Anybody else tired of seeing pics of celebs courtside at Knicks playoff games ?
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You're just making things up, the 80's 90's NBA was never "the penultimate product to watch".
Those complaining about the NBA product are mistaken. The NBA product is far superior to college basketball. College basketball is the equivalent of minor league baseball at this point. The NBA is a man’s game. During the regular season sometimes the defense lacks a little but the playoffs are what basketball should be. The best players in world competing for a trophy! 
Tickets are given to celebrities for free but there are certain expectations. Read below:
The theory is that celebrities are part of the entertainment. Fans get a kick out of seeing them. Their presence makes Madison Square Garden feel more exclusive, and it adds some excitement to the background. That's why the tickets are free, but the expectation is apparently that you're paying attention and into the game, that you'll appear on camera and that, in some cases, you're willing to film quick little shoutouts or segments to play on the jumbotron.
Spike Lee doesn't buy into this so he purchases his own tickets. These tickets, during the playoffs, are running several hundreds of thousands of dollars for front row seats.
Must be nice to be so rich!
I feel the same way. I used to love the NBA back in the 70’s and 80’s. In my opinion, those guys played as teams and focused way more on winning than some of the players today. Just my feelin after watching them then and now.
What in holy heck are you babbling about now, Mike?I take it that your Bond villain part played out?
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In year’s past, I attended quite a few NFL road game sitting in the visitors’ section and at almost every game there was a home fan who was often drunk who watched a big chunk of the game with his back to the field looking up at our section and just yelling idiotic comments at the visiting fans. That dude was in Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Nashville, etc. Crazy how some fans perceive their fandom.
A&M fans were the most inviting friendly of those I have seen on the road. They said Clemson fans were that way to them. Of course they expected us to take the L and I don’t know how they would have been had we pulled off the upset. When I had season tickets I hated seeing our fans yell crap at visiting fans. I remember once this old couple from MSU walking back to their car. They told me they went to almost every road game. Damn! Love that kind of fan. And, we had drunk idiots taunting them. They were in their early 80s. I walked them to their car and apologized for the truly brain dead perspective they had to endure.
A&M fans were the most inviting friendly of those I have seen on the road. They said Clemson fans were that way to them. Of course they expected us to take the L and I don’t know how they would have been had we pulled off the upset. When I had season tickets I hated seeing our fans yell crap at visiting fans. I remember once this old couple from MSU walking back to their car. They told me they went to almost every road game. Damn! Love that kind of fan. And, we had drunk idiots taunting them. They were in their early 80s. I walked them to their car and apologized for the truly brain dead perspective they had to endure.
I saw Cal with that dumb open mouth look he gives during games. I suspect he could not cheer when he was rooting for his players on each team. So, the fake open mouth shock look. lol
Yeah, nothing noteworthy or shocking happened that game. It was definitely fake. The Cal haters will make themselves look like complete morons just to hate.
The fraud who hasn’t watched the NBA in 30 years is telling us how the garbage out there today is not easy to watch. Everything about these frauds is fake virtue signaling BS. That’s why it’s so important for so many of them to say they don’t watch the NBA.
Now excuse me while I go jump into the wrestling thread and tell them how I don’t watch wrestling.
Why doesn’t pope go to these games and bring some of these elite guys with him. Develop relationships with these guys work towards recruiting these guy to help with recruiting. An IG post with pope and Shai or Kat especially those two would be very helpful. And keeping up with these guys on a regular basis. Pope needs to connect with more than the 1996 team
I far prefer the college game in both basketball and football to the NBA and NFL. The NBA bores me until the last 4-5 minutes of the game.
I did not know Cal’s daughter posted here!! Nice!
I love how the Cal sycophants think any comment that does not kiss his butt is made by a hater. ROFL!! Seriously funny stuff.
I love when Cal haters who have done nothing for UK run their mouths about a man who has hung banners in Rupp. Seriously funny that some pathetic hate filled loser has the nerve to run his mouth.
BTW, everyone was shocked at the end of the game. All that hate has warped your brain.
Calipari has had more TV time than any of them 
but personally I don't have a problem with celebs that are actually Knicks fans. For example, Ben Stiller eats, sleeps, and breathes Knicks, and it has been 53 years.
but personally I don't have a problem with celebs that are actually Knicks fans. For example, Ben Stiller eats, sleeps, and breathes Knicks, and it has been 53 years.
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Never really understood the infatuation some people have with “celebrities “. I don’t know them , they haven’t done anything to help mankind . I don’t believe they are more intelligent than the average person.
They are for my entertainment. Like a juggler in a parade or a court jester in mid evil times .
I’ve never asked for an autograph in my life and that really doesn’t make sense to me. Unless your going to sell it,why would a signature from a person who you don’t know or doesn’t know you mean anything?
Just bizarre how some put these athletes or actors up on a pedistool .
They are for my entertainment. Like a juggler in a parade or a court jester in mid evil times .
I’ve never asked for an autograph in my life and that really doesn’t make sense to me. Unless your going to sell it,why would a signature from a person who you don’t know or doesn’t know you mean anything?
Just bizarre how some put these athletes or actors up on a pedistool .
Oh, I feel bad now. I did not know that you were a Cal sycophant and blind. Anyone who has watched Cal for a less than a few minutes has seen that exaggerated fake open mouth look of shock. Tossed at refs, at players, at reporters, it’s well known to everyone but the visually impaired. My condolences. Here I thought you were just his daughter. I did not know you were Coke bottle blind. You kiss Cal’s anus all you need, you poor bugger.
New York Knicks are one of the crown jewel iconic sports franchises/brands in the world.
MSG is a sports Mecca.
NYC is NYC!
It’s always been a place celebs go to. Sports are entertainment and have always had an element of celebrity fanfare.
People need to chill out.
MSG is a sports Mecca.
NYC is NYC!
It’s always been a place celebs go to. Sports are entertainment and have always had an element of celebrity fanfare.
People need to chill out.
Its pretty wild to see all the history at MSG. Knicks, Rangers, Big East Tournaments, UFC fights, Ali vs Fraiser, Tyson. Musicians like Elvis, the stones, Billy Joel. It really is America's version of the Coliseum, so much history in that building.
Not any worse than Lakers games! Knicks havent won in 50 years(not sure the # but it's a lot) I think it's pretty cool these guys are going crazy and celebrating.
TV ratings and attendance numbers agree with me. In the 80's and 90's the NBA was the third most watched sport in the US, hardly penultimate.