There's a lot of truth to the bolded statement. Even Iowa State's defense--which is great, high-effort, and also has awesome individual defenders--relies heavily on opposing players not being able to consistently make the correct play or make all of their open shots. If they do, the defense can look pretty bad, like it did early in the Illinois game or the BYU road game. If an NBA team tried to play Iowa State's defense as their base, it would get ripped apart by players who are able to find the open guy and teams that almost never have more than one non-shooter on the floor (and many teams have 5 capable shooters most all the time).
How much nba do you watch
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I'm sure NBA offenses are very complicated to people that know, but to a casual viewer it's just pick and rolls and 3 pointers, it's incredibly boring. Part of the problem I think is the players are just ridiculously good and basically everyone can seemingly shoot from everywhere so it's impossible to defend.
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Same. It's not appealing at all. No defense and the players are wimps compared to the Jordan era. In the last 20 years I watched a couple of Bulls games but that's it. And I only watched those Bulls games because The Mayor was their coach.
Especially in that amount of space.
Just watching where the pass is received (they're often about perfect) and how quickly a guy can get a shot off, etc. and it really does look impossible to guard all of it especially if everyone on the floor can do it.
It was pretty much always known for no defense/less intensity in the regular season with exception of a few games or maybe the last 4 minutes in a tight game.
It all cranks up in the playoffs which still happens.
I’m a Nuggets fan, but locally you can’t watch them during the regular season due to a 3-year-and-counting dispute between the broadcast partner and cable companies. But I’d watch them as much as the Cyclones if I could. It obviously helps that both are really good right now.
I enjoy the college game atmosphere more with the students, bands, and Hilton. But the actual game, I much prefer the NBA (also helps I watch the Nuggets more than other NBA teams, who play a really beautiful brand of basketball).
I watch every ISU game, and root for them like crazy, but the style is hard to watch honestly. I’m 100% on board with Otz playing that way because we win, but the NBA is a more enjoyable viewing product to me. The skill level is so much greater at the next level, I’m amazed at what they can do.
I enjoy the college game atmosphere more with the students, bands, and Hilton. But the actual game, I much prefer the NBA (also helps I watch the Nuggets more than other NBA teams, who play a really beautiful brand of basketball).
I watch every ISU game, and root for them like crazy, but the style is hard to watch honestly. I’m 100% on board with Otz playing that way because we win, but the NBA is a more enjoyable viewing product to me. The skill level is so much greater at the next level, I’m amazed at what they can do.
Certainly Steph revolutionized the game, but advanced metrics played a role too. Through the 90s and 00s teams prioritized volume over efficiency.
Jordan shot 32.7% from 3 and below 50% overall for his career. Kobe shot 32.9% from 3 and below 45% overall for his career. Both shot 20-30 times a game. Those numbers nowadays are objectively average to below average, and we’d be screaming for them to give up the ball more. But teams were ok with it back then because they were the Bulls/Lakers’ best players, so the more volume from them the more points.
Golden State ushered in a new era, valuing possessions more and high efficiency shots. They surrounded Steph with Klay (and then Durant and other guys) who spaced the floor which created higher efficiency shots pretty much from everywhere, especially with how lethal those guys were as shooters.
Teams copied that formula. And now you add a 7-foot, unicorn master distributor/scorer like Jokic to that formula, you become a practically unstoppable team.
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They lost me due to a confluence of the 90’s all-stars retiring. They were in their prime when I was a kid. And about that time, almost all the games moved to pay TV, and I couldn’t always afford it, just starting out.
So my interest just kind of faded.
So my interest just kind of faded.
The TV thing is a huge part of it. I've wanted to watch Niang and Cavs all year, but really haven't had the opportunity on YoutubeTV until the last week.
The stars thing is interesting. I thought NFL would have a similar drop-off in interest with all the major QBs retiring in the past few years, but they seem to be picking up right where they left off, if not even more interest with this new crop of QBs.
I catch games and parts of games all season long and then try to catch as many playoff games as I can.
Haliburton never played on national TV until he won his way into it with the mid season tournament.
I’ve watched less this year because the Blazers are nearly unwatchable right now, and will be next year too.
I remember a playoff series where Dame got doubled all series and it made it tough on him. They lose series, he spends off season working on over half court shots as a counter. It’s crazy the range these guys have.
The shot making and play making is something else.
I remember a playoff series where Dame got doubled all series and it made it tough on him. They lose series, he spends off season working on over half court shots as a counter. It’s crazy the range these guys have.
The shot making and play making is something else.
