I lost interest in the NBA when Oklahoma City lost Kevin Durant and was a bottom dweller for several years but they have done an excellent job rebuilding and trading and have a pretty darn good young team this year. The team is very unselfish and there's not much showing off, talking smack, or crying about the refs, the guys seem to just enjoy playing ball with each other and act like they're one big family. We will see if their youth and inexperience can take them all the way.
Any NBA fans out there?
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I don't watch much in the regular season, but usually watch the playoffs.
OKC doing good.
I think that Eastern conference series Knicks and Pacers gonna be a war. Should be fun to watch.
OKC doing good.
I think that Eastern conference series Knicks and Pacers gonna be a war. Should be fun to watch.
Lost interest when it became a full contact sport. LeBron's flops can be funny though
Don't watch it, I've got a life, of some sort.
I'll watch when the Celtics play, but they got booted early from the playoffs. In my opinion (for whatever that's worth), they need a better coach.
Otherwise I'm not very interested in watching NBA. During the regular season it seems like they're just going through the motions until the last five minutes of the game. And overall there's too much 3 point long-ball/hero ball, flopping, and they travel all the time now with the so-called 'gather step.' I'd rather watch a high school game…
Otherwise I'm not very interested in watching NBA. During the regular season it seems like they're just going through the motions until the last five minutes of the game. And overall there's too much 3 point long-ball/hero ball, flopping, and they travel all the time now with the so-called 'gather step.' I'd rather watch a high school game…
I'm a Trailblazers fan. Even used to work for them, many moons ago. I hear they are finally selling the team. About time. Ever since Paul Allen passed, it has been owned by his estate, run by his sister. Maybe now we can get an owner who is passionate about basketball and wants to win rather than just sell tickets.
As the great Bill Russell used to say about unenforced traveling violations when he was a television commentator, "Those were just little tiny steps."
Only when my avatar plays, and that's been a long time coming. I've never seen so many grab, push, shove and outright assaults not being called.
Prefer the college and HS level.
I played Div III @ Lehman College for two years. If you took one step without a dribble, or had your hand anywhere but on top of the ball, it was called.
Prefer the college and HS level.
I played Div III @ Lehman College for two years. If you took one step without a dribble, or had your hand anywhere but on top of the ball, it was called.
I am so sick of hearing about the NBA playoffs for the last two months and they are still not over!!!!!!!!! I am surprised that anyone is still keeping track of the playoffs.
I enjoy NBA basketball, especially the playoffs. I very rarely have the chance to watch a full game, but I read press reports of the games, and enjoy highlights on YouTube. I like the athleticism and skill displayed, and I also like the human interest stories, the player backstories.
Why are you surprised?
The NBA gets good viewership ratings.
A lot of people like basketball. I prefer the college game but it's still entertaining
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cherrypointmarine
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Never have watched it and never will . Having said that , my daughter is in charge of social media for the Orlando Magic . She gets 2 free seats for every home game , the more she uses them the better seats she'll get next year . Even with free seats , it just doesn't interest me . I don't even watch pro football , but I do watch UCF play once in a while .
Yup, I hear ya Rusty.
Sports, guns, hunting for me. Beer is certainly welcome as well. Seems like on a lot of forums there is a sentiment that you either like sports or like guns/shooting/hunting.
I happen to like both. Nothing better than to go hunting/shooting with my dad then crack a beer and watch football/basketball/hockey.
My son-in-law is the CEO of a large medical group in Oklahoma City. One of the group's doctors is the team physician for the Thunder. So when SIL wants to attend a Thunder home game, he can usually get a seat right behind the bench. He was there the night they eliminated Denver from the playoffs, and he said the atmosphere was exciting beyond description. OKC doesn't seem to have any "big stars", so their success seems to come from playing hard as a team. If they win the NBA championship this year, I'm guessing that they will end up with some "big stars" after all.
Wail, SGA, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who just won NBA MVP for the season, is considered a big star by some... 
But, hey, I hear ya. They're a great young team, and play a very unselfish, team-style game, which is fun to watch!
But, hey, I hear ya. They're a great young team, and play a very unselfish, team-style game, which is fun to watch!
And please explain how the "euro-step" is not traveling! When I played basketball growing up, if I had tried that, it definitely would have been called traveling! Did rules change?
