So now do you hockey fans see why the NBA is better than the NHL ?

Question

Last nights game between the Heat and Thunder surpassed anything that the Stanley Cup Series could ever muster. The NBA is fantastic ! Do you agree ?

Answer 1

I like baseball, hockey, and soccer over basketball. In order. I generally like the low scoring dramas instead of the cheap blocks/fouls and too much scoring games. It is okay to watch at times, but it gets boring at times unless it is the final minutes where it does actually matter.



Personally, NBA is just a better league because of the huge media attention, cheap cost of the game, and more people per a population watching the game.



Also a last thought, my prediction for the NBA Finals is correct unlike my NHL prediction which was busted by the Conference Finals. Too me the NBA is too easy in prediction, while NHL is unpredictable. NBA fans bandwagon a lot more. I have friends who like the Celtic and the Lakers. Really? Both rival teams. You don't expect that in MLB Redsox vs Yankees or NFL NE Patriots vs New York or hockey Boston vs Montreal.

Answer 2

In a non-biased way, I really think that the NHL is much better than the NBA.



There are so few really good teams in the NBA. At the beginning of the year, you can be pretty certain who are going to be the best 3 teams. I think this is a result of there being a few physically dominant players.



In hockey, there is no physically dominant player, because there are so many different things that are useful to a team. Whether short or tall, muscular or lean, fast or strong, or even just average, there is a position for any athletically able hockey player.



The NBA's rules and makeup really make it so taller players are better. By having a 10 foot hoop, guys who are 7 feet tall are automatically useful, even if they're not in great shape, just because they're tall. Basketball is probably the only major sport that can still recruit valuable players who have never played the sport before.



Statistics that show how overwhelmingly dominant tall players are include the percentage of 7 foot tall people in North America that are in the NBA (something like 20%, and the other 80 just have too many back problems from being so tall), and the fact that the smallest players are still over 6 feet tall, and 60 percent of the league is over 6'6''. Imagine how different the sport would be if the hoop was 9 feet tall or 12 feet tall. 7 footers would be astronomically less valuable. If you slightly change the size of the net in hockey, there is little difference in who the best players are.



Therefor, the NBA doesn't really even measure who the best basketball players are, just who the most athletic tall people are. I think a team like the Thunder is the one redeeming factor of talent in the NBA, since their game is based purely on good shooting accuracy.



In sum, the NBA is too individual of a sport. A few players can make a team the best (Miami Heat) and anyone who doesn't have LeBron, Kobe, or Durant has to pay a lot of money to put together a worthy team. NHL creates such a full team sport, and I think is the most balanced sports league in measuring ability. I was born and raised in LA and I've always been a much bigger Kings fan than Lakers fan

Answer 3

Considering basketball is a more popular sport that hockey, that would make sense. Doesn't really mean it's a better league though. I personally just find basketball and the NBA incredibly boring to watch and play. Hockey is on the rise though, it's only a matter of time before it surpasses basketball in popularity.



On another note, last night (other that a few baseball games I guess/Euros took place earlier in the day) there was literally no other meaningful sporting event to watch. So sure a lot of people watched it. Doesn't make the NBA a better league at all.



I think the NHL is better simply because of this: Every year each team has a legitimate chance to go for the cup. Any team can beat another team on any given night. There's no guarantees in hockey. Just cause a team might have a more skilled group of guys, doesn't mean they will do well and vice versa. You don't really see that in other sports. In other leagues you just know there will be horrible/dominant teams and many games are predictable. Not one person on this planet would have guessed a Kings/Devils Stanley cup final. That's the beauty of hockey, you never really know what will happen till the games are played.

Answer 4

Whichever SPORT you like best is just personal preference, makes no difference to me. But to say the NBA is a better LEAGUE than the NHL is wrong. The NBA is the worst run league of the 4 major sports in North America. There is ZERO parity, they may as well contract 20 teams. The players have more control than anyone, requesting trades in the middle of their contracts because they want to be play for the Lakers and refusing to report to teams they don't want to play for. The NBA is making money so they don't care and let it go on. They need a damn salary cap and could have fixed it during the lockout but wasted everyone's time and changed nothing.



As for the games itself..what was so good about the finals. My class did a playoff pool for both leagues playoffs. At least half the class picked OKC vs Heat. It was a terribly predictable final, as it is every year. For the NHL playoff pool, NO ONE had the exact matchup. One boy had the Devils over the Canucks and the girl who won had Kings over I can't remember. NBA will never ever ever have an 8th seed make it the finals, let alone win. Kings didn't fluke their way there either, they dominated the playoffs. The NHL is so balanced all the 16 teams who make it have a chance. The NBA should just do top 4 instead of top 8 and quit wasting everyone's time. Obviously they wouldn't considering the revenue they would lose, but I am sure no one would miss the presence of the frickin Utah Jazz.

Answer 5

I agree with Blaimbob. With basketball it's very predictable on who will win and doesn't have that edge and excitement that the NHL brings every single night. There's no hitting in basketball, no fights, and there's so many points scored each one doesn't mean as much as that one big goal in the NHL. For those reasons NHL is better to watch. Is it a better league, not exactly. But niether is the NBA. Hockey's just more fun to watch and not as boring. People leave a basketball game from a Hirt pinky finger. NHL players have pulled out their own teeth on the bench and played their next shift. It's just the commitment and tempo of the game the players have and bring that makes NHL better than the NBA.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I've never fallen asleep at a NHL Hockey game , and I've never heard of NHL players pulling guns on each other in the locker room or charging up into the stands to beat the heck out of a fan , NBA is predictable and boring .

Answer 8

To me the NHL is awesome but why does it matter? NBA fans watch basketball and NHL fans will watch hockey, theyre both better for different reasons.

Answer 9

I still consider basketball a canadian sport. It was invented by canadian James Naismith. And the first ever NBA game was played in Canada at Maple Leaf Gardens between the New York Knicks and the Toronto Huskies

Answer 10

Not bad for a sport that can be played anywhere there is a basketball. You do realize that hockey is a regionally popular sport which requires the not-so-insignificant existence of ice in order to be played, I hope.



Plus, it isn't news that the NBA reaches a wider audience than the NHL. So, welcome to the world newbie.

Answer 11

Are you just here to piss people off?



At least hockey players are less likely to get into trouble with the law because they can take their frustrations out on an opponent.



Quite frankly, I find basketball boring because of all the showboating. Give me a good hip check into the boards any day.

Answer 12

I lke the NHL much better. I've never cared for basketball so I can't compare the 2 leagues.

Answer 13

What's the NBA? Is that some minor hockey league? I've never heard of them.

Answer 14

Why do you care? Why not just let people watch the NHL if they want? It doesn't affect your life at all.

Answer 15

basketball is boring as hell.



last time i checked, it didn't really matter that more idiots watch basketball over hockey. just proves they don't know what a real exciting sport is. might as well just be watching golf.

Answer 16

I'm glad that a hockey player has never missed a game because of a sprained pinky finger.

Answer 17

That your opinion. NBA is played at such a slow pace it is ridicoulous!



NBA is over-rated and over-hyped!!