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Surfah · 10-31-2006, 07:12 PM

Woohoo. This is the best time for sports in the world. College football and the NFL are in full swing. NHL is going and the NBA has begun. And Sportscenter is no longer Baseball Tonight.

Go Lakers.

jay santos · 11-02-2006, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by surfah33

Woohoo. This is the best time for sports in the world. College football and the NFL are in full swing. NHL is going and the NBA has begun. And Sportscenter is no longer Baseball Tonight.

Go Lakers.

NBA's here and it's as unwatchable as ever. I turn on to check out the Jazz and see the same old boring free throw fest.

I have plenty of rule suggestions to make international soccer a better game. Here's a rule suggestion for basketball: instead of shooting free throws, just give the team two points. It will end the most boring aspect of the game, and clean up all the fouls.

Surfah · 11-02-2006, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

NBA's here and it's as unwatchable as ever. I turn on to check out the Jazz and see the same old boring free throw fest.

I have plenty of rule suggestions to make international soccer a better game. Here's a rule suggestion for basketball: instead of shooting free throws, just give the team two points. It will end the most boring aspect of the game, and clean up all the fouls.

The problem isn't the free throws. The problem were the rule changes last year that disallowed handchecking and giving the perimeter players free reign. Wade's parade to the free throw line last year in the playoffs was disgusting. They need to allow the players to play and officials need to suck on their whistles a bit more than blowing them.

BigFatMeanie · 11-02-2006, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

NBA's here and it's as unwatchable as ever. I turn on to check out the Jazz and see the same old boring free throw fest.

I have plenty of rule suggestions to make international soccer a better game. Here's a rule suggestion for basketball: instead of shooting free throws, just give the team two points. It will end the most boring aspect of the game, and clean up all the fouls.

I tend to agree with you on this one. In general I like college sports more than pro. I like attending pro baseball games (attended an Indians home game and a Dodgers game this year) but don't watch a lot on TV. I like watching Pro Football on TV but I've never been to a game. But pro basketball just isn't that fun to watch - either in person or on TV.

I get to several Jazz games a year because our company has Jazz tickets and it's an easy date (I'd rather go to a Jazz game than watch a chick flick or something like that). Even when I go to the game it just seems the same every time. The same half-time acts, the same songs on the P.A. system, the same siren and screaming of "three" every time a 3-pointer is made, the same dancing girls. If you've seen an NBA game in one arena you've seen them all. I wonder if the players get sick of the monotony of it all?

Detroitdad · 11-02-2006, 06:16 AM

I don't know what ya'll are seeing. The NBA is back!! Have a little love. Go Lakers.

il Padrino Ute · 11-02-2006, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by surfah33

Woohoo. This is the best time for sports in the world. College football and the NFL are in full swing. NHL is going and the NBA has begun. And Sportscenter is no longer Baseball Tonight.

Go Lakers.

Most pitchers and catchers report to spring training around the middle of February. Position players a week later.

Only 151 days until opening day.

Sweet!

mpfunk · 11-02-2006, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Most pitchers and catchers report to spring training around the middle of February. Position players a week later.

Only 151 days until opening day.

Sweet!

No best time in sports can exist without the presence of baseball.

RockyBalboa · 11-02-2006, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by mpfunk

No best time in sports can exist without the presence of baseball.

Along with fans letting their sleeping meds prescriptions lapse because baseball is a more effective sleep aid than all.

cougjunkie · 11-02-2006, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mpfunk

No best time in sports can exist without the presence of baseball.

Funk and Il Padrino, we need to take a CG trip down to Arizona for Spring Training this year. I have been 4 years in a row now and it is awesome. Great atmosphere, and you will never have a better chance to get that close to the players.

il Padrino Ute · 11-02-2006, 05:27 PM

Spring training trips are great fun. I've only been able to do one twice, but I really enjoyed it. If I can work into my hectic life schedule, I'm all for it. Unfortunately, this spring I'm already committed to the family trip of terror to Disneyland - or as the 4 year old calls it, Dizzyland.

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Detroitdad Resident Jackass Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Roswell, New Mexico Posts: 1,846	I don't know what ya'll are seeing. The NBA is back!! Have a little love. Go Lakers.