Nick Canepa: Why should NBA fans back teams that can´t keep their attractions?
(WorldNews Sport)

In the history of organized sports - going back to ancient Greco-Roman tag team wrestling matches - the modern NBA laps the field as the only league more interesting when no one is playing. A dubious distinction, to be sure. But true. The Association´s regular season, at least, is unmemorable. Interminably long. The basketball is lousy, unless you´re a fan of traveling, carrying the ball, missed 3s and dunks. The best players take a quarter of the season off (`load management,` the new NBA term for fleecing ticket holders) as fans who pay their mortgages to watch Understudy Games...