Comments on: What’s wrong with the NBA, part two http://www.matthewsmith.com/2008/06/15/whats-wrong-with-the-nba-part-two/ Bam! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:29:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ted http://www.matthewsmith.com/2008/06/15/whats-wrong-with-the-nba-part-two/#comment-73 Ted Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:55:44 +0000 http://www.matthewsmith.com/?p=33#comment-73 Good lord, Rog, when did you become such a beacon of sportsmanship? The NBA needs better refs. They are pathetic, although it is by far the hardest sport to ref. Consistency is needed. The sad thing is you can't tell when refs are throwing games or just suck! Is the nba involved in some shady calls? Dunno, but the fact that it is a serious argument is scary enough for me. The sad thing is that the NBA has finally chilled out on expansion and has allowed the talent pool to start to catch up. We are getting a lot of fun, good teams. Now is not the time to ruin it. Good lord, Rog, when did you become such a beacon of sportsmanship?

The NBA needs better refs. They are pathetic, although it is by far the hardest sport to ref. Consistency is needed. The sad thing is you can’t tell when refs are throwing games or just suck!

Is the nba involved in some shady calls? Dunno, but the fact that it is a serious argument is scary enough for me.

The sad thing is that the NBA has finally chilled out on expansion and has allowed the talent pool to start to catch up. We are getting a lot of fun, good teams. Now is not the time to ruin it.

]]> By: admin http://www.matthewsmith.com/2008/06/15/whats-wrong-with-the-nba-part-two/#comment-72 admin Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:59:25 +0000 http://www.matthewsmith.com/?p=33#comment-72 Ah, the Rengel NBA conspiracy theories are alive again. Ah, the Rengel NBA conspiracy theories are alive again.

]]> By: Hoff http://www.matthewsmith.com/2008/06/15/whats-wrong-with-the-nba-part-two/#comment-71 Hoff Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:12:04 +0000 http://www.matthewsmith.com/?p=33#comment-71 The biggest sportsmanship issues in the NBA are the ones allowed by the league. Flopping should be a technical foul and the pump-fake-jump-directly-into-the-defender shot needs to be banned. On the theory that David Stern controls the length of the Finals, I disagree. There has been only one seven game series in 13 years, and last year LeBron's team got swept. The biggest sportsmanship issues in the NBA are the ones allowed by the league. Flopping should be a technical foul and the pump-fake-jump-directly-into-the-defender shot needs to be banned.

On the theory that David Stern controls the length of the Finals, I disagree. There has been only one seven game series in 13 years, and last year LeBron’s team got swept.

]]> By: Rengel http://www.matthewsmith.com/2008/06/15/whats-wrong-with-the-nba-part-two/#comment-68 Rengel Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:49:41 +0000 http://www.matthewsmith.com/?p=33#comment-68 I think those sounds were not the Celtics bench: it was the sound of Kobe's forearm in Pierce's ribs and elbow during the last "steal" in the final few minutes of game 5. Boy, the NBA got a long series out of this one, and its generates more revenue because of it. Interesting. . . . . I think those sounds were not the Celtics bench: it was the sound of Kobe’s forearm in Pierce’s ribs and elbow during the last “steal” in the final few minutes of game 5. Boy, the NBA got a long series out of this one, and its generates more revenue because of it. Interesting. . . . .

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