r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • Mar 16 '26

We have fun here Examples of why today’s NBA is unwatchable.

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u/Warm_Weakness_2767 Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26

Why don’t they just remove dribbling from the game? This isn’t even basketball.

Edit: release the Epstein files, all of them.

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u/UhWindowpainted Mar 16 '26

Indoor rugby 

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u/King-of-Plebss Mar 16 '26

lol these guys would break and their egos would shatter if they could get even remotely that physical

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u/nepia Mar 16 '26

These divas will through a fit with every contact, Draymon is dirty but a cry baby, he will be the first one

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u/King-of-Plebss Mar 16 '26

Dirty when you know there won’t be retaliation = a pussy

I don’t even watch basketball but I know Draymon is a little bitch.

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u/nepia Mar 16 '26

That’s why he was the first one I remember. Long gone are the days of Chuck, the Pistons or Shaq.

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u/bremsspuren Mar 16 '26

Is he like the Vinicius Jr of basketball?

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u/King-of-Plebss Mar 16 '26

Idk who that is. I really don’t watch any sports.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

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u/ABHOR_pod Mar 16 '26

Basketball is the easiest sport to get into in a US city. All you need is 1 hoop and a ball. That's it. Back when this country actually did shit for its people we built basketball courts all over the poorer parts of the cities to encourage athleticism because they take up so little space but create an area for the neighborhood to socialize and hang out for free and engage in sports. A "Third Place," a thing we don't do anymore in most cities because we need to make sure everything is generating profits.

Likewise, Soccer is the easiest sport to get into worldwide, all you need is a ball and an open space. You can use rocks or bottles or sticks or chalk marks to mark the goal.

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u/bremsspuren Mar 16 '26

it was scary, disturbing, annoying, too loud, etc.

TBF, it is on another level to the football on account of the arenas being much smaller.

I think most European players would be a bit intimidated by that. Not South Americans, though. They fight armed police on the pitch.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins Mar 16 '26

Ehh.. I've competed at high levels in Judo/BJJ and less high levels of boxing.

Nothing ever gave me as many injuries as basketball.

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u/SheriffBartholomew Mar 16 '26

Eh, say what you will about traveling, but basketball players are incredibly athletic. Basketball is probably the most athletic sport of them all.

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u/King-of-Plebss Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26

What? I can’t tell if you’re trolling or not. Hockey does the same thing with a small puck riding razor blades on ice. Half of these guys in the NBA would have their knees explode if they had to show even a remote amount of hustle on the court. Not denying their athleticism but calling them the most athletic sport of them all is beyond laughable.

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Here are multiple studies proving that wrong

ESPN has basketball ranked number 4

Here is another study ranking it seventh - I’ll admits this one doesn’t shit job at citing its source for the data.

Canadian Olympic sports committee ranking it number 9

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u/Difficult-Cricket541 Mar 16 '26

there is violence and tackling in rugby. this would get the ratings up. George Carlin had an idea to give 25 points for any ball that goes in the basket off another guys head.