# I know you are, but what am I? Or another reason why bball sucks this year. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 16, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i-or-another-reason-why-bball-sucks-this-year/213578 "2003-11-16T19:42:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i-or-another-reason-why-bball-sucks-this-year/213578/1 "2003-11-16T19:42:41Z")
Kobe and Shaq. What doofuses. Personally, I think they should let them duke it out. A cage match on pay-per-view. I’d pay to watch, especially since Shaq the dumb would probably beat the crap out of Kobe the pussy. And another thing (about why this season sucks)-- the returning champs front 5 are all injured? What the hell? ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i-or-another-reason-why-bball-sucks-this-year/213578/2 "2003-11-16T19:45:11Z")
Yeah but Vin Baker might be up for playing some ball this year and Toine is gone! Woot woot! ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i-or-another-reason-why-bball-sucks-this-year/213578/3 "2003-11-17T14:09:54Z")
If the greatest hope a fan can have involves the fact that you are rejoicing over Vin Baker being on your team, then truly your organization is lost. Of course, I live in Atlanta. Our greatest hope as an NBA town is that realignment next year will probably put us in the most pathetic professional sports division ever. Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Washington, and Charlotte (A soon to be expansion team.) Current combined record of 9-30. Egad. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i-or-another-reason-why-bball-sucks-this-year/213578/4 "2003-11-17T14:55:22Z")
Since my beloved Bullets have dropped 4 in a row, I’ve started watching a lot more Slamball. The last 2 minutes of the game actually lasts about 2 minutes, there’s no _E! True Hollywood Story_ about any of the players (yet), and, most importantly, Bill Walton doesn’t announce. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i-or-another-reason-why-bball-sucks-this-year/213578/5 "2003-11-17T15:15:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mullinator \* > \*\*Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Washington, and Charlotte (A soon to be expansion team.) Current combined record of 9-30. Egad. \*\* And one of those teams will be guaranteed a playoff spot. Yippee. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i-or-another-reason-why-bball-sucks-this-year/213578/6 "2003-11-17T16:08:21Z")
God willing, Kobe will be shipped off to a crowbar hotel and we’ll be spared more of this ridiculous Shaq-Kobe nonsense. I’m having enough difficulty watching the Raptors’ “offense,” in which they “shoot” the ball at the basket. If you’re wondering why I put those words in quotation marks, just watch them try to run a “half-court set.” You’ll soon know why. In my agony, the last thing I need is to hear yet another announcer babbling about alleged marital problems at Staples Center. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i-or-another-reason-why-bball-sucks-this-year/213578/7 "2003-11-18T14:11:43Z")
Hey, they can argue all they want so long as they win. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i-or-another-reason-why-bball-sucks-this-year/213578/8 "2003-11-18T18:34:48Z")
Well as a huge Mailman fan, I have to go with LA this year, even though I can’t stand Kobe. As a huge Van Gundy fan, I’ll be quietly pulling for Houston for years to come. I also hope Lebron blows out his ACL, and that McDyess (AKA Grant Hill) blows his out his stupid knee and retires already. The hope he gives to Knick fans is sickening. I wonder how Nene is playing. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i-or-another-reason-why-bball-sucks-this-year/213578/9 "2003-11-18T23:55:09Z")
How about those Clippers…4 wins in a row. Only thing they need is a new owner. deb–not a Laker fan–2world ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i-or-another-reason-why-bball-sucks-this-year/213578/10 "2003-11-19T01:20:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*I wonder how Nene is playing. \*\* 11 points and 7 boards in 30 minutes. He’d probably be averaging a double double with the minutes he’d log in New York. But hey, the Knicks got Frank Williams out of the deal. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-are-but-what-am-i-or-another-reason-why-bball-sucks-this-year/213578/11 "2003-11-19T01:35:58Z")
Oh, the NBA…that’s where players go when their eligibility is up, right? Go Big Blue, Dr. J