Well, I don't know about you, but I can't get me enough Steve Nash. This man is incapable of over-exposing himself. Now that's saying something, considering even a guy as likable as Blake Griffin is making people say "Enough!" I mean, I'm not about to make Nash my number one favorite player of all time like Bawful has (don't worry, Larry), but he's is definitely swerving around in Bird's rear-view mirror.
Add the super-sexy U.S. Women's goalkeeper Hope Solo to the mix, and you've got near perfection...get used to looking at FIFA highlights, folks. If the lockouts drags on, as it looks like it will, you may actually be forced to enjoy soccer.
BadDave -- All joking aside, give it an honest chance and I bet you'll end up liking hockey. It's like basketball if you had sticks, could move super fast, and could knock the ever living hell out of anything that moves. And very few stoppages in play compared to basketball, which is nice. And unless the game is a 3 goal blowout, the last five minutes of the game are super intense because you could have a quick goal or two out of nowhere to make things interesting.
My problem with Hockey is that unless it's on a fast break, I can't see plays develop. Goals seem to come out of nowhere and are based on luck as much as anything. Maybe if I could go see a couple of games live I'd develop more of a feeling to it, but as it stands I'm just baffled by it.
kazam92 -- My copy of NBA2K12 is in the mail right now. I was just texting Bawful about it the other day. I have some ideas for how to use it to our advantage should we have games canceled... And yes, the Florida Panthers are rancid dog shit.
Czernobog -- Widescreen and high definition make hockey 500% easier to watch on TV. It's a lot more like being there in person now where you can see more of the ice and follow people's positioning instead of just trying to follow the puck. Watch for a little while and you start to pick up some of the patterns and things begin to make sense. Though there are still seemingly random goals just because you do get times where the puck bounces off the endboards at an odd angle and lands right at someone's feet in front of the net.
If there's no NBA season this year, there won't be an annual Null Star Game.
In that case, why doesn't someone create a "Legends" team with Greg Ostertag, Voshkul, Mario West and others on one side against the Null-Stars of last year like Von Wafer, Luke Babbit, Quincy Poindexter, etc.
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Thank God hockey season starts tonight. Save me, hockey!
I would, however, enjoy Hope Solo. AMIRITE?!
Anyone get 2K12 yet?
Czernobog -- Widescreen and high definition make hockey 500% easier to watch on TV. It's a lot more like being there in person now where you can see more of the ice and follow people's positioning instead of just trying to follow the puck. Watch for a little while and you start to pick up some of the patterns and things begin to make sense. Though there are still seemingly random goals just because you do get times where the puck bounces off the endboards at an odd angle and lands right at someone's feet in front of the net.
I love hockey very much. Higher speed - players need to be thinking three steps ahead. And I love a good grind line check fest.
In that case, why doesn't someone create a "Legends" team with Greg Ostertag, Voshkul, Mario West and others on one side against the Null-Stars of last year like Von Wafer, Luke Babbit, Quincy Poindexter, etc.
KHayes666 -- I like the way you think.