This season Sucks...

[Will Hunting]

I see Cubby is still a little , eh ?

[Culburn369]

eh.

[duhoh]

I don't know what others consider quality basketball. That is because everybody's favorite series last season was that gawd awful Celtics-Bulls series, where nobody could dribble, execute a set play of any kind, and defense was just non-existent.

Bulls-Celtics '09 was one of the worst NBA playoff series of all time and everybody loved it just because the games went to the last second: They only went to the last second because it was 2 equally ty teams playing each other. If that was good basketball, then I want no part of it...

puff puff pass

[jacobdrj]

Sorry if I don't watch the and1 tour and other forms of low quality basketball.

What does the Celtics vs the Bulls have to do with the Pistons? I think you guys are putting your own biases forth.

I don't agree that basketball is 'so bad' this season, but when people have been praising poorly played basketball it is kind of a shock.

I think most of the basketball I have seen so far has been played with great intensity and good quality.

[bostonguy]

I don't think this season sucks at all. It has been quite enjoyable.
That being said, the Lakers are in a league of their own.

[lefty]

This season sucks

ESPN classic is the

[mystargtr34]

I dont think this season has been anything special - none of the good teams are really rolling atm besides the Lakers since they got Pau back, and the Suns. Everyone else is still finding their way. Last year's top rookies are struggling, Rose and Mayo, and some of the leagues most entertaining players, like Manu and Chris Paul, have missed time through injuries. Plus two of the league's marquee guys in Howard and Wade havent really played their best basketball.

So, i can see where the OP is coming from. But there are still plenty of good things happening - one of which is seeing so many good young Centers starting to emerge. Bynum, Lopez, Gasol, Oden, Bogut. All of these guys could end up being pretty damn good.

[carrao45]

I'm not evaluating this in terms of being a Pistons fan. I've had plenty of time over the past two years to get used to the Pistons not being great.



These are not great teams! They'll win a lot, but Lebron is not anywhere near as focused as in previous seasons. I've already covered Dwight Howard. The Celtics looks old and they are turning into a bunch of jump-shooters. Rajon Rondo's play has backed off considerably.





They actually bring it every night. They may not always be the best team, but they give the most effort. So far, that is my read on the league, and if you've read my previous posts, you understand how hard that is for me to say.




Had that last year and the rivalry was hot and heavy. They looked like two freight trains headed towards each other. This pales in comparison. I want good basketball, compe ive basketball. I'm not seeing anyone this season chasing a ring right now.



You forgot Shaq. Preseason hype. Duncan hasn't been great and he's not on a contender. There was more juice last season when Kobe was trying to establish his own Championship legacy and we didn't know if Cleveland or Boston was headed to the Finals (pre-Garnett injury).



Um...that's kind of the point of this post.



They aren't! Howard is looking more and more like a stiff with big arms (who can't stay on the floor because of being out of position), CP3 hasn't played in awhile. He was on a tear, but on a team that won't be in the postseason. Wade is on a mediocre team--we won't see him matched up with Kobe in the Finals.



He's been great. Too bad Martin and Billups look worse than this time last season, and they don't lock-down defensively like they did last year with Dahntay Jones. They had a ava an attack last year and it was suprisingly very balanced. They aren't putting it out there right now.





That's been a bright spot--the whole Bucks team is playing well right now. Add Kevin Durant to that list. Still, I don't see them contending and the contenders have backed off their pace by a mile.

And who do I watch on ESPN every week?



We obviously don't see the same league then. I see an awful lot of players out of position defensively. I don't see good screens by any of our bigs now. The leading rebounders couldn't defend the post if you gave them a 12-foot fence around it, and the era of the point guard dominating the game--Deron Williams, Chris Paul, Tony Parker, Jason Kidd, Chauncey Billups, Steve Nash--yeah, that's over. They aren't dominating the same way they did 2-3 years ago. It's all about the 6-5 to 6-9 guy that can pop the three and drive to the rim. Rashard Lewis and so forth. Nash is tearin it up...Paul was too before the injury

The mid-range game is dying again.(Dirk and Kobe are inclined to disagree All the contenders were using it. They don't anymore. We see more circus shots when all I crave is one team that can play effectively at executing in the half-court without slowing down the basketballThe Lakers do this better than any team in recent memory.

[jdev82]

THe Lakers of couse "are what we thought they were!" ...best in the West ...

thats why we took the damn feild