I enjoy the college game much more so and am more inclined to watch it throughout the season, for various reasons, most importantly allegiences.

The gist I am trying to get at...is the NBA game more pure, more finesse, more of the way the game should be played than the college game.

Move aside from all the off the court stuff and so on.

In addition, the players are significantly better and more talented across the board.

I am talking the game itself...

I think it is.

I think the college game has become more physical than the NBA. They call hand checks, body blocking cutters etc more so in the NBA and they have significantly cut down the loose interpretation of traveling.

To see how the Final Four was called should be proof...MSU was allowed to beat and hold UConn particularly Thabeet, and the next game they were called for everything.

I also like the NBA rules as well...3 point line, charge circle, getting ball at halfcourt instead of having to go the length of the court.

Thoughts?

The past 5 or so years I have really taken a liking to the NBA.

 

Some of that is because of my love for the college game & my desire to watch those players on the next level.

 

Another big part is because everybody in the NBA is just so good. They don't miss.

 

The NBA has made a comeback, and will continue to surge, IMO.

I enjoy the college game much more so and am more inclined to watch it throughout the season, for various reasons, most importantly allegiences.

The gist I am trying to get at...is the NBA game more pure, more finesse, more of the way the game should be played than the college game.

Move aside from all the off the court stuff and so on.

In addition, the players are significantly better and more talented across the board.

I am talking the game itself...

I think it is.

I think the college game has become more physical than the NBA. They call hand checks, body blocking cutters etc more so in the NBA and they have significantly cut down the loose interpretation of traveling.

To see how the Final Four was called should be proof...MSU was allowed to beat and hold UConn particularly Thabeet, and the next game they were called for everything.

I also like the NBA rules as well...3 point line, charge circle, getting ball at halfcourt instead of having to go the length of the court.

Thoughts?

 

That in itself is enough to make the NBA better.

 

I agree with you. The NBA is basketball being played at its highest level...it should be the best pure form of hoops. And, it is.

 

The advantages college has are not necessarily related to how the game itself is played...the college game leaves the door open for a good Cinderella story, whether it's a team, a player, coach, etc. No chance of that in the NBA. We get an occasional first round upset, but nobody makes a deep run.

If you think playground ball is "pure," then sure, the NBA is the most "pure."

 

I find the NBA essentially unwatchable outside of about three weeks out of the year.

 

And where in the world did the whole "call time out, take it to half-court" thing come from? Makes no sense.

 

I don't have much use for the individual-first marketing of the NBA, either. Michael Jordan was a one-time thing, but the league keeps looking for "the next MJ," and it ain't there.

The rules and shot clock make the NBA game so different than college as well as the supreme skill level. I do think the NBA is physical though.

The playoffs are already more exciting than this year's collegiate tournament was.

People say that there is no defense played in the NBA as well. With the talented players, the multiple ways these athletes can score, and the shot clock, only giving up 90 points in 48 minutes is great.

If you think playground ball is "pure," then sure, the NBA is the most "pure."

 

I find the NBA essentially unwatchable outside of about three weeks out of the year.

 

And where in the world did the whole "call time out, take it to half-court" thing come from? Makes no sense.

 

I don't have much use for the individual-first marketing of the NBA, either. Michael Jordan was a one-time thing, but the league keeps looking for "the next MJ," and it ain't there.

 

I agree! :thumb:

People say that there is no defense played in the NBA as well. With the talented players, the multiple ways these athletes can score, and the shot clock, only giving up 90 points in 48 minutes is great.

That is the biggest myth in all of sports. The best college team this season was UNC. It would take a supreme effort for them to put up 60 points on an NBA team, IMO.

That is the biggest myth in all of sports. The best college team this season was UNC. It would take a supreme effort for them to put up 60 points on an NBA team, IMO.

 

Agreed. Plus any NBA team could probably put up at least 140 on them.

Agreed. Plus any NBA team could probably put up at least 140 on them.

No doubt.

If you think playground ball is "pure," then sure, the NBA is the most "pure."

 

I find the NBA essentially unwatchable outside of about three weeks out of the year.

 

And where in the world did the whole "call time out, take it to half-court" thing come from? Makes no sense.

 

I don't have much use for the individual-first marketing of the NBA, either. Michael Jordan was a one-time thing, but the league keeps looking for "the next MJ," and it ain't there.

 

I love the marketing. The "Where Amazing Happens" commercials are awesome.

If you think playground ball is "pure," then sure, the NBA is the most "pure."

 

I find the NBA essentially unwatchable outside of about three weeks out of the year.

 

And where in the world did the whole "call time out, take it to half-court" thing come from? Makes no sense.

 

I don't have much use for the individual-first marketing of the NBA, either. Michael Jordan was a one-time thing, but the league keeps looking for "the next MJ," and it ain't there.

 

You advance the ball to half-court if you call a timeout before you attempt to advance the ball.

 

The individual first marketing thing is not a new thing in the NBA. There are LeBron fans everywhere. There are Kobe fans everywhere. How else would you reach markets, such as the BGP market, without marketing individual players / celebrities?

I love the marketing. The "Where Amazing Happens" commercials are awesome.

 

:thumb:

 

I love them too.

I love watching college basketball, but I just can not sit through watching an NBA game.