I just read your heading didn't read the post, because

all nbl teams and the nbl game is boring.

only clowns that watch it are family members of the league and kids of parents that can't afford fox or nba pass.

I understand where you're coming from Baller, but I see a different reason for it . I've been a season ticket holder since 1985, and have seen many different things over time; for me the thing that's missing now is SA born and bred players. We've gone from having a team full of SA players in the mid to late eighties(plus imports) to having only 1 or 2 now, and they're not frontline players like Pearce,Ali,Mc kay, Maher etc.
I'm not involved at local level anymore, so I can't say wether the players are going OSeas or to different comps

agreed with your last comment anon

i disagree after watching some Eurocup games the past few days, i reckon the NBL is really lively. Its amazing what a good crowd can do

If you are bored with it don't watch it.
Watch soccer instead. Or cricket. it doesn't matter what sport you watch these days, most of them have become so professional that there is very little flair or personality shown by players. Every player has a role to play and every team and sport needs to keep a clean image to keep the sponsors dollars coming in.

Even Aussie Rules, once a fiece combat sport now has developed styles of play which are boring, lots of short sideways or backwards kicks to avoid any chance of a contested play.

Soccer and any variation of rugby all have long periods of play where nothing happens.

I think the interest is in appreciating the various skills on display. The excitement comes from caring about the result.

I'm loving the up tempo 36ers game at the moment!

Amazing to see that some people that consider the game and the Sixers to be boring posting on a basketball forum expressing their dis interest. I would say F&C* off. The NBL and the Sixers don't need token fans like you both.

"imagine the excitement if the sixers had two nba level imports who could play/ dunk and get the crowd involved!"

- this comment makes me laugh. its like this; if you attend a wedding and don't get involved and then claim you didn't enjoy it, whos fault is that?

I had 3 guys sit next to me last year, they moved to the south side cos they thought the group we are in, were weird. difference was, they sat there and criticized every play, every move and every substitution. we feel that making some noise, cheering even when not playing well has its benefits.

im not sure why you don't find it like last year, however like others have dually said; if u don't like it, find another sport. 36ers have 24000 likes, 24000 people don't attend matches! add yourself to the list perhaps

GWB/Baller how many games have you been to this season? Watching it on the TV is not the same as being there!

Really enjoy watching Adelaide. They play at the fastest pace in the league which is entertaining

swish +1

As a reflection of this view, several years ago a visitor from the USA was telling me about his experience of his first Aussie Rules footy game. In his view, the tactics used by the winning team (the Crows, as it happened) were the same as used by Spain in winning the soccer World Cup a year previously.

You commonly hear commentators lamenting that their sport has been spoiled by teams adopting tactics from other sports. All those Aussie Rules commentators complaining about too much handball and the game looking like basketball! That's been the impact of professionalising sports. Analysis to understand what works and what doesn't, then the coaches coach to the formula and the player have to play to it.

The interesting thing has been the different custodians of professional games now always looking for rule and other changes to make the games more attractive and entertaining for customers, to compensate for the perceived problems some of the tactics create. e.g., the NBL's changes in refereeing last year; the AFL's banning of the intentional running of the ball through for a behind; soccer's penalising of dives.

So I'm with swish. The entertainment comes from enjoying the quality of the skills on offer or having an emotional stake in seeing who wins.

That's also why people pay to watch professional poker and darts, by the way. So if you find something boring and thousands of other people don't, then it's probably more about you than the sport. Go 36ers!

The OP may be missing something which has been changing the sporting landscape in basketball and other sports that rely on closing down an opposing team with clinical and team defence.

While we have acknowledged the facts that coaches are adapting and scouting better than ever and the rules or the officials are trying to adapt to this and make the game (and other sports) more attractive for the viewer; there is something people are forgetting and that something is unavoidable...

Technology!

The amount of video and the ease with which sports coaches and scouts are able to analyse information on other teams, their players and the way they play is astounding and it is only getting bigger.

My point it simply this, we are in an age of technology that is taking over faster than we can comprehend ( me anyways ) and sport in some ways benefits from this, but in other ways it may not be what we were used to...

Woot, is this the thread when we are allowed to stick the boot into Adelaide?

*Hits Adelaide down a bit

Damn boring city. Churches, parks... fun times


Anyway, I dont think the NBL boring at all. When you have a Monster version overseas of course you are going to find the local scaled down version a bit.. well.. boring at times.

Like Ive said in other posts, I just became a Wildcats members for the first time ever. I go to games not just for the baskeball experience but because of the atmosphere and the game day experience I get. I know next to nothing about the rules of the game. I just enjoy the spectacle.

I find NBA boring for the most part. I sometimes wish that they would just play basketball. The uncontested dunks from constant iso plays with no real defence doesn't excite me. Plus, they play way too many games which lessens their importance, with teams often posting their performances in.

I follow NBA results and watch game highlights occasionally, but rarely watch games until the playoffs.

Give me the NBL, which I can support closely, locally and in person, any day.

+1 XY

I hate to say this being from Perth but todays Wildcats game was boring.