Re: Kenyon

[Christopher Dague]

One more shot on this one and I'm done:

> 1) Star players get the call because no one wants to
> watch Danny Fortson play against Corie Blount

The right call should be made period.  Learn to play
rather than expecting no calls because you are too
good of a player to foul out.  I think it's interesting
to see how teams respond when their star is on the bench
anyway....

> 2) No defense here...the NBA traveling "rules" are
> ridiculous
>
> 3) Try watching Sacramento or Dallas, but also remember
> that when you have singular talents as spectacular
> as Kobe, McGrady, Iverson, etc., you would be out of
> your mind not to maximize their shot opportunities
> and time with the ball on offense

Being only able to list 2 teams out of 30 that play "team"
ball states the point for me.  Second, team ball does not
mean that star players do not get touches.  But everyone
standing around waiting for a star to slash and either
dunk or kick out trip after trip is boring no matter how
good that player is.  Also, seeing players come down the
floor and just jack up a shot without anyone else touching
the ball, trip after trip is also boring.  Give me some
ball movement and THEN make a spectacular play or move...

> 4) There's little to no defense in the regular season,
> but the playoffs are way different.  As for the "lack
> of defense" in the NBA, c'mon it's not like Jeff Scott
> or Keith Gregor are out on the floor.  Everyone on the
> floor can score and score at will, and when you talk
> about the true cream of the crop, good defense still isn't
> enough (it's the reason why K-Mart goes from being able
> to shut down anybody, on every play, in college, to
> still being considered a very good defender because he
> can shut down people 5-10 times a game).  Don't tell me
> that K-Mart the UC player was a better defender than
> K-Mart the Net.  Even if he was the same, the difference
> is that he no longer guards or plays against stiffs.

Yeah, it's hard (almost impossible) to stop most of these
star players, but most of it is just lack of effort.  Granted,
82 games is a long time to give effort on both sides of the
court and most of these guys are just too lazy to do that.  But,
good offense is almost as exciting to me as good offense.  In
the NBA, we are only seeing half the game.  At least, they are
now allowing zone defenses so teams can make some defensive adjustments
so it's not just talent against talent.  That's what's so frustrating
about the NBA.  When good teams put forth effort, they will always beat
bad teams.  In most other professional or "amateur" sports, a good game
plan can beat good talent...

> 5) Thugs are present in every level of sports, sadly there
> are no more amateur games left (at least those worth
> watching).
>
> Ugggh...now I have to go wash my hands...too much defense
> of the NBA
>
> Nabeel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 2:00 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Kenyon
>
> The NBA is unwatchable for several reasons:
>
> 1) Star players getting all the calls
> 2) 4-5 steps before travelling is called
> 3) Isolation plays instead of team offense (24 second clock is part of the
> problem here)
> 4) Little to no defense
> 5) Thug players and the whole "business" of professional sports...
>
> The college game is much better...
>
> CD '96