a screen and suddenly Bledsoe would jump out to him and leave Middleton or Jabari on Larkin/Rozier. Baffling. Stevens is a good enough coach as it is, you don't need to just set mismatches all over the court up for him.
i'll admit that i am a fair weather fan, but the nba is hard too watch sometimes. and if time is valuable, as it is, why would i waste my time watching. for instance, what is the standard for a foul much less traveling?? did any of you guys see the game today? at about the 6-7 minute mark, some dude from boston fell and slid with the ball from the top of the key to about half-way into the lane globetrotter style-nope-play on. he dishes to a guy who drains a three...
NBA refs are about a million times better than college refs. NBA reffing has improved TREMENDOUSLY under Silver.Honestly I don't know how anyone can watch the NBA playoffs and still somehow think college basketball is better. Yeah the regular season can be more enjoyable because of the on-campus atmosphere, and the tournament is special because of its nature, but the quality of the basketball at this time of year is incredible.
I find it more obnoxious that people can hit turnaround fade away 20 footers rather then enjoyable.
I understand both sides of this argument. I think what Rocket is getting at is that clear and obvious fouls are just not called. Grabbing, pushing, elbows, etc. are just plain allowed in the NBA. Traveling, isn't even a thing. I find that quite annoying, but if they called those there would be TO's galore, and both teams would foul out before the end of the first quarter. It's usually called evenly (it's not in the NCAA), with the exception of obvious star treatment.But the amazing thing is the NBA players so so absurdly good, they can play right through all that, which from a talent standpoint is just amazing. They can literally do anything, and open or even contested shots are likely going in, particularly in crunch time. That makes the NBA game much more exciting.So in the NCAA they try to call the game like it was meant to be called, but the caliber of play is inferior. In the NBA, the talent is absurd, but they don't call the game like it was designed. In the end, for an entire season, I prefer the NCAA, each game means more. There are too many games in the NBA, that each game means nothing and often you get about 40 minutes of 75% effort, and 8 minutes of 100% effort. NBA playoffs though, are phenomenal.
I think the NBA does a good job of understanding what fouls should be called - when an advantage is gained. My frustrations with the NCAA is that they are trying to take a "zero tolerance" approach, and all that has done is break up the games completely.
In general, I agree with you. But the officiating down the stretch in the Pacers vs. Cleveland game was absolute horse crap. That kind of officiating is why people historically say the NBA is rigged.
They got the last call right. If you watch the replay when Stephenson mugged Green, both refs right on the play immediately raised their hands in fists for fouls. The younger guy confused the situation a little by following his signal with a jump ball sign, but Ken Mauer (one of the best) had it as a foul all the way, and correctly so. They then went to the monitor to make sure nothing happened in the ensuing scrum.One problem was that Marv Albert and Chris Webber did a terrible job of explaning what took place - neither noticed both refs clearly raising their fists with the foul call, and Marv actually said Green was shooting technical FTs even though both teams had players lined up along the lane because it was a common foul.
That makes a lot more sense. I was going by their analysis, which said Jump Ball, and then a technical on Stephenson instead. I don't think they ever clarified that the play was originally called a foul (which is what I would have agreed with).I thought they had decided to essentially correct their mistake (not calling a foul), by deeming the play a technical instead. Because if anything, there should have been a technical on Green (I wouldn't have called it though).Thanks for the clarification. I rescind my previous statement regarding the "horse crap" calls.
http://awfulannouncing.com/uncategorized/nobody-had-any-idea-what-the-hell-was-going-on-in-the-pacers-cavs-game-4-finish.htmlI didn't see it. Fell asleep on the couch.