Jimmy V

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by whodey17

Jimmy V was a great man with a great attitude on life. However, the games that are part of the Jimmy V Classis are awful. College b-ball is getting worse and worse every year. It is almost like watching glorified high schoolers take the court. Horrible shooting, horrible ball movement, horrible rebounding and horrible court spacing. Good thing Jimmy V was such a great man because they game he loved so much is going down the tubes.

i agree, i can't watch much of it anymore. the 3 pter has ruined the game. they used to score more points without the 3's. the game has NO flow.

[whodey17]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

i agree, i can't watch much of it anymore. the 3 pter has ruined the game. they used to score more points without the 3's. the game has NO flow.

The game is almost gotten to the point to where you pass the ball and shoot a 19 footer. No inside game at all.

[MaTH716]

This is why the Americans have trouble in these big international tourneys. American basketball is either a 3 or a dunk. No movement, no pick and rolls etc. While the rest of the world is passing all over the place, taking high percentage shots and playing strong defense, the U.S. is either slammng or chucking. The kids today should stop watching today's NBA and get some tape of 80's basketball, then maybe they would learn a thing or two.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

This is why the Americans have trouble in these big international tourneys. American basketball is either a 3 or a dunk. No movement, no pick and rolls etc. While the rest of the world is passing all over the place, taking high percentage shots and playing strong defense, the U.S. is either slamming or chucking. The kids today should stop watching today's NBA and get some tape of 80's basketball, then maybe they would learn a thing or two.

the 70's ucla or unc controlled fast break. indiana's motion offense and half court defense. "old" georgetown's full court defense for the entire game or the run and gun show of unlv and their pressure defense.

[MaTH716]

Two things,
As a Knick fan growing up, I hated the Celtics. Especially Larry Bird! I used to wish bad things on him. Now after trying to watch an NBA game the other night, I yern to see Larry Bird play again. I was a stupid kid, I didn't realize how awesome that guy was. He did it all. He played the game it way it was meant to be played. Now a days, it is about your tatoo's and if your house is big enough to be on MTV Cribs.

The second thing, with the way I relate the U.S. palying against the rest of the world. I would assume that most of us here have played in some sort of basketball league when we were younger. There was always a team in the league of older, overweight, balding guys and your first impression of them was that "you were going to run them out of the f'n gym". Guess again, the fat guys always made the extra pass, took the high percentage shot and made all their free throws. The next thing you knew you were trying to figure out how you lost by 18. It seems latley that's what happens to the US. They are just not a good fundamental team.