>who cares about teamwork, strategy, effort or nuance when you can just chuck the ball towards the basket from 30 ft away with a defender in your face and it's the most efficient play in the game
sad to say bros but i think it's time we found a different sport. basketball had a good run but it's pretty clearly run its course.
You think it is easy to shoot an NBA 3 off the dribble with superathlete Russell Westbrooks hand in your face? Idiot, that takes a shit ton of effort. You are a worm compared to the GOAT Curry.
Caleb Jones
>I rate curry
Thomas Thomas
It's time to do something to the rules. I can't stand watching basketball if they're going to play this way. Bring back the old illegal defense rules.
Asher Jenkins
Don't forget the fact that because both blacks and white guys like steph the Golden Boys get favored in every possible situation
Brody Johnson
It's over. You go to a park and everyone's jacking up 3's. Tall guys. Short guys. No post play. No mid range game. No pick and roll. The sport is dead.
Ryder Russell
If it's so easy why don't other teams do it?
Nathan Roberts
Your tears are delicious
Feed me more
Carson Torres
learn to defend the perimeter, memelord
Josiah Hernandez
>who cares about teamwork, strategy, effort or nuance when you can just be a giant baboon and charge at the basket while flopping at the slightest contact and it's the most efficient play in the game
sad to say bros but i think it's time we found a different sport. basketball had a good run but it's pretty clearly run its course.
Kevin Wright
the problem is, chucking it from far away gets you more points.
fix your damn sport niggers
James Torres
Basketball has always been fucking garbage
Thank you Golden State for effectively killing this god-awful nigger and wigger sport
Jordan Jones
>he thinks there's no teamwork strategy or nuance in creating these three point shots
Carson Baker
>shooing the ball is bad for basketball
Someone get a seismologist, Sup Forumss anal ravaging is off the charts
Brayden Ward
the 3 point line was a mistake
Carter Stewart
But that's not the most efficient play in the game because you don't get three points :^)
Benjamin Gomez
casuals get out. if you dont understand basketball go back to the 12 people that still watch boreball in /mlb/
Cooper Morales
guess you weren't born yet during the isoball era. this is refreshing shit desu and you guys who complain are retards.
Jack Perez
im not a basketball fan by any stretch but the few games ive watched ive always wondered why they dont just throw 3 pointers all game
i should have coached basketball, could've done something with life
Colton Brooks
Here's your (you)
Matthew Johnson
Thompson started 0/7
maybe get your own efficient offense, and the hail marys wont matter as much
Nathaniel Young
Its simple.
Do what hockey teams do.
Get a bunch of goons or thugs in this case and knock em in the mouth.
William Sanchez
fucking basketball fans would rather have a game where everyone just does no-talent dunks rather than sink a 3-pointer that actually takes some skill
Gabriel Cook
I say we start by getting rid of the negros.
Then we go back to knee high socks and short shorts pulled up past the belly button.
Joshua Green
Exactly. It's been nothing but big men driving. Nice to see some shooters.
Isaiah Morris
>Implying Curry is not also one of the most efficient scorers inside the paint.
Nolan Butler
mad cuz bad
Evan Perry
should make dunks only 1 point then
Colton Collins
>objective of the sport is to put the ball in the basket >is really good at putting the ball in the basket >BASKETBALL IS DEAD, TIME TO FIND A NEW SPORT
someone explain this to me
Josiah Sanchez
>chuck 3's
Anthony Parker
your sport is trash for two reasons
1. distance = more points 2. no one bothers to learn to make mid-range jumpers
you either have a manlet chucking 3s or a big nigger dunking
literally no in between because in between means phantom fouls
Jace Gonzalez
Watching Ron Artest knock Harden the fuck out was one of the highlights of my time as an NBA fan.
Oliver Gutierrez
Basketball was the best when you just saw Shaw dominate. What a beast
Evan Stewart
you live by the 3. you die by the 3. see the 08-09 Magic
Jason Clark
lmao basketball players are so soft, they take an accidental bump and they go down like a train hit them
Brandon Myers
How mad was lebron Jesus Christ that was bs
Zachary Morris
>OKC >teamwork >strategy >effort
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Alexander Hall
finally white bois can play bball again
Colton Long
I don't watch basketball because I can't stand it but it always seemed to me that on anything but a dunk or a layup, the defender pointlessly flails around and the guy with the ball just shimmys around until he finally decides to shoot the ball, with no resistance whatsoever.
