This explains why you think calipari is doing a great job. If you actually watched what everyone else has been doing, you wouldn't work so hard to defend the 6 wins Cal has over ranked teams (in 22 tries) and recruiting banners.
I'm with ya with both the NBA and NFL. When it comes to college football, I'd rather watch UNLV @ Utah State on a random Thursday night than watch any NFL game. I haven't watched an NBA game in years and probably never will again. Pretty much the same with college basketball over the pros. I'd be more inclined to watch a Princeton/Cornell basketball game than I would the Lakers vs. Warriors.
This is one of the issues... It isn't that they don't try. They are just that damn good. Steph curry is blanketed an entire game and still puts up 30 . Jokic is unreal. Things that the 20th best player today is doing, was a top 5 level player 25 years ago.
League Pass is a great deal. Love watching the NBA. The ball movement, pace of the game, the athleticism and skill level are off the charts. Of course, these guys are the best players on the planet. About the only college basketball I watch are UK and the ETSU games that I can get on ESPN+ that don't clash with a UK game. Love watching the low & mid-major tournaments during championship week and the first weekend of the NCAAT. After that, it becomes a matter of how far UK advances. When the Cats are done, so am I. The college game in general is just absolute garbage to watch, with games becoming rock fights way more often than not with sloppy play, poor shooting, and horrific officiating. The college game is in dire need of officiating and rules overhaul.
Mind explaining this one? I don't watch the regular season but these Playoffs have been fun. When I tune in all I'm seeing is basketball being played. People now days use the word "woke" to just use it, so whatever 'woke" is, it's quickly losing whatever meaning it had. I've joked that someone would blame wokeness if a piece of their popcorn hit the ground and I think that's where we're heading. So if you don't mind, please give us more of an explanation than "woke" since I'm not seeing what you assume you'd see if you actually tuned in.
This is what happens when the rules are slanted in favor of an offensive player and hamstrings a defensive player. It becomes easier to put up gaudy stats. I'm not saying the players of today aren't really good, I'm just saying that they wouldn't be putting up these kinds of numbers 25 years ago.
Yeah I remember players bombing step back 3s from 35 feet 25 years ago (eye roll). Craig Hodges and Steve Kerr were the knock down shooters from the Jordan teams. There shots were mostly stand still jumpers from just behind the line. Hell, All threes were pretty much just behind the line. The range of the players nowadays is crazy and the handles are unbelievable. I really think the AND 1 Phenomenon of the 2000s lead to more NBA players improving their ability to handle the ball thus enhancing their ability to create their own shot. The biggest and only thing I really hate about the NBA is something that has been going on since the 60s. ISO ball where the players back their defenders down or shoot a fade away. I really hate when the player is allowed to palm the ball constantly while backing down the defender. The player should be made to beat the defender off the dribble though basketball handling skills rather than palm the ball and bully their man backwards.
Yeah, just being too political. Very left-leaning, politically. Having BLM painted on the floor, kneeling for the National Anthem, ties with Chinese slave labor, LJ stirring up racial tensions, etc. The list goes on. It's the same with all pro sports, and pretty much college too, if you dig deep enough. That's why UK sucking so bad doesn't bother me nearly as bad as it would have 5 years ago. Everything changed during the "pandemic". They've pretty much drawn a line down the middle of the country and said, we don't want you as a fan. So I'm not.
And the guy that questioned you knows that 100% .. he's baiting you , dont fall for it .
