Am I a snob?

[tlongII]

I could have gone to the Lakers vs Blazers game tonight, but the tickets were in the upper level. I decided to watch the game in my favorite sports bar instead.

[mavsfan1000]

I would've gone if I had the ticket. lol

[Don Quixote]

Yeah, I'd say you are a snob. You should have gone to the game.

And it's not like Portland is going to the playoffs this year. Enjoy them before their season ends.

[tlongII]

Good thing I didn't make this a poll...

[tlongII]

I kinda feel guilty about this actually. However, the 2 dollar beers help to alleviate the pain.

[Brutalis]

Yeah I agree, don't watch the beating in person, you might get blood on you.

[lefty]

I kinda feel guilty about this actually. However, the 2 dollar beers help to alleviate the pain.

You need more beer

You should have been there.

You should think about the NBA fans who don't live in an NBA city; the only NBA games I have been to took place in Toronto; and I had to travel from Montreal to Toronto for that.:cry

Shame on you :nope

[CubanMustGo]

Man, Portland's putting a whuppin' on LA so far. Too bad you're not there to see it in person.

[lefty]

Man, Portland's putting a whuppin' on LA so far. Too bad you're not there to see it in person.

:lmao

Stop it! do you want him to commit suicide?

[LakerMagic]

I could have gone to the Lakers vs Blazers game tonight, but the tickets were in the upper level. I decided to watch the game in my favorite sports bar instead.


No, you just didn't want to see your team lose live. You'd rather see your team lose in your favorite bar and drown your sorrows in alcohol. And yes I know you guys are up, but we have Kobe. We'll come back.

By the way the game is still going on? What are you doing on your computer and not at the bar.............busted.

[tlongII]

Man, Portland's putting a whuppin' on LA so far. Too bad you're not there to see it in person.

We don't like the Lakers very much.

[mavsfan1000]

Portland up by 14. Go Blazers.

[ducks]

Channing Frye
8-11, 20 Pts
10 Rebs, 1 Assists
that player should be a spurs
time to give them booner for him

[BonnerDynasty]

Throw in Roy and we should consider that trade.

[Medvedenko]

Tlong why go....when your team is in the lottery, no biggie I guess.

[balli]

No. I turn down offers to go to games about 15 times a season. I hate the live NBA experience the majority of the time.

The arenas are loud, percussive and usually brightly lit. The shit they distract you with during timeouts and haltime is laughable. Nothing makes me feel like a dumb American more than some of the shit they throw at you to supposedly keep you entertained.

If I wanted to watch games in a noisy fluorescent glow, surrounded by a bunch of my fellow sloppy citizens I'd set up a TV in my laundry room, turn on the dryer and invite the neighbors.

No thanks, I'll take my ten games on league pass, my hdtv, my solitude and my comfortable as fuck couch. Actually going to games is for the birds.

[ShoogarBear]

Good game to see live so far.

[ShoogarBear]

And since when did tlong get so insecure?

[DazedAndConfused]

The sad thing is your team still can't make the playoffs.

[ShoogarBear]

Greg Oden looks like a dork in that helmet.

[Findog]

I could have gone to the Lakers vs Blazers game tonight, but the tickets were in the upper level. I decided to watch the game in my favorite sports bar instead.

I would've gone and seatjumped. I went to the Mavs-Sonics game tonight. First half in the very top row of the upper deck, second half 15 rows up from the floor.

[balli]

And somethings not adding up here. Did you bring a laptop with you to a wi-fi enabled bar?

[ShoogarBear]

Whoa, Outlaw just pwned Kobe.

[lefty]

Greg Oden looks like a dork

Fixed

[ShoogarBear]

Nice D, Pau. :lol

[DazedAndConfused]

This is why we need Bynum. We could funnel all that penetration to him and completely take away that part of POR's game.

[mavsfan1000]

This is why we need Bynum. We could funnel all that penetration to him and completely take away that part of POR's game.
Gasol is sure a beast at center though. He and Odom own the middle. Bynum might make it a little more crowded so it could hurt your offense as well like Shaq hurt the Suns.

[Medvedenko]

I don't actually hate the blazer team. They play super well against us and always seem to play us tough no matter who's out there. I just fucking hate their commentators. By far, and I mean by far the worst in the League:

I put them behind the Celtics though, but I don't watch a lot of Celtic games and they've sucked so much up until this year.

Worst announcers:
Boston
Miami
Portland

[balli]

Gasol is sure a beast at center though. He and Odom own the middle. Bynum might make it a little more crowded so it could hurt your offense as well like Shaq hurt the Suns.

You mean the Suns who are scoring more ppg since Shaq joined them. Those Suns?

[balli]

Worst announcers:
Boston
Miami
Portland

God Miami's guys suck. It's not that they're even that big of homers, but their play-by-play guy's voice is just so fucking annoying. Tommy Heinsohn is awful to listen to. Awful. I don't ever watch SA, but Dime mag just wrote a nice article talking about what a homer bitch Sean E. is.

[balli]

Wow. I typed Sean E's last name and it substituted it for the phrase "dirk is my daddy" about 15 times. Some mavs fan has hacked Spurstalk.

[DazedAndConfused]

Gasol is sure a beast at center though. He and Odom own the middle. Bynum might make it a little more crowded so it could hurt your offense as well like Shaq hurt the Suns.

I think the Lakers can afford a dip in their offense to shore up the D.

[tlongII]

And somethings not adding up here. Did you bring a laptop with you to a wi-fi enabled bar?

Yes I did. I usually have my laptop with me at that bar.

[mavsfan1000]

You mean the Suns who are scoring more ppg since Shaq joined them. Those Suns?
The mavs held them to 96 points. I couldn't see that being possible if they had Marion instead.

