No interest in NBA season?

[Ice009]

Spurs are not the favorites but I'm still interested in seeing how the season plays out. I look forward to seeing how LMA does now that he's used to playing in the Spurs system. Another year to see if Kawhi is truly a legit superstar. I like the addition of Pau and look forward to seeing how he meshes into the Spurs offense. Also it will be interesting to see how the young guys perform this year such as Simmons,Anderson,Murray,Livio,Bertans.

Yep. Could be a great season. No need to look at it negatively before the season has even begun. Too many losers around here that will bow down to teams like Goldenstate and give up before it's even started.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I'm probably a little more curious about this season because there has been so much change. How will the Spurs do without Duncan? How will Gasol play? How will KL do? How will Parker look? Will we see the 2014 Patty Mills and Danny Green re-emerge? How will GSW adjust to so much talent on the roster? How will the young up and coming teams like Utah perform? Will Westbrook carry OKC to a decent season. Will we start to see a little age setting in for Lebron? How will Boban play in a Pistons uniform? I'm kind of looking forward to it.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

SPAM.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Well, about 1962-63 (9) was when I started watching pro basketball, but back then, games weren't on all the time.

Solid, after all these years I thought I knew ye, but I am still learning, brother. I figured we were the same age but you've got me by 15 years or so. I didn't watch pro basketball with any interest until the '76-'77 Spurs season. Been a fan ever since.




Maybe thirteen years.

[Solid D]

Solid, after all these years I thought I knew ye, but I am still learning, brother. I figured we were the same age but you've got me by 15 years or so. I didn't watch pro basketball with any interest until the '76-'77 Spurs season. Been a fan ever since.




Maybe thirteen years.

Haha, maybe I hide my age well. You and I have quite a bit in common with lots of interests, diversify as much as possible...and never stop learning.

[HarlemHeat37]

The biggest differences are the average level of athleticism is a greater and, of course, the advanced dribbling skills with both hands. Players can get away with carrying the ball and traveling today so that has allowed better separation for shots. Average height is greater and players are thicker and more muscular today. In fact, training regimens are much more advanced as are shooting mechanics instruction.

Racial mix shift from predominantly white to predominantly black or African American over time. As you must know, prejudice was so bad that whites and blacks in the same swimming pool together in the early-mid 60s was rarely seen. The Southwest Conference offered its first scholarship to an African American in 1965 (Jerry Levias) and that was in football. That began to change in the later 60s.

There were great shooters who could have scored in any era: ex. Jerry West, Jerry Lucas or Rick Barry in the 60s; Gervin in the 70s and 80s. Great leapers likewise: Johnny Green or Joe Caldwell in the 60s; David Thompson in the 70s and 80s. Bill Russell could defend and rebound in any era but he was a pretty awful dribbler by today's standards. Bob Cousy and Earl Monroe were ball-handling role models for future generations but would be more average today. Dribbling behind the back was considered to be showing-off by most coaches in the 60s. I got pulled out of a game for doing it (lol). Today, it's done almost without thinking as part of every player's skillset.

The game was much more polite in the 60s with no pounding on the chest, flexing muscles, etc. That was considered bad sportsmanship. Many in the 60s still adhered to the standard of raising one's hand when one had committed a foul. Also, time was not kept to the tenth or hundredth of a second in the 60s so the last minute of games were not managed the way they are today. The early 60s just had a moving hand analog clock, not digital. Because of this change, there is so much more strategy with fouls, clock stoppages and timeouts today than there was in the 60s.

The 80s showtime Lakers, 90s Bulls, the 00s Lakers and Spurs, and current Cavs would all dominate the Celtics of the 60s.

Now, the tough question is if any of the 90s Bulls teams could have beaten the 2014 Finals Spurs. Those eras are much closer together.

Nice post..

[HarlemHeat37]

I watched less live RS games last season, but still caught most on the replay, at least..it's natural to lose interest as you get older IMO, sports can outgrow you at a certain point..not that they lose entertainment value, but rather that you don't feel emotions over them anymore(at least in my case)..I didn't even think twice about the Spurs getting eliminated, for example..

I bet on games every night, I'll never lose interest from that perspective, it keeps the games interesting, even in November..

With the Spurs, in particular, I find the team way less appealing than I used to, which will probably be exacerbated by Duncan retiring, since he was my favorite player..I loved the group of players on the 2013 to 2015 teams..I'll still ride for the Spurs, of course, as I still have love for Kawhi/Green/Parker/Manu/Mills/Pop and the others, but I can't stomach watching players like Aldridge and David Lee wearing Spurs uniforms..