I'm sure it's nowhere near as easy as it looks but it just strikes me as ridiculous. Shoot, miss or score, run to other side of court, shoot, run back, rinse repeat x 1000
Nathan Foster
yes 08-09 Magic started this whole era of basketball
Joseph Barnes
HHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHA HE THOUGHT THE GSW WOULD LOSE
Oliver Taylor
If we're gonna chuck, we should go back to the PAUL WESTPHAL SYSTEM days where regulation game scores were 150 to 140
Easton Diaz
they definitely have effort desu
Nathaniel Allen
90% of NBA championships were won by teams that had a star center or a star who was a great jumpshooter.
Lebron won his rings AFTER he became a good mid range shooter. Lost when he lost his shot again. Kobe, Dirk, MJ --- all elite mid range shooters.
Midrange becomes the most valuable because its the shot they'll always give you. In the playoffs, team defenses are designed to take away the driving lane and the 3 point, so midrange shooters become extremely valuable.
Exception are these Warriors, but then again, Curry is also a very good midrange shooter.
Andrew Reyes
So let me get this straight...
You would rather see lebron or KD or westbrook drive the net and draw a foul every 2 minutes, then see shots created from the outside?
Everyone says "chuck" but do you really think its easy to shoot a 27 footer with a 6'11 guy in your face?
And to the retard who said this style of ball has no strategy, did you miss every pick and slip Curry and Klay used to create space? Do you even know what the fuck a slip is?
I know /nba/ appeals to the lowest common denominator but jesus christ learn2basketball. This style of ball is far better, and far more impressive, than the days of hurrdurr AI/Kobe/Lebron push the paint, draw the foul, shoot their 2 pts, rinse and repeat. For fucks sake.
Henry Long
What ever happened to the Pistons of the nba? Even Jordan was scared of them.
Tyler Adams
Defending a shooter is usually about disrupting his vision and not allowing him to move to a comfortable position, not actually trying to get a block. But you should always threaten a block if you can.
Owen Martinez
are you actually trying to intelligently discuss sports on Sup Forums?
what the fuck is wrong with you, user?
Adam Nguyen
I rate Curry
Aaron Barnes
As are Iguodala, Green, Thompson, Livingston, and a bunch of other guys are decent at least. Thats no problem for GSW.
Michael Smith
Playing like that became illegal, you get a flagrant 2 for doing that shit now.
Nolan Allen
How dirty were they?
Gavin Murphy
Sup Forums doesn't realize that if you don't have a 6'7+ superstar on your team, then you have to have impeccable fundamentals to be competitive. GSW are the best team in the league and they're playing with excellent ball movement and tempo. It's a major breath of fresh air for any person who grew up playing basketball learning how the game is supposed to be played, then seeing the NBA with all these superstars who don't even have discipline because they are supernaturally gifted with athleticism. I fucking hate Sup Forums even though it should all just be memes, but it really isn't. 99% of the people on this board are absolute fucking morons.
Nolan Miller
Man, Sup Forums used to be a great place to discuss sports... even with all of the memes we had intelligent discourse. Now its just
>JUST >kys >apologize >I rate >bad song lyrics
where did Sup Forums go?
Gavin Phillips
>>bad song lyrics
That one is actually pretty funny, especially after a big choke.
Jacob Young
>he doesn't know that 90% of this board is ironic shitposts
wew
Cooper Fisher
Steph is literally driving niggas mad lmao
Ryder Garcia
I see. Didn't think of it that way. The shooter just makes the shot seem so effortless that it seems like there's no defense.
Jose Martin
>OKC >teamwork, strategy, effort or nuance E B I N B I N
Isaiah Wright
I'm a lacrosse guy but I love basketball because they're really similar. I was reading somewhere that basketball today is basically a game where everyone focused on become freak athletes and ignored the skills of the game and so now things like strategy, team work, etc. are not only ignored but actually frowned upon by fans and when they are done right its hated by everyone.
Jeremiah Adams
Why couldn't a defender just goal tend the basket when ever cury is on the court. Sure your down a man in the offence but it be easy to just swat them away from that distance
Josiah Wright
That illegal
Hudson Myers
>he doesn't know that this board did not used to be that way a few years ago but has degenerated into a lyl factory shithole on the levels of /s4s/ and Sup Forums
Christian Gomez
Those Pistons were historic defensively. No current team has the personnel to recreate the Bad Boys. You had guys like Rodman and Dumars who were perennial DPOY contenders. Tough guys like Laimbeer, Mahorn and Salley who knock you on your ass. They had a deep bench with specalized players like Vinny Johnson and James Edwards. Finally, an elite PG, one of the best of all time in Isiah.
