Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:
The NBA still sucks. When your finals match-up is the same 4 years running, you have a broken league. No one starts watching the games until May, which is exactly why the NFL talk dominates in March when LTG got his panties in a wad over it.
Nothing that happens in the NBA from October's start of the seasons until the 2nd round of the playoffs matters since there are never any real playoff battles with implications (teams that get 7 or 8 seeds never win) and never any major upsets in the 1st round. The NBA sucks
The Ratings for the NBA finals last season (after the same teams had met for the 3rd time in a row) were the highest that they've been since the Jordan era.
2. Injuries to star players on other teams are the primary reason that you have the same 2 teams in the finals this year.
3. Parity which know nothings like you laud all the time, is simply code for mediocrity. There is nothing exciting about seeing a bunch of shitty ass 10-6 teams battle it out in the Super Bowl every year. NFL was better when they had Juggernaut teams. More people will remember the "how bout them Cowboy teams" of the 90's than they will this shitty ass Philly team of this past season and there is a reason for it. They were better. Much better.. Its the same reason that the Lakers-Celtics of the 80's are more revered than the early 2000's Pistons teams or the 2011 Mavericks team.
5. NBA ratings up double digits this past season (When everyone knew who would be in the finals)
NBA playoffs 30%. (When everyone knew who would be in the Finals)
6. NCAA tournament. Loyola. Great story. Partially due to this great story and partially due to the mediocre nature of college basketball, ratings for the Final Four were abysmal.
This great story produced one of the more lackluster games in recent memory. That is what "parity" does for you. People want to see greatness. G.S. gives you that for better or worse. People love rivalries. G.S. Cleveland has turned into that.
You can have your parity which is nothing more than a dressed way of calling something mediocre and i will take my Lakers Celts and i will beat you everytime.
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