[Sportcamper]

Tlong- you should have gone to the game…Beating the Lakers & getting to the 500 mark is like winning the NBA title for Portland fans…Sipping beer in some bar can not match the excitement, confetti, high 5’s of that exuberant Blazer crowd…

[tlongII]

Tlong- you should have gone to the game…Beating the Lakers & getting to the 500 mark is like winning the NBA title for Portland fans…Sipping beer in some bar can not match the excitement, confetti, high 5’s of that exuberant Blazer crowd…

It is always fun to watch the Blazers beat the Lakers even though it is a routine occurence. I just didn't want to sit in the upper level...and $2 beers beats $8 beers any day.

[Gino]

If it was against the Sonics, I wouldn't blame you. But the Lakers are a big ticket. You should have gone!

[Rip-Hamilton32]

Worst announcers:
Boston
Miami
Portland
gotta add toronto to that list chuck swirsky is bias and annoying as hell

[tlongII]

gotta add toronto to that list chuck swirsky is bias and annoying as hell

Swirsky voted for Bargnani to receive ROY last year. The only vote that didn't go to Brandon Roy. He's an idiot.

[TheMACHINE]

lol..who the fck brings there laptop to the bar...and goes on spurstalk at the same time instead of talking to thier friends....hey. Did you go to the bar by yourself?

[tlongII]

lol..who the fck brings there laptop to the bar...and goes on spurstalk at the same time instead of talking to thier friends....hey. Did you go to the bar by yourself?

Yep.

[CavsSuperFan]

Some of us routinely go to the bar by ourselves…I bring my laptop as well & throw out the occasional laugh like I have real friends I am conversing with…

BTW- The Blazers have made an incredible recovery from the team they were just two seasons ago…I hear that they may receive salary cap relief from Miles? In any case, when they get all their players back the Blazers will be one of the top teams in the West… :toast

[MrChug]

You need more beer

You should have been there.

You should think about the NBA fans who don't live in an NBA city; the only NBA games I have been to took place in Toronto; and I had to travel from Montreal to Toronto for that.:cry

Shame on you :nope

I would tend to agree with lefty on this take, however I've done it myself. Adults who love the NBA yet choose to live in a non-NBA city don't get my sympathy ;). I moved to Austin for work but the Toros never roused much of my interest. I moved back. :D

I say don't feel bad-as I said, I've done it before and weighed: "Do I really wanna get up, get dressed, meet this person, find parking, walk a football field length to the door, pay $7 for a beer, maybe $4 for popcorn (gawd forbid I actually want to either get drunk or eat-I'd be $100 lighter), worry about not getting up to go to the restroom too much as it may anger the other fans (and I'm not armed), leaving the game, driving back, picking up my car, etc. And these were GOOD seats!

My rationale came from my following statement in the conversation (with myself :spin ): "Or I could just stay on this beautiful leather couch in this awesome place, in awesome HD, p!$$ when I want, have a beer brought to me when I want, and do pretty much anything else I want, whenever I want?"

...I went with the latter. :king

[manufor3]

should've been there

[Obstructed_View]

You're not a snob. Your actions simply confirm what most of us already knew; you aren't actually a fan. You probably only claimed to have actually watched the game on television because you found out the Blazers won.

[remingtonbo2001]

My rationale came from my following statement in the conversation (with myself :spin ): "Or I could just stay on this beautiful leather couch in this awesome place, in awesome HD, p!$$ when I want, have a beer brought to me when I want, and do pretty much anything else I want, whenever I want?"

...I went with the latter. :king

Unless it's a marquee matchup, then I'd prefer to watch the Spurs on a 63' plasma, in the comfort of my own home.

However, playoffs is a completely different story. The atmosphere is unreal. Opening Night/Ring Ceremony was pretty fantastic as well.

[Jack Sommersset]

nope. upper deck seats suck. i'm 36. i did the crappy seats in my day, fought the traffic on work nights, listen to drunks spew out ridiculous statements,spent 10 dollars for a beer all to watch a game where men that are 7 feet tall looked as small as my nail on my pinky. no thanks.

plus the last 5 years tickets have sky rocketted. no thanks, you are not a snob for not wanted to sit in upper deck.

[sribb43]

Nosebleeds are not for me...if i cant sit lower level or suite at a mavs game, id say no thanks to upper level tix...nowadays with HD and 5.1 surround sound, it overtakes upper-level seating at any sporting event

[Don Quixote]

No. I turn down offers to go to games about 15 times a season. I hate the live NBA experience the majority of the time.

The arenas are loud, percussive and usually brightly lit. The garbagte they distract you with during timeouts and haltime is laughable. Nothing makes me feel like a dumb American more than some of the poop they throw at you to supposedly keep you entertained.

If I wanted to watch games in a noisy fluorescent glow, surrounded by a bunch of my fellow sloppy citizens I'd set up a TV in my laundry room, turn on the dryer and invite the neighbors.

No thanks, I'll take my ten games on league pass, my hdtv, my solitude and my comfortable couch. Actually going to games is for the birds.

You may be stretching it a bit, but I agree with your basic point. I hate all the garbage that comes with the NBA "experience."

Other than the dancers (the Honeybees are looking fine in New Orleans!), they can lose the loud rap music during timeouts, the dumb promotions, the PA guy telling us when to cheer. I know the game of basketball -- I know when to cheer, thankyou. I don't have attention-deficit and don't need to be constantly entertained. I just want to enjoy the game.

[baller12]

I think that shaq is a snob he is just so cocky

[Obstructed_View]

Wow. I typed Sean E's last name and it substituted it for the phrase "dirk is my daddy" about 15 times. Some mavs fan has hacked Spurstalk.
You probably misspelled it. That's punishment for not spelling it with two Ls and two Ts.

Elliott

Elliott

See?

[Findog]

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