A) that sounds awesome
B) you do realixe there's other countries than the USA, right? In a lot of which hockey is at least as, if not more popular than the NBA.
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A) that sounds awesome
B) you do realixe there's other countries than the USA, right? In a lot of which hockey is at least as, if not more popular than the NBA.
IHaveCandy
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Lets end this bickering on a positive note. I think we can all agree NBA courtside seats and NHL glass seats are the two best seats in any sport ever.
ClovingWestbrook
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In my world Amurikah exists as a the shining light on the hilltop. What other countries do below us is of no consequence.
USA!!
You act like NBA fans can name any countries outside of the US.
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Uhh, Paris. Latin America. Australia. Something else, probably. Pangea?
ClovingWestbrook
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Well I do know about Puerto Rico. Freaking terrible country.
Were not that bad. we just have a tendency to use the C word a lot.
ClovingWestbrook
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Hmm, not sure my delicate eyes could handle such filth.
....have you sat in either?
not trying to contest you or anything. just curious cause I am never getting down there
Yeah, maybe you should avoid us then. lol
Having never been to an NBA game, but being able to imagine it: Agreed. The rinks are small enough to be close enough. (I'd imagine courtside seats are probably even better than glass seats, due to... well, the lack of glass.)
This explains so much.
equippedwithtowel
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I've always wondered, does sitting Courtside smell like a bunch of giant, sweaty dudes?
Dastardly Jerks
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Glass seats can kinda be annoying. Especially if you're trying to see down the other end of the ice.
yeah the only time I think sitting that far close is if you're in the center. and unfortunately those cost too much
I got to sit in the corner of a mavs-spurs game once on the first floor, it was cool when they were on my end---but the other half I was like "wait who the fuck's got the ball?"
Only when they run by
otherwise all it smells like is hot rich ass all around you (trophy wives of corporate husbands, their hot daughters and their friends, etc)
IHaveCandy
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I have managed to get at courtside level when I was at a game. I just pretended my seat was down there and got a look. The view is glorious.
ClovingWestbrook
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I've never been to a hockey game. Spent 27 years of my life in L.A. and never went. I've been to tons of Lakers games, great seats too. A few Clippers games and tons of Dodgers games. Hopefully one day I'll check out a hockey game.
It really is. Got down to the floor level of a Suns game back in 1995 when I was able to get Charles Barkley's wife's attention in order to get her to ask her husband to sign a painting I did of him.
The view from the floor is just unbelievable.
Mutanthands
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Luxury boxes are where it's at. Been to one, once. Kings game at Staples. Very nice, good view, lots of free food. Obscenely comfortable.
Actually, great for partying and hobnobbing, not so great for really getting into the game unless you're with a lively group.
Dastardly Jerks
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If you got the money, then definitely worth checking it out just for the experience. But I'm guessing Kings tickets are a bit expensive this season since they're defending champions.
I'm watching an LA Kings game at the moment and they just cheered a Ducks player getting injured. Considering my original tone in this thread, I got a feeling I'd fit in at an LA Kings game.
ClovingWestbrook
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That's one thing I wish the NBA would implement. The option to throw things on the court at half time because lets be honest, all half time shows suck. Bunch of cheer leaders who while hot are just boring to watch. Let me throw something. Give me David Stern dolls that I can throw onto the court.
lol.
Dubbedinenglish
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We are going to have problems. You don't sully a tradition.
they're boring to watch because tits aren't that great when they're hundreds of feet away
I was young and poor ph33nix who had to hold onto all souvenirs
I still have some "signed" Florida panther cards from when I wrote a letter to them as some kind of project for grade school
Did he sign the painting?
I don't know, I think basketball being popular in Mexico, South America, Africa, Turkey, and China, some of the most populous places in the world, does not help your argument. There are more countries represented in the NBA than the NHL, and that is quite an accomplishment, especially when NBA teams can only have 15 players at a time. There are even players from Iran, Congo, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Israel, Senegal, Mexico, and Switzerland, places you don't think of when you think NBA players.
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Exactly. Hockey is better seen from a higher angle. Top of the lowest tier is about the best. Maybe low in the second tier at some buildings.
Baseball is my favorite sport to sit really close for.
Sitting high up in baseball is definitely a lot more acceptable than in basketball, hockey, and football though
Home runs, alley oops, and long passes are so exciting and look vastly different in person. especially home runs cause that shit hangs in the air for so long
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You should. Hockey, to me, is by far the biggest sport that is much better live than on TV. I mean, basketball is too, but the difference is remarkable. TV doesn't capture the speed of hockey at all. I've been to a few games and even the playoffs and I got to tell you, hockey is really fun in person.
