tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61163942011-04-21T20:23:39.170-07:00Why the NBA SucksAfter having the conversation with my roommate posted below, I've decided to update daily a different reason why the NBA is simply unwatchable. <p><p>Pizz: "Why is it that you think no one wants to watch the NBA?"<p>Benny: "A thousand reasons. Ticket prices are way too high. Parents don't want their kids to be exposed to any of these people. A player gets arrested everyday." Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comBlogger461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1093705679791313682004-08-28T08:07:00.000-07:002004-08-28T08:09:09.866-07:00Today's Reason: Why the Dream Team Keep Gettin' Blown Out?... Despite not deserving an iota of our attention, Dream Team 2004 is the most talked about piece of news this morning in the papers... The consensous is just plain, ugh. Words like, "embarassment," "shame," and "attrocity," are being thrown around all over the place. But I think what's worse is that everyone knew it was going to happenRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1091310258555527112004-07-31T14:42:00.000-07:002004-07-31T14:44:18.556-07:00Today's Reason: USA Basketball: It's SUCK-TASTIC! Check out this story about how Larry Brown benched Iverson, Stoudamire and LeBron for the entire first exhibition game for showing up late for a team meeting. Check out even more Iverson's response. It's pretty hilarious and not surprising in the least. Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1090072559397417282004-07-17T06:50:00.000-07:002004-07-17T06:55:59.396-07:00Today's Reason: The Shaq Trade   Well, we've officially seen the biggest trade in the NBA for the past decade this week. If you haven't heard, the Lakers traded Shaq-daddy-fu-da-return to Miami for Brian Grant, Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and a bunch of draft picks. Who won and who lost here?   I actually think this trade was pretty even. The Heat got rid of everyone they wanted to and no one they Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1087353606692815922004-06-15T19:24:00.000-07:002004-06-15T19:44:24.566-07:00Today's Reason: The Expansion Draft (Part one of a likely 80 million part series)... So, according to a "secret" unamed source...(that came from ESPN, which is owned by ABC, which is owned by Disney, which owns the NBA, so you do the math at how secret the source is), Antoine Walker will not be protected by the Dallas Mavericks for the upcoming expansion draft, making him a possible first pick Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1084841555877483222004-05-17T17:48:00.000-07:002004-05-17T17:52:35.876-07:00Today's Reason: The People Who are In Charge of Marketing this Crap Should be Shot in the Face... So, if you go here, you'll see that the NBA has created a new DVD series entitled "Dynasty Series" where they have like 50,000 dvds dedicated to showing how a particular franchise has been a dynasty in the league. You can choose between everyone's favorite team to love "The Chicago Bulls" tee hee, Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1083801404437437572004-05-05T16:56:00.000-07:002004-05-05T17:26:24.593-07:00Today's Reason: More crappy playoffs cause more reflection... I started going through old drafts and decided I'd do a breakdown of every one since the beginning of the "Shaq" Era...If you ever wondered how predictable the NBA drafts are, I've arguably said that the best player in the draft was the number one pick 5 out of the 12 times. The worst player in the top five was the top pick 2 out of Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1083591508580960692004-05-03T06:38:00.000-07:002004-05-03T06:42:42.543-07:00Today's Reason: More High Quality Analysis... Steve Urkel's blog on the NBA playoffs is both insightful and thought provokingRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-108330059566406122004-04-29T21:49:00.000-07:002004-04-29T21:54:13.090-07:00Today's Reason: ...Ah, Sportsmanship This is pretty uncalled forRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1083082810662692292004-04-27T09:20:00.000-07:002004-04-27T09:24:25.013-07:00Today's Reason: DAMMIT!!!!! God Dammit shit all to helll...and any other curse words you can think of. Fuck you NBA. Fuck You LeBron. Fuck you Amare Stoudamire, Kevin Garnett and Shawn Kemp! Why can't the Mother sucking NBA be like the NFL!??? So so mad right now! Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1082926032751079992004-04-25T13:47:00.000-07:002004-04-25T13:51:24.250-07:00Today's Reason: Sold Out Playoff Tix... Look at the back of the fleet center in THIS picture. How could anyone get a ticket to that in demand event?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1082758993276318242004-04-23T15:23:00.000-07:002004-04-23T15:27:22.530-07:00Today's Reason: Sometimes the Crowd the League Draws Just Speaks for Itself... Here's a picture of who was in attendance at Thursday's Knicks-Nets game...Insert your own joke here. If you need suggestions I'd say your jokes should probably include any of the following words or phrases; "Racist, slut, homophobe, homewrecker, alcoholic, redneck, IQ less than a common horsefly."Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1082641244170626002004-04-22T06:40:00.000-07:002004-04-22T06:44:51.216-07:00Today's Reason:Players Criticize Their Teammates for Not Getting Into Fights During the Games... Apparently Tim Thomas is mad at his Knickerbocker counterparts for not engaging in an on-court fight after he got shoved to the ground; completely disproving your assumption that sportsmanship exists even slightly in the NBA.Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1082413163055854142004-04-19T15:19:00.000-07:002004-04-19T15:23:26.843-07:00Today's Reason: Fightin' Words... This picture's hilarious. It looks like an old white man's version of "Above the Rim"Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1082311113803115542004-04-18T10:58:00.000-07:002004-04-18T11:11:01.390-07:00Today's Reason: Shitty Playoff Games Bore Me, So I'll Reflect... I started thinking of this yesterday and i've finally convinced myself to write it in the blog... Top Five Active Players Who Will Unquestionably Make the Hall of Fame and Deserve To: 1.) Scottie Pippen - Six Championships, Sixteen Straight Trips to the Playoffs, No One's Sidekick! 2.) Shaquille O'Neal - One of the greatest Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1082044452360431672004-04-15T08:54:00.000-07:002004-04-15T09:04:37.700-07:00Today's Reason: Top Ten Suckiest Things About the NBA this Season Since the regular season’s over I figured I’d do an “NBA Hall of Shame” top ten. These were the ten suckiest things about the NBA this season. 10. Kobe Bryant – What can you say about a person who started the season accused of rape? This is still my favorite story of the year though. The entire 2003-2004 season is simply Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1081883235625054702004-04-13T12:07:00.000-07:002004-04-13T12:12:47.543-07:00Today's Reason: It's All About the Team Baby!!! Last night, Bobby Sura intentionally missed a shot so he could get his own rebound and record a triple-double for himself. That's called team devotion right there. Whatever, it's not like the Hawks need the points, right? The best part is what Sura said when they asked him about it today... "Actually, the ball slipped," Sura said, laughing and Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1081782618018721592004-04-12T08:10:00.000-07:002004-04-12T08:14:34.216-07:00Today's Reason: No F$$King Respect!! Well, Shaq did it again. He cursed on national television for the second time this season. How F$$King hard is it not to say F$$K on national F$$King television you stupid F$$King idiot!? It's not like you can't F$$King help it. It's not like you don't know it's F$$King wrong. Just don't F$$King do it! There are F$$King children watching your games you Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1081611518778347552004-04-10T08:38:00.000-07:002004-04-10T08:42:29.483-07:00Today's Reason: Beating a Dead Horse The top 4 teams in the Western Conference are all within 1.5 games of each other...the fourth place team in the Eastern Conference is 17.5 games out of first place. The only question that remains is; Will Disney even bother to televise any of the Eastern Conference playoff games? And if they don't will the put a big black box over the Eastern Conference team Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1081375893074988682004-04-07T15:11:00.000-07:002004-04-07T15:15:20.450-07:00The New Batch...A special report on my crap-tastic blog With College Hoop-diddy hoops over for the year, I thought it was time for me to give you my lottery list if the draft were right now. Bear in mind several things 1.) These are only players I've gotten a chance to see during the year. I watch more college hoops than anyone alive, so obviously the college players were easy. I only saw some Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1081347834441377792004-04-07T07:23:00.000-07:002004-04-07T07:34:22.140-07:00Today's Reason: NBA Superheroes Comic Books? Go here, you can buy comic books of NBA "superstars" as comic book superhereos. Honestly, has ANYONE ever considered Matt Harpring a super hero? I barely consider him a basketball player. Does the NBA think little kids are like, "Mommy, mommy, PLEEEEEASE buy me the Matt Harpring action figure! When I grow up I wanna be just like Matt Harpring!" Give Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1081228054932727962004-04-05T22:07:00.000-07:002004-04-05T22:11:19.983-07:00Today's Reason: It doesn't have Emeka Okufor Read "Today's Reason" ;) Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1081058814576376732004-04-03T22:06:00.000-08:002004-04-03T22:16:28.153-08:00Today's Reason: New Greatness? Last night, Shaq passed Larry Bird on the NBA's all-time leading scorer list...think about that for a second... ...In other news, I'll admit it. How fricken good is Emeka Okefor? That guy's going to be an incredible pro. I spent the whole game just praying that the dookies could keep him on the bench. Everytime he came into the game I got more and more nervous. Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1080770287242751992004-03-31T13:58:00.000-08:002004-03-31T14:06:34.593-08:00Today's Reason: Infidelity, Sodomy, and Incestially Raping your own children ...Just another day at the NBA Office I'm assuming the NBA's PR department didn't really need this story to break right about now. Maybe ten years ago would've been better....how do you follow that crap up on Sportscenter with, "Anyway, be sure to watch the Bulls and Magic go at it tonight. The teams have won a combineRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1080599224754584122004-03-29T14:27:00.000-08:002004-03-29T14:34:53.950-08:00Today's Reason: The NBADL... The NBA Developmental League is the stupidest idea since shitting in the bathtub. They figured by establishing this league it would shut the people up who wanted the NBA to develop a farm system for players to begin in so they could work their way into the pros like baseball does it. Sorry fellas, but with LeBron puttin' up 41, and making Cavs attendance go up by Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-108050313788704372004-03-28T11:45:00.000-08:002004-03-28T11:49:11.030-08:00Today's Reason: The Whole East vs. West Thing Again I like ESPN's little dig here, where they say, "If defense gets wins you championships..." and then they correct themselves and say, "...or at least gets you to the Eastern Conference Finals." It's so true. Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1080333391548434232004-03-26T12:36:00.000-08:002004-03-26T12:42:00.750-08:00Today's Reason: The Importance of High Quality Analysis... The NBA tries hard to pick people who can give important and insightful knowledge to analyze the game and its players....that's why they support Blogs from people like Benito Martinez, the guy who plays Capt. Acevedo on The Shield on their NBA.com website. Here's a snipit of what you can find on Martinez's Blog... "As with every year, Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1080169571604380792004-03-24T15:06:00.000-08:002004-03-24T15:09:39.810-08:00Today's Reason: Just the Facts, Maam... Check out this interview with the Wizards' Jarvis Hayes at nba.com. Inquiring minds want to know everything there is to know about Hayes, obviously...look at the caption under his photo. There's some dirt, my friend. Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1080053392258386602004-03-23T06:49:00.000-08:002004-03-23T06:53:18.186-08:00Today's Reason: You've Got the Greatest Class of Rookies in Years, and Still No One Watches the Games... Going into the draft it was pretty much gauranteed that this was going to be the best set of rookies, possibly ever. Now, with Carmelo Anthony, Kirk Hinrich, Dwayne Wade, T.J. Ford and Chris Bosh all playing out of their minds, and some virtually unheard of kid in Cleveland playing alright I Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1080011188176165582004-03-22T19:06:00.000-08:002004-03-22T19:09:53.856-08:00Today's Reason: The NBA's in Some Financial Trouble... If you questioned the NBA's desperation, just click here but prepare to laugh your nuts off.Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1077224540613447742004-02-19T13:02:00.000-08:002004-02-19T13:08:02.340-08:00Today's Reason: Rasheed Wallace The Yahoo headline on the 2nd Wallace trade of the week says, "Motor City Bound: Detriot Wins Wallace Sweepstakes." Correct me if I'm wrong but, isn't Rasheed Wallace a waste-of-space fuckhead? Why is there a sweepstakes for him? Wait, so all those teams that were getting rid of him were doing so because other teams wanted him so badly?! See, I was under the Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1076853925499416752004-02-15T06:05:00.000-08:002004-02-15T06:08:01.060-08:00Today's Reason: The Media's So Obsessed With LeBron James, They Write Stories about Him Just to Write Stories About Him Can anyone tell me what THIS fucking story is about? Aside from mentioning LeBron James' name I have no idea what happened at the dunk contest. He said, "No Contest" and left? What the hell does that mean? How about reporting on the dunk contest instead of writing a story aboutRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1076765318212027972004-02-14T05:28:00.000-08:002004-02-14T05:33:17.496-08:00Today's Reason: The Way the Vin Baker Situation is Being Handled... Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Unions. I'm a Union guy, shall we say. But this is just ridiculous. According to the Boston Globe, the NBA players union is going to defend Vin Baker's waiving yesterday and fight to force the Celtics to enforce his contract. In a real-world setting I would have no argument against that. The Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1076384077399986692004-02-09T19:34:00.000-08:002004-02-14T05:31:30.153-08:00Today's Reason: The Players Respect Have No Respect For Their Coaches (part two)... Steve Francis on Rockets' Coach Jeff Van Gundy: "He's going to coach the way he wants to coach, and I'm going to play the way I want to play. That's just how it is." Van Gundy's Response: "I agree with him on most of that. Aside from the part about how he's going to play the way he wants to play, I agree with Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1076271984358726702004-02-08T12:26:00.000-08:002004-02-08T12:28:50.280-08:00Today's Reason: There's Nothing Exciting to Bet On A poll on NBA.com today asks, "Who will score the first points of the NBA All Star Game?"...What is it, the fucking super bowl? Who cares!?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1076185254863127412004-02-07T12:20:00.000-08:002004-02-07T12:23:19.483-08:00Today's Reason: It Ruined Football Thanks LeBron. Now, because of you, 12 year olds will be playing professional football. Doesn't a college education mean ANYTHING to people now-a-days? Duurrrr...Why waste my time learin' when I could be gettin' hit in da' fuckin' head?