NBA 'Watchability' Scale

[.GR]

Fact: I watch too much basketball. Way too much. I'm addicted to NBA League Pass and I'm not sure how healthy it is.

If I have free time, I'm watching NBA League Pass. Running on the treadmill or doing situps? NBA League Pass is on. Laying down on the couch? NBA League Pass is on. Lying in bed getting ready to go to sleep? NBA League Pass is on. Writing a column for SBNation.com? NBA League Pass is on (true story).

You all, I assume, will not be so obsessive. You might have an hour a week when you can conceivably watch an NBA game. There are so many of them each night and so many of them during the season that you're probably a bit overwhelmed. So how can you get the best bang for your (metaphorical) buck?

Here's one NBA addict's attempt to rank each of the 30 NBA teams in terms of "watchability," so you can make your decision on what games to watch. What is "watchability?" Much like pornography, you can't define it, but you know it when you see it. Winning is not necessarily the main determining factor. There are bad teams that are eminently watchable, and there are good teams that are really tough on the eyes.

Let's go 30 to 1. Without further ado:

http://www.sbnation.com/2009/12/14/1199710...-holiday-season

 

[playmaker7]

I actually agree with this list but its different for everyone. I for one hate watching the Spurs and Jazz the most

 

[.GR]

Kings are 10.

 

[Oiler35]

Suns are the best to watch.

 

[Mexi]

Suns 1 still?
this isnt 2005

they play no D.
Lakers are juggernauts offensively and on D too

during their 11 game win streak, wow. I have never seen such amazing basketball in my life.
only 1 team scored more than 100, and 10/11 games were double-digit wins, with the other being a Kobe buzzer beater.

they even blew out Phoenix during that streak, twice this season

whatever

 

[The Young One]

Mo Williams. He's just nauseating. I can't explain it. His ugly floaters bother me. His fake confidence bugs me. His "playmaking" bugs me. His headband bugs me. He's like that guy in a pickup game that shows up with short shorts and a headband and claims he can do everything, but really only shoots threes.

Best part of the article lmao.

 

[.GR]

LMAO. I never even noticed that.

 

[yezzir]

Best part of the article lmao.

The whole Cavs section is hilarious, lol.

On the bright side, watching Mike Brown pretend to coach can be kind of amusing. So there's that.

 

[Mexi]

^lmao thats so true about Mike Brown

and the part TYO pulled up is spot on

 

[elcheato]

I stopped reading when he said I'm a Wizards fan, that alone tells me he pretty much doesn't know much about the NBA.

 

[Mexi]

^that explains the Cavs stuff

I only read Lakers and Suns

 

[VC15]

What he got right and wrong:

Right:

The Nets are hardly watchable.
The Nets suck at running the pick and roll. (Imagine how much easier Brook's 18 PPG would come)

Wrong:

The Nets have no talent.

 

[Bagwell™]

So true about the Bulls.