The problem with the regular season imo is that there are maybe 10 teams in the NBA worth watching. The rest of the teams are spending time tanking and it makes it pretty bad basketball to watch. The league has always been this way but I still watch because I'm a hoops junkie. The playoffs are great but unfortunately you rarely see upsets because usually in a Best of 7 series the best team typically wins. Still though the basketball is at least watchable because both teams play hard with their season on the line and a championship at stake.
with $$$ on it they do.
Yep all the Filipino side of my family loves watching basketball and even have favorite teams like the Celtics and Warriors that they've stuck with because they're good. I don't know why this is but I think its because basketball is easy to understand so they follow it. Also I live in the Bay Area and the Warriors have been fun to watch so everybody in my family pays attention to the Warriors.
Yes there are occasions where one game there is an upset but I was referring to series wins where you have a lower seeded team take down a heavily favored higher seeded team. It has happened but it doesn't happen often as only five teams have beaten a 1 seed since 1984 when the playoffs expanded to 16 teams. This is probably why hockey fans always say the NHL playoffs are better than the NBA playoffs because it happens there more often since there's more randomness in hockey.
Oh wow. You're a FilAm, JR?
Yeah I'm half Filipino. My mom is from Bagiuo City and all my cousins love basketball. They watch other sports but basketball is their favorite and one that I actually don't have to explain much about because they actually understand what they're watching for the most part.
Nice! Happy to know we have some Filipino blood here not only me lol. I've never been to Baguio but that's one of the famous tourist spots there. Have you visited the PH lately?
He acknowledged the other day that the end of his career is coming near. Max of 2 more yrs maybe.
Actually I've never been the Philippines in my life but maybe one day I'll go when my cousins go back home. As for NFL my cousins watch but I have to explain most of it to some of them who are just starting to watch it. They always ask me for my opinions on the game but they're just casual fans for the most part and don't bet on anything sports wise I don't think which is a good thing because I do have some family that likes to gamble on my moms side.