In terms of uniqueness, they're up there with any other champion team in history.
As for what happened to them, they got knocked out by the Bulls (swept) and Isiah declined quickly. Rodman went crazy, and they soon became 1st round fodder.
Adrian Gray
moar
Jason Harris
3 pointers > meme slamdunks
Oliver Rodriguez
Not the mention the 2000s rules have destroyed any possibility of a team being able to play like that anymore.
Carter Wood
...
Sebastian Mitchell
Nba soumds really one dimentional
Ayden Campbell
O please fuck off Mexican. There is no skill in shooting 3s you retarded manlet mintory
Aaron Martinez
>There is no skill in shooting 3s you retarded manlet mintor
You are trying way too hard at this, user.
Benjamin Cooper
Lol, k, go suck off your big black bulls you worship then
Colton Mitchell
>Why don't defenders just walk under shots a la Bruce Bowen? They only call common fouls for that
Ryan Bailey
Please see
Evan Watson
And this is only the beginning of 3-ball hegemony. It's only gonna get worse from here.
Jose Moore
if they don't have teamwork, strategy and effort why didn't they concede 100 points today?
Alexander Myers
Did you just not watch a game where warriors didnt shoot any midrange jumpers (maybe 2) and just chucked 3s to the win?
The fuck are you talking about
David Reed
Like I said, the Warriors (Curry basically) are the exception.
Hudson Fisher
>westbrook 7/21
damn
Jonathan Johnson
I honestly kind of would, yes. Big man play is my favorite part of basketball. For me, it's much more interesting to see centers and power forwards battle under the basket. It's more dramatic, it's more intense, and it's more physical, which is how I like all my sports. Not to mention that I think low post play is a thing of beauty.
Michael Cooper
Steph has literally 90% of the league assblasted as fuck
>sign bruce bowen to a 10 day contract >have him do his famous slide the foot under the foot of the shooter while hes coming down from his shot and fuck currys glass ankle up for good
Hudson Flores
The way the rules are now, they have killed that game. So your options are Warriors 3-ball, or Lelbron drives the net and shoots foul shots every possession. The refs will not tolerate that type of physical play anymore. Its unfortunate but that is how it is.
And to be frank, this style of offense is not really new. Steph Curry is playing the part of Reggie Miller with the 90s Pacers, or Bird with the Celtics. Great shooters with quick releases are not a new invention, its just that we've never seen 2 guys together like that. Imagine if Bird and Miller or Ray Allen had played together how unstoppable they would have been.
Long story short, as long as you have excellent 3 point shooters who have quick releases and know how to pick/slip on the perimeter, you're gonna have this "chuck" style of basketball everyone wants to complain about.
Asher Roberts
so you like sweaty big black men grinding themselves up inside the paint
I see
Jacob Thomas
Then go be a coach.
Good luck trying to find a big man with the stamina to run up and down the floor like they do now.
Basketball is much more fluid now and infinitely more entertaining. Thank god isoball died in the 90s.
Luke Powell
>Big man play is my favorite
Nigga, you gay.
Anthony Gomez
you a lowkey cuck
Hunter Williams
>did you miss every pick and slip Curry and Klay used to create space? Do you even know what the fuck a slip is?
You mean illegal screens
Ryder Moore
Well I want the rules changed back. I think David Stern ruined the NBA.
Evan Barnes
What is illegal about them?
Jacob Adams
>play a meme team that plays with a strategy thats super obvious >paid millions to win games >dont try to stop this strategy after playing 6 str8 games
If you played jordan 1on1 for a million he would block your shots if you started chucking threes from half court so why cant Westbrook do the same.
Connor Martinez
>who cares about teamwork, strategy, effort or nuance
Top kek Warriors have all that
Easton Phillips
>ass hurt beaners detected Feels great not to have my skin color resemble that of shit. Also for the illiterate, if I'm calling him a minority that actually couldn't furhtdt imply that I font worship bulls you retarded cuck, projecting is a thing and you are proving that you miserable balding piece of shit
Colton Morales
Because the other players have practiced the right way their whole lives.
Isaiah Young
>who cares about teamwork 30 assists per game >strategy Best ball movement in basketball, had tons of different plays to use >effort or nuance Had one of the deepest teams in basketball
Terrible job, terrible effort.
Mason Robinson
Teamwork is still necessary, you have to pass properly to get the best shot available. Strategy is still necessary, you need to create good plays to get the best 3 point shot possible. Effort is obviously required. Nuance exists even if you can't see it. Proper handles and footwork are critical to getting a good 3 point shot off.