Why does Basketball suck so much?

Darkside · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:38 pm

FavreFan wrote:

Darkside wrote:

FavreFan wrote:

Hockey is probably the most difficult sport I've ever tried to "play", and it's very easy to play.

What?

Im not even sure how to dumb that down. It's self-explanatory. You said another reason basketball sucks is because it's easy to play. Sports aren't difficult to play, and if you have a basic idea of how to ice skate than hockey isn't really harder than basketball, football, or baseball. If you meant play well, than that's different. I know a lot of guys who are good and 1 or 2 sports and suck at the rest of them.

Oh. Well then I guess you'll be signing your multi million dollar contract soon.
When you do, send me a couple tickets.

Kirkwood · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:52 pm

They run too much stuff.

The Original Kid Cairo · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:54 pm

Ivan has divided the board. This is all his doing. I thought my friend wasn't a troublemaker. I wish he weren't.

Frank Coztansa · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 3:57 pm

I'll say this about basketball, you can shoot the ball from anywhere you want on the court. You want to fire up an 80 footer (Nate RObinson), go ahead. You take a 90' slapshot in hockey, its icing! WTF is that? So, the object is to get the puck in the net more than the other team, but you can only shoot from a certain area on the ice. Makes no sense.

Kirkwood · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:08 pm

Frank Coztansa wrote:

I'll say this about basketball, you can shoot the ball from anywhere you want on the court. You want to fire up an 80 footer (Nate RObinson), go ahead. You take a 90' slapshot in hockey, its icing! WTF is that? So, the object is to get the puck in the net more than the other team, but you can only shoot from a certain area on the ice. Makes no sense.

What does hockey have to do with this thread?

Colonel Angus · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:11 pm

Darkside wrote:

Just a bunch of dudes bouncing a ball. Big whoop. And the last 2 fucking minutes take like 40 minutes to play. Bounce, timeout! Bounce, Time out! Oh I have a foul to give... OOPSIE TIMEOUT!
Fuck, make it interesting. Put a couple landmines out there or something. But no, it's just a bunch of mopes in shorts that hang down to the ankles jumping up and down waving their arms, falling down too much for someone so big, and taking FREE throws. Oh! You touched me! I get a free throw. gay.

Mope + N-word = Match?

Darkside · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:34 pm

Colonel Angus wrote:

Darkside wrote:

Just a bunch of dudes bouncing a ball. Big whoop. And the last 2 fucking minutes take like 40 minutes to play. Bounce, timeout! Bounce, Time out! Oh I have a foul to give... OOPSIE TIMEOUT!
Fuck, make it interesting. Put a couple landmines out there or something. But no, it's just a bunch of mopes in shorts that hang down to the ankles jumping up and down waving their arms, falling down too much for someone so big, and taking FREE throws. Oh! You touched me! I get a free throw. gay.

Mope + N-word = Match?

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Darkside · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:34 pm

Basketball is a sport in which even those who LOVE it admit that the first 3/4ths of the season are worthless.

Hank Scorpio · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:37 pm

Frank Coztansa wrote:

I'll say this about basketball, you can shoot the ball from anywhere you want on the court. You want to fire up an 80 footer (Nate RObinson), go ahead. You take a 90' slapshot in hockey, its icing! WTF is that? So, the object is to get the puck in the net more than the other team, but you can only shoot from a certain area on the ice. Makes no sense.

It wouldnt be icing if you put the shot on net.

Curious Hair · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 4:46 pm

Frank Coztansa wrote:

I'll say this about basketball, you can shoot the ball from anywhere you want on the court. You want to fire up an 80 footer (Nate RObinson), go ahead. You take a 90' slapshot in hockey, its icing! WTF is that? So, the object is to get the puck in the net more than the other team, but you can only shoot from a certain area on the ice. Makes no sense.

Because if the play is in one end of the ice and you just flip it down to the other end beyond the vicinity of the net, you're intentionally stalling. You knew that, of course, but don't let me stop you from being a trolling simpleton, as that's all you've ever managed to do at this board. Cubs suck, Blackhawks suck, we get it. Do you host an afternoon show, by chance?

