Re: ESPN: NBA Player's Performance Overseas Already Damaging NBA Brand
Methinks Euroleague, crazed troll that he is, wants to be trolled back. If a Nick Young-esque poster says something trollishly skewed about European basketball in response to EL saying something equally trollish and untrue about the NBA, it fuels EL's agenda: namely, painting the NBA (and by extension its fans) as isolationist and uninformed about world basketball/FIBA.
By inciting people to troll him, EL actually becomes a voice of reason (in very isolated snippets of his posts, only when lambasting people who counter-troll him with dubious info). It's why he is so abrasive - he wants to be trolled, because measured and thoughtful posts comparing NBA/Euroleague(the league not the poster)/FIBA/National Leagues give him no chance to trumpet his own authority and get on his anti-NBA/USA soapbox. If no one counter-trolled EL the poster, his frothing righteous indignation would be completely unwarranted, and obviously insane to any observer. It is obvious even now, but EL gets to make the occasional accurate factual correction re:counter-trolling. Look how often EL calls others trolls - he is trying to drag the conversation into the mud, where no one has authority, and his voice can seem relatively sane. In a land of trolls a crazed troll is king.
This all serves to play up the us/them dynamic between International bball and NBA bball, which is insane; posters from many countries participate in this NBA forum and appreciate world bball/National leagues/Euroleague (league)/National Team tournaments. Others are capable of enjoying multiple brands of basketball and acknowledging differences without trashing one league or another. Now, I know that many in this forum will forever be polarized on some issues, whether it be Kobe/Lebron or 60s/70s/80s/90s/2000s superiority or pauk/Alphawolf. It's the nature of this type of discussion. But EL the poster wants to add NBA vs International Basketball to those battles, and personally I don't want to give him the satisfaction.
Eurobasket was entertaining, and though I prefer NBA playoffs, it doesn't mean I have to choose one or the other. One can appreciate Boston vs Los Angeles and Spain vs France, or PAO vs Olympiakos, or the final four of Euroleague (league), or the NCAA tournament, etc, etc, etc. If you love basketball played at a high level, you can avoid the counterproductive better league/worse league argument by noting their completely different situations/circumstances/histories/rules/etc. Only when one needs to prop up a player as UNQUESTIONED best, regardless of circumstance, explaining away any criticism or ambiguity, do they need to resort to such absurd tactics.
TLDR:
Don't feed the crazed troll
and i'll end with a verse:
If only Van Gundy could predict
Euroleague's hate since 2006,
perhaps he would have given
shots & minutes to number 10;
and his fan - the crazed troll - might be fixed.
Re: ESPN: NBA Player's Performance Overseas Already Damaging NBA Brand
Quote:
Originally Posted by Euroleague
FIBA World Championship and the Olympics are now rigged. They are no different than the NBA anymore. I won't even watch the Olympics basketball tournament next summer. It was a complete joke in 2008. The 2010 WC was the biggest disgrace I have ever seen in sports history.
I honestly don't care if USA wins every game by 100 points because it's just rigged. And I will not be surprised one bit if USA does not lose another game for 20-30 years. Because the games are so rigged.
Hell, the entire 2010 WC tournament was obviously predetermined. FIBA even got scared after the backlash, which was extreme because people were so angry.
At one time, these tournaments had meaning. They now have no meaning. It's just like watching WWE. It's not an actual sports competition.
I still like EuroBasket and Americas tournaments. They are still good and worth watching, but the other two have become completely unwatchable, rigged, scripted, fixed, hot garbage.
Hell, I hope USA wins every game by 50 points next summer. That way people will stop watching it and the Olympics will lose money and then maybe the tournament will be cancelled. Because it's become such a huge joke after 2008 anyway. It's just a black mark on basketball now.
And what a strange coincidence that this all started after David Stern got control over the FIBA council appointments......what a strange and bizarre coincidence that is.
I was goin to try and join in on this convo...till this post....
No point..
Re: ESPN: NBA Player's Performance Overseas Already Damaging NBA Brand
Quote:
Originally Posted by kerinth
Methinks Euroleague, crazed troll that he is, wants to be trolled back. If a Nick Young-esque poster says something trollishly skewed about European basketball in response to EL saying something equally trollish and untrue about the NBA, it fuels EL's agenda: namely, painting the NBA (and by extension its fans) as isolationist and uninformed about world basketball/FIBA.
By inciting people to troll him, EL actually becomes a voice of reason (in very isolated snippets of his posts, only when lambasting people who counter-troll him with dubious info). It's why he is so abrasive - he wants to be trolled, because measured and thoughtful posts comparing NBA/Euroleague(the league not the poster)/FIBA/National Leagues give him no chance to trumpet his own authority and get on his anti-NBA/USA soapbox. If no one counter-trolled EL the poster, his frothing righteous indignation would be completely unwarranted, and obviously insane to any observer. It is obvious even now, but EL gets to make the occasional accurate factual correction re:counter-trolling. Look how often EL calls others trolls - he is trying to drag the conversation into the mud, where no one has authority, and his voice can seem relatively sane. In a land of trolls a crazed troll is king.
This all serves to play up the us/them dynamic between International bball and NBA bball, which is insane; posters from many countries participate in this NBA forum and appreciate world bball/National leagues/Euroleague (league)/National Team tournaments. Others are capable of enjoying multiple brands of basketball and acknowledging differences without trashing one league or another. Now, I know that many in this forum will forever be polarized on some issues, whether it be Kobe/Lebron or 60s/70s/80s/90s/2000s superiority or pauk/Alphawolf. It's the nature of this type of discussion. But EL the poster wants to add NBA vs International Basketball to those battles, and personally I don't want to give him the satisfaction.
Eurobasket was entertaining, and though I prefer NBA playoffs, it doesn't mean I have to choose one or the other. One can appreciate Boston vs Los Angeles and Spain vs France, or PAO vs Olympiakos, or the final four of Euroleague (league), or the NCAA tournament, etc, etc, etc. If you love basketball played at a high level, you can avoid the counterproductive better league/worse league argument by noting their completely different situations/circumstances/histories/rules/etc. Only when one needs to prop up a player as UNQUESTIONED best, regardless of circumstance, explaining away any criticism or ambiguity, do they need to resort to such absurd tactics.
TLDR:
Don't feed the crazed troll
and i'll end with a verse:
If only Van Gundy could predict
Euroleague's hate since 2006,
perhaps he would have given
shots & minutes to number 10;
and his fan - the crazed troll - might be fixed.
Re: ESPN: NBA Player's Performance Overseas Already Damaging NBA Brand
Quote:
Originally Posted by swi7ch
It's because role players are involved. Let's see LBJ being sent home or Durant...
What about Williams then? He's an allstar caliber player. His production thus far has been commonplace. His stats are not necessarily bad, but they aren't great either. For what he's getting paid, he should be playing better than he is now. There's no doubt Williams is a pretty good player. He's just not the worth contract given to him by Besiktas.
Of course, Williams won't be sent home, but he should if he continues his rate of play.
Re: ESPN: NBA Player's Performance Overseas Already Damaging NBA Brand
