Fuck ABC

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Assholes...

Anyone else watching Monday Night Football. I love the Christmas Day NBA Ad

KOBE AND SHAQ REUNITED. PHIL JACKSON RETURNS, ALONG WITH PAT RILEY, AS THE LAKERS AND HEAT TANGLE ON CHRISTMAS DAY.



Oh yeah, NBA Finals rematch between Spurs and Pistons too.

[SA210]

I saw that. Morons.

[CharlieMac]

I'm sure they wanted to mention the Spurs game, except they needed to squeeze in one more promo for Desparate Housewives or Lost.

[Horry For 3!]

Spurs-Pistons game will be a way better one than Heat-Lakers.

[mavsfan1000]

It would be more interesting if it was Heat and Spurs over those other 2 matchups.

[SouthernFried]

Man, Detroit gets even less respect than the Spurs.

Dunno if that says more about the NBA media machine...or the average NBA fan.

[mavsfan1000]

I predicted that Detroit would be the best in the east once again. The media is stupid for going on the Heat bandwagon.

[mikejones99]

That is because Shaq can crush people. With Wade, GP, ZO, udonis, Jason williams, Walker and all them they will be tough to beat.

[ABDENOUR POWER]

That is because Shaq can crush people. With Wade, GP, ZO, udonis, Jason williams, Walker and all them they will be tough to beat.

...and with Billups, Rip, Prince, Sheed, Big Ben, and McDyess, the Pistons are tough to beat as well.

[chode_regulator]

just another way the media sensationalizes what they want and dont talk about what is "less" entertaining. fuck the media in general.

[Extra Stout]

Man, Detroit gets even less respect than the Spurs.

Dunno if that says more about the NBA media machine...or the average NBA fan.

The average NBA fan cares more about the Shaq-Kobe soap opera than they do about who will end up in the Finals. That's a sad fact.

I actually heard a genius on the radio this morning who said he would rather have Ron Artest on his favorite team than Tim Duncan, because Artest makes every day interesting (will he explode on the court? will he kill a fan? a teammate?), and that he'd rather have that than an endless string of "boring" wins.

That's your typical NBA fan -- a moron.

[GoSpurs21]

what people dont understand is that ABC and $tern could care less about the sport of basketball, what they care about is $$$$$. Since ABC and $tern can't sell basketball as a sport, they have chosen to sell it as tabloid entertainment. That's why lame ass stories that have no legs left (Kobe, Shaq, Phil) are being pimped to death. Face it people network TV caters to the stupid people that like tabloid entertainment. There arent enough real basketball fans to warrent selling the game as a sport.

The sooner you realize this the less stress you will get over silly things like ABC and $tern arent pimping the last 3 NBA champions. Of course their not, the stupid American general public doesnt give a shit about that, so why would ABC or $tern?


I actually heard a genius on the radio this morning who said he would rather have Ron Artest on his favorite team than Tim Duncan, because Artest makes every day interesting (will he explode on the court? will he kill a fan? a teammate?), and that he'd rather have that than an endless string of "boring" wins.
That's your typical NBA fan -- a moron.This is not the typical NBA fan, this is the typical American idiot sheep.

[Kip Fanatic]

I gave up a long time ago trying to understand why the Spurs and TEAMS like the Pistons don't get the attention they should get. I hate to admit, but this world is in love with money.

The Kobe vs. Shaq fued sells. The Phil Jackson and Pat Riley match up sells. Two good TEAMS going at it and a very strong possible Finals preview doesn't.

Its not just in the NBA though. The Patriots don't get that much attention. The Vikings get more attention than they do. Its a sad world.

That's why there is so much crime. The world thinks money is the solution to all problems.

[Medvedenko]

What the hell is wrong with you people...yes the Spurs and Pistons are playing...but the drama and excitement is all in the Lakers and Heat.
You have Shaq, a scored ex Laker taking on his nemesis Kobe, as well as his so called father figure in Phil. You have malcontents Walker and White Chocolate trying to prove their worth on a nationally televised game. You then have Wade whose amazing play is only matched by his competitive fire....plus you have Riley coming back to coach against a team where he earned his rings. The plot points are endless and for all of those who think the basketball won't be as good you seriously don't know anything.
Those teams have some of the most exciting players the NBA has to offer, and since the NBA is entertainment, I'll watch and pass on the pistons and spur games while I eat more turkey.

