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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Jaydc on May 10, 2010, 07:45:31 PM
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Its always the same teams.You barely ever see any upsets happen.
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Pretty much. The NBA offers the least parity of the 4 major sports.
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Sure they're predictable but IMO basketball is much more entertaining than baseball and hockey without a question.
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Sure they're predictable but IMO basketball is much more entertaining than baseball and hockey without a question.
i disagree, i cant watch a full nba game, the 4th quarters, if not a blowout, are VERY dope.... hockey, i can only watch playoff,... baseball, i fucking love it, the whole game is a pleasure to watch, esp fall
all that said, NONE OF THEM EVEN COME CLOSE to NFL
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I find baseball far too slow and boring.Their are exciting moments sprinkled around but for the most part its pretty tedious.*Picture looks,shakes his head,shakes his head again,and now their calling a meeting on the pitching mound.They get back,theyve got the pitch they want now,ball goes in,and its fouled away*...riveting stuff :P
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Sure they're predictable but IMO basketball is much more entertaining than baseball and hockey without a question.
i disagree, i cant watch a full nba game, the 4th quarters, if not a blowout, are VERY dope.... hockey, i can only watch playoff,... baseball, i fucking love it, the whole game is a pleasure to watch, esp fall
all that said, NONE OF THEM EVEN COME CLOSE to NFL
I played baseball for 13 years so I'll always have a deep appreciation for the game, I just don't find it nearly as exciting as the NBA. In the NBA I can watch nearly any game as opposed to baseball where I'm really only interested in Mariners games and the later playoff games.
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For me basketball is exciting but the league and teams are flawed so it takes some of the enjoyment out of it.When you know what teams are going to win all the time its just not itneresting.
Baseball I only really watch playoffs and even then I struggle to watch an entire game.Its too slow paced and tedious.Exciting parts come few and far between.
Football is exciting to watch,something can happen at any second that takes your breathe away with the amazing athelticism.
Hockey is the same way,theirs nothing more exciting then watching a game in the last minute with one team down one goal and the gopalie is pulled and the frantic action.And one fight or great bodycheck contains more excitment then I can get out of 5 baseball games
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see DETROIT OVER LAKERS 2003-2004
and Golden State over Dallas like 3 or 4 years ago i think
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see DETROIT OVER LAKERS 2003-2004
and Golden State over Dallas like 3 or 4 years ago i think
So?Thats how many years apart?In the nfl and nhl upsets happen every playoffs.
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see DETROIT OVER LAKERS 2003-2004
and Golden State over Dallas like 3 or 4 years ago i think
So?Thats how many years apart?In the nfl and nhl upsets happen every playoffs.
suns over spurs (IN A SWEEP)
spurs over mavericks
jazz over nuggets
theres 3 upsets
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well what definitely is annoying is how we have 3 fucking SWEEPS in the conference semifinals..
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Any playoff that has a series is not built for upsets. Though we still have them in all sports, a best of 7 series is designed so that the best team has the advantage. Now in baseball a best of 7 series makes the most sense I feel because each night you have different pitchers so your rotation comes into play. In basketball I think they should really go best of 5 each series, but as long as the Lakers win I'm happy. And Hockey, don't watch. As for the sweeps, it happens. It says more for the lack of competition from the lower seeded teams than it does the sport. The Spurs are fading, they had enough to upset the Mavs (not really an upset though if you've won 3 NBA titles with the same team) but they didn't have enough to compete with the Suns, The Jazz had enough to upset to the Nuggets who also had their coach out do to cancer, but the Lakers were just too much for them, and the Hawks have no business going against the Magic but that's the way the seeding went.
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see DETROIT OVER LAKERS 2003-2004
and Golden State over Dallas like 3 or 4 years ago i think
So?Thats how many years apart?In the nfl and nhl upsets happen every playoffs.
suns over spurs (IN A SWEEP)
spurs over mavericks
jazz over nuggets
theres 3 upsets
Thats one upset,spurs over mavs.Jazz nuggets had identical records and sweeps arent constituted as upsets,winning a series is winning a series.
