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I know what you mean. After watching the Spurs execute their offense for years, I feel like I need to play the Benny Hill theme whenever I watch college ball.
Any other basketball that I watch looks damn ugly. I am just hoping that after that display of pure basketball the Spurs showed in the Finals series will not have ruined my capability to enjoy spectating the sport.
Anyone else have this same problem?
EDIT: Also, even playing basketball has become difficult. Watching a person go 1 on 5 is never fun when not only myself, but 3 other people are wide open.
I know what you mean. After watching the Spurs execute their offense for years, I feel like I need to play the Benny Hill theme whenever I watch college ball.
the same here, only the elite of fiba basketball looks something close
Watched game 4 of 2007 finals last night and even that was uuuugly compared to the majesty of the '14 team
They didn't call it The Beautiful Game for nothing.
I'd agree. After I was a bit burned out, watching this year's finals replays, I decided to go thru my collection of past championships. First up was 07. Holy was that a bad idea. 07 looked like a football game without pads and goal posts. I haven't tried watching anything bball related, since. I'm pretty sure I'm scarred for the time being.
Watch only Spurs games. Find and Play with new team mates. Once you get the idea of Spurs basketball, everything becomes simple.
I'm like most people here...I only watch the Spurs play. If the Spurs aren't playing that night...and there is a notable game like on TNT...I'll flip the channel and check out the score every once in a while. But I'm not watching the entire game. Maybe like 5 out of the 48 minutes....
The Spurs are playing??? 48 minutes of must see TV......
I've seen some of the replays on NBATV of the Pistons Finals. Seems like a long time ago when we were winning games 89-85. But you're right the physicality....wow!!! The good ole' days...when you could beat and bang on a guy down low and he'd beat and bang on you on the other end. ...players would foul out in the 2nd Q if they tried that today.
The Spurs are the most entertaining thing to watch, and it's nice to see your hometown team dominate with such consistency.
That being said, I always try to watch as much basketball as I possibly can. I pretty much record every hardwood classic, and I recorded every WC game that they aired on NBAtv. There is nothing more entertaining than basketball, and nothing like clearing your head by getting into a game.
I have no desire to watch any of those 2007 games again. In fact, I don't think I've watched them since their original dates played. It was UGLY. Great to win, but UGLY.
I remember re-watching the closeout games (Dallas, NJ) of the 2003 Championship run as well as the 2005 games many times. - Especially games 5 & 7 against the Pistons.
As I've said before, the over-expanded NBA plays 2400 games/year, and 2000+ are reliably unwatchable.
I dont watch much of non spurs i the season too tbh only big matchups maybe but still not the whole game
That whole series was flat out ugly basically. Their O then would go through those long droughts, good lord it got ugly at times. I loved the D minded mainly Spurs and that was a thing of beauty but slow and basically grind down game and on that end perfection, the O though could get very ugly. The 14 Spurs O though, if anyone calls that boring the they are full of crap, that O the last few years has been beauty.
Haven't been able to watch college....nba is starting to get rough now too.
just no
Team USA is barely breaking a sweat in the FIBA World Cup
Even watching the USA in FIBA is boring. Part of it is the fact that everybody they have faced is dramatically over-matched in athleticism and talent. The other part is that they still don't know how to play real basketball, because they don't have to.
Team USA is barely breaking a sweat in the FIBA World Cup
This years incarnation of Team USA makes its living off of traps, steals, fast-breaks, and lob dunks. And they are winning the tournament easily with that, so who can blame them? But it's not like they are out there playing fundamental basketball...every game is a track meet because they can run the fastest, and Harden is the best at running into people.
Execution-wise, I think they're doing well. Coach K coached teams are generally disciplined. They're doing their job of killing their opponent's hope and, really, that's just what it takes for the United States to steamroll the compe ion. On the other hand, their strongest compe ion couldn't even beat the Frenchies. The whole World Cup just got boring from that point.
Can only watch Spurs … college ball is just dog garbage
after watching game 6 of the CF as a warm up, my task list for the weekend includes watching the 4 finals victories again
would be fun to read the game thread while watching, but I'm to lazy to search for them
(couldn't even remember how ST reacted to the Ibaka goaltend or clear path no call from Fisher on Manu in the WCF)
I went back and looked at the box scores. Joey Crawford reffed game 4, in Miami, and it didn't even matter. That's how good this team was.
Same here, I don't even bother watching the local NBA team, it is just so frustrating and ugly to watch.
After the Finals, I watched their Game 1 vs Mavs and boy, was that painful. They just got better and better the deeper they went into the playoffs, injuries and all.
I cant watch any games that I already know the results.. It takes away half the fun
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