I've been near center ice on the glass and courtside for NBA. It's amazing. I've seen Laker games from every seat (angle wise). Basketball is still good up high, at least in Staples.
I don't know where you guys get these seats. Only way I know is from friends who work at corporate places...I guess that's most common for us poor folk.
My best experiences haven't involved seat location...but the games or the context around them were good. I went to see all of Bron's games at MSG. Those were always a fun event
My best experiences haven't involved seat location...but the games or the context around them were good. I went to see all of Bron's games at MSG. Those were always a fun event
also fucking expensive for the highest row up
BankaiZaraki
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IMO hockey>basketball. But that's my opinion. It's a sport I grew up watching and loved. Basketball, while I have tried watching it, just doesn't do anything for me. I don't "get" it, if that makes any sense. But I'm not gonna sit in front of this computer and tell y'all one sport is above the other.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Durant isn't a gunner (and should probably shoot more) and Kobe isn't one-dimensional though.
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I got center ice hockey for the Ducks vs Redwings in the playoffs. About a decade ago now, you wouldn't believe how cheap the tickets were direct. Like $30 at the time. Not joking. Back then, Ducks tickets were so cheap at the pond.
I've only paid to sit up high in Laker and Kings games. I sat close in both because my parents were given tickets from clients of theirs and my dad always took me) and once a friend of theirs at the time had season tickets and sold it to us for cheap.
I sat behind the visiting bench once because my cousin saved the life (as a doctor) of one of the minority owners family members and was treated to 8 tickets or something. That's when I high fived Jack, baby!
I've only paid for up high.
edit: Most I paid was $125 for a Spurs-LAL playoff game. Somehow, I only paid $30 for the 2009 finals cuz i got super lucky. Prices have jumped a lot the last 5 years in sports, though. Dodger tickets used to be $6 in the bleachers.
lol now that I think of it, I went to game 1 of the 2006 finals, and paid 110 to sit on the first floor behind the free throw line. I was basically about 15 rows behind the baseline. i have no idea how i managed to ticketmaster that, but i did!
I miss when tickets were a lot cheaper. games are now washed out by crowds who are there as a social thing from their expensive ass tickets. half of them don't even know what the fuck's really going on!
FootballFan
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It's all good. MMA-Gaf is all we need, with their budo and 27-30s.
ClovingWestbrook
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Yep. Pretty much my most prized possession outside of family photos.
wow, you must have been fucking GEEKED
I don't think I've got anything autographed except from a childhood friend of mine whose dad played in the league
ClovingWestbrook
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I never really liked hockey until I went to a live leafs game. Its a whole other experience and that's why a lot of people don't really appreciate it, it is because you are watching it on t.v/barely played the game
On Lebron vs Kobe. I think Lebron is extremely talented and has an overall better game but there's just something about him that doesn't make me a big fan of him. I'll choose Kobe any day against him regardless, always competitive.
The thing about the NBA is that it feels like a different game now. More about fast break dunks and alley-oops and overall athleticism really.
On Lebron vs Kobe. I think Lebron is extremely talented and has an overall better game but there's just something about him that doesn't make me a big fan of him. I'll choose Kobe any day against him regardless, always competitive.
The thing about the NBA is that it feels like a different game now. More about fast break dunks and alley-oops and overall athleticism really.
Haha. YES! I have never sat courtside at a NBA game yet. Closest I got was 9th row but I have sat right at the glass several times and its awesome. Especially a corner glass seat. Not much is exciting as having players crashing into the glass two feet from your face. It's like watching a HUGE tv where the actors keep smushing their faces against the screen.
ClovingWestbrook
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I was 15 or so and had the biggest grin on my face walking out of that arena.
FootballFan
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I went to my first hockey game ever just the other day. Some Womens World Championship is being held here.
And I agree, it is definitely different to watching on TV. And I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
BankaiZaraki
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I've never been to an NBA game..only one I'd be interested in is a Magic home game because I live in Jacksonville. I've been to a lot of hockey games in my life, both minor and NHL games and its the best thing ever lol. But I haven't been to an NHL game in forever. Need to change that next season.
if I had the NHL network I would!
BankaiZaraki
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this this this. Fucking ATT Uverse doesn't carry this shit.
Damn that's too bad. I'm glad I'm in LA since it's on FSN
I have verizon fios. what package with uverse do you have? cause i think cable companies usually have 4 tiers---i have the 2nd tier. and i bought nba league pass, and they still don't let me have nba tv! fucking stupid
on a side note I wish cable companies would let me pick what channels I want. Out of the 200 available I watch like 8
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