Comments on: College Basketball Doesn’t Measure Up to the NBA

By: morgamic

morgamic — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:15:44 +0000

I think college has a bigger emphasis on team defense because teams play less man defense and more zone — which means more rotations and better communication and defensive chemistry are needed. On offense, I seriously can’t believe you actually think college hoops are not about marquis players and chuckers.

When was the last time someone won hoops player of the year by averaging a lot of assists? The Suns, for example, have a traditional point guard who averaged less than 20 points over the last two seasons but got the most assists per game in the league and led his team to average almost 110 points. That’s not team basketball? He got the MVP twice for it.

Anyway, I think they are both team-oriented but the rules make the leagues focus on different aspects of the game. I don’t agree at all with your comments, because whether you like it or not, college hoops is very much about the “superstars” and every bit as dependent on recruiting the right ball hog to lead you to a championship. If you want “team basketball” watch the Jazz or the Suns.

By: josh simiele

josh simiele — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:30:11 +0000

to say that a good nba game is as good as a good collage game is the biggest stretch ive ever heard first of all in a good nba game there might only be one or two players doing it all where as in college games. i also noticed you didnt even touch on the team factor of the nba cause there is no arguement and thats why college is soooo much better to watch than the nba even good nba games dont match up to mediocre college games

By: Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls — Wed, 10 May 2006 11:03:00 +0000

The 1999 Chicago Bulls team were the greatest NBA team. The rest dont come near them.

By: morgamic

morgamic — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:09:39 +0000

I know the NBA legalized zone defense, which is why I said, “First off, illegal defense no longer exists, and hasnâ€™t for over 4 years.”

A conventional 3-2 zone wouldn’t be allowed, because although zone is technically possible, it can’t be accomplished without having defensive players guarding an offensive counterpart.

The NBA still tries to prevent “sitting in the key” via the defensive 3 second call. So I guess it depends on your definition of zone.

To me, college zone defenses often collapse on the key, and would often find themselves in violation of the NBA rule made to prevent it.

By: Matthew Barker

Matthew Barker — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:52:34 +0000

OK, first off, the NBA has legalized the zone defense several years ago. Secondly, the NBA season is way too long (82 games), and third, the playoffs are too long, and lastly, the game itself is too long (48 minutes).

Now they would never shorten the season or reduce the number of playoff games because that will cut into the profits of the league and its’ teams.

The result of long games and a long season is that if you watch an NBA regular season game closely, it can be downright boring. Too many times do you see one guy walking the ball up with four other guys standing around. There is very little ball movement, and very little movement away from the ball.

Sure, playoff game can be exciting, but you have to wait five months just to get there, then the playoff themselves last around 2 months.

And to say that professional basketball players are the best athletes is a stretch. One could easily make the argument for football players, who have to endure a pounding week in and week out.

And I would also like to see basketball players do what they do on a sheet of ice wearing boots on top of a 1/4 inch steel blade.