Keepin' it real
05-21-2017, 09:39 AM
In response to how this season played out, not only for the Spurs, but for the whole league, I'm making two huge changes:
Not paying for the NBA League or Team Pass. I paid for the NBA League Pass for several seasons. And it was worth it at the time. This season I did Team Pass for Spurs only due to the watered down league. Next year, I will do neither.
Not watching the regular season. This is a HUGE change for me. I've watched practically every Spurs regular season game for about 2 decades. And I've regularly watched the "national" NBA games too. It's been great. But this season proved undeniably that the regular season is bullshit and meaningless. Specifically ...
Players resting. How did that help the Spurs prevent injuries this season? Or in 2011? This strategy was sometimes effective in protecting the aging Tim Duncan. But this strategy is just as likely to be ineffective, or worse ... backfire. It's just as likely to reduce endurance/stamina and make players into mental midgets when it comes to being tough and playing through pain. And...
Regular season records are fools gold. When teams rest players and flat-out acknowledge that they don't always try, when bad teams start tanking earlier and earlier for higher draft picks, when the games are officiated way differently than playoff games, and when non-clutch players look legit (such as Pau the 3 pt guru)... these factors add up to a huge pile of fools gold.
I'm still going to a Spurs fan, of course. But I'll start watching Spurs games come playoff time.
And I am going to be much less of an NBA fan because I no longer love the product. The factors mentioned above, combined with the severe over-dependence on the 3 pt shot, and the over-policing of physical play (ridiculous flagrant foul calls for non-flagrant offenses), have turned the game I used to love into a game I only somewhat enjoy watching.
See you boys for Game 4.
Not paying for the NBA League or Team Pass. I paid for the NBA League Pass for several seasons. And it was worth it at the time. This season I did Team Pass for Spurs only due to the watered down league. Next year, I will do neither.
Not watching the regular season. This is a HUGE change for me. I've watched practically every Spurs regular season game for about 2 decades. And I've regularly watched the "national" NBA games too. It's been great. But this season proved undeniably that the regular season is bullshit and meaningless. Specifically ...
Players resting. How did that help the Spurs prevent injuries this season? Or in 2011? This strategy was sometimes effective in protecting the aging Tim Duncan. But this strategy is just as likely to be ineffective, or worse ... backfire. It's just as likely to reduce endurance/stamina and make players into mental midgets when it comes to being tough and playing through pain. And...
Regular season records are fools gold. When teams rest players and flat-out acknowledge that they don't always try, when bad teams start tanking earlier and earlier for higher draft picks, when the games are officiated way differently than playoff games, and when non-clutch players look legit (such as Pau the 3 pt guru)... these factors add up to a huge pile of fools gold.
I'm still going to a Spurs fan, of course. But I'll start watching Spurs games come playoff time.
And I am going to be much less of an NBA fan because I no longer love the product. The factors mentioned above, combined with the severe over-dependence on the 3 pt shot, and the over-policing of physical play (ridiculous flagrant foul calls for non-flagrant offenses), have turned the game I used to love into a game I only somewhat enjoy watching.
See you boys for Game 4.