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All-In [38125]
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The NBA All-Star "Game" Stinks
Feb 16, 2020, 9:25 PM
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I'm watching it with my son. Otherwise I would be watching the George Washington mini series on the History Channel. I'm recording it, so I'll watch it tomorrow.
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Why watch?
Feb 16, 2020, 9:56 PM
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The nba sucks. Period.
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Re: Why watch?
Feb 16, 2020, 10:03 PM
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I always have people tell me the NBA is more popular than Clemson Football. And I know people wouldn't lie to me, yet, I always run into people who watch Clemson football but never into anyone who watches the NBA.
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Re: Why watch?
Feb 17, 2020, 7:07 AM
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The Chinese love Clemson football.
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Because NBA players are the best athletes on the planet?***
Feb 16, 2020, 11:59 PM
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Legend [16158]
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Who wants to watch the best players play?***
Feb 17, 2020, 11:48 AM
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Re: The NBA All-Star "Game" Stinks
Feb 16, 2020, 10:18 PM
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No defense or hustle. Changed the set up this year where each quarter each team is competing for a charity. So one charity gets 100k and the other gets 0 or is there some kind of smaller amount they give to non wining charity.
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The non-winning charity still received $100k***
Feb 16, 2020, 11:58 PM
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Heisman Winner [105574]
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The 4th quarter of that All Star game was incredible
Feb 16, 2020, 11:57 PM
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Guys taking charges, hustling back on defense, coaches drawing up plays, arguing calls, etc. With the new format the 4th quarter made that All Star game the best I’ve ever seen.
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Orange Blooded [2030]
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GWP Tiger is spot on ... the 4th quarter was GREAT!
Feb 17, 2020, 1:54 AM
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The charity set up is beneficial and some kids there rooting for their cause made the game worthwhile. Players really wanted to win. Some folks on Tnet just do not like the NBA. To each his own.
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Magic spoke about him, Jennifer Hudson sang a
Feb 17, 2020, 11:41 AM
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song to honor him, Common made rhymes about him, Team Giannis all wore his number while Team Lebron all wore Gigi's number, Kobe's number 24 was used to calculate the target score in the 4th quarter and the All Star Game MVP Award is now named after Kobe.
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Yeah - but what else ???***
Feb 17, 2020, 11:43 AM
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Well I didn't see the halftime show
Feb 17, 2020, 12:31 PM
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and I'm guessing Chance the Rapper probably did a tribute to Kobe then too.
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Is the NBA still in existence ?!?!?!
Feb 17, 2020, 8:47 AM
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I hadn't noticed.
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Second most popular sport in the World***
Feb 17, 2020, 11:50 AM
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I'm pretty sure that applies to professional basketball...
Feb 17, 2020, 1:08 PM
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across the globe and not just the NBA.
That stat is based largely on established professional leagues in places Spain, Greece, Turkey, Italy, France, Argentina, and China with more leagues being created every year.
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Do you travel internationally much? If you go to
Feb 17, 2020, 1:17 PM
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Europe or China, the NBA is immensely popular. Far more popular than any other sports league in the USA.
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Yep. I wonder how valuable Yao Ming was to the NBA?
Feb 17, 2020, 1:41 PM
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How many tens or hundreds of millions of extra revenue did he create for the league due to his immense popularity in China?
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Cricket is #2
Feb 17, 2020, 1:29 PM
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and table tennis is more popular than football. Doubles it in popularity.
Yay Sports!!
Top 10 Popular Sports
rank Sport Estimated Fans Regional Popularity 1. Soccer / Association Football 3.5 Billion Europe, Africa, Asia, America 2. Cricket 2.5 Billion Asia, Australia, UK 3. Basketball 2.2 Billion US, Canada, China, and the Philippines 4. Field Hockey 2 Billion Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia 5. Tennis 1 Billion Europe, Americas, and Asia 6. Volleyball 900 Million Asia, Europe, Americas, and Australia 7. Table Tennis 850 Million Asia, Europe, Africa and Americas 8. Baseball 500 Million US, Japan, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic 9 American Football/Rugby 410 Million/410 Million USA mainly/France, England, New Zealand, South Africa 10 Golf 390 Million Europe, Asia, America, Canada
https://sportsshow.net/top-10-most-popular-sports-in-the-world/
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All-TigerNet [13038]
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Cricket is so popular because 1.35 billion people live in
Feb 17, 2020, 2:07 PM
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India alone. Add in Pakistan and it's like 1.6 billion just in those two countries. That's 5x the population of the US just in those two countries.
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No offense, but those numbers are only estimates***
Feb 17, 2020, 3:02 PM
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Doesn't every all-star game suck?
Feb 17, 2020, 1:39 PM
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The only professional sports that have decent "all-star games" are ones like golf where there's very little chance of injury and the chance of injury doesn't increase along with the intensity of the game.
The NBA all-star game sucks, the MLB all-star game is slightly better because baseball is a non-contact sport, but it still kind of sucks, and the Pro Bowl is just awful Does anyone even watch the Pro Bowl?
The Ryder Cup is great though.
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Re: The NBA All-Star "Game" Stinks
Feb 17, 2020, 2:59 PM
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NBA six. Not allowed to be watched in my house. 95%thugs
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Re: The NBA All-Star "Game" Stinks
Feb 17, 2020, 3:09 PM
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When is it?
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95% thugs? That's an incredibly racist comment to make
Feb 17, 2020, 4:12 PM
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and it couldn't be more wrong. Those "thugs" played their butts off in the 4th quarter last night to win hundreds of thousands of dollars for local Chicago charities.
It's pretty unreal that someone would even make a comment like that.
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Re: The NBA All-Star "Game" Stinks
Feb 17, 2020, 4:41 PM
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After reading all of the replies, I came up with 2 responses: 1) I went to bed before the 4th quarter began. I watched it at lunch, and the 4th quarter was a pleasant surprise. They actually played to win. 2) I do like me some table tennis!!!
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Didn’t watch. I was too busy recreating a scene from Gran Torino.
Feb 17, 2020, 4:51 PM
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But I did dvr. Glad I did. 4Q sounds like it was great.
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