Comments on: And, on That Rarest of Occasions, the Good Guys Win

By: Eric B

Eric B — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:49:10 +0000

You’re missing one fundamental piece about college basketball versus the NBA:

The NBA is only interesting in 30 cities.

I live 90 minutes from the nearest NBA city, and I hate that city. There’s no fundamental reason for me to care about some billionaire’s toy employing millionaire mercenaries.

Say what you will about the recruiting process, but I had basketball students taking the same lectures and discussion sections I did when I was in school. They were real people, not just people on a billboard.

Regardless of the quality of the product, the NBA will never be as interesting to many of us.

By: hithere

hithere — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:40:00 +0000

@ticktock6

You, sir, are in a very small minority.

By: WildYams

WildYams — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:22:06 +0000

You know, Hardwood Paroxysm is by no means a perfect blog, but damn, when you guys are good you are REALLY good. The passion and the poetry you guys bring is the perfect mixture when it comes to a series like this and a game like last night’s. I haven’t seen better coverage of Game 6 anywhere on the web, and believe me, I’ve been looking everywhere. Really superlative job here guys. Fantastic work.

By: Diss

Diss — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:46:08 +0000

Ben Gordon’s shot selection the past couple games has been garbage.

But both teams are really not playing that great. They are just so well-matched in their mediocrity.

By: ticktock6

ticktock6 — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:08:46 +0000

Go figure. I found the Sixers more compelling, likable, and interesting than the Bulls.

When the series started, I was all about the Magic, but by the end I was pulling for the Sixers. When I think about it, it’s probably a reaction to the fact that I watched a slow half-court team (Hornets fan) for 87 games this year. The Sixers are sort of a flailing disaster when they’re bad, but the athleticism just looks so good when they’re good. Their tragic flaw lay in math. They hit JUST enough big threes to convince them it was a good idea to keep shooting. But the percentages were never going to bear that out.

I don’t see charm in the Bulls. But I am kind of fascinated by the contradiction that their star point guard is playing so well yet appears not to have a pulse. This team in 3-4 years would be much better, because maybe by then Derrick Rose will have the force and smarts to put things in order and tell Ben Gordon to back off and let him run his offense.