The NBA: I Hate This Game


For a long time the NBA's had the slogan "I Love This Game."  Well as devout an NBA fan as there is, here are 8 things I Hate about this game (in no particular order):
  1. Players arguing after EVERY foul call.  (LeBron, Bean Bryant, even Perk).  Know what I wish?  There were 400 Robert Parishs' in the league.  Remember when Chief got called for a foul?  He'd never react.  If he ever did, then the refs knew he was seriously upset.
  2. The drop from the court to where the players and fans sit at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.  Ever notice that?  It's like an 8 or 10 inch drop.  Of course if one of the Cavs ever turned their ankles trying to save a loose ball maybe it'd serve a purpose.
  3. The number of times JJ Hickson hangs on the rim after dunks and never gets called for technicals.
  4. Anderson Varejao (notice a pattern here with the Cleveland stuff?)
  5. Where the term "Big" began to be used instead of "Big Man."
  6. Why Willie Maye is still around after Celtics games but instead of doing the interview (which Greg Dickerson now does) he's there with a Celtics Jersey and green headband on.
  7. Chris Wallace.
  8. How the lights at the Staples Center in the stands are lowered for Laker games and kept on for Clipper games.
So what perturbs you?