Things Haters Say About Basketball

               Basketball has been my favorite sport forever but lately I’ve been hearing a lot of disrespectful attacks against it. I don’t understand why we all can’t get along and respect each other’s preference but if it’s a throw down you want then I’m all in. Here are some common attacks against basketball and my response to them.

               “It only matters in the 4^th quarter.” Well, it’s hard to go HAM for 48 or so minutes without slacking a bit. Maybe it appears that way because the 4^th quarter is the only quarter you actually sit and watch.

                “It’s soft! There’s no contact allowed. Any little thing is a foul!” That I agree with to a certain extent. The NBA has gotten soft but at the same time, it was never a barbaric sport.

                “The players only care about the money!” They didn’t get paid a lick in college so it’s justified if players look out for ways to support their families. And it’s not like basketball is the only sports with flashy athletes!

                “It’s fixed.” Even we basketball fans have their doubts…

                “They score too much which makes it all meaningless” I’m sorry your sport makes scoring seem like an epic journey that is so tough that sometimes you have to settle with a tie. Scoring in basketball isn’t that easy but if you have 24 seconds to put up a shot each time for 48 minutes then you’re bound to see a score past 50. If you think scoring is meaningless then why do 70% of highlights capture people scoring? It’s not like defense is an exciting spectacle.

                 “The season is too long.”  Eh, can’t really argue on that one.

                “Too many fouls!” I don’t know how to respond to this... yeah fouls do slow things down but if we’re going to compare sports then flags slow down football. Baseball is always slow. Hockey looks like the skaters from a Disney On-Ice Show got drunk and pissed off at each other. And soccer is as boring as baseball but once in a while I wake up whenever someone gets a goal.

                 So there you have it. If you have any other critiques on basketball, or anything of that nature, post them in the comments.