Plus, 1 game doesn't mean shit in the grand scheme of things. I would rather take a ring over who gets top billing.

[Spurzn703]

The Patriots dont get much attention?! Uhhh, ever seen the Coors Light commercials? The Pepsi commercial with the Pepsi Machine being a Patriot? The Tom Brady mastercard/visa commercial? And did u not hear ESPN sucking Tedi Bruschi off when he came back this year?

Nah, they get nooo attention :lol

[DarkReign]

What the hell is wrong with you people...yes the Spurs and Pistons are playing...but the drama and excitement is all in the Lakers and Heat.
You have Shaq, a scored ex Laker taking on his nemesis Kobe, as well as his so called father figure in Phil. You have malcontents Walker and White Chocolate trying to prove their worth on a nationally televised game. You then have Wade whose amazing play is only matched by his competitive fire....plus you have Riley coming back to coach against a team where he earned his rings. The plot points are endless and for all of those who think the basketball won't be as good you seriously don't know anything.
Those teams have some of the most exciting players the NBA has to offer, and since the NBA is entertainment, I'll watch and pass on the pistons and spur games while I eat more turkey.

Plus, 1 game doesn't mean shit in the grand scheme of things. I would rather take a ring over who gets top billing.

Like your team "passed" on the playoffs last year?

Because you know the Lakers/Heat matchup has soooooo many implications on the standings.

Youre losing your division to the Clippers.

To
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the
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Clippers


nuff said.

[Stephen A. Smith]

What I believe some of you misinformed malcontents are failing to grasp is that because Miami is the hands down, odds on favorite to win the championship this year all of their games are big games. Not only that but my sources tell me Kobe and Shaq don't like each other very much, so it's only fair that the marketing wizards at ABC play that up. Are you really going to question the network that made such instant classics as Extreme Makeover, and Barbara Walters' Annual pre-Oscars special? Quite frankly, only a fool would do such a thing.

[Medvedenko]

One again Steve....gold.....

[JamStone]

spurs fans and pistons fans should be over this type of lack of recognition already. let them have their soap opera and pub. what can abc and the nba do when the only two teams left are the spurs and pistons to do any type of advertisement for? at least in the regular season, the lakers and heat actually have games to promote. come the post-season, they'll have to talk about the spurs and the pistons. get it? get over it.

[DarkReign]

What I believe some of you misinformed malcontents are failing to grasp is that because Miami is the hands down, odds on favorite to win the championship this year all of their games are big games. Not only that but my sources tell me Kobe and Shaq don't like each other very much, so it's only fair that the marketing wizards at ABC play that up. Are you really going to question the network that made such instant classics as Extreme Makeover, and Barbara Walters' Annual pre-Oscars special? Quite frankly, only a fool would do such a thing.

HAHAHAHHAA!

That was actually well written and entertaining.

8/10

[pache100]

HAHAHAHHAA!

That was actually well written and entertaining.

8/10

Not to mention absolute fiction. NO ONE, with more than half a brain, has said, "Miami is the hands down, odds on favorite to win the championship this year..." That is the product of a very active imagination. :lol

[GoSpurs21]

What the hell is wrong with you people...yes the Spurs and Pistons are playing...but the drama and excitement is all in the Lakers and Heat.
You have Shaq, a scored ex Laker taking on his nemesis Kobe, as well as his so called father figure in Phil. You have malcontents Walker and White Chocolate trying to prove their worth on a nationally televised game. You then have Wade whose amazing play is only matched by his competitive fire....plus you have Riley coming back to coach against a team where he earned his rings. The plot points are endless and for all of those who think the basketball won't be as good you seriously don't know anything.
Those teams have some of the most exciting players the NBA has to offer, and since the NBA is entertainment, I'll watch and pass on the pistons and spur games while I eat more turkey.

