"It's a more physical game over here [in Europe]. NBA rules helped change the game that brought...

"It's a more physical game over here [in Europe]. NBA rules helped change the game that brought scoring up. This is a man's game over here."

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Once again, Mike Fratello hit the nail on the head.

The NBA should go back to the knock-down, drag-out era that was the 1990s.

Give me a hard-fought, rough-and-tumble 72-66 game with great defense each and every time. I’d be satisfied.

"I Am Mine"

by AK1984 on Aug 23, 2011 11:44 PM PDT reply actions

Meh

I’d rather have 130-124 or so with a ton of dunks. No defense unless it’s a steal or a block.

by jamon51 on Aug 24, 2011 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions

wow

gary payton sucked that game

Steve Smith is my favorite Blazer of all time

by thomasikehara on Aug 24, 2011 5:43 AM PDT up reply actions

i'm with you

football is the only sport where i prefer high scoring games, and even then it is not by much

Steve Smith is my favorite Blazer of all time

by thomasikehara on Aug 24, 2011 5:44 AM PDT up reply actions

After watching classic games on NBA TV

I’d rather see games from 1983. 20 times more fun than anything from the mid-90s.

by Timmay! on Aug 24, 2011 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions

meh, i think the 80s games were awful

and every decade before that was even worse (except if it included Pistol Pete)

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

by thankyouforblaze on Aug 24, 2011 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions

I've found most people enjoy the era they grew up in.

Except the 70s. Nobody prefers the 70s.

by Timmay! on Aug 24, 2011 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions

"I've found most people enjoy the era they grew up in."

That’s pretty much it right there.

"I Am Mine"

by AK1984 on Aug 24, 2011 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions

sure, sure, sure

I grew up in the ’90s Jordan era, but much prefer the game today to be honest.

by thankyouforblaze on Aug 24, 2011 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Basketball is a lot like music and SNL

The era in which a person first discovers it is always the golden era to them.

Also (replying to the above comment), I can understand preferring the modern game to the ’90s game. But honestly, I think I prefer watching pickup games at the Y over the ’90s game. Sorry AK.

by Timmay! on Aug 24, 2011 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Oddly enough, I don't feel that way so much about SNL.

To me, the current era has qualities to it that makes for entertaining TV.

"I Am Mine"

by AK1984 on Aug 24, 2011 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Mid-90s SNL was the second-worst run of the whole series, which sure doesn't help!

by Timmay! on Aug 24, 2011 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Wasn't there a single year in the 1980s that was just horrendous?

"I Am Mine"

by AK1984 on Aug 24, 2011 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions

A couple years in the early 80s after the original cast was fired

That would indeed be the worst run of the series.

by Timmay! on Aug 24, 2011 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions

NBA TV is doing awesome hard court classic replays of old games...

even replaying old All Star games and slam dunk competitions, which are pretty fun to watch.

the Jordan gold necklaces cracked me up

by thankyouforblaze on Aug 24, 2011 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions

I hate to admit it

But if a lockout means that NBA TV will continue their current programming, I don’t mind it lasting a little longer. NBA TV = upgrade right now.

by Timmay! on Aug 24, 2011 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Michael Jordan

I was told…is the one who lobbied strongly for the less physical form of play.
Said the fans weren’t interested in the slow paced maul fest that went on when Detroit and the Nicks were the “bad boys” back in the day.
I think the NBA has gone overboard with the hand check rule..I don’t think MJ had anything to do with this.
And some physical play does go on..it is just sneakily done…Jawann Howard was a master at this.

by Natsthecat on Aug 25, 2011 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions