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I'm from Boston. After watching the Pitino Celtics try to press backcourts like Iverson and Snow and then watching his successor O'Brien install the most horrible style of basketball imaginable (offense & defense)....this series looks like artwork to me.
I love good NBA. I think that the League has evolved away from good basketball too far and Stern bears some responsibilty. The Pre-Game Shows & Laser Introductions are just horrible. Where is the respect for the actual competition? The drama? I grew up watching Russell and the Celts walk onto the court against other great Teams. It was like the start of a great battle. The drama was the game not the Intro. A good game doesn't need a Broadway Show for 1/2 hour before it begins.
The additional timeouts in NBA Games have taken "endurance" out of the contest. I simply can't watch regular season games due to the inordinate number of TO's. It's not even basketball.
It is sad but the foreign players are the carriers of the spirit of the sport that I grew up knowing.
Could someone tell Bill Walton that Ginobli is left-handed? If I hear him rant about his ability to finish with his left hand again...I'll lose it.
Walton is a great guy but he's not knowledgeable about the Rules. In the Oplypics he was ranting about the inexplictable travelling calls on American players. All the calls were on guys thriple-threatening off a "Rear" pivot foot. They all pick up their rear foot before releasing the ball for a dribble. The International officials were just calling it right.
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