Thats the whole point, if LeBron was born in 1938. they would have forced him to play center because 6-8 dudes can't be guards ever and he'd probably be skinnier and they'd tell him that lifting weights is bad and smoking cigarettes is cool, that's why you can't definitively say today's guys would be better, unless they invent time travel.
Game was MUCH more physical back then. Now you have flagrant 1 if you sneeze on someone, flagrant 2 for contact, and defensive 3 seconds. Whoever heard of that???
Because it turns out people like to watch talent show their skills
Exactly ... this was the point I was trying to make earlier. If makes you look way more athletic because the rules have been changed to allow this. You can play way faster and make more athletic moves to get to the basket nowadays.
I might like NBA better if they played college rules and had college refs who were sticklers for rules like travelling or palming the ball etc. and go to the 30 second shot clock.
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Thanks for the useless, vague opinion. It would be a better game if they followed the traditional rules of basketball, maybe there would be less fantabulous WOW plays, but that crap bores me, I'd rather see fundamental basketball by the rules. The reason YOUR POST IS STUPID is you say it's silly, but don't say why in detail. so WHY IS FOLLOWING THE RULES SILLY?
That again is no answer. And yes, proper dribbling BY THE RULES, NO TRAVELLING, LIKE IN CBB, YES! That matters to me more that great shooting or fantabulous dunks, BRUTAL IN YOUR FACE DEFENSE, I WANT THAT! Not give them room to dunk or drain a 35-footer, 67-66 games are more exciting than 145-138.
Players are constantly getting away with traveling in college basketball.
Yes. Essentially as often or more often than in the NBA.
No no. Sports authority @Pitt79 says its better fundamentals! Just like those low scores are the product of good defense and not, you know, the fact that anywhere from 7-10 guys on the court at any time are super mediocre at scoring.
Better or Worse is SUBJECTIVE. I actually do watch some NBA, and to me, college games are SUBJECTIVELY way more satisfying and entertaining than NBA games. Is it WORSE? What's the definition of worse? Worse talent, yes, the talent is worse, but the games are less exciting IN MY OPINION, meaning WORSE, and like I said and it's indisputable, what people prefer is subjective, it's like being a Rap fan vs, a Country music fan. I do plan to watch some of the NBA Finals, but that's never as entertaining as March Madness.
Not as bad as NBA, there's a video going around on social media of a highlight reel of blatantly laughable travels in the NBA not called.
Maybe that's what makes the games better? NBA should do some stuff to make scoring harder and strengthen defense.
Yep
If the worst nba team played a college all star team -
YOU ARE SO STUPID
that's not at all what I'm saying, I know NBA teams would crush the best college teams in a game, I'm not talking at all about which are the superior teams or players, NBA BY FAR, I'm saying that my preference, my subjective opinion is that college games are more fun FOR ME to watch than NBA games. get it?
Yes -YOU ARE SO STUPID
The defense is worse in the NBA, part of it is that the college offensive players aren't as good and part of it is they don't allow the physical aggresive defense the do in college, but who cares? It's better basketball with worse players, better games usually, skill level and talent aren't what makes a game better or worse. The most memorable exciting game I saw this year was an Army/Navy game that went into OT on a Saturday afternoon in February, and it had nothing to do with talent level.
YES, I ABSOLUTELY DO. But as I said and it's true, BETTER OR WORSE is SUBJECTIVE, personal taste. So, I consider those BETTER games.
But really? Why does it matter to you that I prefer watching college basketball over watching NBA? I'm pretty sure if we put a poll on this board I wouldn't be surprised if most people chose watching college ball over NBA, you don't have to agree but why do you care if I are anyone else prefers college over NBA?
How are you objectively assessing the quality of defense between the two? Seems like it’s all vibes for you.
Yeah, that's all it is. I'm not looking at any stats or anything, it seems more intense in college ball, it seems to me a lot of people agree with me, some of you are acting like I'm a unicorn the only person who likes CBB over NBA
They don't look much different than Luca or JokerI was just posting, a guy like Erving, or Connie Hawkins, or Oscar Robinson, Wilt, Dominque, of course Jordan and Magic and many others.....well.....the guys today aren't more athletic or better. But....
Those Detroit Piston's days were just brutal. Brutal basketball, and I don't mean that in a good way.
That period, like 85-97 until the end of the Jordan Era in Chicago was the time I really was a big NBA fan and really enjoyed the game.
It was like the clutch and grab NJ Devils.
Really? So, you're saying NBA was unpopular during the Magic vs Bird, MJ Bulls, Bad Boys Eras?
Not really -
