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Not all Michiganders feel the way LL does.

Most of us love sports

Congratulations to a bunch of stiffs......Doug Moe

And capitalism, I presume?

11 people shot downtown after Denver Nuggets win NBA Finals

https://kdvr.com/news/local/nba-finals-2023-11-people-shot-downtown-after-denver-nuggets-win/

Who could have seen this coming? LoL

Now wait just a hot-szchittin' minute; an 8-seed makes it to the NBA finals (second time in history) and their coach is overrated?
Chile please.

Sooner or later, superior talent is gonna come out on top and they finally ran into the buzzsaw.

How many fouls per game did the Heat average this past regular season. How many did they average per game in the championship? Which team "cheated" and fouled the most during the regular season?

Tell you how you're wrong? Gladly.

It is absolutely about superior athletes and players hell-bent on winning a championship. Jokic is a two-time MVP and should have been named MVP for the third straight year this year. That’s the definition of a great athlete. He basically put the team on his back and carried them to a championship, along with Jamal Murray who had a bad knee injury and had to sit out and re-hab for a year. Add in Murray’s legendary training regimen as a kid, that’s the definition of dedication and being hell-bent. Strike one.

Your observations on the changes to the games are nothing more than a description of capitalism at work. Pro sports are enormously popular and they generate a ton of revenue and profits. Do you think the owners and their business managers should just ignore that? What you interpret as pandering to the almighty dollar is just good business and giving the consumers what they’re asking for. No different than automobile manufacturers giving their consumers what they’re asking for. To do otherwise is just bad business and a recipe for bankruptcy. To assume that the purveyors of these enormously popular and profitable products are going to ignore their consumer’s preferences in deference to some loyalty to “the sport” is incredibly naïve and quaint. Do the automakers crank out the same vehicles that were popular "back in the day" because they're loyal motorheads? Strike two.

And your interpretation of the salary cap is ass-backwards. It was put in place for the same reason no one knows who Nikola Jokic is—small media markets. If Jokic was in New York or LA he’d be a household name. Small media markets can’t compete with big markets in generating revenue and paying salaries. Without a salary cap franchises in Denver and San Antonio couldn’t compete with New York and LA, so the salary cap creates parity and a level playing field. Nobody wants to see teams from the big media markets dominate because they can afford to pay more for the best players. Strike three.

And last, your comment about boomers is hilarious. I don’t watch pro sports much, but two of my sons in their 30’s are always talking them up and got me interested. And the rule changes in baseball and football aren’t the result of boomers losing interest in the old-school sports we grew up with, they’re the result of younger fans being bored with the games and not watching in droves. Adapt or go out of business. Apparently you favor the latter.

Paul, in all seriousness, here are the answers to your questions, in black and white. These data points came from sports.stats.com, an online library of sports statistics:

1) Average number of fouls per game by the Miami Heat during the regular season: 15.3

2) Average number of fouls per game by Miami Heat in the NBA Finals against the
World Champion Denver Nuggets: 152

3) Average number of fouls per possession by Miami Heat in the NBA Finals against
NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic: 14

4) Percentage of fouls actually called against Miami Heat in NBA Finals by the
Suck Ass Referees: 7.2%

So there you have it. Doesn't get much more obvious than this.

Nuggets are the first NBA I've watched or enjoyed in years. Loved sweeping the Lakers.

That was better than the finals. Almost.

Simple fact. If someone is in the paint with the ball heading for an easy layup, you foul them. Period.

That's true. My reply to Captain Paul was not serious.

Simple fact is that the Nuggets committed more fouls (cheating) than the Heat during the regular season. During the finals, the Heat averaged one foul per game more than they did during the regular season. Hardly getting their thug on.

As to Coach Spoelstra, his record is clearly better than Malone's.


.589 record vs. .546


Made playoffs in 12 of 15 seasons vs 5 of 10 seasons


Made Finals in 6 of 15 seasons vs 1 of 10


Won championship in 2 of 15 seasons vs 1 of 10


Finished 1st in division 9 of 15 years vs 3 of 10 seasons

I've heard he's an avid cyclist and looks smashing in Spandex.

Coincidence?

Haha