How is basketball considered a real sport?
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Alex Jones
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If you are really tall and have any athletic ability you can play basketball at a pretty high level. There are lots of NBA backup centers with no real ability other than being huge.
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as someone who used to compete in Counter-Strike 1.6 in CAL-i
the guy you quoted is spot on
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What I find so interesting about basketball is that for such a popular mainstream sport it seems to have a novelty to it. From music being played during games to the fact that unlike most sports, it's creation is not only indisputable but able to specifically be traced to the very person who invented it.
it is a sport, but making it as a high level basketball player is as much about being blessed in the gene department as it is in beating out your competition
one can make an argument about Ice Hockey in this vain, only a few "blessed" people are able to make it as a high level Hockey player and that is those who are from AT LEAST an Upper Middle class background and living in a cold weather place. There are some exceptions, but for the most part it is true
one can make an argument about Ice Hockey in this vain, only a few "blessed" people are able to make it as a high level Hockey player and that is those who are from AT LEAST an Upper Middle class background and living in a cold weather place. There are some exceptions, but for the most part it is true
I actually could never get into basketball because I had sensitive skin and the ball would eat away at my fingertips. Has anyone had this problem?
Agreed. Played provincial level basketball in high school and college basketball afterwards. When we played the American AAU teams in HS, we would get destroyed because they would have absolutely freakish athletes filling out their roster. At that point you realize that no matter how much you work on your skills, there's very little you can do against someone who has a lot more fast-twitch muscle fiber than you, is flat out stronger than you, is more explosive and agile than you, and has freakishly good hand-eye coordination to boot.
People point to Steve Nash as an example of hard work over athleticism, and it's true that he was an exceptionally hard worker, but he was also by far one of the most naturally athletic high school athletes to ever come out of BC. He's the only person to captain his high school team to the rugby, soccer, and basketball provincial championship title in the same year (St. Michaels University in 1990-91), and from having spoken to many of his former coaches, they say he was more naturally gifted in terms of coordination, endurance, and agility than almost all of his competition.
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Didn't they basically pick Bol off the streets and put him into basketball when he was a grown up? Not generally disagreeing with you.
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tarheelhockey
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I find it strange how much hostility there is toward basketball among hockey fans. It's just an ordinary sport like any other. Moderately physical, decently fast paced, requires a fairly high level of coordination, requires a fair bit of teamwork. Hockey fans act like it's darts or something.
Alex Jones
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The biggest problem that I have with basketball is the fact that the game stops hundreds of times for free throws. The actual back and forth is pretty fun.
tarheelhockey
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Fouls can bog the game down, especially when teams start doing it on purpose, but even a slow moving basketball game is still more free-flowing than football or baseball.
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I've never watched an NBA game from start to finish, as I've never truly been a fan of the sport.
But I will concede it is at least that: a sport.
However, as others have mentioned, it's indeed annoying whenever the last minute of a basketball game seems to take about ten minutes to actually play.
And the fact that the slightest contact results in everyone stopping and more free throws being awarded. Imagine a hockey game whistled dead after every bodycheck.
But I will concede it is at least that: a sport.
However, as others have mentioned, it's indeed annoying whenever the last minute of a basketball game seems to take about ten minutes to actually play.
And the fact that the slightest contact results in everyone stopping and more free throws being awarded. Imagine a hockey game whistled dead after every bodycheck.
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tarheelhockey
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I mean, I wasn't going to go there, but there's definitely a culture gap between the two.
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This is true. However, how many upper middle class kids in New England and Minnesota play DI/pro hockey vs. how many 7'0" people get into the NBA. I think the correlation is towards the latter.
