In The Zone '98
Superstar
How is it any different from the 80s?
The NBA is a watered down version of basketball in 2023
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Dem313wayz
Superstar
USA lost the fibas in 07 and still won gold in 08 Olympics.
Some of these people playing won't be on the olympic roster.
Tatum Brown will probably play. Steph hasn't won a gold so he'll probably play next year also.
Now idk what we gonna do about our big man situation. The rest of the world will dominate us there
Some of these people playing won't be on the olympic roster.
Tatum Brown will probably play. Steph hasn't won a gold so he'll probably play next year also.
Now idk what we gonna do about our big man situation. The rest of the world will dominate us there
NBA and NFL made playing defense hard as fukk to up offensive actions.
Both sports were harder back 15 or more years ago.
Both sports were harder back 15 or more years ago.
Diondon
Thanks to the lawyers uh, I marbled the foyer
Told yall
but new nikkas wanna get mad
but new nikkas wanna get mad
Black Mamba
Superstar
USA won in '07; that's how they qualified for the Olympics in '08.
Dem313wayz
Superstar
It was 06 when they lost then. Point is they still lost so folks should relax
Box Factory
hater
2007 was just the Fiba Americas
2006 was the world championship, and they finished 3rd
NBA regular season viewership was flat last season dropping slightly from 1.61 million viewers in the 2021-22 season to 1.59 in 2022-23.
The post-season and chip posted healthy numbers/revenue for the networks and sponsors.
NBA playoffs set new five-year ratings high with 5.47m average viewers per game tuning in
www.sportspromedia.com
The post-season and chip posted healthy numbers/revenue for the networks and sponsors.
NBA playoffs set new five-year ratings high with 5.47m average viewers per game tuning in
NBA playoffs set new five-year ratings high with 5.47m average viewers per game tuning in - SportsPro
The Denver Nuggets' 2023 NBA Finals triumph over the Miami Heat averaged 11.64 million TV viewers on the ABC network.
www.sportspromedia.com
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
And bring up the 80s. You can map out their entire strategy before you even hit “post reply”Told yall
but new nikkas wanna get mad
mbewane
Knicks: 93 til infinity
There’s no defense in the NBA, the game is completely geared towards offense shining and players being able to put up “big” numbers to secure max contracts. The NBA as a business benefits because aesthetically, players scoring a lot and generating offense is fun to watch for the casual fan. But it’s gotten really bad from a pure basketball standpoint.
We don’t see real defense until the second/third round of the playoffs and there’s 82 games of guys stat padding and load managing. The team with the most NBA players got out rebounded, out hustled, out skilled and just completely outplayed. On Team USA, you have multiple guys who are FIRST and SECOND options on their team (Ant, Ingram, Haliburton, Brunson, Bridges, Banchero) with MAX deals, insanely skilled offensively but ego and being selfish prevented them from making an impact together. None of them took up the challenge to do the dirty work like box out, rebound, strap someone up on the perimeter. In the NBA, guys like Bridges and Haliburton are considered good defensive players but absolutely COOKED by euro leaguers and had Dillon Brooks drop damn near 40 on them.
Granted with guys like Bron, KD, Tatum, Booker its a different story but does the US really need their most ELITE players to beat fringe starters and euro league players? It's not just about team chemistry. Even Canada is a roster with a bunch of G League and Euro League players and this is their first time playing together and they looked decent. The US is filled with an ALL NBA Roster and couldn't beat CANADA. I think the NBA as a league should be a little embarrassed about their display and representation of the game on an international level. Not to mention 4-5 players in the top 10 in the NBA are international players in Doncic, Giannis, Embiid, Shai, Jokic.
I’m still gonna watch butthis FIBA tournament made it abundantly clear the NBA is a watered down version of basketball in 2023.
Nah it's just because they "don't care"
Dwight Howard
Superstar
team damn near all NBA players Shai, Barrett, Olynyk, Dort, Brooks, Powell, Nickeil
Trojan 24
Veteran
Olympic Kobe not walking thru that door
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Why is it weak?
Y’all care about names way too much.
That’s why Germany won this whole shyt one day y’all will understand it’s a team game and there’s one ball.