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and the nhl has upsets all the time and is a best of seven format....
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Baseball should expand how many teams get in the playoffs to 8 in each league.4 just always felt wrong.I mean in the american league its almost 100 percent that two of those spots are gauranteed to the yankees and red sox and then the rest of the league has to fend for two spots.
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no sport is more exciting and unpredictable as FUTBOL/soccer (i hate how its called soccer)
in basketball u have 7 games, u have to win 4 to beat a team, an upset can only be in one game, maybe two, not when its 4
the thing i like about it is when a team wins, they really deserve it. U cant say it was a fluke or luck cuz they have to beat 4 series, win 16 games to win a championship.
baseball is not a sport, i dont even watch, sorry to say that baseball fans
nfl is exciting but i dont think its a good representation of who is really the strongest team, there are less than 20 games in a season which is nothing compared to other sports
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no sport is more exciting and unpredictable as FUTBOL/soccer (i hate how its called soccer)
in basketball u have 7 games, u have to win 4 to beat a team, an upset can only be in one game, maybe two, not when its 4
the thing i like about it is when a team wins, they really deserve it. U cant say it was a fluke or luck cuz they have to beat 4 series, win 16 games to win a championship.
baseball is not a sport, i dont even watch, sorry to say that baseball fans
nfl is exciting but i dont think its a good representation of who is really the strongest team, there are less than 20 games in a season which is nothing compared to other sports
soccer is boring to watch tho
nfl is the best to watch
baseball is the best to go to the park
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how is Suns over Sprus an upset?
Suns were ranked 3rd...
i understand people thought the Spurs record didn't reflect them, but the Suns were still the higher seed.
i said it months ago, it's going to come down to the Lakers in the West & a fight between the Magic, Cavs & Boston for the East.
i'm not trying to take credit like, "i called it" because that's just how predictable the NBA Playoffs are.
as for watching Sports; i love Baseball more than any sport, but i find myself watching full Football games over full Baseball games.
probably because of the schedule difference; much shorter NFL season, every game is important, etc.
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bullshit
Spurs shocked everyone by beating the Mavs... they were suppose to get swept
and Jazz beating Nuggets was a big upset too
i remember in the beginning of the season everyone predicted it was gonna be Nuggets vs Lakers in the semi finals and now its the Suns
i havent been keeping up with the east too much but im pretty sure nobody expected the Magic to go undefeated so far in the playoffs
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no sport is more exciting and unpredictable as FUTBOL/soccer (i hate how its called soccer)
in basketball u have 7 games, u have to win 4 to beat a team, an upset can only be in one game, maybe two, not when its 4
the thing i like about it is when a team wins, they really deserve it. U cant say it was a fluke or luck cuz they have to beat 4 series, win 16 games to win a championship.
baseball is not a sport, i dont even watch, sorry to say that baseball fans
nfl is exciting but i dont think its a good representation of who is really the strongest team, there are less than 20 games in a season which is nothing compared to other sports
soccer is boring to watch tho
nfl is the best to watch
baseball is the best to go to the park
soccer is not boring...u cant expect fulll force 90min running, there has to be dull moments in between...count those as commercials u see in basketball, football and everything else
people just dont understand soccer, i watch and analyze whos doing what and how a team is moving the ball up the field, how each players is pairing up with the rest, there is so much tactics and intelligence to it which most people dont understand cuz they dont follow the teams and players. There is lots of history, rivalry, etc...that u need to know about until u realize the significance and excitement of the game.
nfl is boring cuz the game stops every 10 sec, too many breaks and bickering over a few inches...i think people just like to see tackles....there isnt much that changes in each game. For ex, can u recall a play from last years playoff that u remember? probably not! see nfl, nba, etc...are so FORGETABLE...unless if its some game clutch moment or whatever and thats it...so u go thru 100s of nba playoff games just to remember a few plays.
