Disappointing playoffs.

[SnakePlissken]

I don't know how any true fan could not be disappointed with the playoffs this season. So many injuries to so many top players robbed us of some potentially great series. If Rondo and the Celtics and Rose, Hinrich and Deng and the Bulls were healthy things could have gone a lot different. Out west you had Westbrook go down, things would have been a lot different if he was still healthy.

[ripthekik]

agreed.. but I have felt this way before the playoffs even started..

3 or 4 of the top 10 players are out because of injury.. this playoffs is just.. :facepalm

[SamuraiSWISH]

Too many injuries to MARQUEE players:

Kobe
D-Rose
D-Wade
Westbrook
Rondo

It's a really anti-climactic playoffs. The Grizzlies, Spurs, and Pacers are so boring to watch.

[kurple]

i love watching SAS, Indy and Memphis play

playing basketball and not isoball

[SnakePlissken]

I knew there was one more I was missing. Yeah, Kobe on the Lakers in that series would have changed the whole thing possibly.

[SamuraiSWISH]

i love watching SAS, Indy and Memphis play

playing basketball and not isoball
You call it that ... I see no transcendent talents that can compete with LeBron in the ECF or Finals.

Team ball is boring. You can have great team ball, while also having exciting players. You can have your cake and eat it too.

The Spurs best players are so boring to watch. TP is the most basic of players, and Duncan has never had a dramatic compelling flare to his game.

Doesn't help the Heat have both Wade and LeBron on their team. I mean if Wade was healthy, it would be fun watching him trying to carry his own team.

[ElPigto]

The playoffs have been great. Bunch of whack ass fools that only follow superstars. I agree with you all, having Rose, Kobe, etc not injured would have been great, but it's not as if a lot of these games have not been competitive.

[Zedja]

Too many injuries to MARQUEE players:

Kobe
D-Rose
D-Wade
Westbrook
Rondo

It's a really anti-climactic playoffs. The Grizzlies, Spurs, and Pacers are so boring to watch.
The Grizzlies are an exciting team to watch...

[kurple]

You call it that ... I see no transcendent talents that can compete with LeBron in the ECF or Finals.

Team ball is boring. You can have great team ball, while also having exciting players. You can have your cake and eat it too.

The Spurs best players are so boring to watch. TP is the most basic of players, and Duncan has never had a dramatic compelling flare to his game.

Doesn't help the Heat have both Wade and LeBron on their team. I mean if Wade was healthy, it would be fun watching him trying to carry his own team.
how old are you? 12?

basketball isnt about being fun to watch. its about winning

[JimmyMcAdocious]

imo, the same fan that only cares for superstar doesn't even pay attention to what happens off the ball.

[niko]

i love watching SAS, Indy and Memphis play

playing basketball and not isoball

Indy is horrific on offense, specifically when they try to run. They've been awful on offense in this series, we've just been awfuler (if that's a word).

[Legends66NBA7]

The NBA Finals will take a nose dive in ratings, if the Pacers and Grizzlies meet up. Both the best defensive teams in the league, but outside many of the hardcore fans, not many are tuning in.

[LongLiveTheKing]

Only boring series out of the Semi-finals was Indiana/NYK.

[mans1ay3r]

The playoffs have still been entertaining but too many injuries for sure.

[SacJB Shady]

Lebron ruined the NBA

[outbreak]

never understood how someone can be a basketball fan but only enjoy isos and dunks and find team ball boring. Your pretty much admitting you know nothing about basketball and just enjoy the highlights. Watch espn and don't watch basketball then? There's so much going on to watch on a team that's running good plays, you don't just watch the ball handler the whole time.

[SamuraiSWISH]

basketball isnt about being fun to watch. its about winning
If you're playing it's about winning. If you're watching, it's clearly about entertainment value. Have you seen the officiating in recent years? LOL @ it being about pure sport of winners / losers. Team ball is for college. I want to see transcendent and captivating talents in the NBA.

[toooo]

The playoffs have been great....

[Wavves]

The playoffs have been great. Bunch of whack ass fools that only follow superstars. I agree with you all, having Rose, Kobe, etc not injured would have been great, but it's not as if a lot of these games have not been competitive.

This.

[outbreak]

If you're playing it's about winning. If you're watching, it's clearly about entertainment value. Have you seen the officiating in recent years? LOL @ it being about pure sport of winners / losers. Team ball is for college. I want to see transcendent and captivating talents in the NBA.

translation:

I have no idea about the screening/positioning/spacing that's going on in a real play. I like watching dunks and drives and people going 1 on 1 every play!

[SamuraiSWISH]

translation:

I have no idea about the screening/positioning/spacing that's going on in a real play. I like watching dunks and drives and people going 1 on 1 every play!
LOL ... if that's the way you want spin this, go for it.

[Heavincent]

2011 playoffs might have been the most exciting of the last 10 years. Just about every series in the west was epic and Dirk was going apeshit leading the underdog Mavs.

This year has been pretty crappy though.

[The Choken One]

Only team interesting to watch is the Warriors.

The Splash Bros > NBA

[SacJB Shady]

Only team interesting to watch is the Warriors.

The Splash Bros > NBA


agree

[kurple]

Indy is horrific on offense, specifically when they try to run. They've been awful on offense in this series, we've just been awfuler (if that's a word).
true, but i've always been a sucker for defense

strange considering i'm a nuggets fan

[MARLO]

The western conference playoffs have been great, the eastern conference has been

[SnakePlissken]

2011 playoffs might have been the most exciting of the last 10 years. Just about every series in the west was epic and Dirk was going apeshit leading the underdog Mavs.

This year has been pretty crappy though.

This.

[thefatmiral]

Coaches shouldn't have ran their stars into the ground. But just because the star player is in doesn't mean it changes everything. Carmelo isn't doing shit for knicks, kobes lakers barely made it too the playoffs. I would have preffered knicks vs miami though.

[nosfan773]

Yeah its been a letdown as a whole but there are some bright spots. This GSW series has been one of the most entertaining ones my dudes have played in a while.

[Doctor Rivers]

Lebron ruined the NBA

nah