The NBA vs. … Every Other Sport
1-liner, Baseball, NBA, Soccer September 11th. 2009, 12:00pmThe NBA: “There’s no excuse to not watch the NBA if you’re a sports fan because it has the best atheletes in the world. Almost all of the NFL’s best athletes, including Randy Moss, T.O., Tony Gonzalez, and Julius Peppers are failed basketball players who admit that they prefer it to football. If you put LeBron at tight end for the Browns he would easily have 20 touchdowns next season. Try to obtain video of All-Star closer Bobby Jenks passing an elementry school’s fitness test. CC Sabathia will master a triple axel on skates before you find it … If Rajon Rondo and Monta Ellis had played soccer all their lives they would be breaking the ankles of some Portugese guys so badly it would be inhumane. In fact, France’s best athlete, Tony Parker would murder any of the national team’s midfielders in a foot race, agility drill, or strength competition.” [20th Century Motors]
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September 11th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
would murder any of the national team’s midfielders in a foot race, agility drill, or strength competition
soccer sucks.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
he would get through maybe 3 series and quit. mainly because he is playing for the browns. but also because the moment he got hit in the mouth by a 250 lb man moving at full speed he would realize that it isnt as easy as it looks on tv
September 11th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
If this isn’t kerosene on a fire I don’t know what is..
September 11th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
NBA is my league, but some people just like football better than basketball. That seems like a good reason to watch football instead of basketball.
Also, that article starts off as railing against college basketball, which is a position I can get behind. Or, more precisely, I agree that people are full of shit when they say college basketball has better offense/defense than the NBA and that’s why they like it better.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
So… MJ is the greatest of all time in terms of athletes?
I can dig it.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
If you put LeBron at tight end for the Browns he would easily have 20 touchdowns next season
This is the falsiest falsehood that ever fell out of someone’s pen. The dude is a freak of an athlete, but there is nothing to suggest that his skills would transfer over to football. How many other ‘freakish’ athletes have completely fizzled in the NFL. I’m looking at you Vernon Davis.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
The worst ideas in our culture
His tagline says it all.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
That’s great, they’re athletes. That doesn’t mean the play is amazing.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Monta Ellis would fit in with Portuguese soccer, I imagine, what with that lameass moped injury and all.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Everyone talks about Lebron’s “awesome” career as a WR in high school, but he really lacked a feel for the position. I saw him routinely outplayed by the CB on my high school team who wasn’t good enough to play in college. Maybe if he had spent more time on football it’d be different, but I doubt it.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
good article
September 11th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I’d rather play basketball than watch.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
less than one hr to the surprise post!
September 11th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Here’s hoping it’s at least as half as great as this.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
would LeBron get the superstar calls in football that he’s currently getting in the NBA? No. The first time someone pops him in the mouth he’d be picking up a basketball again.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
it be more accurate to say a decathlete or a triathelete is the best athlete in the world.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Unless this surprise post send everybody a check in the mail, then I don’t think it can live up to the hype that you’re giving it.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Is it another soccer in Canada post?!
September 11th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Also, isn’t every post on this site a surprise? It’s not like you send out an syllabus to everybody listing the topics to be covered each day.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
sorry, should say surprise celebrity guest for the football saeson
September 11th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Tila Tequila?
September 11th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
on.the.edge.of.my.seat
September 11th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
afternoon roundup!!!!!
/still misses pm roundup.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
less than one hr to the surprise post!
Annual Whitlock interview? A Jerry O’Connel post? The return of The Hef Chronicles?
Also, isn’t every post on this site a surprise? It’s not like you send out an syllabus to everybody listing the topics to be covered each day. St. Bear
Hat tip, sir.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Tom Brady’s hat will be doing updates from the locker room each week.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
But isn’t Jerry O’Connell busy with his studies?
September 11th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Harvey Fierstein
September 11th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Wes Caldwell? Wes Caldwell?
/Tony Blundetto’d
September 11th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
is this a knock on CC? dude is an incredible athlete. he was offered a scholarship from USC as a TE and was a starter on the basketball team in high school as well.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
It’s probably more of a knock on the 300 lb CC of today instead of the svelte 250 pounder in highschool
September 11th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
sparty and CC sitting in a tree…
September 11th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
celebrity guest? I knew the stars read this site
September 11th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
wow, first Madden joins forces with Goodell, now TBL…
September 11th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
sorry, should say surprise celebrity guest for the football saeson
Lindsey Lohan is NOT a celebrity anymore, TBL.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Maybe I should write an inflammatory post on my blog so I get a lot of buzz and people link to me. This guy had zero commentors on his previous 4 posts.