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no sport is more exciting and unpredictable as FUTBOL/soccer (i hate how its called soccer)
in basketball u have 7 games, u have to win 4 to beat a team, an upset can only be in one game, maybe two, not when its 4
the thing i like about it is when a team wins, they really deserve it. U cant say it was a fluke or luck cuz they have to beat 4 series, win 16 games to win a championship.
baseball is not a sport, i dont even watch, sorry to say that baseball fans
nfl is exciting but i dont think its a good representation of who is really the strongest team, there are less than 20 games in a season which is nothing compared to other sports
soccer is boring to watch tho
nfl is the best to watch
baseball is the best to go to the park
soccer is not boring...u cant expect fulll force 90min running, there has to be dull moments in between...count those as commercials u see in basketball, football and everything else
people just dont understand soccer, i watch and analyze whos doing what and how a team is moving the ball up the field, how each players is pairing up with the rest, there is so much tactics and intelligence to it which most people dont understand cuz they dont follow the teams and players. There is lots of history, rivalry, etc...that u need to know about until u realize the significance and excitement of the game.
nfl is boring cuz the game stops every 10 sec, too many breaks and bickering over a few inches...i think people just like to see tackles....there isnt much that changes in each game. For ex, can u recall a play from last years playoff that u remember? probably not! see nfl, nba, etc...are so FORGETABLE...unless if its some game clutch moment or whatever and thats it...so u go thru 100s of nba playoff games just to remember a few plays.
Dude you're talking to the wrong person. I can recall a play in which Rocket Ismail tried to burn Deion Sanders and when the Raiders QB threw the ball Rocket had Deion beat but the QB under threw the ball, and Deion ran under Rocket, grapped the ball and made an interception in a match up people were wanting to see. That was in 1995, Raiders/Cowboys. Dogg, I'm a Raiders fan and we are the craziest of fans, but we also know our shit.
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iran remembers the great moments of soccer like halfback passes to center,center passes to half,center passes to half,holllddds it,holllddddsss it.
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LMFAO @ someone saying Baseball is not a sport.
Baseball is the hardest sport to play among all others; it takes the most skill; where you can train a freak of an athlete to dribble a ball or kick a ball or catch a ball.
it's not even debateable.
the only thing Soccer has working in it's favor is that "it's the universal, bringing countries together" sport; other than that, it seems to be the easiest to play.
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Baseball is not the hardest sport to play.Its the only major sport where fat people can compete.
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now pitching takes a lot of skill but other positions not so much.Guys stand around for 85 percent of the game.Then they just take some steroids lift some dumb bells and all of a sudden their power hitters.
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Baseball is not the hardest sport to play.Its the only major sport where fat people can compete.
fat people with ABSURD hand-eye coordination.
if i played in the NBA, i could get lucky throw up a three & maybe in the course of 82 games hit five of them; if i played a season in the NFL, i have decent enough hands to catch a touchdown if they set up a play for me; but if i played a full 162 game season in the MLB, i would end the season batting .000 with maybe three walks lol.
i'll give anybody on this board 100 ABs vs. Tim Lincecum & he'd strike everybody here out 100 times & then even if you magically made contact, there is still an extremely high chance that it wouldn't be productive; like a weak grounder or fly ball.
not to mention playing defense in Baseball is uncomparable to defense in any other sport; you don't just have to stand next to a man & do your best to push & shove him from scoring & shrug your shoulders when he beats you; you have to be able to catch a ball at high speeds coming at you, then make a throw & have the arm strength to throw a guy out.
you might be able to make an argument that Hockey is as skillful as Baseball because you have to hit a small puck, split through defenders all while unnaturally skating on ice; but Baseball is EASILY the hardest sport & requires the most skill in comparison to Football, Basketball or Soccer.
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now pitching takes a lot of skill but other positions not so much.Guys stand around for 85 percent of the game.Then they just take some steroids lift some dumb bells and all of a sudden their power hitters.
the steroids just give you extra power, you still need to be able to make contact to begin with; the super-natural ability has to be there.