I’m always asked why I love watching the NBA so much. People always claim that college basketball is better. Well, I strongly disagree. Look at college basketball games this year. I’m not talking about just the March Madness, I’m talking about the entire season as a whole. Try to watch games where two alleged basketball powerhouses (Louisville and Kentucky) go at each other for 40 minutes, and the final score is 57-50. The Suns average more per game than the two teams could put up combined.
When I was given grief for watching the Hornets-Blazers game early in the season, I simply responded that I wanted to watch the best player in college basketball. Seriously, with Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, Chris Paul, LeBron James, heck, even Kwame Brown, Eddy Curry, Tyson Chandler, Martell Webster, and Gerald Green could all qualify as being the best player in college basketball if they were there.
If you really want to get a better understanding of why the NBA is so great, just take a look at the new Sports Guy column on ESPN.com about the MVP race. Be sure to read about the soon to be Holy Trinity of the NBA LeBron-Wade-Carmelo, and that should make it more clear.
