NBA vs College Basketball

[Sharkweather]

And more to the point the thread says "Which is better" which OBVIOUSLY isn't the same as "Which is your favorite".

Packersfan is like 10.

He can't be held accountable for his thread titles.

 

[Bomberooski]

Well put Hova. I stand down now.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

LeBron and Kobe should handle the ball the majority of the game, they are top-tier players in their sport.

I think the reason the NBA isnt what it used to be, is the stars are either very hard to like (Kobe) or lacking any sort of charisma (Chris Paul).

If you could be a kid again, who would you rather have up on your wall? Magic, Bird, Jordan, & Barkley, or Kobe, Paul, Duncan, & Pierce? It's not even close.

 

[FedEx227]

Meh. I see what you mean, but I think that was viable in the early 2000s but not anymore. Right now probably has the greatest influx of young talent the NBA has ever seen: Durant, Rose, LeBron, Kobe, Anthony, Bosh, Wade, Dirk, Paul, Stoudamire, Williams... the list goes on.

I know what you're saying about them having more charisma, which is definitely true, but anybody who STILL doesn't watch the NBA because the guys aren't Magic, Bird, Jordan, Barkley, Ewing, etc. is really missing out on some great players.

Even worse is when people act like the Magic, Bird, Jordan crew were better "people" and that this current crop is thugs. That always makes me laugh.

 

[FirstTimer]

My interest in the NBA peaked in 1993, and has dropped steadily each successive season to the point that I probably won't watch an entire 4Q NBA game this year. I watch fragments of games, get bored, and move on.

I've touched on this in other threads, but the NBA is loaded with scrubs. The league has too many teams and the talent is watered down. Very few teams run more than 6 or 7 deep.

Nobody can convince me that the quality of play wasnt better 15-20 years ago, and watching those games makes it even more obvious. The NBA today is just a shit product.

College hoops, on the other hand, is fanatstic. The best postseason of any major sport. like Hova touched on, the first four days of the tournament, to me, is the best four days in sports. It's more of a pure game than the pro's, with a wider variety of strategy & play styles. It's just far more interesting.

I agree with everything you said here.

 

[FedEx227]

I agree with the excitement, but the different strategy and play styles I can't really agree with.

Most college teams sets end up with a dude taking a three pointer. Something like 60-65% of college shots are three pointers. That's pathetic. They may move the ball around but it usually ends up in a three pointer or some sweet missed free throws.

I would, though, gain a ton of respect for college basketball if they moved the three pointer line to NBA level.

 

[Bear Pand]

Unless it's Purdue playing or it's March Madness I can't watch college basketball. I tried watching a bunch of Big East games and the Kentucky game...and the Kansas-Kansas St game yesterday and I just don't care. It's so boring.

Both the NBA and College suffer from having boring and sorta meaningless regular seasons. I guess I'd give the edge to college for having the better postseason.

 

[FedEx227]

the NBA has really killed their postseason by making every round 7 games. The damn playoffs last like 2 months.

 

[NAHSTE]

I prefer the pro product, for all the reasons the NFL guys said in that thread. Superior product, easier to follow, more recognizable players.

Maybe if college had more returning stars to star the season I'd get a little more interested before the start of conference play. But NBA is a year round hobby for me, I don't get into college until late Feb/early March.

 

[LC AAU]

I can't watch College sports unless it's my favorite team (Purdue).
I just don't get the same thrill of watching a game where I know like 1 or 2 players. In the NBA, I know every single player and I love that.

 

[jHammack]

I watch both religiously. However, March Madness is the best time of the year regarding sports.

So just for that, College wins.

 

[EmpireWF]

NBA.

I can't stand watching college ball until the tournament begins.

 

[βїģĐмợ]

College for me. Just love the parity. I love how anything can happen on a given day. I like that guys go out there and put out their best effort, no matter who they play for or who they are playing against. Not to mention there is a team in my area so I actually can go watch them.

 

[Vinsane]

NBA > CBB

I've pimped this speech one too many times but Dickie V said it the best, last week when he called the NBA game. If you want the best players, fundamentals and overall product? You watch the NBA. If you want atmosphere, energy and parody? You watch CBB. I can't get excited for College Basketball's Regular season. March Madness is so great that I don't care to tune into anything else but that.

Unless the Buckeyes are on, I'm not really watching CBB until conference tournament/march madness time. I can watch any game of NBA and be entertained.

 

[NAHSTE]

NBA > CBB

I've pimped this speech one too many times but Dickie V said it the best, last week when he called the NBA game. If you want the best players, fundamentals and overall product? You watch the NBA. If you want atmosphere, energy and parody? You watch CBB. I can't get excited for College Basketball's Regular season. March Madness is so great that I don't care to tune into anything else but that.

Unless the Buckeyes are on, I'm not really watching CBB until conference tournament/march madness time. I can watch any game of NBA and be entertained.

I go to SNL for these things.

 

[packersfan4eva]

I can't watch College sports unless it's my favorite team (Purdue).
I just don't get the same thrill of watching a game where I know like 1 or 2 players. In the NBA, I know every single player and I love that.

With me it's the other way around. I know like all the college players, but the NBA? I know like 2 players per team

 

[FedEx227]

That's because the NBA is full of garbage players that can't even do some of the most basic fundamental things that basketball consists of.

But that's where US is going in terms of the game, and then we wonder why the rest of the world has continued to catch up to us.

The only time NBA has quality is when it's superstar teams vs superstar teams.

I can't even fathom a sport that you can list off all 16 playoff teams before the season starts. I'd bet I'd at least get 13 right every year when the NBA is concerned. Parity? not in the NBA, that's for sure.

Not true at all.

What fundamental things can the NBA players not do?

Pull up their shorts when they play defense?

The world is catching up, because the world is catching up. It's not fundamentals, it's just general catching up. They have been exposed to more and more basketball and are embracing it as a sport. It's an inevitable thing. It's not like Americans suck at baseball and the Dominican Republic caught up because of it. They caught up because they started focusing attention on it.

Europe/Asia no doubt created more well-rounded ball players, guys that can do a number of different things without regards to their height (Dirk/Yao/Parker/Ginobli) but America has caught up in that respect (see Durant, Kevin).

 

[NAHSTE]

That's because the NBA is full of garbage players that can't even do some of the most basic fundamental things that basketball consists of.

But that's where US is going in terms of the game, and then we wonder why the rest of the world has continued to catch up to us.

The only time NBA has quality is when it's superstar teams vs superstar teams.

I can't even fathom a sport that you can list off all 16 playoff teams before the season starts. I'd bet I'd at least get 13 right every year when the NBA is concerned. Parity? not in the NBA, that's for sure.

Congratulations, everything you said is false. As for parity, take a look a the Western Conference standings sometime, guy. Pretty sure nobody was mentioning Memphis or OKC as playoff teams before the year.

 

[Bear Pand]

I can't even fathom a sport that you can list off all 16 playoff teams before the season starts. I'd bet I'd at least get 13 right every year when the NBA is concerned. Parity? not in the NBA, that's for sure.

It's really not that hard to guess most of the playoff teams when half the league makes it and you can rule out like 3-5 teams from each conference before the season starts. You're basically trying to pick 16 from a pool of 20. Easy game.

Somebody stated they could go to any NBA game and be entertained. Right.

I agree with this, I've been to a bunch of Pacers games this year and it's miserable unless they're playing a good team.

 

[Archer]

College Basketball by alot