We've had NBA threads before in NSG, the last one ran for a while but seems to have fizzled out.
I grew up in Portland during the Clyde Drexler era of the Trail Blazers (yes,
that long ago) and even though I still try to follow some of the teams despite no subscription video service, IMO there's a culmination of the factors "NBA on ABC/ESPN"/LaBron James/change in the style of sports reporting that just makes it not as good these days.
Ameriganastan wrote:Like how much no one wants to see another GS-Cleveland finals and such.
Again IMO, sums the current state of things up nicely.
Ameriganastan wrote:Dwane Casey's job is extinct.
Sigh. Toronto being my favorite Eastern Conference team there's not much denying he's helped the Raptors transition from being a "post-expansion also-ran" team to what they are now.
Ameriganastan wrote:You only see Kings fans when they threaten to move the team somewhere else.
Sacramento's best chance was back in 2002, and the Lakers/Kings Western Conference Finals is a prime example of
"how not to officiate a sports game". I was pulling for Sacramento back then, too.
The South Falls wrote:The Thunder were once great.
More like the Seattle Sonics were great, instead of getting an expansion team populated with expansion draft players that flounders for years, Oklahoma City got an established franchise with decades of history and quality players. Again just strictly IMHO though.