Plus, 1 game doesn't mean shit in the grand scheme of things. I would rather take a ring over who gets top billing.leave it to a laker fan (where everything is fake and tabloid anyway) to show the rest of you exactly why ABC has the la/heat game on. To entertain the mass idiots of this country with sensationalism vs a good game between two of the best teams.

I like the fact that Spurs are on early. After the Spurs game, I along with most of the Midwest will turn the channel over to FOX anyway for the Bears/packers game. Great violence from the NFL or two wanna bees in a cat fight, I choose the NFL? Its not really that tough a decision.

[pache100]

leave it to a laker fan (where everything is fake and tabloid anyway) to show the rest of you exactly why ABC has the la/heat game on. To entertain the mass idiots of this country with sensationalism vs a good game between two of the best teams.

I like the fact that Spurs are on early. After the Spurs game I along with most of the Midwest will turn the channel over to FOX anyway for the Bears/GB game.

:tu

[DesiSpur_21]

What I believe some of you misinformed malcontents are failing to grasp is that because Miami is the hands down, odds on favorite to win the championship this year all of their games are big games. Not only that but my sources tell me Kobe and Shaq don't like each other very much, so it's only fair that the marketing wizards at ABC play that up. Are you really going to question the network that made such instant classics as Extreme Makeover, and Barbara Walters' Annual pre-Oscars special? Quite frankly, only a fool would do such a thing.

:lmao

Keep sharing your wisdom on this board Stephen A(ss) Smith :lol

[DarkReign]

leave it to a laker fan (where everything is fake and tabloid anyway) to show the rest of you exactly why ABC has the la/heat game on. To entertain the mass idiots of this country with sensationalism vs a good game between two of the best teams.

I like the fact that Spurs are on early. After the Spurs game, I along with most of the Midwest will turn the channel over to FOX anyway for the Bears/packers game. Great violence from the NFL or two wanna bees in a cat fight, I choose the NFL? Its not really that tough a decision.

QFT.

Fakers vs the Meek?

or

Bears vs Packers?

tough question.

[nkdlunch]

What the hell is wrong with you people...yes the Spurs and Pistons are playing...but the drama and excitement is all in the Lakers and Heat.
You have Shaq, a scored ex Laker taking on his nemesis Kobe, as well as his so called father figure in Phil. You have malcontents Walker and White Chocolate trying to prove their worth on a nationally televised game. You then have Wade whose amazing play is only matched by his competitive fire....plus you have Riley coming back to coach against a team where he earned his rings. The plot points are endless and for all of those who think the basketball won't be as good you seriously don't know anything.
Those teams have some of the most exciting players the NBA has to offer, and since the NBA is entertainment, I'll watch and pass on the pistons and spur games while I eat more turkey.

Plus, 1 game doesn't mean shit in the grand scheme of things. I would rather take a ring over who gets top billing.

:lol you probably a fan of Days of our Lives and shit like that. Go watch your soap operas and let us enjoy good basketball. Good basketball and lakers don't go together anymore BTW.

[Vashner]

We better fucking win that's all I know. Because we looked like shit last 2 national holiday time games.

[Medvedenko]

Is Manu even playing on Sunday....they are going to lose pretty badly. Oh and I'd rather watch the Lakers when Doug Christie and Sedelle Threatt were leading the charge than watch the spurs.

[Vashner]

Fuck lakers....

[Oh, Gee!!]

How dare ABC market more heavily what they believe will be the bigger draw. I didn't realize it was all about ratings with them. My world is turned upside down. I can't go on knowing that the Spurs aren't as popular as the Lakers. oh, cruel world :cry :cry :cry

[lilmads]

Heat vs Lakers is really not such a big deal... Spurs n Pistons is gonna be HUGE!
Spurs better win!!!:)

[sprrs]

Is Manu even playing on Sunday....they are going to lose pretty badly. Oh and I'd rather watch the Lakers when Doug Christie and Sedelle Threatt were leading the charge than watch the spurs.

