Cowherd: The NBA needs a villain

[Copy Ninja]

I say again, Pats have a checkered history with the rule book and 9x out of 10, usually get away with it. Hell yea they will be seen as a villain. Give me a reason why any contending team in the league should be villains? They had villains in the league and they changed the rules to the shyt you're watching now

I just know from listening to dude that he always maintains that leagues are better when there are villains to root against. He said the same about the MLB when the Yankees were on their run too. Said the same shyt about Duke basketball

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

We don't need to draem anymore. Just need some time now. Not even this years draft picks.

To quote Drake "We gon see"

 

[Big Boss]

@Originalman

 

[mbewane]

NBA created this. Dunk hard and taunt a little bit, get a tech. Stare at a player, get a tech. Hard foul, get a flagrant. Play defense, get a foul. Battle for a rebound, same. Etc. It's gotten better this year imo, but years of this bs has led to players being bland and trying as hard as they can not to make any waves. Add to that the whole review shyt that sometimes takes hours and stops whatever emotion was in the game. All of this led to players -and fans- being less "involved" in the game or whatever. Plus this media environment where everyone is under constant scrutiny, starting even before they make the league for prospects. So they adapt to media instead of growing into their own personnality. Rookies come in and already sound and play like carbon-copies of vets. And also the fact that teams hardly even have an "identity" now, what with players changing teams often, style of play basically being the same all over the league.

The closest to a polarizing that we've had is Bron on the Heat and Kobe, who hardly played these past two years and is on his way out.Where are the Sheeds, Masons, Iversons, Millers, all those players who put emotion in the game and left it all on the floor, repercussions be damned? Most are too cool for school now. "It's a business". "It's just another game". Didn't that dude Mudiay or whatever his name actually say that he didn't even put pressure on himself to be the best he can be? The NBA wanted players with emotion out, they wanted a "clean" league, so here we are.

 

[Easy-E]

Cowherd got a good point. The NBA would be more interesting if for example Kobe & the Lakers were a legit title contenders I could root against.

Yea, a real "thug" "nigg*r" for wh- ... I mean, fans to eat up

 

[tremonthustler1]

Why we need bullshyt storylines in sports man? Media in 2016 so garbage they treat sports like its some fukking soap motherfukkers just can't enjoy the product always gotta have something extra. Cowherd the same fukko crying about Alabama not being a dynasty because they're boring yet he stay jacking off to that hype job ass USC era from the early 00's that produced bust galore and only won 1 real title.

Because guys watch sports the way housewives do.

And truth be told "the league needs a villain" is code for "dammit Lakers get it together "

It goes with what I said during the playoffs. A lot of these playoff teams have seen their best runs already. They're just taking up space. At least the East has some new blood in the mix but the West is a chore til the WCF.

Also, aside from possibly Detroit and Orlando, who are these young up and coming teams you gotta watch? Even the teams that suck aren't even entertaining at it. The most entertaining team in the league mostly blows teams out and if you're paying to watch them live you get 12 minutes of McAdoo, Rush, and Speights guaranteed.

All that said, a lack of a villain hasn't affected my view of the season. shyt, villain might not even be the right term. A true rival is more what Colin shoulda said

 

[FTBS]

It is hilarious how people try to make their own preferences into something bigger. Who was the villain in the 80/90s aka the NBA's most successful period?

 

[Tide Run This]

Because guys watch sports the way housewives do.

And truth be told "the league needs a villain" is code for "dammit Lakers get it together "

It goes with what I said during the playoffs. A lot of these playoff teams have seen their best runs already. They're just taking up space. At least the East has some new blood in the mix but the West is a chore til the WCF.

Also, aside from possibly Detroit and Orlando, who are these young up and coming teams you gotta watch? Even the teams that suck aren't even entertaining at it. The most entertaining team in the league mostly blows teams out and if you're paying to watch them live you get 12 minutes of McAdoo, Rush, and Speights guaranteed.

All that said, a lack of a villain hasn't affected my view of the season. shyt, villain might not even be the right term. A true rival is more what Colin shoulda said

Great post man a lot of these "contender" teams are straight up treadmill status or just trending downward. Ain't no one sitting around thinking "oh shyt I really think Toronto gonna make that push to the finals" this go around shyt is just predictable and coast mode during regular season.

 

[tremonthustler1]

It is hilarious how people try to make their own preferences into something bigger. Who was the villain in the 80/90s aka the NBA's most successful period?

Isiah Thomas

Reggie Miller

The Knicks and Heat were both heels if we're gonna be honest

 

[FTBS]

Isiah Thomas

Zeke didn't come into the league as a villain though. That didn't start until he cosigned Rodman and the whole Bad Boys thing popped off. Who was the villain in the early 80s and after the Pistons fell off?

 

[Tide Run This]

Isiah Thomas

Reggie Miller

The Knicks and Heat were both heels if we're gonna be honest

Damn whole East was back then besides Chicago and Orlando

 

[BLAZO da GAWD]

It's funny because before Lebron went back to Cleveland after losing to the Spurs; Cowherd was lobbying for Lebron to choose Cleveland. He claimed he wanted to see something new and exciting and that the Miami experience wore itself out. Now here we are into the Cleveland 2.0 experience and the NBA is boring as fukk outside of the Warriors, who Colin low key dislikes.

 

[SpursFanSinceNovember2017]

We have villains (Rockets, Clippers), just championship caliber villains.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

It's funny because before Lebron went back to Cleveland after losing to the Spurs; Cowherd was lobbying for Lebron to choose Cleveland. He claimed he wanted to see something new and exciting and that the Miami experience wore itself out. Now here we are into the Cleveland 2.0 experience and the NBA is boring as fukk outside of the Warriors, who Colin low key dislikes.

"You need people like me, so you can point your fingers and say there! That's the bad guy!"

-Pacino


"Yeah they'll boo us, but they'll pay to boo us"

-Dwyane Wade


League didn't realize how valuable that team was to the league since they spent 4 years teaching people to hate them while trying to help the cavaliers get better so a certain star could go back and contend there. Maybe they should have thought long term beyond just a few short seasons

 

[Broad Street Bully]

They just posted their best XMas Day Ratings in years and are coming off a record TV deal and dude is talking about how the ratings are hurting? One, TV ratings aren't what they used to be. Too many mediums to watch sports now that ratings just aren't accurate but more importantly, at the end of the day $$$ talks and if that TV deal says anything it's that the league is very popular and relevant regardless of whether or not there's a "villain."

That being said, Curry is a fukboy league face. I expect LeBron to snatch it back by the post-season especially with the way he/the Cavs have been playing their last few games, and then hopefully someone more deserving is in the picture 3-4 years from now when he declines.

"I don't ever bring up Steph Curry. I don't even hate him" - You plenty of times on this forum.

Breh...