RE: Life is Good

[Michael Ryan]

I think you can include Sacramento in that notion of team basketball. 

Both NJ and Sac have 7 players that averaged 9+ ppg in the season. 
Kenyon 'led' NJ with just under 15 ppg, while both Peja and Webber had
20+ ppg for Sacramento.

While the NBA gets a lot of grief from college bball fans, I personally
like it.  The strategies are different but there are a helluva lot more
similarities than differences. 

My biggest complaint of late about the NBA is the officiating.  I think
collectively, this year has been terrible for officiating.  The need for
a "make up" call to balance out the bad-call/non-call is getting out of
hand. 

Mike Ryan


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The Nets are really quite a story.  They have reintroduced the NBA to
the concept of "team" basketball.  I think I heard correctly that the
Nets are the first NBA playoff team in history without a player in the
top 50 in the league in scoring.  The rest of the NBA doesn't quite know
yet what to make of this team; if they did, Jason Kidd would have been
the MVP.

If you have a long-standing dislike of the NBA, watch the Nets in the
finals and then next year (they should be on a lot more).  I'm not
saying it's the same as college basketball (the most exciting sport on
Earth), but it is refreshing, and you'll enjoy it.

Randy '78


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