Just picture in your mind for a moment... what would a Larry Bird or a Doctor J do when they made amazing plays... they quickly ran back on defense, didn't even look at the crowd most of the time let alone their opponent, and they never pounded their chest or screamed like a ****ing animal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyeXaAG-99w
This pound-your-chest-screaming-in-celebration generation of players makes me cringe. It's as cheesy and dramatic as watching reality tv competitors get all worked up on survivor. Unless the trend gets even more extreme in the future (which I just can't see happening) this era is going to be looked at in the future as one of the corniest softest era's in history with all the chest pounding, mean mugging, and ticy tac foul flopping despite the historically all-time low level of physicality. Good Christ that was an uncontested putback during the middle of a regular season game, calm the **** down Taj and get back on defense, it is your job to go for rebounds like that not a feat that required the energy output of a Super Saiyan.
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03-25-2014, 02:53 AM #1NBA Legend
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Would it kill NBA players to be a little less dramatic these days?
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03-25-2014, 02:54 AM #2n/a
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Ask Quinton Ross
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03-25-2014, 02:56 AM #3Life goes on.
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dudes do it in college, too. I know if I was a coach I'd outlaw that shit. The first rule is celebrate AFTER the game because if you celebrate during the game and lose, you are a fool in hindsight.
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03-25-2014, 03:02 AM #4NBA Superstar
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goddamn, that was embarassing
act like you've been there before, Taj.
LeBrons chest thumping celebration shit is stupid as hell too. looks so forced.
Durant is the best at not falling into this line of shit. Dude will murder your team down the stretch, hit the game winner, and then walk off the floor with a dead stare on his face.
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03-25-2014, 03:04 AM #5Banned
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Re: Would it kill NBA players to be a little less dramatic these days?
John Wall knows all about screaming lmao
Originally Posted by russwest0
goddamn, that was embarassing act like you've been there before, Taj.
LeBrons chest thumping celebration shit is stupid as hell too. looks so forced.
Durant is the best at not falling into this line of shit. Dude will murder your team down the stretch, hit the game winner, and then walk off the floor with a dead stare on his face.
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03-25-2014, 03:06 AM #6Buck Dynasty
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Re: Would it kill NBA players to be a little less dramatic these days?
It was like a 3 second thing, he just got caught up in the excitement. It's not like it was planned out or thought out. If it was something like Lebron's celebration after his game-winner against GS, where it was blatantly planned out (and painfully corny), that makes sense.
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03-25-2014, 03:07 AM #7NBA Legend
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BTW the calm and composed defense of Kirk that started the break >>> the rebound by Taj. Why Taj decided to turn into a Super Saiyan after that rebound is beyond me I have no clue why he even thought that was such a huge deal.
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03-25-2014, 03:07 AM #8Banned
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Re: Would it kill NBA players to be a little less dramatic these days?
^ this even we had beef in the past milbuck ill agree with this lol Originally Posted by Milbuck
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03-25-2014, 03:12 AM #9NBA Legend
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...middle of a regular season game, wow so amazing Taj
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03-25-2014, 03:13 AM #10Blaze it up fgt
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Re: Would it kill NBA players to be a little less dramatic these days?
Who cares, is my opinion. There's no right or wrong way to go about. A player is allowed to celebrate after making a play the same way as a player can do nothing.
I enjoy seeing the passion of the guys that celebrate. Even Lebron's weird celebration is fun, although corny
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03-25-2014, 03:14 AM #11Mozart Basketball
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nothing wrong with enjoying the game
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03-25-2014, 03:15 AM #12Blaze it up fgt
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Re: Would it kill NBA players to be a little less dramatic these days?
And after reading your post again, you really do just seem like a bitter old man CavaliersFTW lol
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03-25-2014, 03:19 AM #13Banned
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NBA players should act like robots unable to express any emotion, and to titillate us with any thought otherwise is just absurd.
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03-25-2014, 03:22 AM #14Kobe Apostle
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Would it have killed Wilt to just be a little clutch?
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03-25-2014, 03:22 AM #15Buck Dynasty
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Peter Griffin? Originally Posted by Eric Cartman
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