SupremeCommander wrote:

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

earthmansurfer wrote:

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:

earthmansurfer wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:Its ridiculous. I also hate Sunday afternoon games.

I love them. I'm in Germany and it's one of the few times I don't have to get up at 1:30AM or 2AM to catch a game!

Now that's a fan. Getting up at 2 AM to catch the game. Much respect.

You have NO IDEA what that first 10 day stretch was like when Lin was going off. Mas was I tired. Before he got his first minutes against NJ I ordered league pass and prior to that I swore I wouldn't pay that kind of money (I mean the team sucked) but I had to see what I felt was true - what he could be (and yeah, I am patting myself on the back.) ;-)

But I'm a teacher and don't work everyday, so I could manage. Eventually, I'll just wake up and watch the games without knowing the score in the morning (same effect I think).

But thanks for your respect, back at you.

ps - I got a nice autographed Panini Lin card and a few non autographed. I really feel like Lin cards are going to be worth something, even with their high prices now. Kid is going to be special.

I was doing the same thing but then I got the overseas league pass broadband. Just avoid looking at the score during the day and watch the game on demand later. Obviously, for a big game, I would stay up to watch live but for Knicks/Bobcats, might as well get some sleep

You don't get as much respect for doing this because you're you.

I feel like we just made some progress

Ignore the trolls.

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:

grillco wrote:

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:if they didn't pull that lockout stunt, would be playing normal schedule

Yeah, but the owners and commish don't have to play, just reap the benefits and rewards (as even the losing teams get a share of profits/luxury tax threshold overages). Of course we all know this, but still...

You talk as if they're sitting under a tree eating apples, watching the grass grow. Owners and comish do WORK, grillco, TOUGHER WORK THAN THE BALLERS! Beh-lee-dat.

They're not just sitting there REAPING REWARDS, come on.

No, players threw a fork in the machine because they don't understand how the league works. And then they were sloppy in their execution- I remember they did something at a late stage of the negotiations that they should have done a lot earlier if they were gonna do it! So it's right, I think, to make them play back to back to backs; the lockout was senseless. Go Stern and Owners.

grillco: The neverending enablement of the entitled. The players HAVE to PLAY. Read that sentence to yourself. Slowly. Like playing back to back basketball games is equal to what? Running a multimillion dollar organization? Like making sure thousands of people can make some sort of living? Like running THE professional basketball league for the entire planet?

Yes. Those poor players have to play. Don't forget they mostly have to tie their own shoes, too.

And you didn't even mention that they have to practice. The humanity.