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1076016453208540332004-02-05T13:27:00.000-08:002004-02-05T13:29:55.046-08:00Today's Reason: Danny Ainge The Celtics lost to the Clippers last night, pretty badly. What he's done to that team is a shame. He's come in and systematically destroyed everything that was good about it with no explanation at all. He took them out of playoff contention and has pretty much sent them toward the dregs of the league. That shouldn't be allowed by any standard. No one should be so Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1075938770132209682004-02-04T15:52:00.000-08:002004-02-04T15:55:10.390-08:00Today's Reason: The Fans are Equally as Stupid as the Players How bad is it for the NBA that LeBron James is NOT starting on the All-Star team? He's the league's most important, most marketable player. And in my opinion based on his play he deserves to be on the team! What's wrong with basketball fans? Vince Carter!? Why did Vince Carter lead the league in voting? What has he ever done that madeRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-107547245630601812004-01-30T06:20:00.000-08:002004-01-30T06:23:09.576-08:00Today's Reason: RAPISTS! THIS AP story written today begins with this sentence... Kobe Bryant was selected to start in the NBA All-Star game, voted in by fans despite a sexual assault charge. Need I say more?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1075334093268968282004-01-28T15:54:00.000-08:002004-01-28T16:10:45.403-08:00Today's Reason: The New Jersey Nets So, according to THIS the Nets have disavowed all knowledge of Eddie Griffen. Can this organization do ANYTHING right? In the last two months they've 1.) Invested time and money into Eddie Griffen, the biggest waste of space in the history of the league 2.) Fired one of the best coaches in the league 3.) Sold the team to Jay-z and moved it to Brooklyn. Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1070503045542011322003-12-03T17:57:00.000-08:002003-12-03T17:57:36.413-08:00Today's Reason: You can have a losing record and still be the top team in your division. Currently at 9-10 the Philadelphia 76ers have the best record in the Atlantic Division. If you do the math that means that there are exactly zero teams with winning records in the Atlantic Division right now. There aren't even any teams who have .500 records. Pathetic. Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1069953171550841262003-11-27T09:12:00.000-08:002003-11-27T09:13:00.543-08:00Today's Reason: In order for your team to win, the superstar has to score 1/2 the team's points. In last night's OVERTIME win against the terrible Atlanta Hawks, Vince Carter scored 43 points. The rest of the team scored 46Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1069863518084840162003-11-26T08:18:00.000-08:002003-11-26T08:18:46.723-08:00Today's Reason: You live in Boston and a team from the Eastern Conference that's not the Chicago Bulls hasn't won a championship since 1990 There's such an incredible unbalance in the NBA. Aside from the Chicago Bulls dynasty where they won six championshiips in eight years there has been absolutely no performance from any team in the East. It's obvious to understand why. Who doesn't want to Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1069810173694913172003-11-25T17:29:00.000-08:002003-11-25T17:29:42.000-08:00Today's Reason: Players have no respect for their coaches It actually started in the early 80's when Magic Johnson was given the okay to treat his coach like crap. Johnson was fed up with coach Paul Westhead and told Lakers' management, "Fire him or trade me." The next day, Westhead was gone. What came of that has been a complete legacy of player mistreatment of coaches. In almost every city theRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1069722075476602412003-11-24T17:01:00.000-08:002003-11-24T17:01:23.910-08:00Today's Reason: It's owned by Disney...Part II: Mickey's Favorite Color - Green The NBA has gotten to the point where it's so expensive that it's just impossible to enjoy any aspect of it. Disney has taken the game and glamorized it to the extent that you just can't even come close to affording it. First, the most obvious way to spend money on the game; seeing it live. Did you know that the Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1069610684365994172003-11-23T10:04:00.000-08:002003-11-23T10:04:52.380-08:00Today's Reason: It's owned by Disney...Part I: NBA on ABC Okay give me one good thing Disney's ever done for sports...Time's up. That's what I thought. When Disney purchased the rights to televise every NBA game three years ago, you knew it was just downhill from there. No longer are there NBA on NBC games with Marv Albert and Bob Costas instead you get...brace yourself for this, NBA on ABC withRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6116394.post-1069526266406809712003-11-22T10:37:00.000-08:002003-11-22T10:37:53.853-08:00Today's reason: Players make fun of other players...FOR HAVING CANCER! - From an AP Article Mourning had threatened to go after Martin when some taunting got too personal. Martin and teammate Richard Jefferson had been joking about Mourning's inability to run conditioning drills near the end of practice. Mourning then apparently said something about Martin's recovery from a sprained ankle. Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16904445276022498087noreply@blogger.com