Driving back from the deer lease this morning, I learned that the NBA owners and players have probably struck a deal so that there will be an NBA season this year. The first thing I thought was that I should get some tags. I've never shot an NBA.
Then I realized that the station was talking about basketball, and I tuned them out. No one with a brain gives a damn about basketball. Little boys play it in the winter when it's too cold to go outside, and girls play it. It's a silly little game, and one without a lot of class. I certainly don't see any class in the professional players, unless we're talking about the criminal class. I don't watch it, don't care to follow it, and damn sure don't go to the games. I go to the occasional high-school game, but when I do, I'm in uniform.
Basketball is even more mindless than soccer, but at least soccer is played outside int he weather. They're both silly games that girls play. Neither should be considered a sport.
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I remember decades ago when I watched actual talent on the basketball court. Passing and dribbling were done with finesse and the team didn't consist of Jolly Green Giants who shouldn't miss a basket if they were blindfolded. The idea was to score without body contact, relying instead on actual talent.
That unfortunately evolved into a sport of mugging on the hardwood.
I haven't watched it in years.
Wow, I thought I was the only person who thought basketball and soccer were wastes of time. I've gone to one pro basketball game, several hours and about a hundred bucks I'll never get back, and seen a bit of soccer on teevee. Won't need to spend any time on either again. I feel pretty much the same about pro football and baseball. I'd much rather go camping and fishing or hunting.
There is only one sport.
Football.
There is only one Football.
Redskins football.
'nuff said.
I tend to agree with Hemingway, who said “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” The only human activity I'd add to Hemingway's list would be dangerous game hunting.
Pro basketball has de-evolved into "My gangstas can beat your gangstas."
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