Krazy Ivan · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:00 pm

The Original Kid Cairo wrote:

Ivan has divided the board. This is all his doing. I thought my friend wasn't a troublemaker. I wish he weren't.

Frank Coztansa · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:08 pm

Curious Hair wrote:

Because if the play is in one end of the ice and you just flip it down to the other end beyond the vicinity of the net, you're intentionally stalling. You knew that, of course, but don't let me stop you from being a trolling simpleton, as that's all you've ever managed to do at this board

Actually, I didn't know that. You can think I'm a simpleton if that helps you sleep at night, but fact is I don't know about the dumbass rules of hockey because I absolutely could not care less about the damn sport.

Its a rule that makes no sense. The goal of defense in hockey is to try and stop the team from putting the puck in your net, right? So you have a chance to knock the puck away from your net, and its a penalty? Seems pretty stupid to me. In a sport where 3-0 is a blowout, you'd think some more shots on goal would make things more exciting. If somebody wants to wind up a fire off a 96' slapshot, he should be able to without penalty.

Thank you for pointing out the Cubs suck. I'm glad you said in this thread, because I certainly did not. I will, however, agree with you on that one.

The Original Kid Cairo · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:12 pm

I really don't get the point of all the Hockey/Basketball Sox/Cubs trolling that goes on.

spanky · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:13 pm

Frank Coztansa wrote:

In a sport where 3-0 is a blowout, you'd think some more shots on goal would make things more exciting. If somebody wants to wind up a fire off a 96' slapshot, he should be able to without penalty.

You must be a simpleton.

The icing rule creates more offense, not less.

Curious Hair · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:19 pm

Frank Coztansa wrote:

Its a rule that makes no sense. The goal of defense in hockey is to try and stop the team from putting the puck in your net, right? So you have a chance to knock the puck away from your net, and its a penalty? Seems pretty stupid to me. In a sport where 3-0 is a blowout, you'd think some more shots on goal would make things more exciting. If somebody wants to wind up a fire off a 96' slapshot, he should be able to without penalty.

First of all, it's not a penalty, it's a line call. Pedantic, but worth noting. If the other team retrieves the puck, there's a faceoff back in the end that the play was in before the other guy dumped it. No one goes to the box.

Second, it's not a shot on goal. It's usually not even a slapshot. It's a lazy clearout past the goal line, usually just a saucer pass to no one. The intent isn't to score, it's just to break up a scoring chance and press your luck on a defensive-end faceoff (even though you also forfeit your line change as of 2005). The only common instance of trying to score but getting called for icing is when you're trying to score on an empty net without clearing the red line, which means you're already going to win anyway, not come back from three down. It's actually the opposite of exciting for one team to ice the puck over and over and over, and it's bad strategy. Recent case in point, a Blackhawks-Coyotes overtime game where the Hawks kept icing, but couldn't get their guys off fast enough, and ultimately lost the game when they were too gassed.

You can knock the puck away from the net all you want, you just can't knock it 180 feet the other way and expect someone to fetch it. Totally reasonable.

Curious Hair · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:24 pm

I used to think it was a joke, but no; hockey fans really do have to explain icing to everyone.

The Original Kid Cairo · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:26 pm

I won't pretend to be an expert, but I learned about the icing rule when I was 12 and I had NHLPA '93 for Sega Genesis. That game taught me a lot about hockey, actually. I even started watching for awhile.

Frank Coztansa · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:26 pm

Football should have a rule called goalposting.

spanky · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:33 pm

Frank Coztansa wrote:

Football should have a rule called goalposting.

They kinda do. If you attempt a FG and miss it, the other team gets the ball at the spot of the kick, not way down by the goalpost.

Don Tiny · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:38 pm

FavreFan wrote:

Darkside wrote:

Your blind devotion to a game you can play for a grand total investment of $10 in sporting goods has made your head swell up with fluid.

Well there's a legit complaint. Any sport thats easy for poor people to play must suck. I'd much rather spend several hundred dollars to be able to play my favorite sport.

