Top 10 Things Messed Up’d With the NBA

1.THE FLOP: Where do I start, or who do I start with? Thanks to Manu, Anderson “Side Show” and Shane Battier and others from past and present, you have made the game worse. I hate watching games where players flop and act like they get hurt after every play. I put the blame on the REFS just as much as the players for this one. Here’s a list of the worst, Laimbeer, Diva, Stockton, Miller, Rodman, Ginobili, Varejao, Ainge, Bell, Horry.
2.THE NECESSARY FLOP: Thanks to the king of floppers (and we all know who you are) teams are forced to flop to get calls or make up on calls. Teams are now practicing flop drills so they can get the call their way and incorporating something that shouldn’t be in the game into the game.
3.THE ASSUMPTION CALL: Refs really need to look into this one. When a ref calls a foul because he’s anticipating contact, it doesn’t mean it’s a foul. Refs need to take their time and make the right call. If it takes them a second or two to run the play in their head again and then make the call, then go for it. I know fans will go off if the fouls not called instantly because it’s assumed it’s a late call, but please allow the refs to make a call on what they see and not what they assume.
4.PUMP FAKE, THEN I JUMP INTO YOU: Thank you Kobe Bryant. You are the best at almost everything in the game, and especially doing this. This needs to be called an offensive foul. It’s when a player pump fakes a jumper and the D man goes for it and leaves his feet to block it. When the shooter see’s the defender jump into the air, he jumps into the defender and shoots the ball. I hate that. Back in the day people would fake, once the defender left his feet, they would drive and dunk…
5.THE COMMENTATORS: Both on national TV and especially on NBA League Pass. Most of the guys don’t even say half of they player’s names right.
6.WHO ME? WHAT DID I DO? This is for all the fools in the NBA that fouls someone and smiles or looks so surprised that the ref called something on them. Tim Duncan, you hack so wipe that stupid smirk off your face before Joey Crawford beats your trash.


7.DEFENSIVE 3 SECONDS: This gets called way too much and was put into the game to speed it up, but in reality it slows it down because it’s called so much.
8.DAVID STERN: He’s done a lot for the game and I’ll give him that, but quit trying to make everything a huge money deal and remember the game of “Basketball.” I still can’t get over the ball change you tried to do last year. Tardnuckle.

9.NBA ALL STAR VOTES: Fans vote for the All Stars, what could be the problem? Well, first off there’s a lot of stupid people out there. Second off, fans are going to have a bias opinion and vote for players on their team. Large market teams will get the majority of the votes and the starters. It’s simple, the BEST players should be the All Stars.
10.WHERE’S THE TOUGHNESS AT? From what I understand, NBA players used to be tough as hell. I watch a good amount of NBA Greatest Games from back in the day, and the players were fouled a lot more and didn’t complain. But the thing that gets me is how much time players will miss for minor injuries. MJ would play his best games when he was feeling under the weather. How many of you have fantasy basketball teams and get player updates informing you that your player will miss the game because of the flu? WTF people, grow some balls. Play tough. T-Mac, you’re the worse at this, so wipe those puppy dog pouting eye’s and play, and play when you only need a band-aid.