Fuck the NBA
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I grew up in Oregon, outside of Michael Jordan, I was a fan of the Jail Blazers, I mean the Portland Trail Blazers, but after going off to college in 2004, since then, I wasn’t watching a lot of basketball outside of Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Vince Carter, etc.
After 2004, I would watch just a few games here and there of some of the biggest stars and usually just the All-Star game and perhaps a few of the NBA Finals. For the most part, I was only interested in watching Kobe until he was murdered. I mean accidentally killed, of course.
I always felt like there was a slow steady decline in NBA basketball in just the way they were playing starting like in the 2000s. I say, bring back the Detroit Pistons from the 1980s when they were the bad boys or whatever they were called, basketball was a lot more physical then. But it has morphed into a flag-football version of itself. I want street basketball, no blood no foul kind of thing.
I used to play basketball a lot in the ghetto I grew up in and we played rough. Then when I was playing basketball with other folks, they would complain that I was too physical, too aggressive. I’ll still play here and there but I’ve watching less and less basketball over the years. And I’ve not watched an NBA game outside of a few minutes here and there in like seven years or something like that.
And then with all the masks, the fake audience of monitors instead of fans in the stadium, the bowing down to China, the promotion of Black Lives Matter (which is a front), the promotion of Covid which people can kill, the promotion of Covid Vaccines which is killing people, all of these things, that turned me off to the NBA to an even higher degree.
But I was already not that interested in anything much outside of Kobe. I kind of liked Lebron on and off until I saw how bad he sometimes performed in the NBA Finals a few times. Like, regardless of whether or not Lebron’s team would win or lose, the bigger concern I had was with how he played.
Michael Jordan played the best he could even when the Chicago Bulls or the Washington Wizards lost, that is a main attribute that puts him over Lebron who was not playing at that same level. I could see Lebron taking advantage of how he is taller and bigger than Mike. So, Lebron would sometimes play like a center. Now, even Magic Johnson played center at times. Scottie Pippen played the center position a few times on the Blazers. But say with Magic for example, even when he was playing the center position, he was not as slow or as clumsy as the average center outside of David Robinson, Dirk, and maybe a few others.
But Lebron at least plays like a power forward if not like a center at times. In a lot of ways, Lebron had potential or opportunities. Lebron is a beast. He is in a lot highlights. But what is important is showing up when you are in the NBA Finals, that is the most important thing. MJ did it. Kobe did it. But Lebron was too much of a hit or miss during his career. Oh, is he still playing? Hahahhahaa. I will still consider Lebron somewhat dead to me now.
I grew up in Oregon, outside of Michael Jordan, I was a fan of the Jail Blazers, I mean the Portland Trail Blazers, but after going off to college in 2004, since then, I wasn’t watching a lot of basketball outside of Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Vince Carter, etc.
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After 2004, I would watch just a few games here and there of some of the biggest stars and usually just the All-Star game and perhaps a few of the NBA Finals. For the most part, I was only interested in watching Kobe until he was murdered. I mean accidentally killed, of course.
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I always felt like there was a slow steady decline in NBA basketball in just the way they were playing starting like in the 2000s. I say, bring back the Detroit Pistons from the 1980s when they were the bad boys or whatever they were called, basketball was a lot more physical then. But it has morphed into a flag-football version of itself. I want street basketball, no blood no foul kind of thing.
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I used to play basketball a lot in the ghetto I grew up in and we played rough. Then when I was playing basketball with other folks, they would complain that I was too physical, too aggressive. I’ll still play here and there but I’ve been watching less and less basketball over the years. And I’ve not watched an NBA game outside of a few minutes here and there in like seven years or something like that.
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And then with all the masks, the fake audience of monitors instead of fans in the stadium, the bowing down to China, the promotion of Black Lives Matter (which is a front), the promotion of Covid which people can kill, the promotion of Covid Vaccines which is killing people, all of these things only makes things worse on top of what was already a declining association.
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But I was already not that interested in anything much outside of Kobe. I kind of liked Lebron on and off until I saw how bad he sometimes performed in the NBA Finals a few times. Like, regardless of whether or not Lebron’s team would win or lose, the bigger concern I had was with how he played.
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Michael Jordan played the best he could even when the Chicago Bulls or the Washington Wizards lost, that is a main attribute that puts him over Lebron who was not playing at that same level. I could see Lebron taking advantage of how he is taller and bigger than Mike. So, Lebron would sometimes play like a center. Now, even Magic Johnson played center at times. Scottie Pippen played the center position a few times on the Blazers. But say with Magic for example, even when he was playing the center position, he was not as slow or as clumsy as the average center outside of David Robinson, Dirk, and maybe a few others.
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But Lebron at least plays like a power forward if not like a center at times. In a lot of ways, Lebron had potential or opportunities. Lebron is a beast. He is in a lot highlights. But what is more important than showing up in the highlights here and there is showing up when you are in the NBA Finals on a consistent basis as to be reliable, that is the most important thing. MJ did it. Kobe did it. But Lebron was too much of a hit or miss during his career. Oh, is he still playing? Hahahhahaa. I will still consider Lebron somewhat dead to me now.
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