So I take it you don't wear shoes when you play? :scratch:

Colonel Angus · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:35 pm

Darkside wrote:

Colonel Angus wrote:

Darkside wrote:

Just a bunch of dudes bouncing a ball. Big whoop. And the last 2 fucking minutes take like 40 minutes to play. Bounce, timeout! Bounce, Time out! Oh I have a foul to give... OOPSIE TIMEOUT!
Fuck, make it interesting. Put a couple landmines out there or something. But no, it's just a bunch of mopes in shorts that hang down to the ankles jumping up and down waving their arms, falling down too much for someone so big, and taking FREE throws. Oh! You touched me! I get a free throw. gay.

Mope + N-word = Match?

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Crystal Lake Hoffy · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:38 pm

I remember when I created a thread like this that got to about 10 pages. I wonder what happened to it...

FavreFan · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:39 pm

Darkside wrote:

Basketball is a sport in which even those who LOVE it admit that the first 3/4ths of the season are worthless.

I've never said such a thing.

Colonel Angus · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:43 pm

Darkside wrote:

Basketball is a sport in which even those who LOVE it admit that the first 3/4ths of the season are worthless.

5/6 of the baseball season is worthless.

Hank Scorpio · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:44 pm

Colonel Angus wrote:

Darkside wrote:

Basketball is a sport in which even those who LOVE it admit that the first 3/4ths of the season are worthless.

5/6 of the baseball season is worthless.

I really want to do awful things to your avatar.

Don Tiny · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:49 pm

Darkside wrote:

Just a bunch of dudes bouncing a ball. Big whoop. And the last 2 fucking minutes take like 40 minutes to play. Bounce, timeout! Bounce, Time out! Oh I have a foul to give... OOPSIE TIMEOUT!
Fuck, make it interesting. Put a couple landmines out there or something. But no, it's just a bunch of mopes in shorts that hang down to the ankles jumping up and down waving their arms, falling down too much for someone so big, and taking FREE throws. Oh! You touched me! I get a free throw. gay.

FavreFan · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:58 pm

For the record I'd like to agree with Kid. The hockey/basketball pissing contests need to be in the next CSFMB Tournament of Bad. I would like to like hockey. I just don't understand too much of it. But even I understand icing. It's a very easy concept to grasp CH.

Terry's Peeps · **Posted:** Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:17 am

Don Tiny wrote:

Darkside wrote:

Just a bunch of dudes bouncing a ball. Big whoop. And the last 2 fucking minutes take like 40 minutes to play. Bounce, timeout! Bounce, Time out! Oh I have a foul to give... OOPSIE TIMEOUT!
Fuck, make it interesting. Put a couple landmines out there or something. But no, it's just a bunch of mopes in shorts that hang down to the ankles jumping up and down waving their arms, falling down too much for someone so big, and taking FREE throws. Oh! You touched me! I get a free throw. gay.

Don't besmirch Kirk Van Houten's sterling reputation!

Colonel Angus · **Posted:** Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:18 am

Hank Scorpio wrote:

Colonel Angus wrote:

Darkside wrote:

Basketball is a sport in which even those who LOVE it admit that the first 3/4ths of the season are worthless.

5/6 of the baseball season is worthless.

I really want to do awful things to your avatar.

I really want Lance Briggs to do awful things to your avatar.

The Original Kid Cairo · **Posted:** Sat Nov 17, 2012 12:19 am

Terry's Peeps wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

Darkside wrote:

Just a bunch of dudes bouncing a ball. Big whoop. And the last 2 fucking minutes take like 40 minutes to play. Bounce, timeout! Bounce, Time out! Oh I have a foul to give... OOPSIE TIMEOUT!
Fuck, make it interesting. Put a couple landmines out there or something. But no, it's just a bunch of mopes in shorts that hang down to the ankles jumping up and down waving their arms, falling down too much for someone so big, and taking FREE throws. Oh! You touched me! I get a free throw. gay.

Don't besmirch Kirk Van Houten's sterling reputation!

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