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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
Newsgroups: net.sport,net.sport.hoops
Subject: Re: NBA Madness
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Date: Thu, 24-May-84 09:42:29 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 24 09:42:29 1984
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To those who have pointed out that an NBA game is 48 mins long,
I stand corrected.  It seems 148 mins long to me.  An NBA game
is boring, boring, boring.  College hoops I can watch, but not
NBA.  All I have ever seen is two groups of five trading baskets
until the last 5 mins when the action starts.  I must say that
my idea of 5 minute games is not new.  It was proposed by a
sportswriter in New York several years ago.  As for the NBA having
only an 82 game season, Phooey.  How about counting all of those
playoff games where everyone but the last place teams seem to
get into the act?  It turns into a whole new season from April
through June.  Why not a single elimination playoff like the
NCAA?  Then let the two finalists go 2 out of 3?  The only
reason for the longer playoffs is to fill the pockets of the
owners.  

Now, for those who's dander is up, if you like the NBA, more
power to you.  Remember, we all march to a different drummer,
and what you like, I might not.  All I am doing is commenting
on how I feel about the NBA.  I just don't happen to like to
watch ten guys running up and down the court never seeming to
get anywhere until the last few minutes.  I prefer watching
a good baseball game where strategy and cunning are the main
ingrediants.  A good close football game is another favorite.
From what I have seen of the NBA, the only strategy is to get
some guy with an overworked gland into the key to slam-dunk
the ball and scrape some guys nose off with his elbow.  The
NBA does seem to have some problems at the gate in recent
years, so perhaps I am not alone.  So, all you NBAers hang
in there, the season only has a few more weeks to go.  For
those who are by now seathing and ready to pop a cork, just
explain my errors, don't get mad.  I'm not mad, just bored
by the lack of interesting reading in this category.  Maybe
this will stir things up a little?
T. C. Wheeler