LuckyNumber7
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Apparently you're not watching the big men.
I see the Bosh play. I see the Deng play. The various different attempts to force contact for a whistle instead of playing the game. It's ridiculous.
Apparently you're not watching the big men.
The Sixers are 0-2 against them but play them in Miami again on the 25th. If only...It's great for our community how the Heat's foibles seem to come against teams well represented here in the forum. Boston owns them, Chicago made them cry, Dallas sent them to a players only meeting, Orlando made a huge lead evaporate, and Amare swatted the shit out of LeBitch during winning time.
YES WE DID
LuckyNumber7 said:Zero contact. You break wind with someone in your vicinity and it's a foul. It gets ridiculous at some points.
Set foot on the court and tell me there's zero contact. There's more contact on every single possession than you could possibly imagine, and obviously in spots that you would never see nor even know where to look.
A soft man's game? Perhaps you suffer from a similar ailment as your beloved lebron... you don't understand that there's a game going on off the ball.
First off, I was referring to the ball carrier alone and specifically in regards to foul calls. Not what's going on as a whole. If that came off negatively, didn't mean it that way.
Second off, granted I'd play with people my own size, I play hockey. A little bit more than boxing out goes on there.
Just because hockey is a contact sport doesn't mean basketball is not a contact sport.Yes, and I've also gotten a sprained ankle playing basketball. Doesn't make it a contact sport. Someone falling on you is coincidental.
I'm really not going to debate this if you're trying to say 'hockey players have pads and basketball players don't'. That's ridiculous. Take a puck off a skate. Or your shin. Or your pants. Or your glove. Or god forbid your forearm. Or your chest. Or your face (if you're not wearing a cage).
Try getting laid out on your back and getting the wind knocked out of you. Or having somebody coming full speed at you to legally knock you down.
As far as I'm concerned, it's not an issue of 'keeping your head up' in basketball for your own safety. You're talking about bruises and sprains... in hockey you're talking about broken limbs, gashes, etc. You've had your fair share of bumps and bruises congratulations. I've had a concussion and a fractured collar bone, among other small things like bruises small cuts, a bloody mouth, nose, puck to the nuts (even with a cup it's extremely painful), stick to the head, blah blah blah.
PhilsFan said:The most amazing feat of my basketball career? I've never gotten a technical. As you all know, I'm a know-it-all and an ass, so that's quite the accomplishment. I've been warned a couple times and I almost got kicked out of a high school game that I was watching from the stands, but I've never gotten a T.
I should have gotten a T last year in intramural, when a guy broke my finger and I ran up to the ref, held up my crooked finger and called him a blind fuck.
I would greatly enjoy hearing those. IM sports are insane.Man, I've got some funny IM stories as far as the techs thing goes, including one season in which we weren't allowed to participate in the playoffs with a perfect record due to our sportsmanship grade average being less than a B.
They put a carpet out near the strike zone, and strikes and balls were based on whether it landed on the carpet or not. Basically the umps just had to call the bases.Don't get me started on the umpiring in IM softball. Those idiots don't understand a slow pitch strike zone at all. And then there's flag football. I can't tell you how many times I was called for "flag guarding" while making a juke or spinning.
And despite all this, IMs are one of the things I miss most from college.
I'll never forget an intra-mural high school floor hockey game I was involved in when I was in Grade 8. I was the goalie and at one point a player on my team lost his cool and swung his stick at another player. They started fighting and before you know it I was trading punches with the opposing goalie. It turned into an all out brawl.
I say this in all seriousness: that was one of my fondest memories of my high school years. It was such an adrenaline rush. I loved every minute of it.
I trust that you beat his ass.I'll never forget an intra-mural high school floor hockey game I was involved in when I was in Grade 8. I was the goalie and at one point a player on my team lost his cool and swung his stick at another player. They started fighting and before you know it I was trading punches with the opposing goalie. It turned into an all out brawl.
I say this in all seriousness: that was one of my fondest memories of my high school years. It was such an adrenaline rush. I loved every minute of it.
Best one, at least?I could also list all the technicals i've gotten, but I don't think we have the time.
PhilsFan said:Best one, at least?