Is Kobe even playing on Sunday. Lakers would lose pretty badly either way.

[lilmads]

^
:lol

[Extra Stout]

How dare ABC market more heavily what they believe will be the bigger draw. I didn't realize it was all about ratings with them. My world is turned upside down. I can't go on knowing that the Spurs aren't as popular as the Lakers. oh, cruel world :cry :cry :cry
Oh, Gee, apparently you aren't aware that the NBA Championships are not ends unto themselves, but rather tools toward the larger, much more important goal of making the Spurs popular nationwide.

Spurs fans will not be satisfied until the cool people in Los Angeles like them.

[pache100]

Spurs fans will not be satisfied until the cool people in Los Angeles like them.

???? There are cool people in Los Angeles???????????????

[mikejones99]

Spurs plus 5 is the bet. why do Det and Lax morons stll come here?

[ObiwanGinobili]

The average NBA fan cares more about the Shaq-Kobe soap opera than they do about who will end up in the Finals. That's a sad fact.

I actually heard a genius on the radio this morning who said he would rather have Ron Artest on his favorite team than Tim Duncan, because Artest makes every day interesting (will he explode on the court? will he kill a fan? a teammate?), and that he'd rather have that than an endless string of "boring" wins.
That's your typical NBA fan -- a moron.

oh
my
god.

I want to cry. really. that is fucking pathetic.

[Shiner Bock Girl]

Miami is the hands down, odds on favorite to win the championship this year all of their games are big games

:lmao :lmao :lmao Dream on if you think your getting past Detroit....Miami is only a favorite because the media made them the favorites....The game itself will tell all.....

[Extra Stout]

:lmao :lmao :lmao Dream on if you think your getting past Detroit....Miami is only a favorite because the media made them the favorites....The game itself will tell all.....
The truth is, pick any team in the NBA you want, and it doesn't matter. I'm hear to tell you, ladies and gentleman, that no player in the NBA can compare to Shaquille O'Neal. None. Ask any player in the NBA and they know. Now, Miami has looked sporadic at times. They have looked anemic. But with a healthy Shaquille O'Neal back in the lineup? Uh-uh. You cannot sit here and tell me your team can match up with the combination of Shaquille's domination inside and Dwyane Wade's speed on the perimeter. Reality will settle in eventually.

Quite frankly, I don't even know why you knuckleheads bother.

[E20]

Do we really care what the national media or all of the USA thinks about the Spurs? As long as we fans know who is the best then it doesn't matter.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Do we really care what the national media or all of the USA thinks about the Spurs? As long as we fans know who is the best then it doesn't matter.


ed zachary.

[Extra Stout]

Do we really care what the national media or all of the USA thinks about the Spurs? As long as we fans know who is the best then it doesn't matter.
No, it's not enough until the Spurs are so awesome that people in L.A. all go around saying, "The Spurs are awesome" to each other the way you and I might say, "How's it going?"

[Hassdabballman]

Pistons And Spurs---2 Most Underated Championship Winning Teams In The History Of The Nba.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Pistons And Spurs---2 Most Underated Championship Winning Teams In The History Of The Nba.


so the sense of martyrdom is shared by spur and piston fans alike?

[ALVAREZ6]

I have been saying it for a while now, ABC fucking blows.


They rip us off on the east coast every year by not giving us the Spurs game.

[Marcus Bryant]

Stupid thread. Who gives a fuck?

[FromWayDowntown]

Do we really care what the national media or all of the USA thinks about the Spurs? As long as we fans know who is the best then it doesn't matter.

Weren't you saying just the opposite yesterday?

[E20]

Weren't you saying just the opposite yesterday?
I have been reformed thanks to you and Extra Stout. :lol

[Extra Stout]

Weren't you saying just the opposite yesterday?He learn from wise master. He receive Spur fan gold belt.

[sprrs]

No, it's not enough until the Spurs are so awesome that people in L.A. all go around saying, "The Spurs are awesome" to each other the way you and I might say, "How's it going?"

Sure would be nice :rolleyes