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Old Fri May 10, 2013, 03:21pm
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And Joey was probably going to be on Game 3 tonight regardless how Game 2 was played.
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Old Fri May 10, 2013, 03:27pm
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And Joey was probably going to be on Game 3 tonight regardless how Game 2 was played.
Well considering other guys like Danny Crawford worked in San Antonio on Wednesday I would suspect Joey was due to work.

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Old Sat May 11, 2013, 06:27am
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What a fun series......(sarc)

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Old Sat May 11, 2013, 06:43am
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I took the rare opportunity to watch some of the game Friday night. Mohammed, Noah, Gibson...the Birdman dude...are ALL reasons I don't bother with the NBA any more. These guys are barely anything more than thugs with talent. The physical confrontations, T's, intentionals, ejections, whining and everything else that has gone on makes it truly unwatchable. We joke around and call it the NBE...but that is pretty much what it has become...pro wrestling with a basketball. And I wouldn't downplay the media's role in the downward spiral of this series. You can hear the announcers voices litteraly crackle with excitement when the s**t starts up on the court.

As far as the rest of the season...my philosopy is now: WHO CARES? It's not even basketball any more.
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Old Sat May 11, 2013, 08:31am
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I took the rare opportunity to watch some of the game Friday night. Mohammed, Noah, Gibson...the Birdman dude...are ALL reasons I don't bother with the NBA any more. These guys are barely anything more than thugs with talent. The physical confrontations, T's, intentionals, ejections, whining and everything else that has gone on makes it truly unwatchable. We joke around and call it the NBE...but that is pretty much what it has become...pro wrestling with a basketball. And I wouldn't downplay the media's role in the downward spiral of this series. You can hear the announcers voices litteraly crackle with excitement when the s**t starts up on the court.

As far as the rest of the season...my philosopy is now: WHO CARES? It's not even basketball any more.
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Old Sat May 11, 2013, 08:59am
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I took the rare opportunity to watch some of the game Friday night. Mohammed, Noah, Gibson...the Birdman dude...are ALL reasons I don't bother with the NBA any more. These guys are barely anything more than thugs with talent. The physical confrontations, T's, intentionals, ejections, whining and everything else that has gone on makes it truly unwatchable. We joke around and call it the NBE...but that is pretty much what it has become...pro wrestling with a basketball. And I wouldn't downplay the media's role in the downward spiral of this series. You can hear the announcers voices litteraly crackle with excitement when the s**t starts up on the court.

As far as the rest of the season...my philosopy is now: WHO CARES? It's not even basketball any more.
Interestingly, though, this play from nearly 30 years ago didn't even result in an ejection. There was a heck of a lot of thug stuff back in the day that was just considered "part of the game."

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Old Sat May 11, 2013, 10:33am
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Interestingly, though, this play from nearly 30 years ago didn't even result in an ejection. There was a heck of a lot of thug stuff back in the day that was just considered "part of the game."

Absolutely. Even with all the stuff that has happened in the last two games, people have tried to suggest that no fines or ejections should have taken place because of that "attitude."

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Old Sat May 11, 2013, 11:52am
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I took the rare opportunity to watch some of the game Friday night. Mohammed, Noah, Gibson...the Birdman dude...are ALL reasons I don't bother with the NBA any more. These guys are barely anything more than thugs with talent. The physical confrontations, T's, intentionals, ejections, whining and everything else that has gone on makes it truly unwatchable. We joke around and call it the NBE...but that is pretty much what it has become...pro wrestling with a basketball. And I wouldn't downplay the media's role in the downward spiral of this series. You can hear the announcers voices litteraly crackle with excitement when the s**t starts up on the court.

As far as the rest of the season...my philosopy is now: WHO CARES? It's not even basketball any more.
Interestingly enough, for those that actually watch the NBA regularly, they'd say that Joakim Noah is one of the reasons to watch NBA...hell basketball in general with his rebounding and great passing skills for a big man...not to mention being a very good defender....and in addition all the success that the Bulls has had with all the injuries the team has suffered.

But you know, perhaps it all part of a storyline since this IS "pro wrestling with a basketball" (heavy, heavy sarcasm).
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I can also tell he has not watched much NBA when he probably does not realize that this is one of the biggest rivalries in the game. These two teams hate each other as much as you can hate each other without playing for NBA Title. A lot of trash talking in the media and players like Noah honestly not liking the Heat and called them "Hollywood." They have played each other the last few years in the playoffs and often is very physical and contentious. You are not going to see all this stuff in a series like the Golden State-San Antonio series because those teams do not have history several years over. Heck this Bulls-Heat series reminds me of the old days with Indiana-New York or New York-Chicago where teams hated the ground the other walked on and usually resulted in one or the other going to the Finals. Even Boston-Heat was contentious the last few years, and both at least had been in the Finals in recent years. I guess he thinks that they are going to play like unskilled high school kids.

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I guess he thinks that they are going to play like unskilled high school kids.
Nope. Actually, "he" thinks they should PLAY like the highly paid professsionals they are...and not BEHAVE like unskilled high school kids.

What this series has degraded into goes beyond intense rivalries and the occasional dust up...overpaid knuckleheads with no control of their emotions. It overshadows the positive aspects of the pro game...like the perseverance of the wounded Chicago line up or the dominant skills of LeBron.
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