Asunto: NBA

I can't believe there wasnt topic about it, is there any NBA/Basketball fans, which is your favorite team, who do you think will become this seasons champs :) ?

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NBA = No Basketball Anytime.

They push, take four or five steps to shoot, carry the ball between dribbles, change pivot foot, and the referees do NOT call those violations.

I prefer to watch NCAA college basketball where the rules are enforced.

But still, you like basketball, so its not so bad :) In all europe first sport is football(soccer) and only in Lithuania first sport is Basketball :P We are crazy on this thing ^^ Maybe you know Linas Kleiza, Zydrunas Ilgauskas or Darius Songaila? They play in NBA but maybe you have heard about them?

I live near Cleveland and have enjoyed watching Ilgauskas (we call him Z) play.
He also hangs around the same tavern I frequent and I've had several beers with him,really nice guy and extremely tall!...That being said the NBA is a joke until the play-offs and even then the rules are different for the superstars,just as Hondo said.It's more like watching WWE wrestling than an actual sport....A friend of mine is a high school basketball coach and I end up attending a lot of those games and really enjoy watching the kids play...Basketball is really a great sport to play,my second favorite to baseball,so it's no wonder it's catching on all over the world.

college ball is way better i agree
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I am also a basketball fan. I don`t have any TV channels showing NBA, but very often I can see NCAA matches live. And quite often I watch them. But the reason I don`t like NCAA as much as NBA is due to some rules. Firstly the shot clock rule - 35seconds to hold the ball is way too much. Because of that game tempo itself is very slow. Secondly during the free throws it`s very weird to see 4 defensive and 2 offensive players on the board.

I enjoy European basketball more. But of course Americans think opposite - depends on taste clearly.

I have also noticed, that there is more people watching NCAA basketball, than NBA matches.
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Hey Vilpu, i have a question which of these two teams you like more:

Vilniaus Lietuvos Rytas or Kauno Zalgiris?

I hope you know them, baltic giants lol ^^

Of course I know them.

Right now I prefer Lietuvos Rytas. Don´t know even why, maybe because I like Stelmahers. And one of my favourite Lithuanian player`s played there recently - Jasiaitis. (Don`t know how to spell his name though)

Even our clubs (Kalev and Rock) have been close beating them in this season.
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Great! Im bigest Rytas fan :PPP That player is Simas Jasaitis, now he plays in Tau Ceramica ;) Stelmahers is now injured, maybe after few weaks he could play, but hes too old, this season he didnt played any oficial games :/

NBA = lame

NCAA March Madness = the win

So all here americans prefer NCAA and not NBA O_o I havent seen live (or full) NCAA game so cant say anything, but probably its intresting if there so much fans of it :p

NCAA = pure basketball

NBA = street basketball

actually, women's basketball is about as classic as it gets, but it's just boring because it's just not as athletic.
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Doesn`t it bother you that the NCAA`s game tempo is much slower?

Anyone knows where`s Greg Oden - Last season I saw, when he played in college. Is he injured?

*Goes to google*

Oden got hurt and is out for the year.

I agree the shot clock in NCAA could stand to drop to the NBA's number.

However, they actually call things like traveling in the NCAA, unlike the NBA.

Have you seen europe basketball, did you liked?