# Are you missing the NBA? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 19, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477 "2011-11-19T19:16:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/1 "2011-11-19T19:16:14Z")
Well, are ya? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/2 "2011-11-19T19:26:17Z")
I’ll miss it once the NFL season ends. Not that my team (the Wizards) is any good, but I can’t sit through an entire hockey game on TV and baseball bores the shit out me these days. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/3 "2011-11-19T19:29:10Z")
I am a pretty big NBA fan… but I’m a pretty big NHL fan, too, and there is still football going on, and college basketball of course rules them all… so yeah, if they want to go do their thing and not play, there’s plenty of other stuff to do. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/4 "2011-11-19T19:51:32Z")
The NBA is the only pro league I follow so I am a sad panda. This season would’ve been awesome too. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/5 "2011-11-19T19:54:06Z")
no. I don’t like basketball ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/6 "2011-11-19T20:11:54Z")
Didn’t even know they weren’t playing. I thought I’d read something about a basketball player playing in Italy because of something happening but that feels like a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/7 "2011-11-19T20:31:04Z")
“Not really” gives it a sort of ambiguity, a linguistic indifference. For me, it’s much more certain. I’m not missing it AT ALL. There’s no ambiguity there. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/8 "2011-11-19T20:55:08Z")
I agree with the poster above me.Where is the “Hell No” option? ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/9 "2011-11-19T21:20:58Z")
I stopped watching the NBA, other than the occasional random half while channel surfing or a particularly compelling playoff match up, about a decade ago. I do still watch NCAAW, so I’m still getting my preferred basketball fix. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/10 "2011-11-19T22:01:07Z")
My interest in the NBA dropped considerably when the Sonics left Seattle. I do like to watch basketball but, right now, I find college basketball gives me my fix. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/11 "2011-11-19T22:51:18Z")
I voted “not really” because the NBA has lost my interest a while ago. I won’t try to over-analyze the reasons why, other than that their brand[sup]TM[/sup] of basketball bores me. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/12 "2011-11-19T22:58:46Z")
Kinda - but I find I’m just more focused on hockey now and that’s a good thing. Blackhawks are looking good. Maybe not _Stanley Cup_ good, but fun to watch. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/13 "2011-11-19T23:16:52Z")
I don’t miss them at all. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/14 "2011-11-19T23:22:45Z")
nah, I don’t watch baseball. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/15 "2011-11-19T23:28:33Z")
Only sport i care about. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/16 "2011-11-19T23:33:40Z")
Not at all. I’m glad it’s no longer interrupting the Law and Order/Bones reruns on TNT. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/17 "2011-11-20T01:37:52Z")
I like it better when there are lots of options for sports (soccer, cfb, NFL, cbb, NBA, NHL, misc), so yeah, a bit. I’m not a diehard fan, but I watch games while I’m on the Dope, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/18 "2011-11-20T02:12:38Z")
The NBA has been hard to watch for awhile. I get the same kind of queasy dirty feeling watching it as I do watching boxing. The sport may or may not be rigged, but it’ll be a hard battle for it to get rid of that reputation. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/19 "2011-11-20T02:14:02Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477/20 "2011-11-20T04:06:39Z")
what’s happened to the NBA that we should be missing it?? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-missing-the-nba/603477.md?page=2)