Why I hate the NBA...

Before everyone jumps on that old NBA train once again just because their team is doing well and my team not so much..I feel I should bring everyone back to earth on the sad state of affairs for this once exciting league

1. The thugs...

Every couple of weeks we have to hear about some stupid thug who gets either a) gets in a fight b.) is arrested for drugs c.) is beating up his wife...you get the picture... There really is a lack of class acts in the leauge these days(....the Stocktons, the Malones, the Reggie Millers of the league have all long since retired) and most of the guys these days are hot headed and uncoachable....Of course, take this with a grain of salt because there are still a few guys like Dwayne Wade who embody a true sense of sportsmanship and "class".But overall, the leauge is primarily a bunch of thugs..


2. It's boring.....
Despite the past few years of playoff basketball(which have been fantastic!), the league is overall very boring. In baseball we get America's pastime, the essence of america...In football we get four quarters of hard hitting fun...But in Pro Basketball we have a bunch of dunks and dump passes to the big man in the middle...Has anyone heard of fucking fundamentals?!?



I decided to examine the problem more carefully this past Christmas when the Lakers played the grizzlies. Rules seem at many times nonexistent, and the worst part is it seems like the more famous the player is, the more lenient the refs are on these overpaid primma donnas. Sure guys like Kobe and Lebron are scoring around 50 points a game lately, but the fact of the matter is, these players are shooting like eighty shots a game making their performance less impressive than it seems on paper.


As I watched the game more, I became disgusted by what I saw in the fourth quarter with Kobe’s foul on Memphis' Mike Miller. In case anybody missed it, Kobe was intentionally fouling Miller; retaliating for a rough, but definitely unintentional foul by Miller in the third quarter. Kobe grabbed Miller and slammed him on the ground. What shocked me even more, was Kobe’s comments regarding the incident, for which he received a two game suspension. "Somebody comes down the lane, you've got to hit him," Bryant said. "You can't let them come down the lane and just finger roll and get easy baskets."

Exactly Kobe. That's just the kind of example guys like you are setting for young NBA players. You heard it here folks, if you are too lazy to shuffle your feet and play real defense, just drive your forearm into the face of the opposing player - you know, to let them know who's the bitch out on that court.

Despite the fact that my hate for pro Basketball gets worse each year, I will always love college basketball. I you ask me, no sporting event is quite like march madness; filling out your brackets and comparing them with friends and family and watching schools like george mason make it to the final four is what makes sports exciting. The NBA, however, has transformed the sport into some sort of soap opera beauty paegant. What about Exhibit B, Mr. Ron Artest. We all remember his attack on an innocent fan and his temporary leave of absence so he cold work on his debut rap album Tru Warier? I miss the good old days where Michael Jordan was king of the league, when classic duels between warriors where the norm for NBA games. You had: Bird and magic, Jordan and Malone, Ewing and Mourning? Alright you get the point.... Who knows, maybe it will get better, I mean maybe this is just a cry from a depressed Celtics fan. The talent is there, but then again, so are the ginormous egos...

Tru Warier out.