Quote (blind_chief @ Sat - Jun 22 2013 - 01:00:49)
Quote (sardoniclysane @ Fri - Jun 21 2013 - 22:29:11)
if you were clearly an ohio fag this might mean something
The NBA may have become entertaining if they stopped comparing the most talented and successful players of today vs the ones of the past. Although every sport does this, NBA in particular does nothing but talk about this. In football you only occasionally get the comparison to Joe Montana with Brady and the NFL actually talks more about the current QBs with the arguing of Peyton vs Brady. But that might have more to do with the fact the QB position has become so powerful in recent years since the passing game is so much more prevalent than in the past.
I think the only exception to this is maybe hockey where nobody ever tries to compare anyone to Gretzsky and everyone thinks he is a god on a consensus.
Baseball probably would have the same result of the NBA, but instead of arguing if players were as good as Willie Mays/Ruth/Lou and several others, instead they just talk about STEROIDS STEROIDS STEROIDS and then people go on holy tirades about how these players are ruining the game and don't stop to think of the future when medicine and training in sports reaches a point where it's almost impossible to draw the line.
Also the NBA has little to any parity, although the end of the season may be entertaining because you finally have equal competition playing each other, throughout most of the season you rarely see good games and there are so many of them. Compared to the NFL where the parity is insane, teams have losing seasons and then come back to finish strong all the time. MLB is pretty solid in terms of parity. Even the teams that spend shit tons of money still get outdone by teams with 1/3 to 1/5 sometimes of their payroll. Also them good ole Sabermetrics has changed that game so much.
I kind of went on a rant here and I'm sure clearly many may clearly read it but what I'm trying to get at is the NBA's problem to me is their regular season isn't interesting, they have little parity. And people compared to other sports league talk way too much about Jordan and comparing him to the current players.