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Originally Posted by phightin
i couldn't agree more. people who complain about the quality of the nba just miss the point entirely, it's a different game than college. Sure if you like watching team based below the rim basketball with a premium on outside shooting than by all means watch college, very entertaining so i can't argue. However, the 70/80s days of the nba being a below the rim game are well over due to the fact that there is a premium on athleticism now in the league. These guys are absolute freaks and it's amazing to see some of the things they can do. It's the main reason why players who were great in college the reddicks, morrison's etc can't cut it in the nba they're just not athletic enough. You could make the argument that the 80s game had all around "better" players in terms of some of the things they could do, but it's a fact that the modern nba players are 10x the athletes the 70/80/ and even 90s ones were.
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Who was complaining about the quality of the NBA? The talent is there the intensity, heart and X factor is not. This todays players are 10X the athletes compared to 10-20 years ago is complete BS however. Perhaps I remember the greatness of players like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas and Larry Bird too much and no one other than Kobe Bryant has their qualities in todays game.
The games are lackluster at best. Out of the first round games how many have been decided by less than 10 points? What bothers me is the lack of heart shown by the majority of the teams. A team loses by 58 on their home court for crying out loud, isnt this the playoffs? Magic-Sixers and Celtics-Bulls are the only two matchups that have been interesting to watch.
Maybe LeBron James sums up todays game better than anything. An absolute freak that can do anything on the basketball court. He is so talented it seems he can do whatever he wants whenever he wants and it never really seems he has to "up" his game for a huge moment.
My favorite game to watch is when the Lakers fall behind and Kobe presses that on switch and decides his team isnt going to lose. It reminds me of the great years when them 4 I mentioned above would all do the same.