I watch basketball
Jan. 21st, 2012 03:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23I am watching a lot of basketball this year. Although seeing a NBA game is improbable, I will make it to a college (mid major) game next month as well.
5-year old: Despite what NBC tries to tell you every Christmas, there's no more entertaining non-tourney/non-playoff basketball than 5 year olds. It resembles basketball, but also falls-count-anywhere pro wrestling (as in there is no real out-of-bounds) and football (boys picking up the ball and running with it). The game essentially consists of five boys holding both hands straight up. Shots resemble passes, and both coaches are on the court helping out and hoping shots get made (nothing Tim Donaghy didn't do). I don't think score is kept, but if it is, it's likely that I have been to baseball games where more points were scored.
8-year old: Something happens in three years that kids finally have mastered the skills. Sure, there are a few steps here and there that don't get called; and there's a lot of selfish shots when a pass would have been preferred. Okay, it sounds exactly like the NBA in those aspects.
High school: High school games were always more about seeing and being seen than anything about the actual game. Come to find out, it is still about the social aspect whether you are 15 or 35. The local team is undefeated and will be one of the better ones in the state. There were dunks and no-look passes; and both the boys and girls teams were taller than me- even with my post-high school growth spurt.
NBA Developmental League We have had minor league teams for about every sport, and this year was the first time, I have went since the team's inception. Though attendance isn't high, they are fun games. The players are near top-level talented, though I am not quite sure how many you will see in the NBA (as far as I can tell, it's not an obvious step like Minor League Baseball, but it seems like more make it to the pros than Arena Football). The team now has one of the more likely players to make the jump- Iowa State point guard Curtis Stinson. Stinson had an impressive college career, played overseas, and has lit the NBADL on fire- winning NBADL MVP last year.
5-year old: Despite what NBC tries to tell you every Christmas, there's no more entertaining non-tourney/non-playoff basketball than 5 year olds. It resembles basketball, but also falls-count-anywhere pro wrestling (as in there is no real out-of-bounds) and football (boys picking up the ball and running with it). The game essentially consists of five boys holding both hands straight up. Shots resemble passes, and both coaches are on the court helping out and hoping shots get made (nothing Tim Donaghy didn't do). I don't think score is kept, but if it is, it's likely that I have been to baseball games where more points were scored.
8-year old: Something happens in three years that kids finally have mastered the skills. Sure, there are a few steps here and there that don't get called; and there's a lot of selfish shots when a pass would have been preferred. Okay, it sounds exactly like the NBA in those aspects.
High school: High school games were always more about seeing and being seen than anything about the actual game. Come to find out, it is still about the social aspect whether you are 15 or 35. The local team is undefeated and will be one of the better ones in the state. There were dunks and no-look passes; and both the boys and girls teams were taller than me- even with my post-high school growth spurt.
NBA Developmental League We have had minor league teams for about every sport, and this year was the first time, I have went since the team's inception. Though attendance isn't high, they are fun games. The players are near top-level talented, though I am not quite sure how many you will see in the NBA (as far as I can tell, it's not an obvious step like Minor League Baseball, but it seems like more make it to the pros than Arena Football). The team now has one of the more likely players to make the jump- Iowa State point guard Curtis Stinson. Stinson had an impressive college career, played overseas, and has lit the NBADL on fire- winning NBADL MVP last year.