Hard to take these people seriously. Seems to me someone is just writing an opinion to make a splash.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
/fixed
September 11th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
HAhAHHA
September 11th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Double fixed
September 11th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
I just enjoy watching the college game more. I find it more entertaining. Much like people enjoy college football more than pro football.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
adam schefter needs some oxy clean
September 11th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
or whatever the hell they use for acne
September 11th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
I concur. People think because March Madness is more exciting that the product is better.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Nguyen!!!
September 11th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I just enjoy watching the college game more. I find it more entertaining. Much like people enjoy college football more than pro football. Sparty.
Here, here!
September 11th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
what do they say about that name? that when people couldnt come up with something that was the generic name?
September 11th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
You’re the man down here, Double P
September 11th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
I used to live with a Vietnamese guy, and his last name was that, along with every one of his friends except one with the last name Huo.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Ratings say otherwise
/Much bigger CFB fan than NFL
September 11th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
I used to live with a Vietnamese guy
was his name Suk Sum Kok?
September 11th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
i know how to say suck my cock in vietnamese but i have no earthly idea how to spell it
September 11th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
“It’s gonna be all over baby!”
/Scotty Nguyen
September 11th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
i dont. and it isnt because my team sucks on the regular. mainly because i cant get behind a college team who could probably be a pro team playing a team that has absolutley no business playing a big team. the nfl has a more level playing field. anyone can beat anyone with the exception of the lions and browns. and also the quality of football in the nfl is waaaay better than college.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
boo-got-towel or something like that. say it fast and thats what it is.
/thats what i was told by a vietnamese
September 11th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
voting for a championship game
too much roster turnover year-to-year
danny weurfel could win a fucking heisman and be out of the nfl in a few years
players could be suspended for not using the right hankerchief when blowing their nose
September 11th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
i know how to say suck my cock in vietnamese but i have no earthly idea how to spell it
texans: it’s easier if you just do the “charades thing?” You know, closed fist up and down from the mouth w/ the tongue in the cheek and the other hand pointed at your package. One mispronunciation, and you might be eating raw beagle or something
September 11th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
As he slowly pushed your head down…
just kidding, don’t hunt me down
September 11th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
excellent!
September 11th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
no, i was saying why the people that do enjoy one over the other. not that more people like cfb than nfl.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Much like people enjoy college football more than pro football
September 11th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
i might — might! — resume watching the nba (it’s been well over a decade since i watched more than three minutes at one sitting) if the league enacts the following procedures.
1) get rid of the 24-second shot clock. there’s no need in any form of basketball to have a shot clock lower than 45 seconds. (yes, i know college basketball has a shorter shot clock).
2) stop this “continuation” bullshit. a whistle is a whistle, not a suggestion.
3) there’s such a thing as traveling and carrying the ball. enforce it.
4) stop with the piped in racket during play. the only thing i want to hear during a game is the screaming of the fans, the yelling of coaches, the squeaking of shoes and the whistle of the referees (if needed).
5) what’s this nonsense that a defender can’t stand under the basket. if someone wants to dunk, they should understand that if you jump where there are people, you just might hit the floor. don’t want to hit the floor? then don’t showboat.
6) no special rules for whoever the league deems it wants to market. rules are rules, not suggestions.
given the fact that david stern will never enact any of my demands, i can live comfortably knowing i will never watch a minute of that tripe the non-basketball association so long as i am breathing.
i’d rather watch high school ball.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Another disappointing ESPN’d type post …what is this “Sports Nation”? Pageviews I guess, pageviews …
September 11th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
If the NBA is so demanding physically, why can players like Antoine Walker still play 20 lbs over weight?
September 11th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
nah man. that’s the crab dribble.
September 11th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
jimmy: looks like you and I are sitting this one out…again
September 11th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
@ Jimmy, I love the rage. The NBA couldn’t be any more boring. Only sport where the athletes have outgrown the court. Boring as shit
September 11th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
agreed. i enjoy watching college basketball significantly more. and given a choice of watching two mediocre, nondescript nfl teams and some two-bit bowl game, i’ll take the bowl game any day.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
The difference between college and pro basketball is that I actually care about the college team I root for, whereas I could give a fuck about any pro team. It’s as simple as that. Maybe the basketball’s better in the NBA, but I have zero emotional connection to an NBA team, so it’s a moot point.
