Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site teltone.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!teltone!stan From: stan@teltone.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops Subject: NBA Message-ID: <241@teltone.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Feb-84 16:09:14 EST Article-I.D.: teltone.241 Posted: Tue Feb 14 16:09:14 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 04:47:15 EST References: <649@CS-Arthur> Organization: Teltone Corp., Kirkland, WA Lines: 26 I would also like to know why there's so little NBA stuff. If you like basketball, or anything actually, don't you want to see the best perform? Admittedly the NBA has less rah-rah about the games, and sometimes players give lackluster performances. In my book the root of all problems the NBA has is that it has too many games. Less games would solve both of the problems just mentioned. I've always like the pro's because they were the first kind of basketball I saw. Going from pro's to watching college and you notice the big drop in skill. Also, the stall game and zones in college ball usually make the game less exciting and less interesting. College ball can be interesting, but usually only if a top-20 team is playing. The NBA has some of the greatest all-around athletes in the world (golfers are better athletes than some baseball players), without a doubt has the most entertaining All-Star game (how many of you fell asleep watching the Pro Bowl?) in sports, and should be the most popular professional team sport, but isn't. ---End of raving. As much as I enjoy the NBA, I watch only when exceptional players or teams are playing, or my team (Seattle) is playing. To those who don't have a local NBA team, or just don't like the NBA, give it a chance. Because if the NBA goes down the drain, so does college basketball. The only thing a college player would have to look forward to is the Olympics.