All the people picking play would regret it in their 60s and 70s (and upwards). I love playing ball, it's my favorite thing, but I need something to watch when I'm older.
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10-10-2019, 10:04 AM #16Bitch Hands
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10-10-2019, 10:05 AM #17Knicks all da way
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Am I getting paid like an NBA Player? How can anyone pick anything else?
it's not like the NBA is some fantastic product right now. Unless you were to tell me the Knicks will win the Finals one day... than give me playing in the NBA and getting paid that I can make last the rest of my life.
Getting paid or watching the Knicks, a team that does nothing but give me heartache for the rest of my life? OK
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10-10-2019, 10:11 AM #18Youngest MVP
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Watching NBA because you can always play football (what ignorant Americans call soccer)
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10-10-2019, 11:10 AM #19College superstar
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It
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10-10-2019, 11:59 AM #20The Magic are a trash
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Yep, without ball I get depressed and fat. Easily give up watching
Originally Posted by ClipperRevival
I'm the complete opposite. Playing the game is one of the pure loves of my life, I would be hurting big time if I can't play the game. It's always been sort of a refuge for me too. Ball if Life for me.
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10-10-2019, 12:13 PM #21Banned
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*coaching Originally Posted by SamuraiSWISH
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10-10-2019, 12:21 PM #22Le11th
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Originally Posted by LAmbruh
Originally Posted by ClipperRevival
Makes sense coming from you babyboi.
Typical Brannies
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10-10-2019, 12:54 PM #23I don't flop.
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We all know that's how you follow the game. Originally Posted by LAmbruh
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10-10-2019, 08:35 PM #24The Great Wall of Text
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I could do without both if needed, but I'd find it much harder to give up my TV—which I virtually only use to watch sports nowadays—than the dust-collecting basketball in my garage.
I loved playing it in high school—I eked out a slot on the varsity roster as a senior and played multiple years of AAU prior—but I never deluded myself that I had any future in the sport. I've found a much more realistically gainful career and hobbies since, and I've had no problem foregoing the game to spend more time burnishing those.
I've never been able to put my blinders on to NBA games, however, whether I've had time to watch them immersively or sift through the replays later (only drawback of working second shift for me; you miss out on prime-time events). It inspires me to see others excel on any platform (while I'm mindful not to live vicariously), and the NBA has been among the most entertaining ones for me (aside from the Golden Medal Warriors dynasty).
Unlike most other avocations—which you can flourish at until you're senile—playing sports is too somatogenic: Father Time thwarts you relatively early no matter how mentally dedicated you are, and He'll ultimately leave you ruminating about the worthwhileness of the time. Maybe the playership memories alone will be worth it to many others, but I'm personally looking for a much more durable upside with all I invest my prime years into.
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10-14-2019, 12:28 AM #25Seething...
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Originally Posted by SamuraiSWISH
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10-14-2019, 12:29 AM #26Seething...
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Originally Posted by Overdrive
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10-14-2019, 12:31 AM #27Seething...
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Originally Posted by ILLsmak
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10-14-2019, 12:32 AM #28Seething...
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[QUOTE=brooks_thompson]It
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10-14-2019, 12:33 AM #29Seething...
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Originally Posted by HylianNightmare
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10-14-2019, 12:40 AM #30NBA rookie of the year
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Play.
I rarely watch nowadays anyways
Keeping up with the NBA without watching is pretty easy anyways. Been doing it for a few years now honestly.
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