Same thing with college football…I like the panthers, sorta, but I would rather see my team go 7-5 and goto a bowl game than see the panthers go to the super bowl. Of course, the 7-5 season would be much more improbable than the super bowl, but you get my drift.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
mamalickaboobooday/jpq:
i often go to high school games (no shot clock) and i enjoy college basketball.
i grew up loving the nba. it’s a totally different game now. i can only find one word that describes my emotions when (trying to) watch the nba in its current form.
insulting.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Jimmy, you’re a state guy, right? Have you seen the jersey contest the N&O did? Linking to rushthecourt because the link isn’t up on the n&o website anymore.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
ouch.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
i just can’t stand the length of the NBA season.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
i grew up loving the nba. it’s a totally different game now. i can only find one word that describes my emotions when (trying to) watch the nba in its current form.
jimmy: agree 1000%. same as me. I used to go to games college and pro as a kid all the time (my cousin played in a Final Four). I HATE the NBA today
September 11th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
i just can’t stand the length
that’s what sparty said!! (to CC sabathia)
September 11th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
the shot clock forces teams to try to score within a certain period of time. i dont want to see people standing around the fucking court holding a 13-9 lead in the 4th quarter. read up on how the NBA was before the shot clock era. it was horrible and it almost died.
the shot clock is one of the greatest innovations in the game of basketball.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
dirt, you are such a tool.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I’m a n00b here, so make sure they go easy on me. I don’t want any ankle stress fractures keeping me out.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
lebron would dominate any sport he played. there is no argument to this point.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
baseball. curling. sumo. figure skating. bowling. golf. surfing.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Except when Dwight Howard is involved.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
luge. bobsled. horse racing. sailing. poker.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
I thought he said “sport”
September 11th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
fixed…lebron’s better than dwight.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I thought he said “sport”
What’s funny is you just called golf not a sport while being in agreement with Spencer.
/brainsplosion
September 11th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
If Lebron played tennis, he’d be Serena Williams.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
but would he be eating bullets?
September 11th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
but would he be eating bullets?
no, but they’d both be strapping a fire breathing anaconda onto the court with them
September 11th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
i have a simple answer to this:
then the defense should get off the balls of their feet and force a turnover.
there was a high school game i went to last year where a team ran a motion offense for over a minute down one, forcing the defense to make a mistake which it finally did. good 12-foot shot. swish. ballgame. fun as hell.
the dunk — the staple of the non-basketball association — may be the most overrated play in sports (home run is no. 2). in the 1980s i saw 6-2 farmboys dunk. so some guy 6-5 or bigger who plays basketball year-round dunking doesn’t impress me one iota.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
not even when he’s dunking over a bunch of other super tall genetic freaks all trying to stop him?
September 11th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
dunk is the most overrated play in sports? gtfoh. stick with hating on ESPN Seminole fan
September 11th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
i have a simple answer to this:
then the defense should get off the balls of their feet and force a turnover.
This just isn’t realistic (not that i don’t like the idea of a longer shot clock). NBA games preshot clock would consistently turn into a ridiculously boring game of keepaway sometimes for the majority of the game.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
NBA games preshot clock would consistently turn into a ridiculously boring game of keepaway sometimes for the majority of the game.
Taguchi, fan of the NBA since 1957. I can actually remember the NCAA without a shot clock. That shit sucked. a 4 point lead was insurmountable.
My favorite part was where the defenders need to get OFF of the balls on their feet to force a turnover. I guess they get on their heels.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
they try to stop him about as hard as i try to get back into shape.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Taguchi, fan of the NBA since 1957
dirt: and you’ve been calling ME old for 2 years!! I wasn’t even born then.
HYPOCRITE!!!!
September 11th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
not sure what NBA you’re watching, but the past few years, the play has never been better…
fatty.
/looks in mirror
//aw
September 11th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
nope. just doesn’t. sorry.
again, i saw not-so tall farm boys do this when i was a kid. so watching one of the “greatest athletes in the world” do this who plays basketball for a living and trains year-round who is six-inches taller, i mean, yawn.
to me, that’s no different than watching a high school track athlete high jump five feet, then being impressed that an olympic athlete high jumps five feet. why?
September 11th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
LOL i meant, instead of standing around, go after them! :^)
an offense can only stall if the defense allows them to.
September 11th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
i guess it depends on who is dunking it. either way it still counts as 2 pts. if shaq is standing underneath the basket and dunks, it is not as impressive as baron davis jumping up and over someone and flushing it down. and the former happens more often.
September 11th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
This is the worst idea I have heard this year.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
How, exactly, is the home run, which guarentees you at least one run, over-rated?
September 11th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
hitting a hr is soooo overrated, that guys took steroids so that they could hit less.
September 11th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
I think that was his point…steroids have turned what was once a pretty cool thing into the mundane.