Is the NBA the WORST league in America?
359293
Yes, and my state also has the honor of the WORST record in the NBA.\n\nLadies & Gentlemen, I give you the Portland "Jail"-Blazers...
277499
i think it went down after the michael jordan era. what the nba needs now is a rivalry like the bird-magic rivalry to spice up the nba or another dynasty like the bulls. hopefully this. basically without a player as dominant as jordan or a rivalry like the celtics lakers in the 80's the popularity really went down.
355933
pitiful. in Europe, their futbol is as popular as our football, baseball, basketball and hockey combined. Fans have both killed, and been killed over the game. the entire professional entertainment world revolves around the Premier League scheduling. In the US? name 5 of the professional soccer teams in the US.....
971168
who cares...nba needs to come off the air...it sucks...it's nothing but a bunch of pissy millionaires complaining about not getting the ball enough...oh wait, that's football too...oh well nevermind, go Pistons!
5997
Since NYC is my hometown, I won't choose the Knicks..hehe!  \n\nThe worst team this year is definitely the Atlanta Hawks.  Joe Johnson was not the answer...
418180
I think that the English Premier League is the best league in the world and the teams are the most competitive. The soccer (football) they play is all round good and all the teams have very talented players........\n\nThe spanish league has very high class players but it's not competitive enough.\n\nThe Italian league although diplaying attractive soccer tends to bore after a while because every team concentrates on defence towards the end of the game. (The Italians specialize in defence tatics)\n\nThe German league although highly physical and fast moving is very monotonous and unattractive to watch.\n\nThe South Americans (Especially Brazil) play freestyle soccer. But most of their best players are in Europe so it's only good to watch them in international matches.
327317
The U.S. simply doesn't have the talent or speed to handle other teams around the world. You know a team will suck if their best player plays in the MLS. Oh and the NFL sucks the big one, NFL is almost or as gay as high school wresting.
272556
Can't imagine anyone who'd rather see an NBA game than an NFL one.  The NFL probably has more fans, and certainly has more sports fans.  You can't see better football anywhere. The NBA is a circus, a lot of people who play basketball have no interest at all in the NBA, would rather see a street game or certainly an NCAA game.  No defense allowed, hype, forgiveness of all kinds of ball handling and dribbling violations, six steps for a dunk, etc.  teams of NBA so-called superstars are destroyed by foreign teams, put together a team of Serbs and Lithuanians and you can beat any NBA selection in the past ten years!
44150
The same reason that the NBA or MLB doesn't follow any international governing body set of rules. The leagues themselves are the pre-eminent and most profitable leagues in the world and make just a ton of money. They will play by whatever rules suit them the best and what they feel will continue to make them the most money.\n\nIn Movie terms, it is equivilant to the immortal line from Sierra Madre, "Badges, We don't need no stinkin Badges"
1042516
Probably not.  Michael Jordon brought ruin to basketball with his selfish play.  Passed the "If I get it I will shoot" type of play on to Kobe of the Colorado fame and it has spread throughout the NBA like a Texas wildfire.  Larry Bird was a team player with exceptional talents.  Oh where, Oh where have the team players gone.  Basketball has become as individualized as a Mexican Bullfight.
1081191
I hate to be the devils advocate here, but nobody that matters in America likes soccer, or football, or futbol, or whatever other names there are for it. Its viewed in LARGE part to be a sport for children, immigrants, homosexuals, and oddly enough, overpaid, underqualified prep schools. The simple fact is, it sucks. Its nothing at all like the sports we have here, which are, mainly, contact sports (even baseball has more legal contact than soccer). I dont want to waste my time or money watching an incredibly boring sport where a bunch of metrosexuals chase after eachother and a ball (but any contact whatsoever is severely punished), and then they kick that little ball at this enormous net guarded by one dude, but still manage to miss 90% of the time. I mean, wtf?! The scores should be, like, 40-39.
678000
Hate is such a harsh word. \nThe Lakers and the Spurs suck compared to the Pistons. Last year, the Spurs just got a break from crooked officials.
1082688
No, I don't think so. I mean, in 2002, they got to the Quarter Finals, so they're pretty  good. Even though they've never won, can you blame them? In America, soccer ( football ) is not the biggest sport played. It is Baseball, Football, and Basketball. The US soccer league ( MLS ) is not as big and rich as the NBA, or the NFL or the MLB, so you can't really get much fame off of it. In my opinion, USA should keep on trying and may eventually get to the finals.
1014617
Yes i agree. I have already had a real problem watching NBA because of when the lakers won two championships by drawing fouls and running over people(shaq). Now that i have see first hand the tyranny of the NBA refs, why would i wanna watch a game where the commissioner fines people for no reason. (example Dirk: he was mad at himself no reason to fine him) The commissioner is getting ridiculous but i do agree with fining Mark Cuban, GET OFF THE COURT. \n\nThe refs call fouls for the stars. This fact was very obvious for "the next Jordan" in the whole series but especially last night where at least two times no one touched him at all and he still got the call. It is the same for Kobe and others. I loved seeing the Pistons beat the lakers, they were a true team just like the mavs spurs. It seems the NBA just wants money but no big surprise there.\n\nIf you want a real game I suggest go play pick up ball or watch College because you won't find it in the NBA in any more.
574731
most american ppl dont watch MLS. football, baseball and basketball is where it's at
125330
Baseball isn't number 1 in America, not anymore.  Football and basketball have both surpassed it, probably because there's not as much scandal in those sports, and they're more fun to watch.
464883
AL is the better league because it is the most competitive.  All 3 divisions in the AL will be competitive while you look in the NL where the West is up for grabs and probably St.Louis and NY Mets will win their divisions.  In the AL there is more than a couple of teams in each division who can beat you and probably the divisions won't be decided until the final weeks of the season