The Best Reality TV is on Tonight
You wouldn’t know it from reading this blog, but I Hate the NBA. Capital H. Hate. It’s not the cornrows or the body art. It’s the NBA work ethic. I stopped watching the Pistons in the mid 90s. They were terrible, and brought in Doug Collins to coach the team. In one season, the team went from a loser franchise that couldn’t win 30 games in a season to a respectable 50-win team. And the players rebelled. Collins worked them too hard, and they didn’t like hard practices and pushing themselves, despite the millions of dollars that they are paid.
Collins was fired, and I turned off the Pistons and the NBA.
But I have been watching the Pistons for the past three seasons. They have defined the word Team in the NBA. They are gritty and gutsy and refuse to lose. They have reached this point, Game 7, one way; through hard work and determination and an unwillingness to cede anything, regardless of the obstacles in their way.
Turn on your TV tonight, and you will see a basketball team playing defense, protecting the basketball and refusing to give one inch on the court. There is a price you need to pay to be a champion, and this team is willing to pay that price. Every day. Since training camp opened last fall.
And the pay off is tonight.
Collins was fired, and I turned off the Pistons and the NBA.
But I have been watching the Pistons for the past three seasons. They have defined the word Team in the NBA. They are gritty and gutsy and refuse to lose. They have reached this point, Game 7, one way; through hard work and determination and an unwillingness to cede anything, regardless of the obstacles in their way.
Turn on your TV tonight, and you will see a basketball team playing defense, protecting the basketball and refusing to give one inch on the court. There is a price you need to pay to be a champion, and this team is willing to pay that price. Every day. Since training camp opened last fall.
And the pay off is tonight.
posted by Air Time at 3:17 PM
7 Comments:
I never liked the NBA for any number of reasons, many of which you talked about. I do respect the way the Pistons play ball though. As much as I don't like watching basketball, I *hate* watching players who don't think they have to try hard to win.
This is why I always have been, and always will be, a hockey fan first and foremost. Only Rangers fans have to watch that crap night in and night out. :)
The Pistons really care and try, and it's obvious from the first tip. I still probably won't watch though.
I hope you're not waiting for the puck to drop. The last Wings game was over a year ago and it doesn't look like they are getting ready to play anytime soon.
I did get a hockey fix this season, though, going to an OHL game in Windsor. Great experience, where you see everyone working every second they are on the ice.
I'm of the belief that all the NBA "stars" are hoodlums, and that if they weren't on TV, throwing around the ball, and making millions of dollars for doing it, they'd all be in jail. And this is not race-related. It goes for all NBA players of all colors and creeds.
And if I see one more MTV Cribs with these guys and their 200 pair of shoes, their "rides," and their pools, I'm going to hurl.
veev,
i didn't know you were a racist. admitting it to the world on a blog is like coming out of the closet. Just because all basketball players are black doesn't mean you have to be so negative.
"And this is not race-related. It goes for all NBA players of all colors and creeds."
Rock - You really should consider taking an English reading course so you don't forget how...
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