Larry
Alton
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I am glad OKC is doing well. For the last two years I have actually watched more WNBA games than NBA where there is more passing, more team than individuals. Todays NBA is more about individuals, than team play. I guess I was spoiled when San Antonio won their championships playing team ball and defense before their coach went political
CAJUNLAWYER
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I live in Louisiana. Our NBA team is the Pelicans. They are still choking over their savior Xion Williams drafted #1 several years ago. So the answer to your question is .....wait for it......NO. I would not even be aware of the playoffs were it not for the fact that I play poker with a bunch of sports betting degenerates
Cleveland Cavaliers fan here right from the beginning. Cleveland went crazy when the Cavaliers took the NBA Championship in 2016.
I am a fair weather Timberwolves fan. After years of gloomy days, the weather has been pretty decent. Until this week in OKC, that is.
I would be a fan but ever since King James step in the ring and ruined the game forever, no thanks.
I'll take Michael Jordan's last Championship Team up against any lazy Labron's teams. Chicago wins in 5 or a straight up sweep! The golden age IMO of the NBA was the 80's & 90's Kevin McHale of Boston would have beat the $**! out of Labron and let's not forget about Detroit. The College game with it's NIL bs has ruined sports forever. Look how bad the NCAA Basketball Tournament was this year, no upsets and the seeds mostly held. Boring! I'm a Basketball junkie from the time my friends and I skipped school for the 1st round of college Basketball in the 7th grade and went to 1st round sites around the country for 30+ yrs. not anymore! PLEASE PLAY DEFENSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That goes for college football as well. No loyalty for any program at all.
The great Bobby Knight turning in his grave.
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I'll take Michael Jordan's last Championship Team up against any lazy Labron's teams. Chicago wins in 5 or a straight up sweep! The golden age IMO of the NBA was the 80's & 90's Kevin McHale of Boston would have beat the $**! out of Labron and let's not forget about Detroit. The College game with it's NIL bs has ruined sports forever. Look how bad the NCAA Basketball Tournament was this year, no upsets and the seeds mostly held. Boring! I'm a Basketball junkie from the time my friends and I skipped school for the 1st round of college Basketball in the 7th grade and went to 1st round sites around the country for 30+ yrs. not anymore! PLEASE PLAY DEFENSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That goes for college football as well. No loyalty for any program at all.
The great Bobby Knight turning in his grave.
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If you like defense watch the OKC Thunder, some sources are rating them as having one of the best defenses in history. Those small, speedy youngsters can really get after the man with the ball.
hyena
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I lost interest in the NBA when Jordan retired. The pro game has morphed into something that has no appeal to me at all. I do still enjoy college basketball. Have season tickets to my local D1 alma mater. Also like high school ball, and even take in a few grade school games each year.
Off topic, but the NIL and transfer portal are ruining college ball.
Off topic, but the NIL and transfer portal are ruining college ball.
Not.these days..I consider most(not all) NBA players no better than most street thugs;;;talented at a sport but hoodlums. Quite a few years ago I did not feel that way. I used to watch BB...but no longer do so...Course I don't watch Pro football either
.455_Hunter
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Nuggets fan here. It's too bad we didn't get past OKC, but taking them to a game 7 may be the hardest challenge the Thunder will face in the playoffs. I am happy that the final four have either zero championship history or not in a long time championship history. Watching all the surrender cobras at MSG has been amusing, but the best thing is that LeBum is enjoying the playoffs from home.
Really lost interest in pro sports when the circus came to town - too many 
.455_Hunter
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Not horribly surprising that a shooting forum has a bunch of "pro-sports are stupid, my time is better spent at the range" individuals...
From Pee Wee to the pros this nation is heavily invested in organized sport. It instills teamwork and dedication to the game.
A very large chunk of people make their living from sports.
More power to 'em.
A very large chunk of people make their living from sports.
More power to 'em.
I'll just chuck in that I like LeBron.
If not the best b-ball player ever, surely a legit claim to the GOAT title. An exceptional athlete to be still competing at such a high level at 40, and, from what I read, with his philanthropy in Akron, a generous, civic minded man as well.
If not the best b-ball player ever, surely a legit claim to the GOAT title. An exceptional athlete to be still competing at such a high level at 40, and, from what I read, with his philanthropy in Akron, a generous, civic minded man as well.
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